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Phorpiex Botnet Sending Out Millions of Sextortion Emails Using Hacked Computers
A decade-old botnet malware that currently controls over 450,000 computers worldwide has recently shifted its operations from infecting machines with ransomware or crypto miners to abusing them for sending out sextortion emails to millions of innocent people. Extortion by email is growing...
Phorpiex Botnet Sending Out Millions of Sextortion Emails Using Hacked Computers
A decade-old botnet malware that currently controls over 450,000 computers worldwide has recently shifted its operations from infecting machines with ransomware or crypto miners to abusing them for sending out sextortion emails to millions of innocent people. Extortion by email is growing...
Instagram clamps down on fake messages with anti-phishing tool
Instagram accounts will always be a popular target for scammers. You might not think it’s a big deal if someone has their account swiped, but it’s often the vanguard of many online businesses. A takeover, or a deletion, can be absolutely devastating. Smart hacking crews are always in the...
Threat Roundup for October 4 to October 11
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Oct. 4 and Oct. 11. As with previous roundups, 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 characteristics,...
How SMBs Can Mitigate the Growing Risk of File-based Attacks
Cases of document-based malware are steadily rising. 59 percent of all malicious files detected in the first quarter of 2019 were contained in documents. Due to how work is done in today's offices and workplaces, companies are among those commonly affected by file-based attacks. Since small to...
GandCrab Operators Resurface with REvil Malware
The malware that hit 22 Texas municipalities and various dentist offices around the country recently is likely the work of the crew behind the GandCrab ransomware – indicating that the group didn’t really retire after all. In late May, the GandCrab operators said they decided to ride off into the...
This Week in Security News: Magecart Attacks and Is Your Smart TV Spying on You?
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about Magecart attacks and the security implications of PSD2. Also, read about how your smart TV might be leaking your data to the lik...
Emotet is back: botnet springs back to life with new spam campaign
After a fairly long hiatus that lasted nearly four months, Emotet is back with an active spam distribution campaign. For a few weeks, there were signs that the botnet was setting its gears in motion again, as we observed command and control C2 server activity. But this morning, the Trojan started...
MGASA-2019-0279 Updated mediawiki packages fix security vulnerabilities
Updated mediawiki packages fix security vulnerabilities: Potential XSS in jQuery CVE-2019-11358. An account can be logged out without using a token CSRF CVE-2019-12466. A spammer can use Special:ChangeEmail to send out spam with no rate limiting or ability to block them CVE-2019-12467. Directly...
Updated mediawiki packages fix security vulnerabilities
Updated mediawiki packages fix security vulnerabilities: Potential XSS in jQuery CVE-2019-11358. An account can be logged out without using a token CSRF CVE-2019-12466. A spammer can use Special:ChangeEmail to send out spam with no rate limiting or ability to block them CVE-2019-12467. Directly...
U.S. Manufacturer Most Recent Target of LokiBot Malspam Campaign
The well-known LokiBot malware has popped up in several malicious spam campaigns over the past year, covertly siphoning information from victims’ compromised endpoints. Researchers this week are warning of the most recent sighting of the malware, which was recently spotted in spam messages...
PsiXBot Adds PornModule, Google DNS Service to Its Arsenal
The PsiXBot malware has made a few changes in recent weeks, including implementing Google’s DNS over HTTPS DoH and adding the blackmail-ready “PornModule” to its bag of tricks. PsiXBot is a multi-use Windows malware that has a range of capabilities, including keylogging, stealing passwords and...
This Week in Security News: New Zero-Day Vulnerability Findings and Mobile Phishing Scams
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn how music festival goers need to be on guard for phishing attacks when trying to find a lost iPhone. Also, read how Trend Micro...
CB Threat Analysis Unit Technical Breakdown: GermanWiper Ransomware
Editor's Note: The TAU-TIN related to this write up can be located here. GermanWiper Ransomware was found distributed via spam email campaign in Germany. It’s a data-wiping malware and the ransom note was written in German language. The malware pretends to be ransomware but is actually a wiper th...
Leaky Server Exposes 419M Phone Numbers of Facebook Users
Phone numbers linked to the Facebook accounts of hundreds of millions of users has been found online on an insecure server in the latest privacy gaffe for the social media giant. The server, which lacked password protection, contained more than 419 million records over several databases of Facebo...
CVE-2019-12635
A vulnerability in the authorization module of Cisco Content Security Management Appliance SMA Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain out-of-scope access to email. The vulnerability exists because the affected software does not correctly implement role permission controls...
CVE-2019-12635
A vulnerability in the authorization module of Cisco Content Security Management Appliance SMA Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain out-of-scope access to email. The vulnerability exists because the affected software does not correctly implement role permission controls...
Authorization
A vulnerability in the authorization module of Cisco Content Security Management Appliance SMA Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain out-of-scope access to email. The vulnerability exists because the affected software does not correctly implement role permission controls...
CVE-2019-12635: Improper Authorization
A vulnerability in the authorization module of Cisco Content Security Management Appliance SMA Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain out-of-scope access to email. The vulnerability exists because the affected software does not correctly implement role permission controls...
Spam In your Calendar? Here’s What to Do.
Many spam trends are cyclical: Spammers tend to switch tactics when one method of hijacking your time and attention stops working. But periodically they circle back to old tricks, and few spam trends are as perennial as calendar spam, in which invitations to click on dodgy links show up unbidden ...