Microsoft April 2023 Patch Tuesday Highlights: everything you need to know

Detect and mitigate CVE-2023-28252, EoP vulnerability exploited in the wild, and CVE-2023-21554, a critical RCE vulnerability. Organizations should patch urgently...

Github token with wide access to Nuxt related repositories leaked in the wild

Description If you visit https://nuxt.com, you will find hardcoded Github token in the source code of the page - ghpYXegsf40mjoFZMPSdntLbrGIBRZYKf0i2FoK. This token has access to multiple repositories under nuxt , nuxtlabs and nuxt-themes Github organisations. https://github.com/nuxt Admin...

Microsoft Takes Legal Action to Disrupt Cybercriminals' Illegal Use of Cobalt Strike Tool

Microsoft said it teamed up with Fortra and Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center Health-ISAC to tackle the abuse of Cobalt Strike by cybercriminals to distribute malware, including ransomware. To that end, the tech giant's Digital Crimes Unit DCU revealed that it secured a court order i...

Unraveling North Korea’s Cyber Espionage Group APT43 Targeting Geopolitical Interests

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary APT43 is a cyber espionage group that serves North Korean regime interests by targeting government organizations, academics, and think tanks focused on Korean peninsula geopolitical issues, mainly in Sout...

Fake ransomware demands payment without actually encrypting files

Fake it till you make it ransomware groups are trying to get rich off the backs of genuine ransomware authors. Why are they "fake it till you make it"? Because they dont actually create ransomware or compromise networks in any way. Theyre simply lying through their teeth and hoping that recipient...

CISA to Start Issuing Early-Stage Ransomware Alerts

By Deeba Ahmed According to CISA, this new initiative will be helpful for organizations/institutions in the public health, education, and government sectors. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: CISA to Start Issuing Early-Stage Ransomware Alerts...

Juiker 信息泄露漏洞

Juiker is an instant messaging software for government and enterprise organizations from Juiker. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Juiker version 4.6.0607.1, which originates from storing debug logs containing sensitive information to removable external storage. An attacker could...

USB bombs sent to news organizations

We've warned about the possible dangers arising from plugging in unknown USB sticks before, but the dangers we're concerned with are normally confined to your data. However, this week we learned a far more serious threat. No fewer than five different news agencies in Ecuador were sent parcels...

2023 Cybersecurity Maturity Report Reveals Organizational Unpreparedness for Cyberattacks

In 2022 alone, global cyberattacks increased by 38%, resulting in substantial business loss, including financial and reputational damage. Meanwhile, corporate security budgets have risen significantly because of the growing sophistication of attacks and the number of cybersecurity solutions...

IDOR Vulnerability Allow the owner of one Organization can edit, delete and resetpassword users that belong to other organization

1 first, we create two organizations: org1 and org2. The owner of them is user1 and user2 corresponding. 2 we login as user1 and reset itsself password. 3 using the burpsuit to hack hijack the post. 4 The post and can be like: PUT...

New ShellBot DDoS Malware Variants Targeting Poorly Managed Linux Servers

Poorly managed Linux SSH servers are being targeted as part of a new campaign that deploys different variants of a malware called ShellBot. "ShellBot, also known as PerlBot, is a DDoS Bot malware developed in Perl and characteristically uses IRC protocol to communicate with the C&C server," AhnLa...

Everything you need to know about HITRUST v11

HITRUST v11 is finally here. In this blog post, Coalfire HITRUST experts provide guidance to address the key details surrounding the transition timelines and what organizations can expect with the latest version...

KillNet and affiliate hacktivist groups targeting healthcare with DDoS attacks

In the last year, geopolitical tension has led to an uptick of reported cybercrime events fueled by hacktivist groups. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA published an advisory to warn organizations about these attacks and teamed with the FBI on a distributed...

Threat Advisory: Microsoft Outlook privilege escalation vulnerability being exploited in the wild

Update March 21, 2023: To aid defenders trying to detect and mitigate this vulnerability, we are providing a couple of additional resources. First, we are providing a ClamAV signature that detects this threat -- the rule can be found on our GitHub here and can be leveraged anywhere ClamAV...

Introducing MDBR+: Customized Security for Government Organizations

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Clop ransomware is victimizing GoAnywhere MFT customers

According to information gathered by BleepingComputer, the Clop ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the ransomware attacks that are tied to a vulnerability in the Fortra GoAnywhere MFT secure file-sharing solution. As we reported on February 8, Fortra released an emergency patch 7.1.2...

Improper Access Control

vantage6server is vulnerable to Improper Access Control. A remote attacker is able to bypass permissions and access unauthorized modules because assigning existing users to a different organizations is not restricted...

Ransomware review: March 2023

This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes' ransomware specialist, who builds a monthly picture of ransomware activity by monitoring the information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web leak sites. This information represents victims who were successfully attacke...

Royal Ransomware Targets Organizations with Custom Encryption and Double Extortion Tactics

Threat Level Attack Report Follow Hive Pro for a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here from HiveForce Labs. Summary Since September 2022, threat actors have been attacking both US and international organizations using a version of ransomware called Royal. This ransomware is unique...

New MQsTTang Backdoor from Mustang Panda Targets Political and Governmental Organizations

Threat Level Attack Report Follow Hive Pro for a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here from HiveForce Labs. Summary A new custom backdoor called MQsTTang, which they attribute to the Mustang Panda APT group. This backdoor is part of an ongoing campaign that began in early January...