Report: Second quarter dominated by ransomware outbreaks

The second quarter of 2017 brought ransomware to unprecedented levels with worldwide outbreaks that went almost out of control. In scenarios reminiscent of yesteryears worms, WannaCry created global panic as it used a critical vulnerability in the SMBv1 protocol to propagate like wildfire. Within...

CVE-2017-1264

IBM Security Guardium 10.0 does not prove or insufficiently proves that the actors identity is correct which can lead to exposure of resources or functionality to unintended actors. IBM X-Force ID: 124739...

CVE-2017-1264

IBM Security Guardium 10.0 does not prove or insufficiently proves that the actors identity is correct which can lead to exposure of resources or functionality to unintended actors. IBM X-Force ID: 124739...

Code injection

IBM Security Guardium 10.0 does not prove or insufficiently proves that the actors identity is correct which can lead to exposure of resources or functionality to unintended actors. IBM X-Force ID: 124739...

CVE-2017-1264

CVE-2017-1264 is an IBM Security Guardium vulnerability (Improper Authentication) described by IBM as affecting Guardium 9.0, 9.1, 9.5 and 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.1, 10.1.2. The root cause is insufficient verification of a user’s identity, which can allow exposure of resources or functionality to uninte...

Obfuscation in the Wild: Targeted Attackers Lead the Way in Evasion Techniques

Throughout 2017 we have observed a marked increase in the use of command line evasion and obfuscation by a range of targeted attackers. Cyber espionage groups and financial threat actors continue to adopt the latest cutting-edge application whitelisting bypass techniques and introduce innovative...

Obfuscation in the Wild: Targeted Attackers Lead the Way in Evasion Techniques

Throughout 2017 we have observed a marked increase in the use of command line evasion and obfuscation by a range of targeted attackers. Cyber espionage groups and financial threat actors continue to adopt the latest cutting-edge application whitelisting bypass techniques and introduce innovative...

salvadoractors.com XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://salvadoractors.com/index.php?accion=%3Csvg/onload=alert/OPENBUGBOUNTY/%3E Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| No Latest check for patch:| 29.07.2017 Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa Rank| 2681683 VIP website status:| No...

Session Information Disclosure

github.com/grafana/grafana is vulnerable to session information disclosure. Cookies are not generated with the secure flag, this allows malicious actors to steal login session information over insecure connections...

CVE-2016-6098

IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 2.0.1, 2.5, and 2.6 specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors...

CVE-2016-6098

IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 2.0.1, 2.5, and 2.6 specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors...

Threat actors leverage EternalBlue exploit to deliver non-WannaCry payloads

The “EternalBlue” exploit MS017-010 was initially used by WannaCry ransomware and Adylkuzz cryptocurrency miner. Now more threat actors are leveraging the vulnerability in Microsoft Server Message Block SMB protocol – this time to distribute Backdoor.Nitol and Trojan Gh0st RAT. FireEye Dynamic...

20 Years of DNS Data Exfiltration: Why, How, and What's Next?

In the last few posts, I talked about why recursive DNS rDNS combined with threat intelligence makes for such a simple-to-deploy security solution that effectively mitigates and prevents advanced, targeted threats. Not to belabor the point, but the recent punycode phishing news makes the...

What Are Domain Generation Algorithms (DGAs) And Why You Should Care?

Last time I talked about how a proactive approach to defending against targeted threats using cloud-based recursive DNS and threat intelligence just makes sense. Taking this proactive approach early in the killchain can help mitigate known and unknown threats before any IP connection, file downlo...

Microsoft Plugs Three Zero Day Holes as Part of May Patch Tuesday

Microsoft patched three zero day vulnerabilities actively under attack today as part of its May Patch Tuesday release. Researchers with FireEye who uncovered the three vulnerabilities said the bugs were actively being exploited by threat actors Turla and APT28. Two of the zero day vulnerabilities...

New iCloud Phishing Scam steals credit card data, access device’ camera

By Waqas When it comes to phishing scams, the general concept is that cyber criminals will only send a link to trick users into logging in with their social media or email credentials. But since that is an old school trick, the malicious threat actors are aiming at much more than your Facebook or...

This Week in Security News

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. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back...

CVE-2017-0199 Used as Zero Day to Distribute FINSPY Espionage Malware and LATENTBOT Cyber Crime Malware

FireEye recently identified a vulnerability – CVE-2017-0199 – that allows a malicious actor to download and execute a Visual Basic script containing PowerShell commands when a user opens a Microsoft Office RTF document containing an embedded exploit. We worked with Microsoft and published the...

The Japanese version of the WPS remote code execution vulnerability detailed analysis-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Overview Word processing and work product in the vulnerability is the threat actors to exploit the useful target. Users often encounter in everyday life these software packages use the file type, and may in the email to open such a file, or be prompted to download from the website this file does...

The Japanese version of the WPS remote code execution vulnerability detailed analysis-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Word processing and work product in the vulnerability is the threat actors to exploit the useful target. Users often encounter in everyday life these software packages use the file type, and may in the email to open such a file, or be prompted to download from the website this file does not produ...