Researchers Warn of New Go-based Malware Targeting Windows and Linux Systems

A new, multi-functional Go-based malware dubbed Chaos has been rapidly growing in volume in recent months to ensnare a wide range of Windows, Linux, small office/home office SOHO routers, and enterprise servers into its botnet. "Chaos functionality includes the ability to enumerate the host...

Cyber Criminals Using Quantum Builder Sold on Dark Web to Deliver Agent Tesla Malware

A recently discovered malware builder called Quantum Builder is being used to deliver the Agent Tesla remote access trojan RAT. "This campaign features enhancements and a shift toward LNK Windows shortcut files when compared to similar attacks in the past," Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers Niraj...

WordPress Titan Anti-spam & Security Plugin < 7.3.1 Block Bypass Vulnerability

The WordPress plugin Copyright C 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it...

Iranian State Actors Conduct Cyber Operations Against the Government of Albania

Summary The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory to provide information on recent cyber operations against the Government of Albania in July and September. This advisory provides a timelin...

CISA Has Added One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog 

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. These types of vulnerabilities are a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risk to the federal enterprise. Note: To view the newly added...

Control System Defense: Know the Opponent

Summary Traditional approaches to securing OT/ICS do not adequately address current threats. Operational technology/industrial control system OT/ICS assets that operate, control, and monitor day-to-day critical infrastructure and industrial processes continue to be an attractive target for...

Hackers Targeting Unpatched Atlassian Confluence Servers to Deploy Crypto Miners

A now-patched critical security flaw affecting Atlassian Confluence Server that came to light a few months ago is being actively exploited for illicit cryptocurrency mining on unpatched installations. "If left unremedied and successfully exploited, this vulnerability could be used for multiple an...

CISA and NSA Publish Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Control System Defense

CISA and the National Security Agency NSA have published a joint cybersecurity advisory about control system defense for operational technology OT and industrial control systems ICSs. Control System Defense: Know the Opponent is intended to provide critical infrastructure owners and operators wit...

Russian Sandworm Hackers Impersonate Ukrainian Telecoms to Distribute Malware

A threat cluster linked to the Russian nation-state actor tracked as Sandworm has continued its targeting of Ukraine with commodity malware by masquerading as telecom providers, new findings show. Recorded Future said it discovered new infrastructure belonging to UAC-0113 that mimics operators li...

Multiple Iranian actors have launched attacks against the Albanian government

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Threat actors acting on behalf of the Iranian government launched a devastating attack that knocked the Albanian governments websites and public services down. Each stage of the attack was carried out by...

Akamai Mitigated Record-Breaking DDoS Attack Against European Customer

By Waqas Threat actors managed to target more than 1,800 IP addresses of a single organization, and the DDoS attack was dispersed at six different locations. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Akamai Mitigated Record-Breaking DDoS Attack Against European Customer...

CVE-2022-2877

The Titan Anti-spam & Security WordPress plugin before 7.3.1 does not properly checks HTTP headers in order to validate the origin IP address, allowing threat actors to bypass it's block feature by spoofing the headers...

Webworm Hackers Using Modified RATs in Latest Cyber Espionage Attacks

A threat actor tracked under the moniker Webworm is taking advantage of bespoke variants of already existing Windows-based remote access trojans to fly under the radar, some of which are said to be in pre-deployment or testing phases. "The group has developed customized versions of three older...

Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploiting Vulnerabilities for Data Extortion and Disk Encryption for Ransom Operations

Summary Actions to take today to protect against ransom operations: • Keep systems and software updated and prioritize remediating known exploited vulnerabilities. • Enforce MFA. • Make offline backups of your data. This joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA is the result of an analytic effort among t...

Researchers Detail OriginLogger RAT — Successor to Agent Tesla Malware

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 has detailed the inner workings of a malware called OriginLogger, which has been touted as a successor to the widely used information stealer and remote access trojan RAT known as Agent Tesla. A .NET based keylogger and remote access, Agent Tesla has had a long-standing...

Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploiting Vulnerabilities for Data Extortion and Disk Encryption for Ransom Operations

CISA, Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, National Security Agency NSA, U.S. Cyber Command USCC - Cyber National Mission Force CNMF, Department of the Treasury, Australian Cyber Security Centre ACSC, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security CCCS, and United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre NCS...

CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. These types of vulnerabilities are a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risk to the federal enterprise. Note: to view the newly adde...

CVE-2022-0155: Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Security Advisory ID : BSA-2022-1676 Component : Follow-Redirects Revision : 2.0 follow-redirects is vulnerable to Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor. Notes: Brocade Fabric OS does not use cookies; however, Brocade Fabric OS versions after v9.0.0 and before v9.1.1 d...

The art and science behind Microsoft threat hunting: Part 1

At Microsoft, we define threat hunting as the practice of actively looking for cyberthreats that have covertly or not so covertly penetrated an environment. This involves looking beyond the known alerts or malicious threats to discover new potential threats and vulnerabilities. Why do incident...

Microsoft investigates Iranian attacks against the Albanian government

Shortly after the destructive cyberattacks against the Albanian government in mid-July, the Microsoft Detection and Response Team DART was engaged by the Albanian government to lead an investigation into the attacks. At the time of the attacks and our engagement by the Albanian government,...