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6 insights from Microsoft’s 2024 state of multicloud risk report to evolve your security strategy
Multicloud computing has become the foundation for digital businesses, with 86% of organizations having already adopted a multicloud approach.1 However, for all its benefits around increased agility, flexibility, and choice, we also see unique challenges with multicloud—including the need to mana...
Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 20 to 26 May 2024
For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs recently made several significant discoveries in the realm of cybersecurity threats. In the past week alone, a total of twelve attacks were executed, four vulnerabilities were uncovered, and three active adversaries...
WordPress Plugin Exploited to Steal Credit Card Data from E-commerce Sites
Unknown threat actors are abusing lesser-known code snippet plugins for WordPress to insert malicious PHP code in victim sites that are capable of harvesting credit card data. The campaign, observed by Sucuri on May 11, 2024, entails the abuse of a WordPress plugin called Dessky Snippets, which...
Experts Find Flaw in Replicate AI Service Exposing Customers' Models and Data
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical security flaw in an artificial intelligence AI-as-a-service provider Replicate that could have allowed threat actors to gain access to proprietary AI models and sensitive information. "Exploitation of this vulnerability would have allowed...
Ransomware Attacks Exploit VMware ESXi Vulnerabilities in Alarming Pattern
Ransomware attacks targeting VMware ESXi infrastructure follow an established pattern regardless of the file-encrypting malware deployed, new findings show. "Virtualization platforms are a core component of organizational IT infrastructure, yet they often suffer from inherent misconfigurations an...
Cyber Signals: Inside the growing risk of gift card fraud
In the ever-evolving landscape of cyberthreats, staying ahead of malicious actors is a constant challenge. Microsoft Threat Intelligence has observed that gift cards are attractive targets for fraud and social engineering practices. Unlike credit or debit cards, there’s no customer name or bank...
The End of an Era: Microsoft Phases Out VBScript for JavaScript and PowerShell
Microsoft on Wednesday outlined its plans to deprecate Visual Basic Script VBScript in the second half of 2024 in favor of more advanced alternatives such as JavaScript and PowerShell. "Technology has advanced over the years, giving rise to more powerful and versatile scripting languages such as...
Rockwell Advises Disconnecting Internet-Facing ICS Devices Amid Cyber Threats
Rockwell Automation is urging its customers to disconnect all industrial control systems ICSs not meant to be connected to the public-facing internet to mitigate unauthorized or malicious cyber activity. The company said it's issuing the advisory due to "heightened geopolitical tensions and...
From trust to trickery: Brand impersonation over the email attack vector
Cisco recently developed and released a new feature to detect brand impersonation in emails when adversaries pretend to be a legitimate corporation. Talos has discovered a wide range of techniques threat actors use to embed and deliver brand logos via emails to their victims. Talos is providing n...
Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 13 to 19 May 2024
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Critical Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Flaw Allows Authentication Bypass
Users of Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager are being urged to update to the latest version following the discovery of a critical security flaw that could permit an adversary to bypass authentication protections. Tracked as CVE-2024-29849 CVSS score: 9.8, the vulnerability could allow an...
ISPM & ITDR Synergize for AI-Based Identity Security
In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, staying ahead of malicious actors requires a multifaceted approach...
ISPM + ITDR: Proactive Cyber Defense in the AI Era
In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, staying ahead of malicious actors requires a multifaceted approach...
SolarMarker Malware Evolves to Resist Takedown Attempts with Multi-Tiered Infrastructure
The persistent threat actors behind the SolarMarker information-stealing malware have established a multi-tiered infrastructure to complicate law enforcement takedown efforts, new findings from Recorded Future show. "The core of SolarMarker's operations is its layered infrastructure, which consis...
NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect Under Attack - CISA Issues Urgent Warning
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Monday added a security flaw impacting NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-43208 CVSS score: N/A, concerns a cas...
Foxit PDF Reader Flaw Exploited by Hackers to Deliver Diverse Malware Arsenal
Multiple threat actors are weaponizing a design flaw in Foxit PDF Reader to deliver a variety of malware such as Agent Tesla, AsyncRAT, DCRat, NanoCore RAT, NjRAT, Pony, Remcos RAT, and XWorm. "This exploit triggers security warnings that could deceive unsuspecting users into executing harmful...
Cyber Criminals Exploit GitHub and FileZilla to Deliver Malware Cocktail
A "multi-faceted campaign" has been observed abusing legitimate services like GitHub and FileZilla to deliver an array of stealer malware and banking trojans such as Atomic aka AMOS, Vidar, Lumma aka LummaC2, and Octo by impersonating credible software like 1Password, Bartender 5, and Pixelmator...
Kimsuky APT Deploying Linux Backdoor Gomir in South Korean Cyber Attacks
The Kimsuky aka Springtail advanced persistent threat APT group, which is linked to North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau RGB, has been observed deploying a Linux version of its GoBear backdoor as part of a campaign targeting South Korean organizations. The backdoor, codenamed Gomir, is...
CVE-2024-2248 JFrog Artifactory Header Injection
A Header Injection vulnerability in the JFrog platform in versions below 7.85.0 SaaS and 7.84.7 Self-Hosted may allow threat actors to take over the end user's account when clicking on a specially crafted URL sent to the victim’s user email...