NSA, CISA Release Guidelines to Secure VPNs

By Deeba Ahmed The NSA and CISA have published guidelines to secure virtual private networks VPNs as threat actors have been exploiting VPN vulnerabilities. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: NSA, CISA Release Guidelines to Secure VPNs...

DarkHalo after SolarWinds: the Tomiris connection

Background In December 2020, news of the SolarWinds incident took the world by storm. While supply-chain attacks were already a documented attack vector leveraged by a number of APT actors, this specific campaign stood out due to the extreme carefulness of the attackers and the high-profile natur...

TA544 threat actors hit Italian firms with Ursnif banking trojan

By Waqas A new malware campaign from a group called TA544 is targeting organizations in Italy with Ursnif banking trojan - Here's how it works. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: TA544 threat actors hit Italian firms with Ursnif banking trojan...

Threat Actors Weaponize Telegram Bots for ExtortionThreat Actors Weaponize Telegram Bots to Compromise PayPal Accounts

Cybercriminals are using Telegram bots to steal one-time password tokens OTPs and defraud people through banks and online payment systems, including PayPal, Apple Pay and Google Pay, new research has found. Researchers from Intel 471 discovered the campaign, which has been operational since June,...

A New Jupyter Malware Version is Being Distributed via MSI Installers

Cybersecurity researchers have charted the evolution of Jupyter, a .NET infostealer known for singling out healthcare and education sectors, which make it exceptional at defeating most endpoint security scanning solutions. The new delivery chain, spotted by Morphisec on September 8, underscores...

The Proliferation of Zero-days

The MIT Technology Review is reporting that 2021 is a blockbuster year for zero-day exploits: One contributing factor in the higher rate of reported zero-days is the rapid global proliferation of hacking tools. Powerful groups are all pouring heaps of cash into zero-days to use for themselves --...

US Sanctions Cryptocurrency Exchange SUEX for Aiding Ransomware Gangs

The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Russian cryptocurrency exchange Suex for helping facilitate and launder transactions from at least eight ransomware variants as part of the government's efforts to crack down on a surge in ransomware incidents and make it difficult for...

GHSA-74J8-88MM-7496 Confused Deputy in Kubernetes

A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where actors that control the responses of MutatingWebhookConfiguration or ValidatingWebhookConfiguration requests are able to redirect kube-apiserver requests to private networks of the apiserver. If that user can view kube-apiserver logs when the lo...

CVE-2020-8561

CVE-2020-8561 describes a Kubernetes webhook redirect flaw in MutatingWebhookConfiguration/ValidatingWebhookConfiguration. An attacker controlling webhook responses could redirect kube-apiserver requests to private networks, and, if they can access kube-apiserver logs at log level 10, view redire...

Mirai botnet exploiting Azure OMIGOD vulnerabilities

By Deeba Ahmed The infamous Mirai botnet lets threat actors use compromised devices to carry out large-scale and crippling DDoS attacks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Mirai botnet exploiting Azure OMIGOD vulnerabilities...

Threat actors are actively exploiting OMIGOD vulnerabilities impacting Microsoft Azure

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Azure VMs using Linux management solutions with Azure Automation, Azure Automatic Update, Azure Operations Management Suite OMS, Azure Log Analytics, Azure Configuration Management, or Azure Diagnostics are affected by...

FBI and CISA warn of APT groups exploiting ADSelfService Plus

In a joint advisory the FBI, the United States Coast Guard Cyber Command CGCYBER, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA warn that advanced persistent threat APT cyber-actors may be exploiting a vulnerability in ManageEngines single sign-on SSO solution. The vulnerability...

New Malware Targets Windows Subsystem for Linux to Evade Detection

A number of malicious samples have been created for the Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL with the goal of compromising Windows machines, highlighting a sneaky method that allows the operators to stay under the radar and thwart detection by popular anti-malware engines. The "distinct tradecraft"...

Vulnerability fixed in Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus

Zoho ManageEngine has fixed a vulnerability in ADSelfService Plus. ADSelfService Plus is a self-service password management and single-sign-on solution. The vulnerability allows a malicious remotely able to bypass authentication. Zoho ManageEngine categorizes this vulnerability according to the...

Medium: curl

Issue Overview: A flaw was found in curl in the way curl handles a file hash mismatch after downloading content using the Metalink feature. This flaw allows malicious actors controlling a hosting server to trick users into downloading malicious content. The highest threat from this vulnerability ...

HP OMEN Gaming Hub Flaw Affects Millions of Windows Computers

Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday disclosed details about a high-severity flaw in the HP OMEN driver software that impacts millions of gaming computers worldwide, leaving them open to an array of attacks. Tracked as CVE-2021-3437 CVSS score: 7.8, the vulnerabilities could allow threat actors t...

Afternoon Cyber Tea: Learn how to stop misinformation threats from nation-state bad actors

Information has long been wielded as an instrument of national power and influence. In today’s digital world, misinformation can also be just as powerful. On a special episode of Afternoon Cyber Tea with Ann Johnson, Sandra Joyce, Executive Vice President and Head of Mandiant Intelligence at...

Afternoon Cyber Tea: Learn how to stop misinformation threats from nation-state bad actors

Information has long been wielded as an instrument of national power and influence. In today’s digital world, misinformation can also be just as powerful. On a special episode of Afternoon Cyber Tea with Ann Johnson, Sandra Joyce, Executive Vice President and Head of Mandiant Intelligence at...

Combat attacks with security solutions from Trustwave and Microsoft

This blog post is part of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association guest blog series. Learn more about MISA. In 2021, cyberattacks and instances of ransomware demands against companies, agencies, and institutions have dominated the headlines. These kinds of attacks are on the rise and often...

Hackers Leak VPN Account Passwords From 87,000 Fortinet FortiGate Devices

Network security solutions provider Fortinet confirmed that a malicious actor had unauthorizedly disclosed VPN login names and passwords associated with 87,000 FortiGate SSL-VPN devices. "These credentials were obtained from systems that remained unpatched against CVE-2018-13379 at the time of th...