Supply Chain Attack Targeting Telegram, AWS and Alibaba Cloud Users

By Deeba Ahmed KEY FINDINGS Cybersecurity firm Checkmarx has discovered a new wave of supply chain attacks exploiting bugs in popular… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Supply Chain Attack Targeting Telegram, AWS and Alibaba Cloud Users...

The vulnerability of the Windows Microsoft PC Manager software regarding maintenance, cleaning, and security operations involves an exploit that allows attackers to execute attacks on the supply chain and execute arbitrary code at client endpoints.

The vulnerability of the Windows Microsoft PC Manager software for maintenance, cleaning, and security operations is related to the possibility of bypassing authentication. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute attacks on the supply chain and execute arbitrary code at...

PT-2023-5743

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions JetBrains TeamCity versions prior to 2023.05.4 Description An authentication bypass exists in the server API due to insufficient access control, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain administrative access to the console and guest...

The MGM Cybersecurity Breach: Learnings and Prevention Measures

As many are aware, the systems of the $14 billion dollar gaming and hospitality giant MGM have been brought to a halt for nearly 5 days due to a multi-vector attack that has come to affect Caesars Entertainment as well. While the culprits of the attack are not confirmed, hacking group Scattered...

Researchers Warn of Cyber Weapons Used by Lazarus Group's Andariel Cluster

The North Korean threat actor known as Andariel has been observed employing an arsenal of malicious tools in its cyber assaults against corporations and organizations in the southern counterpart. "One characteristic of the attacks identified in 2023 is that there are numerous malware strains...

Experts Uncover Weaknesses in PowerShell Gallery Enabling Supply Chain Attacks

Active flaws in the PowerShell Gallery could be weaponized by threat actors to pull off supply chain attacks against the registry's users. "These flaws make typosquatting attacks inevitable in this registry, while also making it extremely difficult for users to identify the true owner of a...

Reflecting on supply chain attacks halfway through 2023

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Between the Talos Takes episode last week and helping my colleague Hazel with the Half-Year in Review, I realized how much I had already forgotten about 2023 already. Its been a whirlwind, personally and professionally, and I think it...

A week in security (July 31 - August 6)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: The end looms for Meta's behavioural advertising in Europe Microsoft Teams used in phishing campaign to bypass multi-factor authentication Film companies lose battle to unmask Reddit users FAQ: How does Malwarebytes ransomware rollback work? How to protect your...

Half-Year in Review: Recapping the top threats and security trends so far in 2023

From new ransomware groups, a growing mercenary space, espionage campaigns, supply chain attacks, and new "as a service" tools popping up, theres a lot to talk about already in the first half of 2023. Here are the main threats weve covered on our blog up until the end of June 2023. The timeline i...

Millions of Github Repository susceptible to Repojacking

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Millions of GitHub repositories may be vulnerable to Repojacking, which could lead to large-scale supply chain attacks. To receive real-time threat advisories, please follow HiveForce Labs on LinkedIn...

Malicious code in assets-table (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 0980e797c7e6db1bd06873799b54350dd781176d8a2e104a7301a51053e3991b Lazarus Group targeting blockchain and cryptocurrency companies by exploiting software supply chains through malicious npm packages and social engineering...

Stripe: The `stripe/veneur` GitHub repository links to a domain `veneur.org`, which is not under stripe's control

The stripe/veneur GitHub repository contained a link to an external domain, veneur.org, which was not under Stripe's control. This posed a security risk as the domain could be exploited for phishing or supply chain contamination attacks. The link has since been removed from the repository, but ma...

Malicious code in jsontostream (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 8cf6eca7a81571a14b52b17b7b9bfe99f347e67564d0dd421276aac3552ac297 Lazarus Group targeting blockchain and cryptocurrency companies by exploiting software supply chains through malicious npm packages and social engineering...

Threat Source newsletter (April 6, 2023) — Another friendly reminder about supply chain attacks

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. It seems like we cant go a full calendar year without a major supply chain attack. In late 2020 we had the SolarWinds incident which, doesnt that somehow seem like five years ago but also yesterday?, then the REvil ransomware group...

Supply Chain Attacks and Critical Infrastructure: How CISA Helps Secure a Nation's Crown Jewels

Critical infrastructure attacks are a preferred target for cyber criminals. Here's why and what's being done to protect them. What is Critical Infrastructure and Why is It Attacked? Critical infrastructure is the physical and digital assets, systems and networks that are vital to national securit...

Protect Your Company: Ransomware Prevention Made Easy

Every year hundreds of millions of malware attacks occur worldwide, and every year businesses deal with the impact of viruses, worms, keyloggers, and ransomware. Malware is a pernicious threat and the biggest driver for businesses to look for cybersecurity solutions. Naturally, businesses want to...

Protect Your Company: Ransomware Prevention Made Easy

Every year hundreds of millions of malware attacks occur worldwide, and every year businesses deal with the impact of viruses, worms, keyloggers, and ransomware. Malware is a pernicious threat and the biggest driver for businesses to look for cybersecurity solutions. Naturally, businesses want to...

Python Developers Warned of Trojanized PyPI Packages Mimicking Popular Libraries

Cybersecurity researchers are warning of "imposter packages" mimicking popular libraries available on the Python Package Index PyPI repository. The 41 malicious PyPI packages have been found to pose as typosquatted variants of legitimate modules such as HTTP, AIOHTTP, requests, urllib, and urllib...

Researchers Hijack Popular NPM Package with Millions of Downloads

A popular npm package with more than 3.5 million weekly downloads has been found vulnerable to an account takeover attack. "The package can be taken over by recovering an expired domain name for one of its maintainers and resetting the password," software supply chain security company Illustria...

Researchers Hijack Popular NPM Package with Millions of Downloads

A popular npm package with more than 3.5 million weekly downloads has been found vulnerable to an account takeover attack. "The package can be taken over by recovering an expired domain name for one of its maintainers and resetting the password," software supply chain security company Illustria...