CVE-2017-15396

A stack buffer overflow in NumberingSystem in International Components for Unicode ICU for C/C++ before 60.2, as used in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.75 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page...

CVE-2017-15396

A stack buffer overflow in NumberingSystem in International Components for Unicode ICU for C/C++ before 60.2, as used in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.75 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page...

CVE-2017-15396

CVE-2017-15396 is described in the connected IBM ICU bulletin as a stack buffer overflow in ICU’s NumberingSystem (C/C++) that could allow a remote attacker to trigger heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. The description in the initial document notes ICU for C/C++ before 60.2 (used in V8/Chro...

Integer overflow

Integer overflow in international date handling in International Components for Unicode ICU for C/C++ before 60.1, as used in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page...

CVE-2017-15422

ICU vulnerability CVE-2017-15422: An integer overflow in ICU’s international date handling (ICU for C/C++) enables out-of-bounds memory reads via crafted HTML. Affected: ICU before 60.1; used in Google Chrome’s V8 (pre-63.0.3239.84) and other products. Impact per sources: potential memory disclos...

CVE-2017-15422

Integer overflow in international date handling in International Components for Unicode ICU for C/C++ before 60.1, as used in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page...

AdvisorsBot Downloader Emerges in Raft of Malware Campaigns

A new downloader was disclosed today, sporting significant anti-analysis features and increasingly sophisticated distribution techniques. Researchers at Proofpoint have been tracking the downloader as a first-stage payload in campaigns since May 2018. Dubbed AdvisorsBot due to early...

Dark Tequila Banking Malware Uncovered After 5 Years of Activity

Security researchers at Kaspersky Labs have uncovered a new, complex malware campaign that has been targeting customers of several Mexican banking institutions since at least 2013. Dubbed Dark Tequila, the campaign delivers an advanced keylogger malware that managed to stay under the radar for fi...

Highly Flexible Marap Malware Enters the Financial Scene

A newly discovered downloader malware has been discovered as part of a new campaign primarily targeting financial institutions. Researchers at Proofpoint said today that the downloader – dubbed “Marap” after its command-and-control phone-home parameter, “param,” spelled backwards – is notable for...

The Problems and Promise of WebAssembly

Posted by Natalie Silvanovich, Project Zero WebAssembly is a format that allows code written in assembly-like instructions to be run from JavaScript. It has recently been implemented in all four major browsers. We reviewed each browser’s WebAssembly implementation and found three vulnerabilities...

KeyPass ransomware

In the last few days, our anti-ransomware module has been detecting a new variant of malware - KeyPass ransomware. Others in the security community have also noticed that this ransomware began to actively spread in August: Notification from MalwareHunterTeam Distribution model According to our...

Security Bulletin: Security Vulnerability in Apache Batik (CVE-2015-0250)

Summary Apache Batik could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted SVG file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to reveal files and obtain sensitive information. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-0250 DESCRIPTION:...

UPDATE: OWASP Dependency-Check 3.3.0

PenTestIT RSS Feed My first post about this open source OWASP project was about an older version. This post discusses the changes made to the open source software composition analysis utility in the latest release yesterday. This is the OWASP Dependency-Check 3.3.0, which includes a lot of bug...

Drupal, Phishing and A New Cryptomining Botnet

It’s a well-known fact that security solutions must quickly adapt to new attack methods. There are several ways to achieve this goal, regularly applying security patches and updates, relying on threat intelligence and more. At Imperva, we use pattern anomaly detection as one of the tools to...

The return of Fantomas, or how we deciphered Cryakl

In early February this year, Belgian police seized the C&C servers of the infamous Cryakl cryptor. Soon afterwards, they handed over the private keys to our experts, who used them to update the free RakhniDecryptor tool for recovering files encrypted by the malware. The ransomware, which for year...

Most LokiBot samples in the wild are "hijacked" versions of the original malware

Hacker himself got hacked. It turns out that most samples of the LokiBot malware being distributed in the wild are modified versions of the original sample, a security researcher has learned. Targeting users since 2015, LokiBot is a password and cryptocoin-wallet stealer that can harvest...

To crypt, or to mine – that is the question

Way back in 2013 our malware analysts spotted the first malicious samples related to the Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Rakhni family. That was the starting point for this long-lived Trojan family, which is still functioning to this day. During that time the malware writers have changed: the way their Troja...

MacOS Malware Targets Cryptocurrency Community on Slack, Discord

Hackers using MacOS malware are targeting cryptocurrency investors that use both the Slack and Discord chat platforms. The malware, dubbed OSX.Dummy, uses an unsophisticated infection method, but those who are successfully attacked open their systems up to remote arbitrary code execution. “If the...

Threat Roundup for June 22-29

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between June 22 and June 29. As with previous round-ups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristic...

Operation Prowli Profits On Weak IoT Devices, Servers

A malicious campaign has compromised more than 40,000 machines globally, carrying out traffic-hijacking and cryptomining. Researchers at Guardicore Labs, who called the campaign Operation Prowli, said it targets a variety of platforms – including Drupal CMS websites, WordPress sites, backup serve...