Acronis True Image Denial of Service Vulnerability

Acronis True Image is a well-known data backup and restore software from Singapore-based Acronis. Acronis True Image 2020 version 24.5.22510 contains a denial of service vulnerability that stems from the program's logs being generated in a predictable pattern, allowing a non-privileged user to...

‘Agrius’ APT Launches Wiper Attacks Against Israelis

A new attack group called Agrius is launching damaging wiper attacks against Israeli targets, which researchers said are hiding behind ransomware to make their state-sponsored activities appear financially motivated. Sentinel Labs analysts said they have been tracking Agrius’ operations in Israel...

Colonial Pipeline attack spurs new rules for critical infrastructure

Following a devastating cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline, the Transportation Security Administration—which sits within the government’s Department of Homeland Security—will issue its first-ever cybersecurity directive for pipeline companies in the United States, according to exclusive reporti...

Iranian hackers hit Israel with disk wiper in disguise of ransomware

By Deeba Ahmed According to SentinelOne, Iranian hackers have developed a combo of disk wiper and ransomware and their target is Israel. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Iranian hackers hit Israel with disk wiper in disguise of ransomware...

Audio equipment giant Bose hit by ransomware attack, data breach

By Deeba Ahmed The audio equipment manufacturer Bose has confirmed that it was a victim of a ransomware attack and experience a data breach on 7 March 2021. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Audio equipment giant Bose hit by ransomware attack, data breach...

Bose Admits Ransomware Hit: Employee Data Accessed

High-end audio-tech specialist Bose has disclosed a ransomware attack, which it said rippled “across Bose’s environment” and resulted in the possible exfiltration of employee data. The incident began on March 7, according to a disclosure letter sent to the Attorney General’s Office in New...

CVE-2020-9451

An issue was discovered in Acronis True Image 2020 24.5.22510. antiransomwareservice.exe keeps a log in a folder where unprivileged users have write permissions. The logs are generated in a predictable pattern, allowing an unprivileged user to create a hardlink from a not yet created log file to...

Default credentials

An issue was discovered in Acronis True Image 2020 24.5.22510. antiransomwareservice.exe includes functionality to quarantine files by copying a suspected ransomware file from one directory to another using SYSTEM privileges. Because unprivileged users have write permissions in the quarantine...

CVE-2020-9452

CVE-2020-9452 affects Acronis True Image 2020 (v24.5.22510). The issue resides in anti_ransomware_service.exe’s quarantine functionality, which can copy a suspected ransomware file between directories with SYSTEM privileges. Unprivileged users have write access in the quarantine folder, enabling ...

CVE-2020-9451

CVE-2020-9451 affects Acronis True Image 2020 (v24.5.22510). The issue arises in anti_ransomware_service.exe, which logs to a folder writable by unprivileged users. Logs are created in a predictable pattern, enabling an unprivileged user to create a hardlink from a not-yet-created log file to ant...

CVE-2020-9451

An issue was discovered in Acronis True Image 2020 24.5.22510. antiransomwareservice.exe keeps a log in a folder where unprivileged users have write permissions. The logs are generated in a predictable pattern, allowing an unprivileged user to create a hardlink from a not yet created log file to...

Evolution of JSWorm ransomware

Introduction Over the past few years, the ransomware threat landscape has been gradually changing. We have been witness to a paradigm shift. From the massive outbreaks of 2017, such as WannaCry, NotPetya, and Bad Rabbit, a lot of ransomware actors have moved to the covert but highly profitable...

Acronis True Image 安全漏洞

Acronis True Image is a well-known data backup and restore software from Singapore-based Acronis. Acronis True Image 2020 version 24.5.22510 contains a security vulnerability that could be exploited by an attacker to add arbitrary malicious executables to a whitelist or even exclude an entire dri...

What To Do When Your Business Is Hacked

As businesses move to a remote workforce, hackers have increased their activity to capitalize on new security holes. Cybercriminals often use unsophisticated methods that continue to be extremely successful. These include phishing emails to harvest credentials and gain easy access to...

A week in security (May 17 – May 23)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at a banking trojan full of nasty tricks, explained some tips and pointers for using VirusTotal, and dug into how an authentication vulnerability was patched by Pega Infinity. We also explored how a Royal Mail phish deploys evasion tricks to avoid analysi...

Watch out as fake ransomware attack infects PCs with StrRAT

By Habiba Rashid StrRAT malware steals credentials and changes file name extension to .crimson but it does not encrypt any data like in a ransomware attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Watch out as fake ransomware attack infects PCs with StrRAT...

Apple Exec Calls Mac Malware Levels Unacceptable Under Oath

Ireland's ransomware crisis continues, a Russian scammer gets sentenced, and more of the week's top security news...

FBI Warns Conti Ransomware Hit 16 U.S. Health and Emergency Services

The adversary behind Conti ransomware targeted no fewer than 16 healthcare and first responder networks in the U.S. within the past year, totally victimizing over 400 organizations worldwide, 290 of which are situated in the country. That's according to a new flash alert issued by the U.S. Federa...

DarkSide Getting Taken to ‘Hackers’ Court’ For Not Paying Affiliates

Cybercriminals who have worked as affiliates with ransomware group DarkSide, responsible for the Colonial Pipeline attack, are having a tough time getting paid for their work now that the group has had its operations interrupted; so, they’re turning to admins of the group’s Dark Web criminal foru...

Double-Encrypting Ransomware

This seems to be a new tactic: Emsisoft has identified two distinct tactics. In the first, hackers encrypt data with ransomware A and then re-encrypt that data with ransomware B. The other path involves what Emsisoft calls a "side-by-side encryption" attack, in which attacks encrypt some of an...