The SOC files: Chasing the web shell

Web shells have evolved far beyond their original purpose of basic remote command execution, and many now function more like lightweight exploitation frameworks. These tools often include features such as in-memory module execution and encrypted command-and-control C2 communication, giving...

New TgToxic Banking Trojan Variant Evolves with Anti-Analysis Upgrades

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an updated version of an Android malware called TgToxic aka ToxicPanda, indicating that the threat actors behind it are continuously making changes in response to public reporting. "The modifications seen in the TgToxic payloads reflect the actors' ongoin...

Belarus-Linked Ghostwriter Uses Macropack-Obfuscated Excel Macros to Deploy Malware

Opposition activists in Belarus as well as Ukrainian military and government organizations are the target of a new campaign that employs malware-laced Microsoft Excel documents as lures to deliver a new variant of PicassoLoader. The threat cluster has been assessed to be an extension of a...

CVE-2024-55898

CVE-2024-55898 – IBM i privilege escalation . Affected product: IBM i versions 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5. The issue arises from an unqualified library call (CWE-427) that could allow a user with the capability to compile or restore a program to execute user-controlled code with administrator privile...

CVE-2024-55898 IBM i privilege escalation

IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 could allow a user with the capability to compile or restore a program to gain elevated privileges due to an unqualified library call. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with administrator privilege...

Leantime allows Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CSRF Summary A cross-site request forgery vulnerability allows a remote actor to create an account with Owner privileges. By luring an Owner or Administrator into clicking a button on an attacker-controlled website, a request will be issued, generating an account with the attacker's information a...

Cisco Confirms Salt Typhoon Exploited CVE-2018-0171 to Target U.S. Telecom Networks

Cisco has confirmed that a Chinese threat actor known as Salt Typhoon gained access by likely abusing a known security flaw tracked as CVE-2018-0171, and by obtaining legitimate victim login credentials as part of a targeted campaign aimed at major U.S. telecommunications companies. "The threat...

Weathering the storm: In the midst of a Typhoon

Summary Cisco Talos has been closely monitoring reports of widespread intrusion activity against several major U.S. telecommunications companies. The activity, initially reported in late 2024 and later confirmed by the U.S. government, is being carried out by a highly sophisticated threat actor...

Winnti APT41 Targets Japanese Firms in RevivalStone Cyber Espionage Campaign

The China-linked threat actor known as Winnti has been attributed to a new campaign dubbed RevivalStone that targeted Japanese companies in the manufacturing, materials, and energy sectors in March 2024. The activity, detailed by Japanese cybersecurity company LAC, overlaps with a threat cluster...

CVE-2024-6097

In Progress® Telerik® Reporting versions prior to 2025 Q1 19.0.25.211, information disclosure is possible by a local threat actor through an absolute path vulnerability...

CVE-2024-52895 IBM i denial of service

IBM i 7.4 and 7.5 is vulnerable to a database access denial of service caused by a bypass of a database capabilities restriction check. A privileged bad actor can remove or otherwise impact database infrastructure files resulting in incorrect behavior of software products that rely upon the...

CVE-2024-30165

Amazon AWS Client VPN before 3.9.1 on macOS has a buffer overflow that could potentially allow a local actor to execute arbitrary commands with elevated permissions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2024-30164...

CVE-2025-20615

CVE-2025-20615 affects the Qardio Arm iOS app. The vulnerability arises from exposing usernames and passwords in a plist file, enabling an attacker to log in to production-level development accounts and trigger an engineering backdoor that accepts hex-based commands over a UI-based terminal. Impa...

CVE-2024-6097

In Progress® Telerik® Reporting versions prior to 2025 Q1 19.0.25.211, information disclosure is possible by a local threat actor through an absolute path vulnerability...

CVE-2024-6097 Absolute Path Traversal Vulnerability

In Progress® Telerik® Reporting versions prior to 2025 Q1 19.0.25.211, information disclosure is possible by a local threat actor through an absolute path vulnerability...

CVE-2024-6097 Absolute Path Traversal Vulnerability

In Progress® Telerik® Reporting versions prior to 2025 Q1 19.0.25.211, information disclosure is possible by a local threat actor through an absolute path vulnerability...

Ransomware Extortion Drops to $813.5M in 2024, Down from $1.25B in 2023

Ransomware attacks netted cybercrime groups a total of $813.5 million in 2024, a decline from $1.25 billion in 2023. The total amount extorted during the first half of 2024 stood at $459.8 million, blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis said, adding payment activity slumped after July 2024 by...

Ukraine’s largest bank PrivatBank Targeted with SmokeLoader malware

UAC-0006, a financially motivated threat actor, targets PrivatBank customers with advanced phishing attacks. CloudSEK's research reveals malicious emails…...

CVE-2025-0626

The "monitor" binary in the firmware of the affected product attempts to mount to a hard-coded, routable IP address, bypassing existing device network settings to do so. The function also enables the network interface of the device if it is disabled. The function is triggered by attempting to...

CVE-2022-29174

countly-server is the server-side part of Countly, a product analytics solution. Prior to versions 22.03.7 and 21.11.4, a malicious actor who knows an account email address/username and full name specified in the database is capable of guessing the password reset token. The actor may use this...