Threat Round Up for Oct 20 - Oct 27

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between October 20 and October 27. 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 behavior...

Threat Round Up For Sept 8 - Sept 15

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between September 08 and September 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 behavior...

Threat Round Up for Aug 25 - Sep 1

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between August 25 and September 1. 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 behavior...

Malware vaccination tricks: blue pills or red pills

First, let me explain what I mean by malware vaccination tricks. Most of you will have heard about some of these. Vaccination tricks are in fact techniques that use safety checks done by malware against that same malware. The malware checks for the presence of certain files or registry keys as a...

Al-Khaser: A Benign Malware to Test Your Anti Malware

PenTestIT RSS Feed There is a idiom - use a thorn to remove a thorn. Tools like Al-Khaser cement this idiom. It is an open source, benign malware to test how good your anti-malware or local security product is. It allows you to do so by implementing commonly used tactics used by actual malwares a...

Privilege escalation

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Nerve Center for Windows 10 on Desktop systems Lenovo Nerve Center for notebook systems is not affected that could allow an attacker with local privileges on a system to alter registry keys...

CVE-2017-3747

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Nerve Center for Windows 10 on Desktop systems Lenovo Nerve Center for notebook systems is not affected that could allow an attacker with local privileges on a system to alter registry keys...

CVE-2017-3747

CVE-2017-3747 affects Lenovo Nerve Center for Windows 10 on Desktop systems (not on notebooks). The vulnerability is a local privilege escalation that could allow an attacker with local privileges to alter registry keys. Root cause details are documented by Lenovo in LEN-15046, which notes the af...

CVE-2017-3747

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Nerve Center for Windows 10 on Desktop systems Lenovo Nerve Center for notebook systems is not affected that could allow an attacker with local privileges on a system to alter registry keys...

Lenovo Nerve Center for Desktops Privilege Escalation - Lenovo Support US

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IBM Spectrum Protect Client Windows Registry Credentials Disclosure

The version of IBM Spectrum Protect Client installed on the remote Windows host is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability due to insecure permission for registry keys under the 'HKLM\Software\IBM\ADSM\CurrentVersion\Nodes' key. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to...

Carbanak Attackers Devise Clever New Persistence Trick

Hackers behind the Carbanak criminal gang have devised a clever way to gain persistence on targeted systems to more effectively pull off financially motivated crimes. The technique involves creating a bogus instance of a Microsoft Windows app compatibility feature. On Wednesday, Mandiant, FireEye...

CVE-2016-8007

CVE-2016-8007 affects McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention Services (HIPS) versions prior to 8.0.0.3828 (8.0 Patch 7 and earlier). The root cause is improper permissions on registry keys, enabling a local attacker to bypass authentication by manipulating registry entries under specific conditions. Im...

CVE-2016-8007

Authentication bypass vulnerability in McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention Services HIPS 8.0 Patch 7 and earlier allows authenticated users to manipulate the product's registry keys via specific conditions...

Microsoft Windows - DeviceApi CMApi User Hive Impersonation Privilege Escalation (MS16-124)

/ Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=875 Windows: DeviceApi CMApi User Hive Impersonation EoP Platform: Windows 10 10586 not tested 8.1 Update 2 or Windows 7 Class: Elevation of Privilege Summary: The DeviceApi CMApi PnpCtxRegOpenCurrentUserKey function doesn’t chec...

How to Configure Default Device Access Behavior of Workspace app for Windows

This article is intended for Citrix administrators and technical teams only. Non-admin users must contact their company’s Help Desk/IT support team and can refer to CTX297149for more information. Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, formerly XenDesktop, fits the enterprise need to bring both VDI and...

XenApp 6.5 - Unable to install the hotfix

XenApp 6.5 - Unable to install the hotfix installation fails because CDFSVC fails to start If you compare a working and non-working machine you'll see some registry keys missing for cdfsvc If you search theAppID, you might not find it on the problematic machine HKCR in dcomcnfg you will not be ab...

Security Bypass Vulnerabilities in Multiple McAfee Products

McAfee Active Response MAR is a product of McAfee, Inc. and is a suite of endpoint threat detection and response solutions. McAfee Agent MA is a client component that provides secure communication between ePolicy Orchestrator antivirus management platform and managed products. McAfee Data Loss...

CVE-2016-3984

The McAfee VirusScan Console mcconsol.exe in McAfee Active Response MAR before 1.1.0.161, Agent MA 5.x before 5.0.2 Hotfix 1110392 5.0.2.333, Data Exchange Layer 2.x DXL before 2.0.1.140.1, Data Loss Prevention Endpoint DLPe 9.3 before Patch 6 and 9.4 before Patch 1 HF3, Device Control MDC 9.3...

Code injection

The McAfee VirusScan Console mcconsol.exe in McAfee Active Response MAR before 1.1.0.161, Agent MA 5.x before 5.0.2 Hotfix 1110392 5.0.2.333, Data Exchange Layer 2.x DXL before 2.0.1.140.1, Data Loss Prevention Endpoint DLPe 9.3 before Patch 6 and 9.4 before Patch 1 HF3, Device Control MDC 9.3...