Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 12 to 18 February 2024

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs recently made several significant discoveries in the realm of cybersecurity threats. In the past week alone, a total of eight attacks were executed, five vulnerabilities were uncovered, and three active adversaries we...

Chinese Hackers Using Deepfakes in Advanced Mobile Banking Malware Attacks

A Chinese-speaking threat actor codenamed GoldFactory has been attributed to the development of highly sophisticated banking trojans, including a previously undocumented iOS malware called GoldPickaxe that's capable of harvesting identity documents, facial recognition data, and intercepting SMS...

Coyote: A Sophisticated Banking Trojan Targeting Financial Information

Summary: A new banking trojan called Coyote is currently targeting more than 60 banking institutions, primarily in Brazil. The malware distributes itself using the Squirrel installer and executes its infection process using Node.js and Nim, a relatively new multi-platform programming language...

New Coyote Trojan Targets 61 Brazilian Banks with Nim-Powered Attack

Sixty-one banking institutions, all of them originating from Brazil, are the target of a new banking trojan called Coyote. "This malware utilizes the Squirrel installer for distribution, leveraging Node.js and a relatively new multi-platform programming language called Nim as a loader to complete...

Coyote: A multi-stage banking Trojan abusing the Squirrel installer

The developers of banking Trojan malware are constantly looking for inventive ways to distribute theirs implants and infect victims. In a recent investigation, we encountered a new malware that specifically targets users of more than 60 banking institutions, mainly from Brazil. What caught our...

State of Malware 2024: What consumers need to know

Released today, the Malwarebytes State of Malware 2024 report takes a deep dive into the latest developments in the world of cybercrime. As home users, many of the threats we cover will only affect you second hand, such as disruptions after a company suffers a ransomware attack, or when your...

New Mispadu Banking Trojan Exploiting Windows SmartScreen Flaw

The threat actors behind the Mispadu banking Trojan have become the latest to exploit a now-patched Windows SmartScreen security bypass flaw to compromise users in Mexico. The attacks entail a new variant of the malware that was first observed in 2019, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said in a report...

INTERPOL Arrests 31 in Global Operation, Identifies 1,900+ Ransomware-Linked IPs

An INTERPOL-led collaborative operation targeting phishing, banking malware, and ransomware attacks has led to the identification of 1,300 suspicious IP addresses and URLs. The law enforcement effort, codenamed Synergia, took place between September and November 2023 in an attempt to blunt the...

CFPB’s Proposed Data Rules

In October, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau CFPB proposed a set of rules that if implemented would transform how financial institutions handle personal data about their customers. The rules put control of that data back in the hands of ordinary Americans, while at the same time undermini...

Brazilian Feds Dismantle Grandoreiro Banking Trojan, Arresting Top Operatives

A Brazilian law enforcement operation has led to the arrest of several Brazilian operators in charge of the Grandoreiro malware. The Federal Police of Brazil said it served five temporary arrest warrants and 13 search and seizure warrants in the states of São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Pará, Goiás, a...

AllaKore RAT Malware Targeting Mexican Firms with Financial Fraud Tricks

Mexican financial institutions are under the radar of a new spear-phishing campaign that delivers a modified version of an open-source remote access trojan called AllaKore RAT. The BlackBerry Research and Intelligence Team attributed the activity to an unknown Latin America-based financially...

CVE-2024-0781

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in CodeAstro Internet Banking System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file pagesclientsignup.php. The manipulation of the argument Client Full Name with the input leads to open redirect. It is possible to initiate the attack...

Open redirect

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in CodeAstro Internet Banking System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file pagesclientsignup.php. The manipulation of the argument Client Full Name with the input leads to open redirect. It is possible to initiate the attack...

CVE-2024-0781 CodeAstro Internet Banking System pages_client_signup.php redirect

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in CodeAstro Internet Banking System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file pagesclientsignup.php. The manipulation of the argument Client Full Name with the input leads to open redirect. It is possible to initiate the attack...

CVE-2024-0781 CodeAstro Internet Banking System pages_client_signup.php redirect

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in CodeAstro Internet Banking System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file pagesclientsignup.php. The manipulation of the argument Client Full Name with the input leads to open redirect. It is possible to initiate the attack...

CVE-2024-0781

CVE-2024-0781 affects CodeAstro Internet Banking System 1.0, specifically an vulnerability in the pages_client_signup.php file where manipulating the Client Full Name parameter can trigger an open redirect. The issue is exploitable remotely and has been publicly disclosed (VDB-251697). Several co...

CVE-2024-0773

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in CodeAstro Internet Banking System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file pagesclientsignup.php. The manipulation of the argument Client Full Name leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched...

Cross site scripting

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in CodeAstro Internet Banking System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file pagesclientsignup.php. The manipulation of the argument Client Full Name leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched...

CodeAstro Internet Banking System Input Validation Error Vulnerability

CodeAstro Internet Banking System is a PHP online banking system from CodeAstro. An input validation error vulnerability exists in CodeAstro Internet Banking System version 1.0, which stems from the inclusion of an unknown section in pagesclientsignup.php, where the use of a specific input via th...

PT-2024-15814 · Unknown · Codeastro Internet Banking System

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: CodeAstro Internet Banking System version 1.0 Description: A problematic issue was found in the CodeAstro Internet Banking System, affecting an unknown part of the file pages client signup.php. The manipulation of the argument Client Full Nam...