Sunburst backdoor – code overlaps with Kazuar

Introduction On December 13, 2020, FireEye published a blog post detailing a supply chain attack leveraging Orion IT, an infrastructure monitoring and management platform by SolarWinds. In parallel, Volexity published an article with their analysis of related attacks, attributed to an actor named...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4668-3)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Malicious Software Infrastructure Easier to Get and Deploy Than Ever

Simple to use and deploy offensive security tools, making it easier than ever for criminals with little technical know-how to get in on cybercrime are seeing a significant rise, researchers say. Recorded Future just released findings from its regular year-end observations of malicious...

APT Horoscope

This delightful essay matches APT hacker groups up with astrological signs. This is me: Capricorn is renowned for its discipline, skilled navigation, and steadfastness. Just like Capricorn, Helix Kitten also known as APT 35 or OilRig is a skilled navigator of vast online networks, maneuvering...

ALERT: North Korean hackers targeting South Korea with RokRat Trojan

A North Korean hacking group has been found deploying the RokRat Trojan in a new spear-phishing campaign targeting the South Korean government. Attributing the attack to APT37 aka Starcruft, Ricochet Chollima, or Reaper, Malwarebytes said it identified a malicious document last December that, whe...

CISA Releases New Alert on Post-Compromise Threat Activity in Microsoft Cloud Environments and Tools to Help Detect This Activity

CISA has evidence of post-compromise advanced persistent threat APT activity in the cloud environment. Specifically, CISA has seen an APT actor using compromised applications in a victim’s Microsoft 365 M365/Azure environment and using additional credentials and Application Programming Interface...

Vulnerabilities fixed in Ghostscript

Vulnerabilities have been fixed in Ghostscript. The vulnerabilities allow a malicious party to cause a denial-of-service cause and to execute arbitrary code under the privileges of the user. -= Ubuntu =- Canonical has made updates available for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and 18.04 LTS to fix the...

USN-4668-3: python-apt regression

USN-4668-1 fixed vulnerabilities in python-apt. The update caused a regression when using certain APIs with a file handle. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Kevin Backhouse discovered that python-apt incorrectly handled resources. A loca...

USN-4668-3 python-apt regression

USN-4668-1 fixed vulnerabilities in python-apt. The update caused a regression when using certain APIs with a file handle. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Kevin Backhouse discovered that python-apt incorrectly handled resources. A loca...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : python-apt regression (USN-4668-3)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4668-3 advisory. USN-4668-1 fixed vulnerabilities in python-apt. The update caused a regression when using certain APIs with a file handle. This update fix...

[SECURITY] [DSA 4809-2] python-apt regression update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-4809-2 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso December 27, 2020 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 4809-2] python-apt regression update

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DSA-4809-2 python-apt - regression update

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[SECURITY] [DLA 2488-2] python-apt regression update

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-2488-2 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Utkarsh Gupta December 26, 2020 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS -...

DLA-2488-2 python-apt - regression update

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Windows Zero-Day Still Circulating After Faulty Fix

A high-severity Windows zero-day that could lead to complete desktop takeover remains dangerous after a “fix” from Microsoft failed to adequately patch it. The local privilege-escalation bug in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 CVE-2020-0986 exists in the Print Spooler API. It could allow a local attack...

CISA Releases CISA Insights and Creates Webpage on Ongoing APT Cyber Activity

CISA is tracking a known compromise involving SolarWinds Orion products that are currently being exploited by a malicious actor. An advanced persistent threat APT actor is responsible for compromising the SolarWinds Orion software supply chain, as well as widespread abuse of commonly used...

Two groups might have breached SolarWinds Orion software- Microsoft

By Deeba Ahmed The ongoing investigation into the SolarWinds supply chain cyberattack indicates the involvement of another APT group. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Two groups might have breached SolarWinds Orion software- Microsoft...

Simplifying Proactive Defense With Threat Playbooks

Security defense strategy can be extremely complex, with security teams grappling with tens of thousands of information points and evolving attacker techniques, said Derek Manky, Chief of Security Insights & Global Threat Alliances at Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs. Derek Manky FortiGuard Labs has...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4808-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...