New 'Sneaky 2FA' Phishing Kit Targets Microsoft 365 Accounts with 2FA Code Bypass

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a new adversary-in-the-middle AitM phishing kit that's capable of Microsoft 365 accounts with an aim to steal credentials and two-factor authentication 2FA codes since at least October 2024. The nascent phishing kit has been dubbed Sneaky 2FA by French...

Synapse denial of service through media disk space consumption

Impact Synapse versions before 1.106 are vulnerable to a disk fill attack, where an unauthenticated adversary can induce Synapse to download and cache large amounts of remote media. The default rate limit strategy is insufficient to mitigate this. This can lead to a denial of service, ranging fro...

CVE-2024-37302 Synapse denial of service through media disk space consumption

Synapse is an open-source Matrix homeserver. Synapse versions before 1.106 are vulnerable to a disk fill attack, where an unauthenticated adversary can induce Synapse to download and cache large amounts of remote media. The default rate limit strategy is insufficient to mitigate this. This can le...

CVE-2024-37302

Synapse is an open-source Matrix homeserver. Synapse versions before 1.106 are vulnerable to a disk fill attack, where an unauthenticated adversary can induce Synapse to download and cache large amounts of remote media. The default rate limit strategy is insufficient to mitigate this. This can le...

Phishing-as-a-Service "Rockstar 2FA" Targets Microsoft 365 Users with AiTM Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers are warning about malicious email campaigns leveraging a phishing-as-a-service PhaaS toolkit called Rockstar 2FA with an aim to steal Microsoft 365 account credentials. "This campaign employs an AitM adversary-in-the-middle attack, allowing attackers to intercept user...

gnome-shell: code execution in portal helper

A vulnerability was found in GNOME Shell. A portal helper can be launched automatically without user confirmation based on the network responses provided by an adversary...

gnome-shell: code execution in portal helper

A vulnerability was found in GNOME Shell. A portal helper can be launched automatically without user confirmation based on the network responses provided by an adversary...

Talos IR trends Q3 2024: Identity-based operations loom large

Threat actors are increasingly conducting identity-based attacks across a range of operations that are proving highly effective, with credential theft being the main goal in a quarter of incident response engagements. These attacks were primarily facilitated by living-off-the-land binaries LoLBin...

BEC-ware the phish (part 1). Investigating incidents in M365

TL;DR Review the key artefacts to ensure the best possible telemetry is available in the case of a Business Email Compromise BEC. Keep an eye on data retention, where necessary export or forward data for investigations longer than 30 days. Verify and enable Unified Audit Logging, its free and giv...

Nation-State Attackers Exploiting Ivanti CSA Flaws for Network Infiltration

A suspected nation-state adversary has been observed weaponizing three security flaws in Ivanti Cloud Service Appliance CSA as zero-days to perform a series of malicious actions. That's according to findings from Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, which said the vulnerabilities were abused to gain...

OpenAI Blocks 20 Global Malicious Campaigns Using AI for Cybercrime and Disinformation

OpenAI on Wednesday said it has disrupted more than 20 operations and deceptive networks across the world that attempted to use its platform for malicious purposes since the start of the year. This activity encompassed debugging malware, writing articles for websites, generating biographies for...

Updated gnome-shell packages fix security vulnerability

In GNOME Shell through 45.7, a portal helper can be launched automatically without user confirmation based on network responses provided by an adversary e.g., an adversary who controls the local Wi-Fi network, and subsequently loads untrusted JavaScript code, which may lead to resource consumptio...

N. Korean Hackers Deploy New KLogEXE and FPSpy Malware in Targeted Attacks

Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been observed leveraging two new malware strains dubbed KLogEXE and FPSpy. The activity has been attributed to an adversary tracked as Kimsuky, which is also known as APT43, ARCHIPELAGO, Black Banshee, Emerald Sleet formerly Thallium, Sparkling Pisces,...

Cybersecurity Researchers Warn of New Rust-Based Splinter Post-Exploitation Tool

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged the discovery of a new post-exploitation red team tool called Splinter in the wild. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 shared its findings after it discovered the program on several customers' systems. "It has a standard set of features commonly found in penetration...

New QR Code Phishing Campaign Exploits Microsoft Sway to Steal Credentials

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new QR code phishing aka quishing campaign that leverages Microsoft Sway infrastructure to host fake pages, once again highlighting the abuse of legitimate cloud offerings for malicious purposes. "By using legitimate cloud applications, attacke...

gnome-shell: code execution in portal helper

A vulnerability was found in GNOME Shell. A portal helper can be launched automatically without user confirmation based on the network responses provided by an adversary...

New Malware Targets Exposed Docker APIs for Cryptocurrency Mining

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new malware campaign that targets publicly exposed Docket API endpoints with the aim of delivering cryptocurrency miners and other payloads. Included among the tools deployed is a remote access tool that's capable of downloading and executing more...

Not Just Another 100% Score: MITRE ENGENUITY ATT&CK

The latest MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluations pitted leading managed detection and response MDR services against threats modeled on the menuPass and BlackCat/AlphV adversary groups. Trend Micro achieved 100% detection across all 15 major attack steps with an 86% actionable rate for those steps—...

CVE-2023-51219

A deep link validation issue in KakaoTalk 10.4.3 allowed a remote adversary to direct users to run any attacker-controlled JavaScript within a WebView. The impact was further escalated by triggering another WebView that leaked its access token in a HTTP request header. Ultimately, this access tok...

SUSE CVE-2024-36472

In GNOME Shell through 45.7, a portal helper can be launched automatically without user confirmation based on network responses provided by an adversary e.g., an adversary who controls the local Wi-Fi network, and subsequently loads untrusted JavaScript code, which may lead to resource consumptio...