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Researchers Leak PoC Exploit for a Critical Windows RCE Vulnerability
A proof-of-concept PoC exploit related to a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Windows Print Spooler and patched by Microsoft earlier this month was briefly published online before being taken down. Identified as CVE-2021-1675, the security issue could grant remote attackers full contr...
Behind the scenes with the head of Kasperskyâs GReAT
Costin Raiu has been with Kaspersky since 2000, initially as the Chief Security Expert overseeing research efforts in the EEMEA region. In 2010, he became Director of our Global Research and Analysis Team GReAT. During his tenure at Kaspersky, he has spearheaded the companys research on some of t...
A New Bug in Siemens PLCs Could Let Hackers Run Malicious Code Remotely
Siemens on Friday shipped firmware updates to address a severe vulnerability in SIMATIC S7-1200 and S7-1500 programmable logic controllers PLCs that could be exploited by a malicious actor to remotely gain access to protected areas of the memory and achieve unrestricted and undetected code...
Crossing the Line: When Cyberattacks Become Acts of War
The Cold War concept isnât outdated. In the decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, the battleground has simply shifted from conflicts between ideological proxy governments to cyberspace. And the opponents have grown from a few primary nations into a broad range of sovereign threat actors. Th...
Addressing the OT-IT Risk and Asset Inventory Gap
Cyber-espionage and exploitation from nation-state-sanctioned actors have only become more prevalent in recent years, with recent examples including the SolarWinds attack, which was attributed to nation-state actors with alleged Russian ties. There are suspicions that sensitive information has be...
Industrial Gear at Risk from Fuji Code-Execution Bugs
Industrial control software ICS from Fuji Electric is vulnerable to several high-severity arbitrary code-execution security bugs, according to a federal warning. Authorities are warning the flaws could allow physical attacks on factory and critical-infrastructure equipment. Fuji Electricâs Tellus...
FannyBMP or DementiaWheel Detection Registry Check
This module searches for the Fanny.bmp worm related reg keys. fannybmp is a worm that exploited zero day vulns more specifically, the LNK Exploit CVE-2010-2568. Which allowed it to spread even if USB Autorun was turned off. This is the same exploit that was used in StuxNet. Module Options msf use...
From Triton to Stuxnet: Preparing for OT Incident Response
From an irked former contractor in Australia sabotaging a sewage plant in 2000, to the more high-level 2017 Triton malware attacks on Saudi Arabian petrochemical plants, operational technology OT for critical infrastructure has increasingly been a cybersecurity concern. But now, the COVID-19...
Can Governments Defeat Nation-State Attacks on Critical Infrastructures?
For physical conflicts, we expect our government to protect us from nation-state adversaries. It turns out, though, that industrial enterprises are much better positioned to defeat most nation-state attacks on power plants, pipelines, and other critical infrastructures than governments are. For...
Triton Malware Spearheads Latest Attacks on Industrial Systems | McAfee Blogs
ARCHIVED STORY Triton Malware Spearheads Latest Attacks on Industrial Systems Alexandre Mundo · MAR 26, 2020 Malware that attacks industrial control systems ICS, such as the Stuxnet campaign in 2010, is a serious threat. This class of cyber sabotage can spy on, disrupt, or destroy systems that...
Triton Malware Spearheads Latest Attacks on Industrial Systems | McAfee Blogs
ARCHIVED STORY Triton Malware Spearheads Latest Attacks on Industrial Systems Alexandre Mundo · MAR 26, 2020 Malware that attacks industrial control systems ICS, such as the Stuxnet campaign in 2010, is a serious threat. This class of cyber sabotage can spy on, disrupt, or destroy systems that...
Pwn2Own Miami Contestants Haul in $180K for Hacking ICS Equipment
The very first Pwn2Own hacking competition that exclusively focuses on the industrial control systems ICS has kicked off in Miami. So far, a total of $180,000 has been awarded for pwning five different products. The contest hosts at Trend Microâs Zero Day initiative ZDI have allocated more than...
Solar, Wind Power Utility Disrupted in Rare Cyberattack
A cyberattack on the U.S. energy grid has just come to light, so to speak, which disrupted plant visibility at Utah-based sPower back in March. sPower, a Utah-based wind and solar provider, began experiencing a series of lost connections between its main control center and remote power-generation...
This Week in Security News: Phishing Attacks and Ransomware
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 schemes used in phishing and other email-based attacks. Also, learn how ransomware continues to make a significant impact in the...
New Version of Flame Malware Discovered
Flame was discovered in 2012, linked to Stuxnet, and believed to be American in origin. It has recently been linked to more modern malware through new analysis tools that find linkages between different software. Seems that Flame did not disappear after it was discovered, as was previously though...
SAS 2019: 4 Stuxnet-Related APTs Form Gossip Girl, an 'Apex Threat Actor'
SINGAPORE â The infamous Stuxnet family of industrial sabotage malware is likely the work of a mysterious âsupra-groupâ that Chronicle researchers Juan Andres Guerrero Saad and Silas Cutler have dubbed Gossip Girl; and itâs a group that turns out to be larger and far busier than previously known...
HexRaysCodeXplorer - Hex-Rays Decompiler Plugin For Better Code Navigation
The Hex-Rays Decompiler plugin for better code navigation in RE process. CodeXplorer automates code REconstruction of C++ applications or modern malware like Stuxnet, Flame, Equation, Animal Farm ... The CodeXplorer plugin is one of the first publicly available Hex-Rays Decompiler plugins. We kee...
MIPT/PhysTech guest lecture: Vulnerabilities, Money and People
On December 1, I gave a lecture at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology informally known as PhysTech. This is a very famous and prestigious university in Russia. In Soviet times, it trained personnel for Research Institutes and Experimental Design Bureaus, in particular for the Soviet...
Secure Critical Infrastructure Top of Mind for U.S.
When it comes to cyber-threats and defense, the U.S. government says that critical infrastructure threats are a growing concern. Rob Joyce, senior advisor of cybersecurity strategy for the National Security Agency NSA, said that while attacks targeting the systems that power the manufacturing,...
Compromising vital infrastructure: the power grid
Where were you when the lights went out? That line became famous after the 1977 blackout in New York City. This power outage was caused by lightning and lasted for up to two days, depending on which part of New York you lived in. While in this case the power grid failure was a freak incident due ...