Cobalt Strike, a penetration testing tool abused by criminals

If you were to compose a list of tools and software developed by security and privacy defenders that ended up being abused by the bad guys, then Cobalt Strike would unfortunately be near the top of the list. Maybe only Metasploit could give it a run for the first place ranking. Metasploit—probabl...

Operation TunnelSnake

Windows rootkits, especially those operating in kernel space, are pieces of malware infamous for their near absolute power in the operating system. Usually deployed as drivers, such implants have high privileges in the system, allowing them to intercept and potentially tamper with core I/O...

Microsoft Visual Studio Code Code Injection Vulnerability

Microsoft Visual Studio Code is an open source code editor from Microsoft USA. A code injection vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio Code unofficial C/C++ Advanced Lint extension prior to version 1.9.0 can be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary binaries when a user opens a carefully...

CVE-2021-28953

The unofficial C/C++ Advanced Lint extension before 1.9.0 for Visual Studio Code allows attackers to execute arbitrary binaries if the user opens a crafted repository...

CVE-2021-28953

The unofficial C/C++ Advanced Lint extension before 1.9.0 for Visual Studio Code allows attackers to execute arbitrary binaries if the user opens a crafted repository...

Design/Logic Flaw

The unofficial C/C++ Advanced Lint extension before 1.9.0 for Visual Studio Code allows attackers to execute arbitrary binaries if the user opens a crafted repository...

CVE-2021-28953

The unofficial C/C++ Advanced Lint extension before 1.9.0 for Visual Studio Code allows attackers to execute arbitrary binaries if the user opens a crafted repository...

CVE-2021-28953

CVE-2021-28953 affects the unofficial C/C++ Advanced Lint extension for Visual Studio Code (pre-1.9.0). The vulnerability allows an attacker to cause the extension to execute arbitrary binaries when a user opens a crafted repository. The issue, present in multiple feeds, is documented with a CVSS...

CVE-2021-28953: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

The unofficial C/C++ Advanced Lint extension before 1.9.0 for Visual Studio Code allows attackers to execute arbitrary binaries if the user opens a crafted repository...

[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: gsoap-2.8.104-4.fc34

The gSOAP Web services development toolkit offers an XML to C/C++ language binding to ease the development of SOAP/XML Web services in C and C/C++...

Ad blocker with miner included

Some time ago, we discovered a number of fake apps delivering a Monero cryptocurrency miner to user computers. They are distributed through malicious websites that may turn up in the victims search results. By the look of it, it appears to be a continuation of the summer campaign covered by our...

Malicious Chrome extensions can steal data by abusing Sync feature

By Saad Rajpoot Security Researcher reveals malicious use of Chrome extension- C&C and data exfiltration possible through Sync Feature. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Malicious Chrome extensions can steal data by abusing Sync feature...

Update now! Chrome patches zero-day that was exploited in the wild

A Chrome patch has been issued with an advisory stating that the Stable channel has been updated to 88.0.4324.150 for Windows, Mac and Linux. The only noteworthy thing about this update is a patch for a zero-day vulnerability that has been actively exploited in the wild. But that one looks to be...

Genivia gSOAP WS-Addressing plugin denial-of-service vulnerability

Summary A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the WS-Addressing plugin functionality of Genivia gSOAP 2.8.107. A specially crafted SOAP request can lead to denial of service. An attacker can send an HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability. Tested Versions Genivia gSOAP 2.8.107 Product UR...

AutoHotkey-Based Password Stealer Targeting US, Canadian Banking Users

Threat actors have been discovered distributing a new credential stealer written in AutoHotkey AHK scripting language as part of an ongoing campaign that started early 2020. Customers of financial institutions in the US and Canada are among the primary targets for credential exfiltration, with a...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: mariadb-connector-c security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update for mariadb-connector-c is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is...

Sunburst: connecting the dots in the DNS requests

On December 13, 2020 FireEye published important details of a newly discovered supply chain attack. An unknown attacker, referred to as UNC2452 or DarkHalo planted a backdoor in the SolarWinds Orion IT software. This backdoor, which comes in the form of a .NET module, has some really interesting...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: mariadb-connector-c security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update for mariadb-connector-c is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each...

mariadb-connector-c security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update is available for mariadb-connector-c. This update affects Rocky Linux 8. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list The MariaDB Native Client library C driver is used to connect...

Moderate: mariadb-connector-c security, bug fix, and enhancement update

The MariaDB Native Client library C driver is used to connect applications developed in C/C++ to MariaDB and MySQL databases. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: mariadb-connector-c 3.1.11. BZ1898993 Security Fixes: mysql: C API unspecified vulnerability CPU Apr...