New Phishing Campaign Deploys WARMCOOKIE Backdoor Targeting Job Seekers

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an ongoing phishing campaign that leverages recruiting- and job-themed lures to deliver a Windows-based backdoor named WARMCOOKIE. "WARMCOOKIE appears to be an initial backdoor tool used to scout out victim networks and deploy additional...

Noodle RAT: Reviewing the New Backdoor Used by Chinese-Speaking Groups

This blog entry provides an analysis of the Noodle RAT backdoor, which is likely being used by multiple Chinese-speaking groups engaged in espionage and other types of cybercrime...

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Neos

It has been discovered that Neos is vulnerable to several XSS attacks. Through these vulnerabilities, an attacker could tamper with page rendering, redirect victims to a fake login page, or capture user credentials such as cookies. With the potential backdoor upload an attacker could gain access ...

Exploit for Authentication Bypass by Spoofing in Telerik Report_Server_2024

CVE-2024-4358 / CVE-2024-1800 Telerik Report Server deserializ...

Malicious code in @juiggitea/minima-illum-deserunt (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 8b930a9e55f36dc9412e578c0625000300f73f7e75801dd3bfe158ac3778b42f Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

Popular WordPress Plugins Leave Millions Open to Backdoor Attacks

Fastly researchers discover unauthenticated stored XSS attacks plaguing WordPress Plugins including WP Meta SEO, and the popular WP…...

800 arrests, 40 tons of drugs, and one backdoor, or what a phone startup gave the FBI, with Joseph Cox: Lock and Code S05E12

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… This is a story about how the FBI got everything it wanted. For decades, law enforcement and intelligence agencies across the world have lamented the availability of modern technology that allows suspected criminals to hide their communications from legal...

Andariel Hackers Target South Korean Institutes with New Dora RAT Malware

The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Andariel has been observed using a new Golang-based backdoor called Dora RAT in its attacks targeting educational institutes, manufacturing firms, and construction businesses in South Korea. "Keylogger, Infostealer, and proxy tools on top of the backdo...

Supply Chain Attack against Courtroom Software

No word on how this backdoor was installed: A software maker serving more than 10,000 courtrooms throughout the world hosted an application update containing a hidden backdoor that maintained persistent communication with a malicious website, researchers reported Thursday, in the latest episode o...

Justice AV Solutions (JAVS) Viewer Installer Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability

Justice AV Solutions JAVS Viewer installer contains a malicious version of ffmpeg.exe, named fffmpeg.exe SHA256: 421a4ad2615941b177b6ec4ab5e239c14e62af2ab07c6df1741e2a62223223c4. When run, this creates a backdoor connection to a malicious C2 server...

Turla’s Tiny Backdoor Exploits MSBuild to Evade Detection

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Hackers Created Rogue VMs to Evade Detection in Recent MITRE Cyber Attack

The MITRE Corporation has revealed that the cyber attack targeting the not-for-profit company towards late December 2023 by exploiting zero-day flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure ICS involved the threat actor creating rogue virtual machines VMs within its VMware environment. "The adversary created...

Stealthy BLOODALCHEMY Malware Targeting ASEAN Government Networks

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered that the malware known as BLOODALCHEMY used in attacks targeting government organizations in Southern and Southeastern Asia is in fact an updated version of Deed RAT, which is believed to be a successor to ShadowPad. "The origin of BLOODALCHEMY and Deed R...

New Frontiers, Old Tactics: Chinese Espionage Group Targets Africa & Caribbean Govts

The China-linked threat actor known as Sharp Panda has expanded their targeting to include governmental organizations in Africa and the Caribbean as part of an ongoing cyber espionage campaign. "The campaign adopts Cobalt Strike Beacon as the payload, enabling backdoor functionalities like C2...

CVE-2024-4978: Backdoored Justice AV Solutions Viewer Software Used in Apparent Supply Chain Attack

The following Rapid7 team members contributed to this blog: Ipek Solak, Thomas Elkins, Evan McCann, Matthew Smith, Jake McMahon, Tyler McGraw, Ryan Emmons, Stephen Fewer, and John Fenninger Overview Justice AV Solutions JAVS is a U.S.-based company specializing in digital audio-visual recording...

VulnCheck KEV: CVE-2024-4978

Justice AV Solutions JAVS Viewer installer contains a malicious version of ffmpeg.exe, named fffmpeg.exe SHA256: 421a4ad2615941b177b6ec4ab5e239c14e62af2ab07c6df1741e2a62223223c4. When run, this creates a backdoor connection to a malicious C2 server...

Researchers Warn of Chinese-Aligned Hackers Targeting South China Sea Countries

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously undocumented threat group called Unfading Sea Haze that's believed to have been active since 2018. The intrusion singled out high-level organizations in South China Sea countries, particularly military and government targets,...

Kimsuky Expands Its Arsenal with New Backdoor

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GHSA-6CJ3-RC4P-F38F Cross-site Scripting vulnerabilities in Neos

It has been discovered that Neos is vulnerable to several XSS attacks. Through these vulnerabilities, an attacker could tamper with page rendering, redirect victims to a fake login page, or capture user credentials such as cookies. With the potential backdoor upload an attacker could gain access ...

Kimsuky APT Deploying Linux Backdoor Gomir in South Korean Cyber Attacks

The Kimsuky aka Springtail advanced persistent threat APT group, which is linked to North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau RGB, has been observed deploying a Linux version of its GoBear backdoor as part of a campaign targeting South Korean organizations. The backdoor, codenamed Gomir, is...