The Verizon 2022 DBIR

The Verizon 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report is out. We are proud to collaborate as a supporting contributor to this years data efforts once again and to have contributed for the past 8 years. The report provides interesting analysis of a full amount of global incident data. Several things...

Malicious HTML+XHR Artifact Privilege Escalation in Argo Workflows

Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. The attacker creates a workflow that produces a HTML artifact that contains a HTML file that contains a script which uses XHR calls to interact with the Argo Server API. The attacker...

GHSA-CMV8-6362-R5W9 Malicious HTML+XHR Artifact Privilege Escalation in Argo Workflows

Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. The attacker creates a workflow that produces a HTML artifact that contains a HTML file that contains a script which uses XHR calls to interact with the Argo Server API. The attacker...

Snake Keylogger Spreads Through Malicious PDFs

While most malicious e-mail campaigns use Word documents to hide and spread malware, a recently discovered campaign uses a malicious PDF file and a 22-year-old Office bug to propagate the Snake Keylogger malware, researchers have found. The campaign—discovered by researchers at HP Wolf...

Chinese "Twisted Panda" Hackers Caught Spying on Russian Defense Institutes

At least two research institutes located in Russia and a third likely target in Belarus have been at the receiving end of an espionage attack by a Chinese nation-state advanced persistent threat APT. The attacks, codenamed "Twisted Panda," come in the backdrop of Russia's military invasion of...

Hackers Trick Users with Fake Windows 11 Downloads to Distribute Vidar Malware

Fraudulent domains masquerading as Microsoft's Windows 11 download portal are attempting to trick users into deploying trojanized installation files to infect systems with the Vidar information stealer malware. "The spoofed sites were created to distribute malicious ISO files which lead to a Vida...

CVE-2020-14496

CVE-2020-14496 is a permissions-based vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Factory Automation Engineering Software products. In affected products (e.g., CPU Module Logging Configuration Tool, CW/FR Configurators, EZSocket, GT Designer3, GX Works2/3, MELSOFT tools, Data Transfer, etc.), incorrect ...

CAN-2022-1002518 CWE-158: Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character in iPhone, iPad version ALL

In Apple iPhone, iPad version ALL a CWE-158: Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character exists in the QR/Barcode Scanner that can be attacked via Phishing, Social engineering resulting in As other scanners checked, such as on various Android devices, escape or strip the QR with embedde...

GSD-2022-1002518 CWE-158: Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character in iPhone, iPad version ALL

In Apple iPhone, iPad version ALL a CWE-158: Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character exists in the QR/Barcode Scanner that can be attacked via Phishing, Social engineering resulting in As other scanners checked, such as on various Android devices, escape or strip the QR with embedde...

GHSA-HQ38-V658-G3WP XMPP Clients User Impersonation Vulnerability in Movim Moxl

An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in the vulnerable application's display. This allows for various kinds of social engineering attacks. This CVE is for Movim 0.8 - 0.10...

XMPP Clients User Impersonation Vulnerability in Movim Moxl

An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in the vulnerable application's display. This allows for various kinds of social engineering attacks. This CVE is for Movim 0.8 - 0.10...

How to spot the signs of a virtual kidnap scam

Threats and bluster play a key role in most online attacks: Ransomware has its ransom note; trolls threaten to ramp up the pressure; tech support scammers insist your PC needs urgent assistance. Some take it a step further, leaning in with a more direct approach, ranging from death threats to...

SleekXMPP and Slixmpp Incorrect Implementation of Message Carbons

An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in the vulnerable application's display. This allows for various kinds of social engineering attacks. This CVE is for SleekXMPP up to 1.3.1 and...

GHSA-C35G-JR5F-H83P SleekXMPP and Slixmpp Incorrect Implementation of Message Carbons

An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in the vulnerable application's display. This allows for various kinds of social engineering attacks. This CVE is for SleekXMPP up to 1.3.1 and...

Inkscape in Industrial Products

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Inkscape Equipment: Inkscape, an open-source graphics editor Vulnerabilities: Out-of-bounds Read, Access of Uninitialized Pointer, Out-of-bounds Write 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities...

Delta Electronics CNCSoft

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Delta Electronics Equipment: CNCSoft Vulnerabilities: Stack-based Buffer Overflow, Out-of-bounds Read 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow arbitrary code execution or information...

Help Employees and Consumers Avoid Self-inflicted Cybersecurity Mistakes

It shouldn’t be news to anyone that people sharing information online are concerned about the safety of their data. Imperva recently conducted a study with YouGov plc regarding consumers’ attitudes towards data, whether they feel in control of their personal data, and if they trust the...

Bitter APT Hackers Add Bangladesh to Their List of Targets in South Asia

An espionage-focused threat actor known for targeting China, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia has expanded to set its sights on Bangladeshi government organizations as part of an ongoing campaign that commenced in August 2021. Cybersecurity firm Cisco Talos attributed the activity with moderate...

[White Paper] Social Engineering: What You Need to Know to Stay Resilient

Security and IT teams are losing sleep as would-be intruders lay siege to the weakest link in any organization's digital defense: employees. By preying on human emotion, social engineering scams inflict billions of dollars of damage with minimal planning or expertise. Cybercriminals find it easie...

Siemens Simcenter Femap File Parsing Vulnerability (CNVD-2022-36399)

Siemens Simcenter Femap is an engineering simulation application from Siemens, Germany. It is used to create, edit and import/reuse mesh-based finite element analysis models of complex products or systems. Siemens Simcenter Femap is vulnerable to file parsing, which can be exploited by attackers ...