XML Entity Expansion

libexpat is vulnerable to XML Entity Expansion. The vulnerability is caused due to insufficient input validation and handling of external entities in the XML parser. This allows an attacker to perform an XML Entity Expansion attack...

BIT-PHP-2023-3823 Security issue with external entity loading in XML without enabling it

In PHP versions 8.0. before 8.0.30, 8.1. before 8.1.22, and 8.2. before 8.2.8 various XML functions rely on libxml global state to track configuration variables, like whether external entities are loaded. This state is assumed to be unchanged unless the user explicitly changes it by calling...

New APT Group 'Lotus Bane' Behind Recent Attacks on Vietnam's Financial Entities

A financial entity in Vietnam was the target of a previously undocumented threat actor called Lotus Bane as part of a cyber attack that was first detected in March 2023. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB described the hacking outfit as an advanced persistent threat group that's believed to have be...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 26 February to 3 March 2024

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs recently made several significant discoveries in the realm of cybersecurity threats. In the past week alone, a total of eight attacks were executed, twelve vulnerabilities were uncovered, and six active adversaries we...

U.S. Charges Iranian Hacker, Offers $10 Million Reward for Capture

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ on Friday unsealed an indictment against an Iranian national for his alleged involvement in a multi-year cyber-enabled campaign designed to compromise U.S. governmental and private entities. More than a dozen entities are said to have been targeted, including th...

LockBit Ransomware Gang Returns, Taunts FBI and Vows Data Leaks

By Waqas LockBit ransomware gang relaunches operation after law enforcement hacked its servers, threatening to target government entities more now. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: LockBit Ransomware Gang Returns, Taunts FBI and Vows Data Leaks...

New IDAT Loader Attacks Using Steganography to Deploy Remcos RAT

Ukrainian entities based in Finland have been targeted as part of a malicious campaign distributing a commercial remote access trojan known as Remcos RAT using a malware loader called IDAT Loader. The attack has been attributed to a threat actor tracked by the Computer Emergency Response Team of...

Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

mjml is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting XSS. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation for HTML entities. This allows an attacker to insert untrusted data into MJML templates, which can result in Cross Site Scripting XSS...

CVE-2024-23805

Undisclosed requests can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel TMM to terminate. For the Application Visibility and Reporting module, this may occur when the HTTP Analytics profile with URLs enabled under Collected Entities is configured on a virtual server and the DB variables...

Default configuration

Undisclosed requests can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel TMM to terminate. For the Application Visibility and Reporting module, this may occur when the HTTP Analytics profile with URLs enabled under Collected Entities is configured on a virtual server and the DB variables...

K000137334: F5 Application Visibility and Reporting module and BIG-IP Advanced WAF/ASM vulnerability CVE-2024-23805

Security Advisory Description Undisclosed requests can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel TMM to terminate. For the Application Visibility and Reporting module, this may occur when the HTTP Analytics profile with URLs enabled under Collected Entities is configured on a virtual server and th...

Directory traversal

TYPO3 is an open source PHP based web content management system released under the GNU GPL. In affected versions of TYPO3 entities of the File Abstraction Layer FAL could be persisted directly via DataHandler. This allowed attackers to reference files in the fallback storage directly and retrieve...

Albabat Ransomware Infiltrates via Counter-Strike Cheat Utility

Summary: Albabat ransomware, made its debut in November 2023, emerging as a financially motivated threat crafted in Rust. This ransomware has targeted both corporate entities and individual consumers across diverse geographical regions. Threat Level - Red | Attack Report For a detailed threat...

Rocky Linux 9 : php:8.1 (RLSA-2024:0387)

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:0387 advisory. - In PHP 8.0.X before 8.0.28, 8.1.X before 8.1.16 and 8.2.X before 8.2.3, passwordverify function may accept some invalid Blowfish hashes as valid. If...

Patchwork Using Romance Scam Lures to Infect Android Devices with VajraSpy Malware

The threat actor known as Patchwork likely used romance scam lures to trap victims in Pakistan and India, and infect their Android devices with a remote access trojan called VajraSpy. Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET said it uncovered 12 espionage apps, six of which were available for download from...

Russian APT28 Hackers Targeting High-Value Orgs with NTLM Relay Attacks

Russian state-sponsored actors have staged NT LAN Manager NTLM v2 hash relay attacks through various methods from April 2022 to November 2023, targeting high-value targets worldwide. The attacks, attributed to an "aggressive" hacking crew called APT28, have set their eyes on organizations dealing...

Improper restriction of XML external entity references (XXE) in MLIT "Electronic Delivery Check System" and "Electronic delivery item Inspection Support System"

Overview "Electronic Delivery Check System" and "Electronic delivery item Inspection Support System" provided by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan improperly restricts XML external entity references XXE CWE-611. Toyama Taku, Iwakawa Kento of NEC Corporation, and Manam...

FreeBSD : zeek -- potential DoS vulnerability (fedf7e71-61bd-49ec-aaf0-6da14bdbb319)

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the fedf7e71-61bd-49ec-aaf0-6da14bdbb319 advisory. - Tim Wojtulewicz of Corelight reports: A specially-crafted series of packets containing nested MIME...

zeek -- potential DoS vulnerability

Tim Wojtulewicz of Corelight reports: A specially-crafted series of packets containing nested MIME entities can cause Zeek to spend large amounts of time parsing the entities...

The vulnerability of the WSO2 platform for integrating application programming interfaces, applications, and web services stems from incorrect restrictions on XML links to external objects. This allows attackers to carry out XXE attacks.

The vulnerability of the WSO2 platform for integrating application programming interfaces, applications, and web services is related to incorrect restrictions on XML links to external objects. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to perform XXE attacks remotely...