What your SOC will be facing in 2023

As the role of cybersecurity in large businesses increases remarkably year over year, the importance of Security Operations Centers SOCs is becoming paramount. This years Kaspersky Security Bulletin ends with tailored predictions for SOCs – from external and internal points of view. The first par...

Researchers Uncover 3 PyPI Packages Spreading Malware to Developer Systems

A threat actor by the name Lolip0p has uploaded three rogue packages to the Python Package Index PyPI repository that are designed to drop malware on compromised developer systems. The packages – named colorslib versions 4.6.11 and 4.6.12, httpslib versions 4.6.9 and 4.6.11, and libhttps version...

Severe Security Flaw Found in "jsonwebtoken" Library Used by 22,000+ Projects

UPDATE: CVE-2022-23529 Retracted Following Review Auth0 and Unit 42 said they are formally retracting CVE-2022-23529 CVSS score: 7.6 based on the fact that several prerequisites are essential for exploitation. The cybersecurity company said "important security checks" have been added to fix the...

Malicious PyPI Packages Using Cloudflare Tunnels to Sneak Through Firewalls

In yet another campaign targeting the Python Package Index PyPI repository, six malicious packages have been found deploying information stealers on developer systems. The now-removed packages, which were discovered by Phylum between December 22 and December 31, 2022, include pyrologin,...

Hackers Can Abuse Visual Studio Marketplace to Target Developers with Malicious Extensions

A new attack vector targeting the Visual Studio Code extensions marketplace could be leveraged to upload rogue extensions masquerading as their legitimate counterparts with the goal of mounting supply chain attacks. The technique "could act as an entry point for an attack on many organizations,"...

Probing Weaponized Chat Applications Abused in Supply-Chain Attacks

This report examines the infection chain and the pieces of malware used by malicious actors in supply-chain attacks that leveraged trojanized installers of chat-based customer engagement platforms...

Secret-based cloud supply-chain attacks: Case study and lessons for security teams

CI/CD pipelines, as an essential part of the software development process, are an attractive target to malicious actors. Based on our research of cloud environments, we share common misconfigurations and provide tips on how to remediate them in order to prevent supply-chain attacks...

What Developers Need to Fight the Battle Against Common Vulnerabilities

Today's threat landscape is constantly evolving, and now more than ever, organizations and businesses in every sector have a critical need to consistently produce and maintain secure software. While some verticals - like the finance industry, for example - have been subject to regulatory and...

QSC 2022: That’s a Wrap!

Over the years, the threat landscape has exploded, and bad actors have become increasingly sophisticated, making the demand for cloud security platforms - that save security teams time and increase efficiency - a must-have for every cyber arsenal. This was underscored last week at QSC 2022 Las...

Researchers Uncover PyPI Package Hiding Malicious Code Behind Image File

A malicious package discovered on the Python Package Index PyPI has been found employing a steganographic trick to conceal malicious code within image files. The package in question, named "apicolor," was uploaded to the Python third-party repository on October 31, 2022, and described as a "Core...

Threat Source newsletter (Oct. 27, 2022): I thought we were already aware of supply chain attacks?

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. There are plenty of jokes about whether were "aware" of cybersecurity during National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. But now Im wondering if people are aware of supply chain attacks. I thought we hit the pinnacle of supply chain attac...

Researchers Report Supply Chain Vulnerability in Packagist PHP Repository

Researchers have disclosed details about a now-patched high-severity security flaw in Packagist, a PHP software package repository, that could have been exploited to mount software supply chain attacks. "This vulnerability allows gaining control of Packagist," SonarSource researcher Thomas...

Developer account body snatchers pose risks to the software supply chain

Over the past several years, high-profile software supply chain attacks have increased in frequency. These attacks can be difficult to detect and source code repositories became a key focus of this research. Developer account takeovers present a substantial risk to the software supply chain becau...

New EvilProxy Phishing Service Allowing Cybercriminals to Bypass 2-Factor Security

A new phishing-as-a-service PhaaS toolkit dubbed EvilProxy is being advertised on the criminal underground as a means for threat actors to bypass two-factor authentication 2FA protections employed against online services. "EvilProxy actors are using reverse proxy and cookie injection methods to...

Google Launches New Open Source Bug Bounty to Tackle Supply Chain Attacks

Google on Monday introduced a new bug bounty program for its open source projects, offering payouts anywhere from $100 to $31,337 a reference to eleet or leet to secure the ecosystem from supply chain attacks. Called the Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program OSS VRP, the offering is...

How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability

Phishers are enjoying remarkable success using text messages to steal remote access credentials and one-time passcodes from employees at some of the worlds largest technology companies and customer support firms. A recent spate of SMS phishing attacks from one cybercriminal group has spawned a...

Tentacles of ‘0ktapus’ Threat Group Victimize 130 Firms

Targeted attacks on Twilio and Cloudflare employees are tied to a massive phishing campaign that resulted in 9,931 accounts at over 130 organizations being compromised. The campaigns are tied to focused abuse of identity and access management firm Okta, which gained the threat actors the 0ktapus...

Okta Hackers Behind Twilio and Cloudflare Attacks Hit Over 130 Organizations

The threat actor behind the attacks on Twilio and Cloudflare earlier this month has been linked to a broader phishing campaign aimed at 136 organizations that resulted in a cumulative compromise of 9,931 accounts. The activity has been condemned 0ktapus by Group-IB because the initial goal of the...

Pushing Open-Source Security Forward: Insights From Black Hat 2022

Open-source security has been a hot topic in recent years, and it's proven to be something of a double-edged sword. On the one hand, there's an understanding of the potential that open-source tools hold for democratizing security, making industry best practices accessible to more organizations an...

Packj - Large-Scale Security Analysis Platform To Detect Malicious/Risky Open-Source Packages

Packj pronounced package is a command line CLI tool to vet open-source software packages for "risky" attributes that make them vulnerable to supply chain attacks. This is the tool behind our large-scale security analysis platform Packj.dev that continuously vets packages and provides free reports...