Attackers target Telecommunications sector to gain network access

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary To gain initial access, the adversary used social engineering to impersonate IT, staff, using phone calls, SMS, and/or Telegram. When the adversary gains access to the target environment, it performs...

CVE-2022-4261

Rapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM versions prior to 6.6.172 failed to reliably validate the authenticity of update contents. This failure could allow an attacker to provide a malicious update and alter the functionality of Rapid7 Nexpose. The attacker would need some pre-existing mechanism to provide ...

CVE-2022-4261

Rapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM versions prior to 6.6.172 failed to reliably validate the authenticity of update contents. This failure could allow an attacker to provide a malicious update and alter the functionality of Rapid7 Nexpose. The attacker would need some pre-existing mechanism to provide ...

Design/Logic Flaw

Rapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM versions prior to 6.6.172 failed to reliably validate the authenticity of update contents. This failure could allow an attacker to provide a malicious update and alter the functionality of Rapid7 Nexpose. The attacker would need some pre-existing mechanism to provide ...

PT-2022-26502 · Rapid7 · Insightvm +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Rapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM versions prior to 6.6.172 Description: The issue is related to the failure of Rapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM to reliably validate the authenticity of update contents. This could allow an attacker to provide a...

Iranian State Hackers Targeting Key Figures in Activism, Journalism, and Politics

Hackers with ties to the Iranian government have been linked to an ongoing social engineering and credential phishing campaign directed against human rights activists, journalists, researchers, academics, diplomats, and politicians working in the Middle East. At least 20 individuals are believed ...

Telecom and BPO Companies Under Attack by SIM Swapping Hackers

A persistent intrusion campaign has set its eyes on telecommunications and business process outsourcing BPO companies at lease since June 2022. "The end objective of this campaign appears to be to gain access to mobile carrier networks and, as evidenced in two investigations, perform SIM swapping...

Main phishing and scamming trends and techniques

There are two main types of online fraud aimed at stealing user data and money: phishing and scams. Phishers primarily seek to extract confidential information from victims, such as credentials or bank card details, while scammers deploy social engineering to persuade targets to transfer money on...

This Week in Spring - December 6th, 2022

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! How are you? You know what Ive wanted to do? See my friends on the Spring team in person since the pandemic descended. And, Im overjoyed to relate, Ive just had the privilege of a nice meeting with several of them last night...

CVE-2022-2640

The Config-files of Horner Automation’s RCC 972 with firmware version 15.40 are encrypted with weak XOR encryption vulnerable to reverse engineering. This could allow an attacker to obtain credentials to run services such as File Transfer Protocol FTP and Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP...

Design/Logic Flaw

The Config-files of Horner Automation’s RCC 972 with firmware version 15.40 are encrypted with weak XOR encryption vulnerable to reverse engineering. This could allow an attacker to obtain credentials to run services such as File Transfer Protocol FTP and Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP...

CISA Warns of Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities Affecting Mitsubishi Electric PLCs

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA this week released an Industrial Control Systems ICS advisory warning of multiple vulnerabilities in Mitsubishi Electric GX Works3 engineering software. "Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow unauthorized users ...

PT-2022-17827 · Horner Automation · Rcc 972

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Horner Automation's RCC 972 version 15.40 Description: The configuration files of the affected device are encrypted with weak XOR encryption, making them vulnerable to reverse engineering. This could allow an attacker to obtain credentials fo...

Why Chaos Engineering is a Good Stress Test Strategy

Learn about chaos engineering, a method of resilience testing that intentionally introduces “chaos” into a system to discover vulnerabilities and weaknesses that can be exploited by attackers...

CVE-2022-24441

The package snyk before 1.1064.0 are vulnerable to Code Injection when analyzing a project. An attacker who can convince a user to scan a malicious project can include commands in a build file such as build.gradle or gradle-wrapper.jar, which will be executed with the privileges of the applicatio...

Code injection

The package snyk before 1.1064.0 are vulnerable to Code Injection when analyzing a project. An attacker who can convince a user to scan a malicious project can include commands in a build file such as build.gradle or gradle-wrapper.jar, which will be executed with the privileges of the applicatio...

CVE-2022-24441 Code Injection

The package snyk before 1.1064.0 are vulnerable to Code Injection when analyzing a project. An attacker who can convince a user to scan a malicious project can include commands in a build file such as build.gradle or gradle-wrapper.jar, which will be executed with the privileges of the applicatio...

CVE-2022-24441 Code Injection

The package snyk before 1.1064.0 are vulnerable to Code Injection when analyzing a project. An attacker who can convince a user to scan a malicious project can include commands in a build file such as build.gradle or gradle-wrapper.jar, which will be executed with the privileges of the applicatio...

CVE-2022-24441

CVE-2022-24441 relates to a code injection flaw in Snyk when analyzing a project. According to the provided description, snyk before 1.1064.0 can be leveraged by convincing a user to scan a malicious project, including commands in build files (e.g., build.gradle or gradle-wrapper.jar), which will...

Expedia Group Bug Bounty: Open Redirect in Logout & Login

An open redirect vulnerability was discovered in the logout and login functionality of Expedia's website. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by manipulating the "rurl" parameter in the logout URL to redirect users to a malicious website, potentially leading to phishing or social...