Atomic Stealer distributed to Mac users via fake browser updates

Atomic Stealer, also known as AMOS, is a popular stealer for Mac OS. Back in September, we described how malicious ads were tricking victims into downloading this piece of malware under the disguise of a popular application. In an interesting new development, AMOS is now being delivered to Mac...

Kinsing Hackers Exploit Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability to Deploy Linux Rootkits

The Kinsing threat actors are actively exploiting a critical security flaw in vulnerable Apache ActiveMQ servers to infect Linux systems with cryptocurrency miners and rootkits. "Once Kinsing infects a system, it deploys a cryptocurrency mining script that exploits the host's resources to mine...

The dark side of Black Friday: decoding cyberthreats around the year’s biggest shopping season

As the annual Black Friday approaches, the digital landscape experiences an unprecedented surge in e-commerce and online shopping activity. Major sales aside, e-commerce is still a huge market. In 2022, global e-commerce retail revenue was estimated to reach $5.7 trillion worldwide, marking nearl...

Four Threat Actors Capitalized on Zimbra Zero Day to Infiltrate Government Organizations

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A zero-day vulnerability identified as CVE-2023-37580 in Zimbra Collaboration email software has been exploited by four different groups in attacks. These attacks aimed to illicitly obtain email data, us...

Lack of access control for mint/burn functions

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact The mint and burn functions allow any caller to mint and burn tokens without restrictions. This could enable malicious actors to arbitrarily inflate or reduce the token supply. An attacker could continuously mint new tokens, effectively devaluing all...

Scattered Spider

SUMMARY The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA in response to recent activity by Scattered Spider threat actors against the commercial facilities sectors and subsectors. This advisory...

Hackers Could Exploit Google Workspace and Cloud Platform for Ransomware Attacks

A set of novel attack methods has been demonstrated against Google Workspace and the Google Cloud Platform that could be potentially leveraged by threat actors to conduct ransomware, data exfiltration, and password recovery attacks. "Starting from a single compromised machine, threat actors could...

Line Security Breach

Line is an instant messaging platform from Line Inc. A security vulnerability exists in Line version 13.6.1 that stems from vulnerability to disclosure of sensitive information to unauthorized actors...

New PoC Exploit for Apache ActiveMQ Flaw Could Let Attackers Fly Under the Radar

Cybersecurity researchers have demonstrated a new technique that exploits a critical security flaw in Apache ActiveMQ to achieve arbitrary code execution in memory. Tracked as CVE-2023-46604 CVSS score: 10.0, the vulnerability is a remote code execution bug that could permit a threat actor to run...

CacheWarp Attack: New Vulnerability in AMD SEV Exposes Encrypted VMs

A group of academics has disclosed a new "software fault attack" on AMD's Secure Encrypted Virtualization SEV technology that could be potentially exploited by threat actors to infiltrate encrypted virtual machines VMs and even perform privilege escalation. The attack has been codenamed CacheWarp...

Credit card skimming on the rise for the holiday shopping season

As we head into shopping season, customers arent the only ones getting excited. More online shopping means more opportunities for cybercriminals to grab their share using scams and data theft. One particular threat were following closely and expect to increase over the next several weeks is credi...

Vietnamese Hackers Using New Delphi-Powered Malware to Target Indian Marketers

The Vietnamese threat actors behind the Ducktail stealer malware have been linked to a new campaign that ran between March and early October 2023, targeting marketing professionals in India with an aim to hijack Facebook business accounts. "An important feature that sets it apart is that, unlike...

A Closer Look at ChatGPT's Role in Automated Malware Creation

This blog entry explores the effectiveness of ChatGPT's safety measures, the potential for AI technologies to be misused by criminal actors, and the limitations of current AI models...

GitLab 16.0 < 16.3.6 / 16.4 < 16.4.2 / 16.5 < 16.5.1 (CVE-2023-5831)

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability, as follows: - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.3.6, all versions starting from 16.4 before 16.4.2, and all versions starting from 16.5.0 before 16.5.1...

Microsoft shares threat intelligence at CYBERWARCON 2023

At the CYBERWARCON 2023 conference, Microsoft and LinkedIn analysts are presenting several sessions detailing analysis across multiple sets of threat actors and related activity. This blog is intended to summarize the content of the research covered in these presentations and demonstrates Microso...

When Email Security Meets SaaS Security: Uncovering Risky Auto-Forwarding Rules

While intended for convenience and efficient communication, email auto-forwarding rules can inadvertently lead to the unauthorized dissemination of sensitive information to external entities, putting confidential data at risk of exposure to unauthorized parties. Wing Security Wing, a SaaS securit...

Modern Asian APT groups’ tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs)

Almost every quarter, someone publishes major research focusing on campaigns or incidents that involve Asian APT groups. These campaigns and incidents target various organizations from a multitude of industries. Likewise, the geographic location of victims is not limited to just one region. This...

Threat Actors Leverage File-Sharing Service and Reverse Proxies for Credential Harvesting

We analyzed a phishing campaign involving malicious emails containing a link to a file-sharing solution, which further leads to a PDF document with a secondary link designed to steal login info and session cookies...

Researchers Uncover Undetectable Crypto Mining Technique on Azure Automation

Cybersecurity researchers have developed what's the first fully undetectable cloud-based cryptocurrency miner leveraging the Microsoft Azure Automation service without racking up any charges. Cybersecurity company SafeBreach said it discovered three different methods to run the miner, including o...

Offensive and Defensive AI: Let's Chat(GPT) About It

ChatGPT: Productivity tool, great for writing poems, and… a security risk?! In this article, we show how threat actors can exploit ChatGPT, but also how defenders can use it for leveling up their game. ChatGPT is the most swiftly growing consumer application to date. The extremely popular...