Evasive maneuvers: HTML smuggling explained

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center MSTIC last week disclosed “a highly evasive malware delivery technique that leverages legitimate HTML5 and JavaScript features” that it calls HTML smuggling. HTML smuggling has been used in targeted, spear-phishing email campaigns that deliver banking Trojans...

Hurricane-Related Scams

CISA warns users to remain on alert for malicious cyber activity targeting potential disaster victims and charitable donors following a hurricane. Fraudulent emails—often containing malicious links or attachments—are common after major natural disasters. Exercise caution in handling emails with...

Directory traversal

Multiple directory traversal and buffer overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in yTNEF, and in Evolution's TNEF parser that is derived from yTNEF. A crafted email could cause these applications to write data in arbitrary locations on the filesystem, crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code...

Samsung Email Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CNVD-2021-39551)

Samsung Email application is a cell phone application from Samsung South Korea. It provides the function of sending and receiving e-mail. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in versions prior to Samsung Email 6.1.41.0, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to obtain attachments t...

CVE-2021-25375

Using predictable index for attachments in Samsung Email prior to version 6.1.41.0 allows remote attackers to get attachments of another emails when users open the malicious attachment...

cve_manager_VS - A Collection Of Python Apps And Shell Scripts To Email An Xlsx Spreadsheet Of New Vulnerabilities In The NIST CVE Database And Their Associated Products On A Daily Schedule

A collection of python apps and shell scripts to email an xlsx spreadsheet of new vulnerabilities in the NIST CVE database and their associated products on a daily schedule. The spreadsheet can then be manually interpreted for risk to your specific organization. Based off of an opensource product...

Threat landscape for industrial automation systems. Statistics for H2 2020

Figures Indicator | H1 2020 | H2 2020 | 2020 ---|---|---|--- Global percentage of attacked ICS computers | 32.6% | 33.42% | 38.55% Percentage of attacked ICS computers by region Northern Europe | 10.1% | 11.5% | 12.3% Western Europe | 15.1% | 14.8% | 17.6% Australia | 16.3% | 17.0% | 18.9% United...

CVE-2019-1983 Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Content Security Management Appliance Denial of Service Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the email message filtering feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance ESA and Cisco Content Security Management Appliance SMA could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause repeated crashes in some internal processes that are running on the...

USN-4524-1 tnef vulnerabilities

Paul Dreik discovered that TNEF incorrectly handled filenames. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted email attachment, an attacker could possibly use this issue to write arbitrary files to the filesystem or cause TNEF crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2019-18849...

Malicious Cyber Actor Spoofing COVID-19 Loan Relief Webpage via Phishing Emails

Summary The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA is currently tracking an unknown malicious cyber actor who is spoofing the Small Business Administration SBA COVID-19 loan relief webpage via phishing emails. These emails include a malicious link to the spoofed SBA website that th...

CVE-2020-12782

Openfind MailGates contains a Command Injection flaw, when receiving email with specific strings, malicious code in the mail attachment will be triggered and gain unauthorized access to system files...

Iranian Hackers Target U.S. Gov. Vendor With Malware

Iran-linked threat actor APT34 has been observed sending targeted, malicious email attachments to customers and employees of a company that works closely with U.S. government agencies. The company in question is U.S.-based Westat, a professional services company that provides research services to...

Increased Emotet Malware Activity

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA is aware of a recent increase in targeted Emotet malware attacks. Emotet is a sophisticated Trojan that commonly functions as a downloader or dropper of other malware. Emotet primarily spreads via malicious email attachments and attempts t...

Drake Lyrics Used as Calling Card in Malware Attack

A hacker with the handle “Master X” leverages a PowerShell script that contains a reference to singer-songwriter Drake lyric’s “Kiki Do You Love Me” and ultimately delivers a malicious payload to its victims. The campaign is email based; with missives containing a malicious PowerPoint attachment...

All in the (Ransomware) Family: 10 Ways to Take Action

In a world where everything is an “as-a-service,” it’s no surprise that ransomware-as-a-service RaaS is a hot ticket on the Dark Web. FortiGuard Labs has observed at least two significant ransomware families – Sodinokibi and Nemty – now being deployed as RaaS solutions. Meanwhile, cybercriminals...

Microsoft Access CVE-2019-1400 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Access is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can leverage this issue to obtain sensitive information that may aid in further attacks. Technologies Affected Microsoft Office 2010 32-bit edition SP2 Microsoft Office 2010 64-bit edition SP2 Microsoft...

Microsoft PowerPoint CVE-2019-1462 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description Microsoft PowerPoint is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability. An attacker can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial of service conditions. Technologies Affected...

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-18180

Improper Check for filenames with overly long extensions in PostMaster sending in email or uploading files e.g. attaching files to mails of OTRS Community Edition and OTRS allows an remote attacker to cause an endless loop. This issue affects: OTRS AG: OTRS Community Edition 5.0.x version 5.0.38...

ACSC Releases Advisory on Emotet Malware Campaign

The Australian Cyber Security Centre ACSC has released an advisory on an ongoing, widespread Emotet malware campaign. Emotet is a Trojan—commonly spread via malicious email attachments—that attempts to proliferate within a network by brute forcing user credentials and writing to shared drives. AC...

FBI Releases Article on Defending Against E-Skimming

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has released an article to raise awareness on e-skimming threats. E-skimming occurs when an attacker injects malicious code onto a website to capture credit or debit card data or personally identifiable information PII. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...