Threat Roundup for August 24-31

Today, as we do every week, Talos is giving you a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed this week — covering the dates between Aug. 24 and 31. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, we will summarize the threats we’ve observed by...

Linux rc.local Payload Persistence Module Exploit

This Metasploit module will edit /etc/rc.local in order to persist a payload. The payload will be executed on the next reboot. This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'rc.local...

Autostart Desktop Item Persistence

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'Autostart Desktop Item Persistence', 'Description' = %q This module will create an autostart entry to execute a payload. The payload will be...

rc.local Payload Persistence Module

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'rc.local Persistence', 'Description' = %q This module will edit /etc/rc.local in order to persist a payload. The payload will be executed on the...

Autostart Desktop Item Persistence Exploit

This Metasploit module will create an autostart entry to execute a payload. The payload will be executed when the users logs in. This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'Autostart Deskto...

Autostart Desktop Item Persistence

This module will create an autostart entry to execute a payload. The payload will be executed when the users logs in. This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'Autostart Desktop Item...

Threat Roundup for August 3-10

Today, as we do every week, Talos is giving you a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed this week — covering the dates between Aug. 3 - 10. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, we will summarize the threats we’ve observed by...

CFNetwork Remote Vulnerability in Multiple Apple Products

Apple iTunes for Windows and others are products of Apple Inc. in the United States.Apple iCloud for Windows is a cloud service based on the Windows platform that supports storage of music, photos, apps, contacts, etc. iTunes for Windows is a suite of Windows-based media player...

Highly Sophisticated Parasite RAT Emerges on the Dark Web

Researchers are tracking a remote access trojan RAT on underground markets that, so far, has only been attributed to one small malicious email campaign. However, the RAT, dubbed Parasite HTTP by the Proofpoint researchers that discovered it, has an impressive list of sophisticated features –...

CVE-2018-5532

On F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0, 12.1.0-12.1.2, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1, or 11.2.1-11.5.6 a domain name cached within the DNS Cache of TMM may continue to be resolved by the cache even after the parent server revokes the record, if the DNS Cache is receiving a stream of requests for the cached name...

rc.local Persistence

This module will edit /etc/rc.local in order to persist a payload. The payload will be executed on the next reboot. This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'rc.local Persistence',...

Threat Roundup for June 29 to July 6th

Today, as we do every week, Talos is giving you a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed this week — covering the dates between June 29 and July 6. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, it will summarize the threats we've observed by...

Threat Roundup for June 22-29

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between June 22 and June 29. As with previous round-ups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristic...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: redis-4.0.10-1.fc28

Redis is an advanced key-value store. It is often referred to as a data structure server since keys can contain strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets. You can run atomic operations on these types, like appending to a string; incrementing the value in a hash; pushing to a list; computing se...

Security Bulletin: Apache Tomcat as used in IBM QRadar SIEM is susceptible to multiple vulnerabilities. (CVE-2015-5345, CVE-2016-0706, CVE-2016-0714, CVE-2015-5174)

Summary Open Source Apache Tomcat is susceptible to multiple vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Details CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5345 Description: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error when accessing a protected directory. By redirecting to the URL, a...

Threat Roundup for June 1-15

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between June 01 and June 15. As with previous round-ups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristic...

Backdoorme - Powerful Auto-Backdooring Utility

Tools like metasploit are great for exploiting computers, but what happens after you've gained access to a computer? Backdoorme answers that question by unleashing a slew of backdoors to establish persistence over long periods of time. Once an SSH connection has been established with the target,...

VPNFilter Malware Infects 500k Routers Including Linksys, MikroTik, NETGEAR

Malware called VPNFilter has infected 500,000 router brands ranging from Linksys, MikroTik, NETGEAR and TP-Link that are mostly used in home offices. Researchers at Cisco Talos said they decided to warn the public of the threat despite the fact the infected devices and malware are still under...

RIG EK Still Makes Waves, This Time with a Stealthy Backdoor

Exploit kit activity has been declining since the latter half of 2016, but the RIG EK seems to buck the trend. It’s been involved in ongoing activity involving a wide range of crimeware payloads; and the latest campaign saw RIG dropping the Grobios malware, which is tailored to be a really stealt...

A Deep Dive Into RIG Exploit Kit Delivering Grobios Trojan

As discussed in previous blogs, exploit kit activity has been on the decline since the latter half of 2016. However, we do still periodically observe significant developments in this space, and we have been observing interesting ongoing activity involving RIG Exploit Kit EK. Although the volume o...