Threat Roundup for April 12 to April 19

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between April 12 and April 19. As with previous roundups, 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...

WordPress Cerber Security Multiple Bypass Vulnerabilities

Multiple security bypass vulnerabilities exist in WordPress Cerber Security. A remote attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a specially crafted HTTP request packet. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities would allow remote attackers to bypass security test on the affecte...

Threat Roundup for April 5 to April 12

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between April 05 and April 12. As with previous roundups, 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...

WordPress Cerber Security Antispam & Malware Scan 8.0 Plugin - Multiple Bypass Vulnerabilities

Exploit for php platform in category web applications Exploit Title: WordPress Cerber Security, Antispam & Malware Scan - Multiple Bypass Vulnerabilities Type: WordPress Plugin Active installs: 100,000+ Version: 8.0 Software Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-cerber/ Exploit Author: ed0x21son...

WordPress Plugin Cerber Security_ Antispam & Malware Scan 8.0 - Multiple Bypass Vulnerabilities

Exploit Title: WordPress Cerber Security, Antispam & Malware Scan - Multiple Bypass Vulnerabilities Type: WordPress Plugin Date: 2019-03-04 Active installs: 100,000+ Version: 8.0 Software Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-cerber/ Exploit Author: ed0x21son Category: WebApps, WordPress Tested...

WordPress Cerber 8.0 Bypass

Exploit Title: WordPress Cerber Security, Antispam & Malware Scan - Security Bypass Vulnerabilities Type: WordPress Plugin Date: 2019-02-28 Active installs: 100,000+ Version: 8.0 Software Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-cerber/ Exploit Author: ed0x21son Category: WebApps, WordPress Tested...

New GandCrab Decryptor Unlocks Files of Updated Ransomware

Yet another free decryptor is available for GandCrab ransomware victims. The tool, released Tuesday, is the third decryptor update in the past year that thwarts the prolific and fast-evolving GandCrab ransomware. Europol police announced availability of the update, which now unlocks data encrypte...

Threat Roundup for October 19 to October 26

Today, Talos is is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Oct. 19 and Oct. 26. As with previous roundups, 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...

GandCrab Ransomware Crooks Take Agile Development Approach

Earlier this month, command-and-control servers tied to the fast-growing GandCrab ransomware campaigns were seized by Romanian Police and Europol. But, criminals behind GandCrab don’t appear phased by the setback and have already tweaked the malware to keep ransomware payment coming in. According...

This Week in Security News

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back...

Romanian Police Arrest 5 People for Spreading CTB Locker and Cerber Ransomware

Romanian police have arrested five individuals suspected of infecting tens of thousands of computers across Europe and the United States in recent years by spreading two infamous ransomware families—Cerber and CTB Locker. Under Operation Bakovia—a major global police operation conducted by Europo...

Microsoft teams up with law enforcement and other partners to disrupt Gamarue (Andromeda)

Today, with help from Microsoft security researchers, law enforcement agencies around the globe, in cooperation with Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit DCU, announced the disruption of Gamarue, a widely distributed malware that has been used in networks of infected computers collectively called the...

New Magniber Ransomware Targets South Korea, Asia Pacific

Researchers identified a new ransomware family called Magniber that uniquely targets only users in South Korea and the Asia-Pacific regions. The ransomware is primarily being distributed by the Magnitude exploit kit, a primary distribution vehicle in the past for Cerber ransomware. Because of...

Equifax Confirms March Struts Vulnerability Behind Breach

Equifax said the culprit behind this summer’s massive breach of 143 million Americans was indeed CVE-2017-5638, an Apache Struts vulnerability patched back in March. The bug was widely assumed by experts to be the “U.S. website application vulnerability” implicated by the company last Thursday,...

US Government Site Was Hosting Ransomware

As recently as Wednesday afternoon, a U.S. government website was hosting a malicious JavaScript downloader that led victims to installations of Cerber ransomware. Researcher Ankit Anubhav of NewSky Security tweeted the discovery Wednesday, and within hours, the malware link was taken down. It’s...

Cerber ransomware delivered in format of a different order of Magnitude

As a follow up to our study into the Magnitude exploit kit and its gate which we profiled in a previous blog post, we take a look at an interesting technique used to distribute the Cerber ransomware. Exploit kits are a very effective means of serving malicious payloads and an important aspect is...

This Week in Security News

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back...

Enemy at the gates: Reviewing the Magnitude exploit kit redirection chain

Over the last few months, we have been keeping an eye on the Magnitude exploit kit which is mainly used to deliver the Cerber ransomware to specific countries in Asia. Our telemetry shows that South Korea is most impacted via ongoing malvertising campaigns. When a visitor goes to a website that...

Google StuGoogle Study Quantifies Ransomware Profitsdy Quantifies Ransomware Revenue

LAS VEGAS—Over the past two years, 35 unique ransomware strains earned cybercriminals $25 million, with Locky and its many variants being the most profitable. The data comes from a study debuted Wednesday at Black Hat by Google, Chainalysis, UC San Diego, and the NYU Tandom School of Engineering...

Report: Second quarter dominated by ransomware outbreaks

The second quarter of 2017 brought ransomware to unprecedented levels with worldwide outbreaks that went almost out of control. In scenarios reminiscent of yesteryears worms, WannaCry created global panic as it used a critical vulnerability in the SMBv1 protocol to propagate like wildfire. Within...