Alert: Threat Actors Can Leverage AWS STS to Infiltrate Cloud Accounts

Threat actors can take advantage of Amazon Web Services Security Token Service AWS STS as a way to infiltrate cloud accounts and conduct follow-on attacks. The service enables threat actors to impersonate user identities and roles in cloud environments, Red Canary researchers Thomas Gardner and...

The malware, attacker trends and more that shaped the threat landscape in 2023

The 2023 Cisco Talos Year in Review is now available to download. Once again, the Talos team has meticulously combed through a massive amount of data to analyze the major trends that have shaped the threat landscape in 2023. Global conflict influenced a lot of these trends, altering the tactics a...

Microsoft Incident Response lessons on preventing cloud identity compromise

Microsoft observed a surge in cyberattacks targeting identities in 2023, with attempted password-based attacks increasing by more than tenfold in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. Threat actors leverage compromised identities to achieve a significant level of access t...

Microsoft Incident Response lessons on preventing cloud identity compromise

Microsoft observed a surge in cyberattacks targeting identities in 2023, with attempted password-based attacks increasing by more than tenfold in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. Threat actors leverage compromised identities to achieve a significant level of access t...

Threat Actors Exploit Adobe ColdFusion CVE-2023-26360 for Initial Access to Government Servers

Actions to take today to mitigate malicious cyber activity: 1. Prioritize remediating known exploited vulnerabilities. 2. Employ proper network segmentation. 3. Enable multifactor authentication MFA for all services to the extent possible, particularly for webmail, VPN, and accounts that access...

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Catalog November 2023

For a detailed CISAs KEV Catalog, download the pdf file here Summary The Known Exploited Vulnerability KEV catalog, maintained by CISA, is the authoritative source of vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild. It is recommended that all organizations review and monitor the KEV catalog,...

SolarWinds Serv-U 15.4 < 15.4.1

The version of SolarWinds Serv-U installed on the remote host is prior to 15.4.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the serv-u1541 advisory. - A vulnerability has been identified within Serv-U 15.4 that allows an authenticated actor to insert content on the file share...

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. CVE-2023-42917 Apple Multiple Products WebKit Memory Corruption Vulnerability CVE-2023-42916 Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability These types...

How to Not Get Hacked by a QR Code

QR codes can be convenient—but they can also be exploited by malicious actors. Here’s how to protect yourself...

CISA and Partners Release Joint Advisory on IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploiting PLCs

Today, CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, National Security Agency NSA, Environmental Protection Agency EPA, and the Israel National Cyber Directorate INCD released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit PLCs in Multiple Sectors in response to the acti...

IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit PLCs in Multiple Sectors, Including U.S. Water and Wastewater Systems Facilities

Actions to take today to mitigate malicious activity: 1. Implement multifactor authentication. 2. Use strong, unique passwords. 3. Check PLCs for default passwords...

Chinese Hackers Using SugarGh0st RAT to Target South Korea and Uzbekistan

A suspected Chinese-speaking threat actor has been attributed to a malicious campaign that targets the Uzbekistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and South Korean users with a remote access trojan called SugarGh0st RAT. The activity, which commenced no later than August 2023, leverages two different...

Zyxel Releases Patches to Fix 15 Flaws in NAS, Firewall, and AP Devices

Zyxel has released patches to address 15 security issues impacting network-attached storage NAS, firewall, and access point AP devices, including three critical flaws that could lead to authentication bypass and command injection. The three vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2023-35138 CVSS...

Code injection

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Exactly WWW EWWW Image Optimizer. It works only when debug.log is turned on.This issue affects EWWW Image Optimizer: from n/a through 7.2.0...

Cybercriminals Exploit ActiveMQ Flaw to Spread GoTitan Botnet, PrCtrl Rat

By Deeba Ahmed The ActiveMQ flaw has been patched, but despite this, numerous threat actors continue to exploit it. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cybercriminals Exploit ActiveMQ Flaw to Spread GoTitan Botnet, PrCtrl Rat...

North Korean Hackers Target Crypto Users with RustBucket and KandyKorn

Summary: North Korean-aligned threat actors are targeting macOS users with two malware frameworks, RustBucket and KandyKorn, in an attempt to steal cryptocurrency. Threat Level - Amber | Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here To receive real-time threat advisorie...

Design Flaw in Google Workspace Could Let Attackers Gain Unauthorized Access

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a "severe design flaw" in Google Workspace's domain-wide delegation DWD feature that could be exploited by threat actors to facilitate privilege escalation and obtain unauthorized access to Workspace APIs without super admin privileges. "Such exploitation...

CVE-2023-30585

A vulnerability has been identified in the Node.js .msi version installation process, specifically affecting Windows users who install Node.js using the .msi installer. This vulnerability emerges during the repair operation, where the "msiexec.exe" process, running under the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM...

CVE-2023-30585

A vulnerability has been identified in the Node.js .msi version installation process, specifically affecting Windows users who install Node.js using the .msi installer. This vulnerability emerges during the repair operation, where the "msiexec.exe" process, running under the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM...

CVE-2023-30585

A vulnerability has been identified in the Node.js .msi version installation process, specifically affecting Windows users who install Node.js using the .msi installer. This vulnerability emerges during the repair operation, where the "msiexec.exe" process, running under the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM...