FBI Had the REvil Decryption Key

The Washington Post reports that the FBI had a decryption key for the REvil ransomware, but didnt pass it along to victims because it would have disrupted an ongoing operation. The key was obtained through access to the servers of the Russia-based criminal gang behind the July attack. Deploying i...

TinyTurla - Turla deploys new malware to keep a secret backdoor on victim machines

News summary Cisco Talos recently discovered a new backdoor used by the Russian Turla APT group.We have seen infections in the U.S., Germany and, more recently, in Afghanistan. It is likely used as a stealth second-chance backdoor to keep access to infected devicesIt can be used to download,...

Russian electronic voting system hit by 19 DDoS attacks in one day

By Waqas According to local Russian media, these DDoS attacks originated from several different countries including India, China, Brazil, Russia, and the US. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian electronic voting system hit by 19 DDoS attacks in one day...

A week in security (Sept 13 – Sept 19)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs Why backups aren’t a “silver bullet” against ransomware, with Matt Crape: Lock and Code S02E17 The many tentacles of Magecart Group 8 Apple releases emergency update: Patch, but don’t panic Update now! Google Chrome fixes two in-the-wild zero-days Parts of the Dark...

Apple and Google Go Further Than Ever to Appease Russia

The tech giants have set a troubling new precedent...

Experts Uncover Mobile Spyware Attacks Targeting Kurdish Ethnic Group

Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday released new findings that reveal a year-long mobile espionage campaign against the Kurdish ethnic group to deploy two Android backdoors that masquerade as legitimate apps. Active since at least March 2020, the attacks leveraged as many as six dedicated Facebo...

ROS-2-1331

2.1331 Apache Ant utility vulnerability CVE-2021-36374, CVE-2021-36373 1. Vulnerability Description: CVE-2021-36374 A vulnerability in the Apache Ant utility, is related to the application improperly controlling internal resource consumption when processing ZIP archives. Exploitation of the...

ROS-2-843

2.843 Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird CVE-2021-29957, CVE-2021-29956 1. Vulnerability Description: The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass the security restrictions imposed.FSTEC Russia Information Security Threat Data Bank Identifier: BDU:2021-02725, BDU:2021-02726...

ROS-2-1866

2.1866 Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox browser CVE-2021-29967 1. Vulnerability description: A vulnerability in the Mozilla Firefox browser that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.Identifier of the Information Security Threats Data Bank of the FSTEC of Russia : 2...

ROS-2-1012

2.1012 Mozilla Firefox browser vulnerability CVE-2021-29970, CVE-2021-29976 1. Vulnerability description: CVE-2021-29970 A vulnerability in the Mozilla Firefox browser, is related to a release error in accessibility functions when processing HTML content. Exploitation of the vulnerability could...

ROS-2-819

2.819 Memory Leak in GNU Tar CVE-2021-20193 1. Vulnerability Description: The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a DoS attack on a target system. The vulnerability exists due to a memory leak in the readheader function in list.c. A remote attacker could pass a specially crafted...

ROS-2-803

2.803 Vulnerability in VLC CVE-2019-19721, CVE-2020-6071, CVE-2020-6072, CVE-2020-6073, CVE-2020-6077, CVE-2020-6078, CVE-2020-6079 1. Vulnerability Description: The vulnerability allows a remote user to: - create a customized image file that can cause an out-of-bounds read, - send a specially...

ROS-2-1493

2.1493 Multiple vulnerabilities in ISC BIND CVE-2021-25216, CVE-2021-25215, CVE-2021-25214 1. Vulnerability Description: CVE-2021-25216 A vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the GSS-TSIG extension. A remote attacker can send specially crafted requests to the server, trigger a buffer...

ROS-2-1007

2.1007 Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox browser CVE-2021-29967 1. Vulnerability description: A vulnerability in the Mozilla Firefox browser that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.Identifier of the Information Security Threats Data Bank of the FSTEC of Russia: 2...

ROS-2-826

2.826 Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird CVE-2021-29957, CVE-2021-29956 1. Vulnerability Description: The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass the security restrictions imposed.FSTEC Russia Information Security Threat Data Bank Identifier: BDU:2021-02725, BDU:2021-02726...

ROS-2-1244

2.1244 Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird CVE-2021-29957, CVE-2021-29956 1. Vulnerability Description: The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions imposed.FSTEC Russia Information Security Threat Data Bank Identifier: BDU:2021-02725, BDU:2021-02726 2...

ROS-2-1861

2.1861 Nettle library vulnerabilityCVE-2021-20305 1. Vulnerability Description: A vulnerability in the Nettle library that involves the use of a failed cryptographic algorithm and allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.Identifier of the Information Security Threats Dat...

ROS-2-632

2.632 Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox CVE-2021-23994, CVE-2021-23995, CVE-2021-23996, CVE-2021-23997, CVE-2021-23998, CVE-2021-23999, CVE-2021-24000, CVE-2021-24001, CVE-2021-24002, CVE-2021-29945, CVE-2021-29947, CVE-2021-29946. 1. Vulnerability Description: Vulnerabilities allow a...

ROS-2-1466

2.1466 Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox browser CVE-2021-29967 1. Vulnerability description: Vulnerability in the Mozilla Firefox browser that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.Identifier of the Information Security Threats Data Bank of the FSTEC of Russia : 2...

ROS-2-798

2.798 Vulnerability in Curl CVE-2020-8177 1. Vulnerability Description: The vulnerability allows a local file on the system to be overwritten when accessing an attacker-controlled server. The problem only occurs when the "-J" "--remote-header-name" and "-i" "--head" options are used...