PYSA, the ransomware attacking schools

The education sector’s cybersecurity problem has compounded in the last few months. A recent warning from the FBI, in mid-March, put schools in the US and UK on notice of increased attacks from the threat actors behind the PYSA ransomware. If this is the first time you’ve heard of this family, re...

Perkiler malware turns to SMB brute force to spread

Researchers at Guardicore have identified a new infection vector being used by the Perkiler malware where internet-facing Windows machines are breached through SMB password brute force. Perkiler is a complex Windows malware with rootkit components that is dropped by the Purple Fox exploit kit EK...

Code injection

IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.5 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a local user er to brute force Rest API account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 190974...

New Mirai Variant and ZHtrap Botnet Malware Emerge in the Wild

Cybersecurity researchers on Monday disclosed a new wave of ongoing attacks exploiting multiple vulnerabilities to deploy new Mirai variants on internet connected devices. "Upon successful exploitation, the attackers try to download a malicious shell script, which contains further infection...

Cyberattacks See Fundamental Changes, A Year into COVID-19

COVID-19-related phishing emails, brute-force attacks on remote workers, and a focus on exploiting or abusing collaboration platforms are the hallmarks of cybercriminal enterprise as the coronavirus marks its first anniversary of going global. A year after the COVID-19 crisis was officially...

CVE-2021-21352

Anuko Time Tracker is an open source, web-based time tracking application written in PHP. In TimeTracker before version 1.19.24.5415 tokens used in password reset feature in Time Tracker are based on system time and, therefore, are predictable. This opens a window for brute force attacks to guess...

CVE-2021-21352 Predictable tokens used for password resets

Anuko Time Tracker is an open source, web-based time tracking application written in PHP. In TimeTracker before version 1.19.24.5415 tokens used in password reset feature in Time Tracker are based on system time and, therefore, are predictable. This opens a window for brute force attacks to guess...

CVE-2021-25309

CVE-2021-25309 affects Gigaset DX600A devices with firmware v41.00-175. The telnet administrator service on port 650 does not implement any lockout or throttling, combined with a 4-digit weak password policy, enabling remote attackers to obtain administrative access via brute-force attempts. Publ...

XYCMS message board has a logic flaw vulnerability

XYCMS message board is to asp access for the development of asp message board source code. XYCMS message board has a logic flaw vulnerability, attackers can use this vulnerability to carry out unlimited number of brute-force attacks...

WireBug - A Toolset For Voice-over-IP Penetration Testing

WireBug is a tool set for Voice-over-IP penetration testing. It is designed as a wizard which makes it easy to use. The tools are build for single using too, so every tool is its own python or bash program. Installation Install the dependencies in requirements.txt and the python dependencies in...

CVE-2020-35565

An issue was discovered in MB CONNECT LINE mymbCONNECT24 and mbCONNECT24 through 2.6.2. The login pages bruteforce detection is disabled by default...

E-commerce under Brute-Force attacks: how Wallarm stops it

Most of the Wallarm e-commerce customers are running WAF protection with Brute-Force attacks protection functionality The post E-commerce under Brute-Force attacks: how Wallarm stops it appeared first on Wallarm...

CVE-2020-10538

An issue was discovered in Epikur before 20.1.1. It stores the secret passwords of the users as MD5 hashes in the database. MD5 can be brute-forced efficiently and should not be used for such purposes. Additionally, since no salt is used, rainbow tables can speed up the attack...

Rocket.Chat: Hi! Security Team Rocket.Chat, It's possible to get information about the users emails without authentication

Description: Email enumeration vulnerability. Vulnerable api method: /api/v1/users.2fa.sendEmailCode Releases Affected:: Rocket.Chat up to 3.10.5 Request for existing account: POST /api/v1/users.2fa.sendEmailCode HTTP/1.1 Host: rocket-chat.local:3000 Referer: http://rocket-chat.local:3000/home...

MrbMiner Crypto-Mining Malware Links to Iranian Software Company

A relatively new crypto-mining malware that surfaced last year and infected thousands of Microsoft SQL Server MSSQL databases has now been linked to a small software development company based in Iran. The attribution was made possible due to an operational security oversight, said researchers fro...

CVE-2020-35586

In Solstice Pod before 3.3.0 or Open4.3, the Administrator password can be enumerated using brute-force attacks via the /Config/service/initModel?password= Solstice Open Control API because there is no complexity requirement e.g., it might be all digits or all lowercase letters...

Authentication flaw

The built-in WEB server for MOXA NPort IAW5000A-I/O firmware version 2.1 or lower allows SSH/Telnet sessions, which may be vulnerable to brute force attacks to bypass authentication...

A week in security (December 14 – December 20)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs we kept you updated on the SolarWinds attack, we warned about the special dangers that come with the Christmas season, published a threat profile for the Egregor ransomware, warned how a lead generation scam was targeting potential Malwarebytes MSP partners, and...

VideoBytes: Brute force attacks increase due to more open RDP ports

Hello Folks! In this Videobyte, we’re talking about why brute force attacks are increasing and why that is a problem for everyone. The number of RDP ports exposed to the Internet grew from about three million in January 2020 to over four and a half million in March. The reason for this increase i...

Spotify Changes Passwords After Another Data Breach

Spotify has alerted users that some of their registration data was inadvertently exposed to a third-party business partner, including emails addresses, preferred display names, passwords, gender and dates of birth. This is at least the third breach in less than a month for the world’s largest...