A personal Year in Review to round out 2023

As youve probably seen by now, Talos released our 2023 Year in Review report last week. Its an extremely comprehensive look at the top threats, attacker trends and malware families from the past year with never-before-seen Cisco Talos telemetry. We have podcasts, long-form videos and even Reddit...

Ransomware review: December 2023

This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web sites. In this report, "known attacks" are those where the victim did not pay a ransom. This provides the best overall picture of...

What to do if your company was mentioned on Darknet?

Every year is abundant with major data leaks, biggest data breaches and hacks drawing massive media attention such as Medibank and Optus data breach, Twitter data breach, and Uber and Rockstar compromise in 2022 and in T-Mobile, MailChimp and OpenAI in 2023. But are we really conscious of the tru...

Scanning Danger: Unmasking the Threats of Quishing

Scanning Danger: Unmasking the Threats of Quishing By Shyava Tripathi, Raghav Kapoor and Rohan Shah · December 07, 2023 Phishing, a prevalent cybercrime worldwide, is responsible for as much as 90 percent of data breaches, making it a significant avenue for the theft of sensitive credentials and...

Scanning Danger: Unmasking the Threats of Quishing

Scanning Danger: Unmasking the Threats of Quishing By Shyava Tripathi and Rohan Shah · December 7, 2023 This blog was also written by Raghav Kapoor Phishing, a prevalent cybercrime worldwide, is responsible for as much as 90 percent of data breaches, making it a significant avenue for the theft o...

Summary of Vulnerabilities, Actors & Attacks: November 2023

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PHPJabbers Appointment Scheduler 3.0 Missing Rate Limiting

Exploit Title: PHPJabbers Apointment Scheduler v3.0 - No Rate Limit in Email Date: 19/11/2023 Exploit Author: BugsBD Limited Discover by: Rahad Chowdhury Vendor Homepage: https://www.phpjabbers.com/ Software Link: https://www.phpjabbers.com/appointment-scheduler/ Version: v3.0 Tested on: Windows...

PHPJabbers Time Slots Booking Calendar 4.0 Missing Rate Limiting

Exploit Title: PHPJabbers Time Slots Booking Calendar v4.0 - No Rate Limit in Email Date: 19/11/2023 Exploit Author: BugsBD Limited Discover by: Rahad Chowdhury Vendor Homepage: https://www.phpjabbers.com/ Software Link: https://www.phpjabbers.com/time-slots-booking-calendar/ Version: v4.0 Tested...

PHPJabbers Car Rental 3.0 Missing Rate Limit

Exploit Title: PHPJabbers Car Rental v3.0 - No Rate Limit in Email Date: 19/11/2023 Exploit Author: BugsBD Limited Discover by: Rahad Chowdhury Vendor Homepage: https://www.phpjabbers.com/ Software Link: https://www.phpjabbers.com/car-rental-script/ Version: v3.0 Tested on: Windows 10, Windows 11...

PHPJabbers Availability Booking Calendar 5.0 Missing Rate Limiting

Exploit Title: PHPJabbers Availability Booking Calendar v5.0 - No Rate Limit in Email Date: 19/11/2023 Exploit Author: BugsBD Limited Discover by: Rahad Chowdhury Vendor Homepage: https://www.phpjabbers.com/ Software Link: https://www.phpjabbers.com/availability-booking-calendar/sectionDemo...

Qakbot Takedown Aftermath: Mitigations and Protecting Against Future Threats

The U.S. Department of Justice DOJ and the FBI recently collaborated in a multinational operation to dismantle the notorious Qakbot malware and botnet. While the operation was successful in disrupting this long-running threat, concerns have arisen as it appears that Qakbot may still pose a danger...

Online Retailers: Five Threats Targeting Your Business This Holiday Shopping Season

As the holiday season approaches, a palpable sense of joy and anticipation fills the air. Twinkling lights adorn homes, the aroma of freshly baked cookies wafts through the kitchen, and the sound of laughter and carolers melodies resonate on frosty evenings. Its a time when families come together...

Guide: How vCISOs, MSPs and MSSPs Can Keep their Customers Safe from Gen AI Risks

Download the free guide, "It's a Generative AI World: How vCISOs, MSPs and MSSPs Can Keep their Customers Safe from Gen AI Risks." ChatGPT now boasts anywhere from 1.5 to 2 billion visits per month. Countless sales, marketing, HR, IT executive, technical support, operations, finance and other...

Confidence in File Upload Security is Alarmingly Low. Why?

Numerous industries—including technology, financial services, energy, healthcare, and government—are rushing to incorporate cloud-based and containerized web applications. The benefits are undeniable; however, this shift presents new security challenges. OPSWAT's 2023 Web Application Security...

Should you allow your browser to remember your passwords?

At Malwarebytes weve been telling people for years not to reuse passwords, and that a password manager is a secure way of remembering all the passwords you need for your online accounts. But we also know that a password manager can be overwhelming, especially when youre just getting started. Once...

LooneyPwner - Exploit Tool For CVE-2023-4911, Targeting The 'Looney Tunables' Glibc Vulnerability In Various Linux Distributions

Exploit tool for CVE-2023-4911, targeting the 'Looney Tunables' glibc vulnerability in various Linux distributions. LooneyPwner is a proof-of-concept PoC exploit tool targeting the critical buffer overflow vulnerability, nicknamed "Looney Tunables," found in the GNU C Library glibc. This flaw,...

Webinar: Locking Down Financial and Accounting Data — Best Data Security Strategies

Financial data is much more than just a collection of numbers; it is a crucial component of any business and a prime target for cybercriminals. It's important to understand that financial records can be a veritable treasure trove for digital pirates. A security breach not only puts customers'...

MOVEit Vulnerabilities Expose Organizations to Cyberattacks

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Critical SQL Injection vulnerabilities in Progress Softwares MOVEit Transfer product, exploited by Clop ransomware gang since May 2023, led to unauthorized access and data breaches, affecting...

2023 OWASP Top-10 Series: Spotlight on Injection

Welcome to the 12th post in our weekly series on the new 2023 OWASP API Security Top-10 list, with a particular focus on security practitioners. In this series we are taking an in-depth look at each category – the details, the impact and what you can do about it. To see previous posts you might...

New OS Tool Tells You Who Has Access to What Data

Ensuring sensitive data remains confidential, protected from unauthorized access, and compliant with data privacy regulations is paramount. Data breaches result in financial and reputational damage but also lead to legal consequences. Therefore, robust data access security measures are essential ...