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Exposing POLONIUM activity and infrastructure targeting Israeli organizations
Microsoft successfully detected and disabled attack activity abusing OneDrive by a previously undocumented Lebanon-based activity group Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center MSTIC tracks as POLONIUM. The associated indicators and tactics were used by the OneDrive team to improve detection of attac...
747 Hackathon
As is probably clear from our blog and public talks aviation cyber security is an area of huge interest to us. Some of us are also light aircraft pilots, so the crossover of two of our loves makes for some fascinating research. Over the last few years we’ve managed to get access to several...
Security Bulletin: IBM Maximo Asset Management is vulnerable to Java Deserialization (CVE-2020-4521)
Summary IBM Maximo Asset Management is vulnerable to Java Deserialization. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2020-4521 DESCRIPTION: IBM Maximo Asset Management could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization in Java. By sendin...
Agencies Warn on Satellite Hacks & GPS Jamming Affecting Airplanes, Critical Infrastructure
In a warning to aviation authorities and air operators on Thursday, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency EASA warned of satellite jamming and spoofing attacks across a broad swath of Eastern Europe that could affect air navigation systems. The warning came in tandem with a separate alert fro...
aviation-warbooks.nl Improper Access Control vulnerability OBB-2421203
Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...
aviation-safety.net Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-2419070
Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...
Free HermeticRansom Ransomware Decryptor Released
A free decryptor is out to unlock a ransomware found piggybacking on the HermeticWiper data wiper malware that ESET and Broadcom’s Symantec discovered targeting machines at financial, defense, aviation and IT services outfits in Ukraine, Lithuania and Latvia last week. The fact that there was...
Unknown TA2541 group attacking aviation and defense sectors since 2017
By Deeba Ahmed TA2541 is extensively using a variety of Remote Access Trojans RAT in spear-phishing attacks to lure their target.… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Unknown TA2541 group attacking aviation and defense sectors since 2017...
TA2541: APT Has Been Shooting RATs at Aviation for Years
Researchers have identified an advanced persistent threat APT group responsible for a series of cyberespionage and spyware attacks against the aviation, aerospace, transportation and defense industries since at least 2017 that feature high-volume email campaigns using industry-specific lures. The...
Experts Warn of Hacking Group Targeting Aviation and Defense Sectors
Entities in the aviation, aerospace, transportation, manufacturing, and defense industries have been targeted by a persistent threat group since at least 2017 as part of a string of spear-phishing campaigns mounted to deliver a variety of remote access trojans RATs on compromised systems. The use...
Ransomware attack on Swissport aviation firm causes flight delays
By Deeba Ahmed Swissport claims it "contained an IT security incident" referring to a ransomware attack that took place on February… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ransomware attack on Swissport aviation firm causes flight delays...
livre-aviation.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-2271231
Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...
Cybersecurity Experts Warn of a Rise in Lyceum Hacker Group Activities in Tunisia
A threat actor, previously known for striking organizations in the energy and telecommunications sectors across the Middle East as early as April 2018, has evolved its malware arsenal to strike two entities in Tunisia. Security researchers at Kaspersky, who presented their findings at the...
krueger-aviation.de Improper Access Control vulnerability OBB-2166449
Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...
A New APT Hacking Group Targeting Fuel, Energy, and Aviation Industries
A previously undocumented threat actor has been identified as behind a string of attacks targeting fuel, energy, and aviation production industries in Russia, the U.S., India, Nepal, Taiwan, and Japan with the goal of stealing data from compromised networks. Cybersecurity company Positive...
New APT ChamelGang Targets Russian Energy, Aviation Orgs
A new APT group has emerged that’s specifically targeting the fuel and energy complex and aviation industry in Russia, exploiting known vulnerabilities like Microsoft Exchange Server’s ProxyShell and leveraging both new and existing malware to compromise networks. Researchers at security firm...
Malware Attack on Aviation Sector Uncovered After Going Unnoticed for 2 Years
A targeted phishing campaign aimed at the aviation industry for two years may be spearheaded by a threat actor operating out of Nigeria, highlighting how attackers can carry out small-scale cyber offensives for extended periods of time while staying under the radar. Cisco Talos dubbed the malware...
Threat Source newsletter (Sept. 16, 2021)
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw.Good afternoon, Talos readers. It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a rat! We've been tracking a series of trojans targeting the aviation industry, and trying to lure victims in by sending them spam related to flight itineraries and other transportation... This is on...
Operation Layover: How we tracked an attack on the aviation industry to five years of compromise
By Tiago Pereira and Vitor Ventura. Cisco Talos linked the recent aviation targeting campaigns to an actor who has been targeting the aviation industry for two years.The same actor has been running successful malware campaigns for more than five years.Although always using commodity malware, the...
EFB Tampering. The Human Factor
Like most people, pilots want to expedite things and generally make their work easier. A common conception about aviation is that its a leading industry with technology at its forefront. While this is generally true some of the systems in use today are rather dated to put it mildly. A great examp...