CISA Sets a Deadline - Patch Juniper Junos OS Flaws Before November 17

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has given a November 17, 2023, deadline for federal agencies and organizations to apply mitigations to secure against a number of security flaws in Juniper Junos OS that came to light in August. The agency on Monday added five...

Lockbit Ransomware Leaks Boeing Data Trove

By Deeba Ahmed Earlier, Boeing acknowledged a cyberattack amidst claims by the Lockbit ransomware gang of breaching its security and stealing data. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Lockbit Ransomware Leaks Boeing Data Trove...

New Ransomware Group Emerges with Hive's Source Code and Infrastructure

The threat actors behind a new ransomware group called Hunters International have acquired the source code and infrastructure from the now-dismantled Hive operation to kick-start its own efforts in the threat landscape. "It appears that the leadership of the Hive group made the strategic decision...

CISA Releases Update to Royal Ransomware Advisory

Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA released an update to joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA StopRansomware: Royal Ransomware. The updated advisory provides network defenders with additional information on tactics, techniques,...

A week in security (November 06 – November 12)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Defeating Little Brother requires a new outlook on privacy: Lock and Code S04E23 Medical research data Advarra stolen after SIM swap Okta breach happened after employee logged into personal Google account Introducing ThreatDown: A new chapter for Malwarebytes...

Improper Authorization in Confluence Data Center and Server (CVE-2023-22518)

In early November, the cybersecurity community witnessed the exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability in Confluence Data Center and Server. This critical vulnerability was related to Improper Authorization and assigned CVE-2023-22518 identifier. In this blog, we delve into the details of these...

World’s Largest Bank ICBC Discloses Crippling Ransomware Attack

By Deeba Ahmed Reportedly, it was a ransomware attack orchestrated by the notorious LockBit gang. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Worlds Largest Bank ICBC Discloses Crippling Ransomware Attack...

Farnetwork the Mastermind of Five Ransomware Strains

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Farnetwork, a highly skilled threat actor fluent in Russian, has played a key role in five distinct ransomware-as-a-service RaaS programs, assuming diverse roles such as orchestrator and contributor to...

Cerber Ransomware Exploits Atlassian Confluence Vulnerability CVE-2023-22518

We encountered the Cerber ransomware exploiting the Atlassian Confluence vulnerability CVE-2023-22518 in its operations...

CVE-2023-47246

In SysAid On-Premise before 23.3.36, a path traversal vulnerability leads to code execution after an attacker writes a file to the Tomcat webroot, as exploited in the wild in November 2023. Recent assessments: cbeek-r7 at November 09, 2023 2:50pm UTC reported: On November 8, 2023, SysAid, an IT...

A new video series, Google Forms spam and the various gray areas of cyber attacks

I found the juxtaposition of stories on the Talos blog over the past week-plus kind of funny. On one hand, we had a massive story about Arid Viper, a Middle Eastern threat actor spreading spyware, one of the most dangerous types of malware out there right now, operating out of Gaza no less. Then,...

Hive Ransomware Resurfaces as Hunters International, Bitdefender Claim

By Waqas Hive Ransomware had its infrastructure seized by the FBI and Europol back in January 2023. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hive Ransomware Resurfaces as Hunters International, Bitdefender Claim...

Zero-Day Alert: Lace Tempest Exploits SysAid IT Support Software Vulnerability

The threat actor known as Lace Tempest has been linked to the exploitation of a zero-day flaw in SysAid IT support software in limited attacks, according to new findings from Microsoft. Lace Tempest, which is known for distributing the Cl0p ransomware, has in the past leveraged zero-day flaws in...

CVE-2023-47246: SysAid Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited By Lace Tempest

On November 8, 2023, IT service management company SysAid disclosed CVE-2023-47426, a zero-day path traversal vulnerability affecting on-premise SysAid servers. According to Microsoft’s threat intelligence team, it has been exploited in the wild by DEV-0950 Lace Tempest in “limited attacks.” In a...

Update now! SysAid vulnerability is actively being exploited by ransomware affiliate

Users of SysAid on-premises should take action to deal with a vulnerability. SysAid is a widely used IT service management solution that allows IT teams to manage tasks. Microsoft discovered an ongoing exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability in the SysAid IT support software in limited attacks b...

New Malvertising Campaign Uses Fake Windows News Portal to Distribute Malicious Installers

A new malvertising campaign has been found to employ fake sites that masquerade as legitimate Windows news portal to propagate a malicious installer for a popular system profiling tool called CPU-Z. "This incident is a part of a larger malvertising campaign that targets other utilities like...

Leveraging AI-informed Cybersecurity to Measure, Communicate, and Eliminate Cyber Risk

Dilip Bachwani, Qualys CTO, shares the Qualys AI strategy with TruRisk AI at QSC 2023. The threat landscape is constantly evolving, and so are the implications of cyber risk across any organization. As attacker tactics become more sophisticated and persistent, cybersecurity strategies must grow...

Microsoft shares threat intelligence at CYBERWARCON 2023

At the CYBERWARCON 2023 conference, Microsoft and LinkedIn analysts are presenting several sessions detailing analysis across multiple sets of threat actors and related activity. This blog is intended to summarize the content of the research covered in these presentations and demonstrates Microso...

GhostLocker - A “Work In Progress” RaaS

This post was also authored by Anna Širokova Executive Summary In recent years, there has been a noticeable uptick in threat actors venturing into the realm of Ransom-as-a-Service RaaS. Some have emerged as significant threats, while others have faded into obscurity. What makes the current...

Experts Expose Farnetwork's Ransomware-as-a-Service Business Model

Cybersecurity researchers have unmasked a prolific threat actor known as farnetwork, who has been linked to five different ransomware-as-a-service RaaS programs over the past four years in various capacities. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB, which attempted to infiltrate a private RaaS program...