What tracking an attacker email infrastructure tells us about persistent cybercriminal operations

From March to December 2020, we tracked segments of a dynamically generated email infrastructure that attackers used to send more than a million emails per month, distributing at least seven distinct malware families in dozens of campaigns using a variety of phishing lures and tactics. These...

Penguin Gaming has a dll hijacking vulnerability (CNVD-2021-11799)

Penguin Gaming is a mobile gaming platform under Tencent. It is located in the "connector" of the e-sports ecosystem, integrating the resources of Tencent.com, QQ Hand Games and Tencent Hublot, and cooperating in depth with professional e-sports events such as QGC and TGA. Penguin Gaming has a dl...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.2 security and bug fix update

An update is now available for Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.2. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE links i...

Feds Issue Recommendations for Maritime Cybersecurity

The White House has released cybersecurity guidance for securing the Maritime Transportation System MTS, which operates along 25,000 miles of coastal and inland waterways in the United States. The document points out that the MTS encompasses “361 ports, 124 shipyards, more than 3,500 maritime...

Software Supply Chain Attacks: From Formjacking to Third Party Code Changes

2020 wasn’t the first year in which software supply chain attacks caused major damage, but it certainly brought them to the general public. Much has been said about the headline-grabbing nation state examples, but there is a wide spectrum of these attacks and some are commoditized. Protecting...

Dark Web Pricing Skyrockets for Microsoft RDP Servers, Payment-Card Data

Cybercriminals are vying for Remote Desktop Protocol RDP access, stolen payment cards and DDoS-for-Hire services, based on a recent analysis of underground marketplace pricing. During the COVID-19 pandemic, cybercriminals have profited with “increasingly advantageous positions to benefit from the...

[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: matrix-synapse-1.24.0-1.fc33

Matrix is an ambitious new ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging a nd VoIP. Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix from the core development team at matrix.org, written in Python/Twisted. It is inten ded to showcase the concept of Matrix and let folks see the spec i...

[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: matrix-synapse-1.24.0-1.fc32

Matrix is an ambitious new ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging a nd VoIP. Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix from the core development team at matrix.org, written in Python/Twisted. It is inten ded to showcase the concept of Matrix and let folks see the spec i...

NICER Protocol Deep Dive: Internet Exposure of etcd

Welcome to the NICER Protocol Deep Dive blog series! When we started researching what all was out on the internet way back in January, we had no idea we'd end up with a hefty, 137-page tome of a research report. The sheer length of such a thing might put off folks who might otherwise learn a thin...

[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: matrix-synapse-1.23.0-1.fc32

Matrix is an ambitious new ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging a nd VoIP. Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix from the core development team at matrix.org, written in Python/Twisted. It is inten ded to showcase the concept of Matrix and let folks see the spec i...

[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: matrix-synapse-1.23.0-1.fc33

Matrix is an ambitious new ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging a nd VoIP. Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix from the core development team at matrix.org, written in Python/Twisted. It is inten ded to showcase the concept of Matrix and let folks see the spec i...

Robot Vacuums Suck Up Sensitive Audio in ‘LidarPhone’ Hack

Researchers have uncovered a new attack that lets bad actors snoop in on homeowners’ private conversations – through their robot vacuums. The vacuums, which utilize smart sensors in order to autonomously operate, have gained traction over the past few years. The attack, called “LidarPhone” by...

pocsuite3

This is a Python package called pocsuite3, which is a remote vulnerability testing and proof-of-concept development framework. It is developed by the Knownsec 404 Team and comes with a powerful proof-of-concept engine, many powerful features for penetration testers and security researchers. The...

VMware Carbon Black Named a Finalist in the 2020 CRN Tech Innovator Awards

We are proud to announce that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named VMware Carbon Black a finalist in the 2020 CRN Tech Innovator Awards, recognizing VMware Carbon Black Cloud in the Endpoint Security category. The annual award celebrates the most groundbreaking products and services in...

Lock and Code S1Ep18: Finding consumer value in Cybersecurity Awareness Month with Jamie Court

This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet. In addition, we talk to Jamie Court, president of the non-profit advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, about the consumer value in Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Launched initially ...

CISO Spotlight: How diversity of data (and people) defeats today’s cyber threats

This year, we have seen five significant security paradigm shifts in our industry. This includes the acknowledgment that the greater the diversity of our data sets, the better the AI and machine learning outcomes. This diversity gives us an advantage over our cyber adversaries and improves our...

CISO Spotlight: How diversity of data (and people) defeats today’s cyber threats

This year, we have seen five significant security paradigm shifts in our industry. This includes the acknowledgment that the greater the diversity of our data sets, the better the AI and machine learning outcomes. This diversity gives us an advantage over our cyber adversaries and improves our...

Securing Space 4.0 – One Small Step or a Giant Leap? - Part 2

ARCHIVED STORY Securing Space 4.0 – One Small Step or a Giant Leap? Part 2 By Eoin Carroll · September 30, 2020 McAfee Advanced Threat Research ATR is collaborating with Cork Institute of Technology CIT and its Blackrock Castle Observatory BCO and the National Space Center in Cork, Ireland. In th...

GHSA-4R5X-QJQC-P579 Tracking Module in botbait

The module botbait is a tool to be used to track bot and automated tools usage with-in the npm ecosystem. botbait is known to record and track user information. The module tracks the following information. - Source IP - process.versions - process.platform - How the module was invoked test, requir...

Tracking Module in botbait

The module botbait is a tool to be used to track bot and automated tools usage with-in the npm ecosystem. botbait is known to record and track user information. The module tracks the following information. - Source IP - process.versions - process.platform - How the module was invoked test, requir...