New Zeppelin Ransomware Targeting Tech and Health Companies

A new variant of Vega ransomware family, dubbed Zeppelin, has recently been spotted in the wild targeting technology and healthcare companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada. However, if you reside in Russia or some other ex-USSR countries like Ukraine, Belorussia, and Kazakhstan,...

ici.radio-canada.ca Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

Security Researcher Hchabik Helped patch 2345 vulnerabilities Received 5 Coordinated Disclosure badges Received 2 recommendations , a holder of 5 badges for responsible and coordinated disclosure, found a security vulnerability affecting ici.radio-canada.ca website and its users. Following...

Fortinet FortiSIEM 5.0 / 5.2.1 Improper Certification Validation

Product Name: FortiSIEM Tested versions: 5.0, 5.2.1 Fixed in version: Only a manual workaround is available from Fortinet as of this writing Weakness Type: CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation Discovered by: Andrew Klaus Cybera Canada CVE: Pending == Disclosure Timeline: June 25, 2019: Initi...

ici.radio-canada.ca Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-974411 Security Researcher Hchabik Helped patch 2416 vulnerabilities Received 5 Coordinated Disclosure badges Received 2 recommendations , a holder of 5 badges for responsible and coordinated disclosure, found a security vulnerability affecting ici.radio-canada.ca website...

Capital One Data Breach Affects 106 Million Customers; Hacker Arrested

Another week, another massive data breach. Capital One, the fifth-largest U.S. credit-card issuer and banking institution, has recently suffered a data breach exposing the personal information of more than 100 million credit card applicants in the United States and 6 million in Canada. The data...

Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 2.7 ATTENTION : Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor : Quest Equipment : KACE Systems Management Appliance SMA Vulnerability : Improper Input Validation 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an administrative...

ThreatList: Top 8 Threat Actors Targeting Canada in 2019

Banking and financial services in Canada are being targeted in geo-specific attacks looking to spread varying forms of malware, according to researchers tracking thousands of malicious email campaigns between January 2019 to May 2019. In particular, campaigns are typically launched by...

A week in security (May 20 – 26)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we took a look at a skimmer pretending to be a payment service provider, gave an overview of what riskware is, took a deep dive into concerns about PACS leaks, and dug around in the land of “These Governments said fix it…hurry up”. Other cybersecurity news Changes...

Mother's Day Online Shoppers Were Active, and So Were Threat Actors

Mother's Day is a major online shopping event that attracts both shoppers as well as threat actors. Earlier in the year, we reported on the United Kingdom's version, called Mothering Sunday. An eMarketer spending forecast predicted that in the United States, retail gift spending would increase,...

New York, Canada, Ireland Launch New Investigations Into Facebook Privacy Breaches

Facebook has a lot of problems, then there are a lot of problems for Facebook—and both are not going to end anytime sooner. Though Facebook has already set aside $5 billion from its revenue to cover a possible fine the company is expecting as a result of an FTC investigation over privacy...

Popular Video Editing Software Website Hacked to Spread Banking Trojan

If you have downloaded the VSDC multimedia editing software between late February to late March this year, there are high chances that your computer has been infected with a banking trojan and an information stealer. The official website of the VSDC software — one of the most popular, free video...

eVisitorPass Default Management Credentials Vulnerability

Threshold eVisitorPass is a visitor management system from Threshold Canada. A security vulnerability exists in Threshold eVisitorPass version 1.5.5.2 that stems from the program's use of default administrative credentials. A local attacker could exploit the vulnerability to gain full access to t...

eVisitorPass elevation of privilege vulnerability (CNVD-2019-08629)

Threshold eVisitorPass is a visitor management system from Threshold Canada. A power-up vulnerability exists in Threshold eVisitorPass version 1.5.5.2. A local attacker can exploit the vulnerability to launch a command window...

eVisitorPass elevation of privilege vulnerability (CNVD-2019-12476)

Threshold eVisitorPass is a visitor management system from Threshold Canada. A power-up vulnerability exists in Threshold eVisitorPass version 1.5.5.2. A local attacker can exploit the vulnerability by accessing the self-service server and clicking on the full-screen button to close the program a...

Vanilla Forums 2.x Open Redirection

Exploit Title : VanillaForums 2.x Open Redirection Author Discovered By : KingSkrupellos Team : Cyberizm Digital Security Army Date : 11/03/2019 Vendor Homepage : open.vanillaforums.com Software Information Link : vanillaforums.com/en/software/ open.vanillaforums.com/addon/vanilla-core Software...

Crypto exchange loses access to $145M after CEO dies without giving password

By Waqas The Canada-based cryptocurrency exchange QuardigaCX has suffered a major setback after the untimely death of its founder and CEO Gerald Cotten. Apparently, Cotten had exclusive and crucial information about the exchange’s password. Now that the CEO is no more, the exchange claims to have...

Cryptocurrency Firm Loses $145 Million After CEO Dies With Only Password

QuadrigaCX, the largest bitcoin exchange in Canada, has claimed to have lost CAD 190 million nearly USD 145 million worth of cryptocurrency after the exchange lost access to its cold offline storage wallets. Reason? Unfortunately, the only person with access to the company's offline wallet, found...

Snowden’s Attorney Urges Canada to Take in Whistleblower Helpers (Part Two)

In our second part of Threatpost’s interview of lawyer Robert Tibbo, who represented former N.S.A. contractor-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden, Tibbo describes the present day systematic harassment of families that sheltered Snowden while he was in Hong Kong in 2013. Tibbo also describes how h...

Fake Bomb Threat Emails Demanding Bitcoins Sparked Chaos Across US, Canada

"Pay $20,000 worth of bitcoin, or a bomb will detonate in your building" A massive number of businesses, schools, government offices and individuals across the US, New Zealand and Canada on Thursday received bomb threats via emails that caused nationwide chaos, forcing widespread evacuations and...

ThreatList: Holiday Spam, the Perfect Seasonal Gift for Criminals

Maybe holiday cheer makes people less cynical. If so, that explains why social-engineering spam tactics prove to be more effective during the festive season. New research shows that spam campaigns disguised as delivery notifications or online shopping invoices, while always a favored tactic by...