Check your DNS! Abandoned domains used to bypass spam checks

Researchers at Guardio Labs have discovered that a group of spammers is using long-forgotten subdomains from established brands like MSN, eBay, CBS, and Marvel to send out malicious emails. The emails can bypass spam checks and to recipients they look like they come from a legitimate source. A...

PikaBot malware on the rise: What organizations need to know

A new type of malware is being used by ransomware gangs in their attacks, and its name is PikaBot. A relatively new trojan that emerged in early 2023, PikaBot is the apparent successor to the infamous QakBot QBot trojan that was shut down in August 2023. QBot was used by many ransomware gangs in...

Here Come the AI Worms

Security researchers created an AI worm in a test environment that can automatically spread between generative AI agents—potentially stealing data and sending spam emails along the way...

CVE-2023-51696

Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF vulnerability in СleanTalk - Anti-Spam Protection Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk.This issue affects Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk: from n/a through 6.20...

CVE-2023-51696

Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF vulnerability in СleanTalk - Anti-Spam Protection Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk.This issue affects Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk: from n/a through 6.20...

Cross site request forgery (csrf)

Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF vulnerability in ?leanTalk - Anti-Spam Protection Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk.This issue affects Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk: from n/a through 6.20...

CVE-2023-51696 WordPress Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk Plugin <= 6.20 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF vulnerability in СleanTalk - Anti-Spam Protection Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk.This issue affects Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk: from n/a through 6.20...

CVE-2023-51696

CVE-2023-51696 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WordPress plugin “CleanTalk – Anti-Spam Protection Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall.” Affected versions are up to and including 6.20 (range listed as n/a through 6.20). Root cause is CSRF; impacts involve unauthorized ...

WordPress Plugin Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

WordPress and WordPress plugin are both products of the WordPress Foundation.WordPress is a blogging platform developed using the PHP language. WordPress is a blogging platform developed in the PHP language that supports personal blogs on PHP and MySQL servers.WordPress plugin is an application...

TimbreStealer Malware Spreading via Tax-themed Phishing Scam Targets IT Users

Mexican users have been targeted with tax-themed phishing lures at least since November 2023 to distribute a previously undocumented Windows malware called TimbreStealer. Cisco Talos, which discovered the activity, described the authors as skilled and that the "threat actor has previously used...

PT-2024-14251 · Cleantalk · Cleantalk

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: CleanTalk - Anti-Spam Protection Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk versions n/a through 6.20 Description: The issue is a Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF vulnerability. It affects the Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by...

TimbreStealer campaign targets Mexican users with financial lures

Cisco Talos has discovered a new campaign operated by a threat actor distributing a previously unknown malware were calling "TimbreStealer." This threat actor was observed distributing TimbreStealer via a spam campaign using Mexican tax-related themes starting in at least November 2023. The threa...

ResurrecAds Attack Hijacks Brand Names, Spreads Spam Via ‘SubdoMailing’

By Deeba Ahmed Brand Hijacking Alert: Guardio Reveals Malicious Actors Using Trusted Brands for Phishing. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: ResurrecAds Attack Hijacks Brand Names, Spreads Spam Via SubdoMailing...

CVE-2023-7202

CVE-2023-7202 affects the Fatal Error Notify WordPress plugin prior to 1.5.3. The root cause is missing authorization checks and CSRF protections in the test_error AJAX action, enabling any authenticated user (e.g., a Subscriber) to trigger error emails to the site admin. This also enables CSRF e...

8,000+ Domains of Trusted Brands Hijacked for Massive Spam Operation

More than 8,000 domains and 13,000 subdomains belonging to legitimate brands and institutions have been hijacked as part of a sophisticated distribution architecture for spam proliferation and click monetization. Guardio Labs is tracking the coordinated malicious activity, which has been ongoing...

Russian Hackers Target Ukraine with Disinformation and Credential-Harvesting Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a new influence operation targeting Ukraine that leverages spam emails to propagate war-related disinformation. The activity has been linked to Russia-aligned threat actors by Slovak cybersecurity company ESET, which also identified a spear-phishing campai...

Nextcloud: Possible to enumerate valid files in password protected shares/files drop shares as well as spam folder with files

The summary is as follows: It was possible to enumerate valid files in password protected shares and file drop shares. Additionally, it was possible to spam the folder with empty files using an attacker-controlled file name. The vulnerability existed in the DocumentAPIControllercreate method, whi...

WordPress Maspik – Spam blacklist Plugin <= 0.10.6 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Software Maspik – Spam blacklist Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 0.10.6 Fixed in 0.10.7 OWASP Top 10 A3: Injection Classification Cross Site Scripting XSS CVE CVE-2024-25101 Patch priority Low CVSS severity Low 5.9 Developer Yonifre PSID 8543ae1db053 Credits Dhabaleshwar Das Required privilege...

Telegram Marketplaces Fuel Phishing Attacks with Easy-to-Use Kits and Malware

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to the "democratization" of the phishing ecosystem owing to the emergence of Telegram as an epicenter for cybercrime, enabling threat actors to mount a mass attack for as little as $230. "This messaging app has transformed into a bustling hub where...

Riding the AI Waves: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence to Combat Cyber Threats

In nearly every segment of our lives, AI artificial intelligence now makes a significant impact: It can deliver better healthcare diagnoses and treatments; detect and reduce the risk of financial fraud; improve inventory management; and serve up the right recommendation for a streaming movie on...