CVE-2019-15795 python-apt uses MD5 for validation

python-apt only checks the MD5 sums of downloaded files in Version.fetchbinary and Version.fetchsource of apt/package.py in version 1.9.0ubuntu1 and earlier. This allows a man-in-the-middle attack which could potentially be used to install altered packages and has been fixed in versions...

CVE-2019-15796

CVE-2019-15796 affects the Python-apt package where Version.fetch_binary(), Version.fetch_source(), and _fetch_archives() did not verify signed hashes in versions up to 1.9.3ubuntu2, enabling downloads from unsigned repositories. The issue has been fixed in versions 1.9.5, 1.9.0ubuntu1.2, 1.6.5ub...

CVE-2019-15795

The CVE concerns python-apt (apt/package.py) where MD5 hashes were used to validate downloaded files in Version.fetch_binary() and Version.fetch_source(), affecting 1.9.0ubuntu1 and earlier. This trust gap creates a potential MITM path to install altered packages. The issue is resolved in fixed r...

CVE-2019-15796

Python-apt doesn't check if hashes are signed in Version.fetchbinary and Version.fetchsource of apt/package.py or in fetcharchives of apt/cache.py in version 1.9.3ubuntu2 and earlier. This allows downloads from unsigned repositories which shouldn't be allowed and has been fixed in verisions 1.9.5...

CVE-2019-15795: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

python-apt only checks the MD5 sums of downloaded files in Version.fetchbinary and Version.fetchsource of apt/package.py in version 1.9.0ubuntu1 and earlier. This allows a man-in-the-middle attack which could potentially be used to install altered packages and has been fixed in versions...

CVE-2019-15796: Improper Authentication

Python-apt doesn't check if hashes are signed in Version.fetchbinary and Version.fetchsource of apt/package.py or in fetcharchives of apt/cache.py in version 1.9.3ubuntu2 and earlier. This allows downloads from unsigned repositories which shouldn't be allowed and has been fixed in verisions 1.9.5...

WHO Targeted in Espionage Attempt, COVID-19 Cyberattacks Spike

The World Health Organization WHO has attracted the notice of cybercriminals as the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic continues to play out, with a doubling of attacks recently, according to officials there. Problematically, evidence has also now apparently surfaced that the DarkHotel APT group has tri...

openSUSE Security Update : salt (openSUSE-2020-357)

This update for salt fixes the following issues : - Avoid possible user escalation upgrading salt-master bsc1157465 CVE-2019-18897 - Fix unit tests failures in testbatchasync tests - Batch Async: Handle exceptions, properly unregister and close instances after running async batching to avoid CPU...

Hunting APTs with YARA

For the past few years, we have been spreading our knowledge and experience of using YARA, often called a pattern matching swiss knife for malware researchers and everyone else. Most of the time, this took the form of the Kaspersky training course titled, "Hunting APTs with YARA Like a GReAT...

Coronavirus-Themed APT Attack Spreads Malware

An advanced persistent threat APT group is leveraging the coronavirus pandemic to infect victims with a previously unknown malware, in a recently discovered campaign that researchers call “Vicious Panda.” Researchers identified two suspicious Rich Text Format files RTF — a text file format used b...

Coronavirus-Themed APT Attack Spreads Malware

An advanced persistent threat APT group is leveraging the coronavirus pandemic to infect victims with a previously unknown malware, in a recently discovered campaign that researchers call “Vicious Panda.” Researchers identified two suspicious Rich Text Format files RTF — a text file format used b...

Microsoft Exchange Server Flaw Exploited in APT Attacks

Multiple threat groups are actively exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange servers, researchers warn. If left unpatched, the flaw allows authenticated attackers to execute code remotely with system privileges. The vulnerability in question CVE-2020-0688 exists in the control panel of...

Microsoft Exchange Server Flaw Exploited in APT Attacks

Multiple threat groups are actively exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange servers, researchers warn. If left unpatched, the flaw allows authenticated attackers to execute code remotely with system privileges. The vulnerability in question CVE-2020-0688 exists in the control panel of...

CIA’s 11-year old hacking campaign against China exposed

By Deeba Ahmed APT-C-39 is a hacking group that discreetly works for the CIA, according to research from a well-known Chinese cyber-security firm Qihoo 360. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: CIA’s 11-year old hacking campaign against China exposed...

Cobalt Ulster Strikes Again With New ForeLord Malware

A new credential-stealing malware, dubbed ForeLord, has been uncovered in a recent spear phishing campaign. Researchers tie the attack to a known advanced persistence threat APT group known as Cobalt Ulster. The emails distributing ForeLord were uncovered as part of a campaign, running between...

Researchers Claim CIA Was Behind 11-Year-Long Hacking Attacks Against China

Qihoo 360, one of the most prominent cybersecurity firms, today published a new report accusing the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA to be behind an 11-year-long hacking campaign against several Chinese industries and government agencies. The targeted industry sectors include aviation...

MediaTek Bug Actively Exploited, Affects Millions of Android Devices

Google has addressed a high-severity flaw in MediaTek’s Command Queue driver that developers said affects millions of devices – and which has an exploit already circulating in the wild. Also in its March 2020 Android Security bulletin, issued this week, Google disclosed and patched a critical...

TrickBot Adds ActiveX Control, Hides Dropper in Images

The TrickBot banking trojan has gotten trickier, with the addition of a Windows 10 ActiveX control to execute malicious macros in boobytrapped documents. Michael Gorelik, researcher at Morphisec Labs, said that at least two dozen documents have come to light in the last few weeks that use ActiveX...

Patrick Wardle: Apple Devices Hit With Recycled macOS Malware

SAN FRANCISCO – Advanced persistent threat APT groups are hitting Apple devices with malware that has been reverse engineered and redeployed for malicious acts. This technique is complicating attribution efforts, Patrick Wardle, security researcher with Jamf, said this week during RSA Conference...

New Research Paper: Prevalence and impact of low-entropy packing schemes in the malware ecosystem

Detection of malware is a constant battle between the technologies designed to detect and prevent malware and the authors creating them. One common technique adversaries leverage is packing binaries. Packing an executable is similar to applying compression or encryption and can inhibit the abilit...