Old-School Bagle Worm Still Ready for Modern Spam Campaigns

The long-running Bagle worm, affecting Microsoft Windows machines, is still out there, a throwback to an earlier time. Also referred to as Beagle, Bagle contains a backdoor that listens on TCP port 6777 which is hardcoded in the worm’s body. This backdoor component provides remote access to the...

Volkswagen Giveaway Scam Peddles Ad Networks

A fake Volkswagen campaign is making its way across social media platforms, luring in victims with promises of a free Volkswagen car giveaway – but instead redirecting them to third-party ad servers. Victims are first sent messages via WhatsApp or Facebook, purporting to be from Volkswagen and...

GE Proficy GDS

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 8.2 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: General Electric GE Equipment: Proficy GDS Vulnerability: XXE 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to initiate an OPC UA session and retrieve an...

Omron CX-One

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 6.6 ATTENTION: Low skill level to exploit Vendor: Omron Equipment: CX-One Vulnerabilities: Stack-based Buffer Overflow, Use After Free 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute code under the privileges of...

SpiderControl SCADA WebServer

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 6.1 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: SpiderControl Equipment: SCADA WebServer Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-site Scripting 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute JavaScript...

Using the L.U.R.E. Method to Swim Free of Phishing Attacks

baitfish noun bait·​fish | \ˈbāt-ˌfish \ Definition of baitfish : a small fish such as a golden shiner or menhaden that attracts and is a food source for a larger game fish also : a fish used for bait Think about being in a school of fish for a second. Schools behave the way they do for a reason...

INVT Electric VT-Designer

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 6.3 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: INVT Electric Equipment: VT-Designer Vulnerabilities: Deserialization of Untrusted Data, Heap-based Buffer Overflow 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could cause...

Protecting Against Identity Theft

As the holidays draw near, many consumers turn to the internet to shop for goods and services. Although online shopping can offer convenience and save time, shoppers should be cautious online and protect personal information against identity theft. Identity thieves steal personal information, suc...

Distributing Malware By Becoming an Admin on an Open-Source Project

The module "event-stream" was infected with malware by an anonymous someone who became an admin on the project. Cory Doctorow points out that this is a clever new attack vector: Many open source projects attain a level of "maturity" where no one really needs any new features and there aren't a lo...

Track People on the Internet: trape

Trape is a OSINT analysis and research tool, which allows people to track and execute intelligent social engineering attacks in real time. It was created with the aim of teaching the world how large Internet companies could obtain confidential information such as the status of sessions of their...

Spotify Phishers Hijack Music Fans' Accounts

A phishing campaign with a clever Spotify lure has been spotted trying to harvest user credentials for the popular streaming service. Researchers at AppRiver detected the offensive earlier this month, in a campaign looking to compromise Spotify customers using bogus – but convincing – emails with...

Reflected XSS Vulnerability in Security Analytics Web UI

SUMMARY The Symantec Security Analytics SA Web UI is susceptible to a reflected cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability. A remote attacker with knowledge of the SA web UI hostname or IP address can craft a malicious URL for the SA web UI and target SA web UI users with phishing attacks or other...

Teledyne DALSA Sherlock

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.3 ATTENTION: Low skill level to exploit Vendor: Teledyne DALSA Equipment: Sherlock Vulnerability: Stack-based Buffer Overflow 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could crash the device being accessed; a buffer overflow condition may...

Business email compromise scam costs Pathé $21.5 million

Recently released court documents show that European-based cinema chain Pathé lost a small fortune to a business email compromise BEC scam in March 2018. How much? An astonishing US$21.5 million roughly 19 million euros. The attack, which ran for about a month, cost the company 10 percent of its...

Embracing the Cybersecurity ‘Grey Space’

It is just as tiring for security teams to keep saying “No” as it is for every other department to keep hearing it. To preserve some level of smooth operations in an organization, security teams need to find a way to let employees move data around while still protecting digital assets like IP and...

Circontrol CirCarLife

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 10.0 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: Circontrol Equipment: CirCarLife Vulnerabilities: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel, Insufficiently Protected Credentials 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these...

Information security: How Hackers Leverage Stolen Data for Profit

Data theft is inarguably big business for hackers. This has been proven time and time again when big-name companies and their customers are involved in a data breach. As these instances appear to take place more often, and the number of stolen or compromised files continues to rise, it's worth...

Girl Scouts Issues Data Breach Warning to 2,800 Members

The Orange County, Calif. branch of the Girl Scouts of America has been hacked, potentially exposing personal information for thousands of members. Rest assured though: The cookies are safe, even those of the computing type. According to a letter to members filed with the state PDF, an...

Scammers use old browser trick to create fake virus download

Tech support scammers are reusing an old technique in their existing browser locker browlock schemes to force a special kind of file download. Contrary to past attacks, where the purpose was to flood the machine with a large amount of file requests in order to crash the browser, this one is purel...

GEOVAP Reliance 4 SCADA/HMI

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 6.1 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: GEOVAP Equipment: Reliance 4 SCADA/HMI Vulnerability: Cross-site Scripting 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to use HTTP proxy...