4 Popular Cybersecurity Myths vs. Facts

Any cybersecurity approach is only as strong as its underlying assumptions. What happens when those assumptions are wrong? Find out where confusion about cybersecurity facts can lead organizations astray...

Carderbee APT Strikes Hong Kong with Supply Chain Attack

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Carderbee advanced persistent threat APT group executed a supply chain attack by exploiting the legitimate Cobra DocGuard software. Their objective was to deploy the PlugX backdoor onto targeted...

HiatusRAT Malware Resurfaces: Taiwan Firms and U.S. Military Under Attack

The threat actors behind the HiatusRAT malware have returned from their hiatus with a new wave of reconnaissance and targeting activity aimed at Taiwan-based organizations and a U.S. military procurement system. Besides recompiling malware samples for different architectures, the artifacts are sa...

Citrix NetScalers backdoored in widespread exploitation campaign

Fox-IT has uncovered a large-scale exploitation campaign of Citrix NetScalers in a joint effort with the Dutch Institute of Vulnerability Disclosure DIVD. Over 1900 instances were found to have a backdoor in the form of a web shell. These backdoored NetScalers can be taken over at will by an...

Critical Security Flaws Affect Ivanti Avalanche, Threatening 30,000 Organizations

Multiple critical security flaws have been reported in Ivanti Avalanche, an enterprise mobile device management solution that's used by 30,000 organizations. The vulnerabilities, collectively tracked as CVE-2023-32560 CVSS score: 9.8, are stack-based buffer overflows in Ivanti Avalanche...

CVE-2023-39438

A missing authorization check allows an arbitrary authenticated user to perform certain operations through the API of CLA-assistant by executing specific additional steps. This allows an arbitrary authenticated user to read CLA information including information of the persons who signed them as...

Malware Unleashed: Public Sector Hit in Sudden Surge, Reveals New Report

The just-released BlackBerry Global Threat Intelligence Report reveals a 40% increase in cyberattacks against government and public service organizations versus the previous quarter. This includes public transit, utilities, schools, and other government services we rely on daily. With limited...

OT Security is Less Mature but Progressing Rapidly

The latest study said that OT security is less mature in several capabilities than IT security, but most organizations are improving it...

Microsoft Dynamics 365 On-Premises Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a suite of ERP business solutions for multinational organizations from Microsoft USA. The product includes financial management, production management and business intelligence management. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Dynamics 365 On-Premises...

Researchers Shed Light on APT31's Advanced Backdoors and Data Exfiltration Tactics

The Chinese threat actor known as APT31 aka Bronze Vinewood, Judgement Panda, or Violet Typhoon has been linked to a set of advanced backdoors that are capable of exfiltrating harvested sensitive information to Dropbox. The malware is part of a broader collection of more than 15 implants that hav...

Liferay Portal 7.4.3.81 < 7.4.3.86 Information Disclosure

The organization selector in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.81 through 7.4.3.85 does not check user permission, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain a list of all organizations. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported versio...

New SEC Cybersecurity Rules: What You Need to Know

The US Securities and Exchange Commission SEC recently adopted rules regarding mandatory cybersecurity disclosure. Explore what this announcement means for you and your organization...

Midnight Blizzard conducts targeted social engineering over Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Threat Intelligence has identified highly targeted social engineering attacks using credential theft phishing lures sent as Microsoft Teams chats by the threat actor that Microsoft tracks as Midnight Blizzard previously tracked as NOBELIUM. This latest attack, combined with past activit...

GHSA-XPH3-VJCQ-G488 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Organization Selector Does Not Check User Permissions

The organization selector before 4.0.14 from Liferay Portal 7.4.3.81 through 7.4.3.85, and Liferay DXP 7.4 update 81 through 85 does not check user permission, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain a list of all organizations...

PT-2023-24782

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Liferay Portal versions 7.4.3.81 through 7.4.3.85 Liferay DXP 7.4 update 81 through 85 Description The organization selector does not check user permission, allowing remote authenticated users to obtain a list of all organizations...

The Bug Report - July 2023 Edition

The Bug Report – July 2023 Edition By Trellix · August 02, 2023 This story was also written by John Dunlap. A Storm is Brewing! Why am I here? Summer is now in full swing, and our July Bug Report is similarly coming out swinging. This month comes with a red-hot list of software vulnerabilities...

Chinese APT Group Hits Air-Gapped Systems in Europe with Malware

By Deeba Ahmed Industrial organizations in Eastern Europe are the prime targets of this data-harvesting campaign. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chinese APT Group Hits Air-Gapped Systems in Europe with Malware...

China's APT31 Suspected in Attacks on Air-Gapped Systems in Eastern Europe

A nation-state actor with links to China is suspected of being behind a series of attacks against industrial organizations in Eastern Europe that took place last year to siphon data stored on air-gapped systems. Cybersecurity company Kaspersky attributed the intrusions with medium to high...

Cybercriminals Renting WikiLoader to Target Italian Organizations with Banking Trojan

Organizations in Italy are the target of a new phishing campaign that leverages a new strain of malware called WikiLoader with an ultimate aim to install a banking trojan, stealer, and spyware referred to as Ursnif aka Gozi. "It is a sophisticated downloader with the objective of installing a...

Patchwork Hackers Target Chinese Research Organizations Using EyeShell Backdoor

Threat actors associated with the hacking crew known as Patchwork have been spotted targeting universities and research organizations in China as part of a recently observed campaign. The activity, according to KnownSec 404 Team, entailed the use of a backdoor codenamed EyeShell. Patchwork, also...