Evil Corp Impersonates PayloadBin Group to Avoid Federal Sanctions

The criminal group Evil Corp is trying to mask its latest activity by using previously unknown ransomware called PayloadBin, according to researchers. The move is believed to be an attempt to confuse law enforcement and avoid sanctions imposed by the U.S. federal government against entities it...

Falsifying and weaponizing certified PDFs

The Portable Document Format PDF file type is one of the most common file formats in use today. Its value comes from the fact that PDFs always print the same way, and that PDFs are supposed to be read-only unlike a Word document, say, which is designed to be easy to edit. This immutability can be...

DoppelPaymer Gang Leaks Files from Illinois AG After Ransom Negotiations Break Down

The ransomware gang identified as DoppelPaymer has leaked a substantial collection of files from the Illinois Office of the Attorney General OAG on a server controlled by the cybercriminal group. The move came after ransom negotiations between the two parties broke down following a ransomware...

Insurance Giant CNA Hit with Novel Ransomware Attack

A novel ransomware attack forced insurance giant CNA to take systems offline and temporarily shutter its website. The attack occurred earlier this week and leveraged a new variant of the Phoenix CryptoLocker malware. The Chicago-based company—the seventh largest commercial insurance provider in t...

Chinese Hackers Used Facebook to Hack Uighur Muslims Living Abroad

Facebook may be banned in China, but the company on Wednesday said it has disrupted a network of bad actors using its platform to target the Uyghur community and lure them into downloading malicious software that would allow surveillance of their devices. "They targeted activists, journalists and...

Chinese Hackers Used Facebook to Hack Uighur Muslims Living Abroad

Facebook may be banned in China, but the company on Wednesday said it has disrupted a network of bad actors using its platform to target the Uyghur community and lure them into downloading malicious software that would allow surveillance of their devices. "They targeted activists, journalists and...

A week in security (March 15 – 21)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, our podcast featured Adam Kujawa, who talked us through our 2021 State of Malware report. We cover our own research on: Royal mail parcel scam How your iPhone can tell you if you’re being stalked Careers in cybersecurity ProxyLogon PoC whack-a-mole Teen behind 2020...

Resident Evil 8 just the latest game plagued by fake demos and early access scams

There’s been a number of scams targeting fans of major upcoming video game releases over the last week or two. Why is this happening, and what can you do to ensure both you and your children avoid such fakeouts? Preview power: the 80s and 90s Back in the 80s, games reviews were only really found ...

$4,000 COVID-19 'Relief Checks' Cloak Dridex Malware

Cybercriminals have wasted no time in hopping on the American Rescue Plan – the COVID-19 relief legislation just signed into law – as a lure for email-based scams. According to researchers at Cofense, a campaign began circulating in March that capitalized on Americans’ interest in the forthcoming...

RubyGems: Bundler's RCE with response using Marshal

A vulnerability was found in Bundler's dependency API endpoint, which uses Marshal serialization. This could allow for remote code execution if a client receives a specially crafted response. The impact is increased risk from specifying an untrusted source or man-in-the-middle attack...

Foxit PhantomPDF < 4.1.3 PDF Spoofing (macOS)

The version of Foxit PhantomPDF for Mac installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 4.1.3. It is, therefore, affected by a PDF spoofing vulnerability. An Evil Annotation Attack may deliver incorrect validation results when validating certain certified PDF files whose visible content was...

Vulnerability fixed in vSphere Replication

VMWare has fixed a vulnerability in vSphere Replicator. A malicious person with management privileges in Replicator can exploit the vulnerability exploit it to execute arbitrary code with system privileges on the underlying system. Because such an attack fits into the so-called "evil admin"...

Solaris 10 (Intel) - 'dtprintinfo' Local Privilege Escalation (3)

Exploit Title: Solaris 10 1/13 Intel - 'dtprintinfo' Local Privilege Escalation 3 Date: 2021-02-01 Exploit Author: Marco Ivaldi Vendor Homepage: https://www.oracle.com/solaris/solaris10/ Version: Solaris 10 Tested on: Solaris 10 1/13 Intel / raptordtprintcheckdirintel2.c - Solaris/Intel FMT LPE...

Data Breach at 'Resident Evil' Gaming Company Widens

A ransomware attack launched against gaming company Capcom last November keeps getting worse. The company now says that the personal data of up to 400,000 of its customers was compromised in the attack — 40,000 more than the company originally thought. Capcom is a Japan-based publisher of...

Easy CD & DVD Cover Creator 4.13 - Denial of Service Exploit

Exploit Title: Easy CD & DVD Cover Creator 4.13 - Denial of Service PoC Software Link: http://www.tucows.com/download/windows/files/ezcdsetup.exe Exploit Author: Achilles Tested Version: 4.13 Tested on: Windows 7 x64 Sp1 1.- Run python code :Creator.py 2.- Open EVIL.txt and copy content to...

Easy CD And DVD Cover Creator 4.13 Denial Of Service

Exploit Title: Easy CD & DVD Cover Creator 4.13 - Denial of Service PoC Date: 22.12.2020 Software Link: http://www.tucows.com/download/windows/files/ezcdsetup.exe Exploit Author: Achilles Tested Version: 4.13 Tested on: Windows 7 x64 Sp1 1.- Run python code :Creator.py 2.- Open EVIL.txt and copy...

CVE-2020-35931

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader before 10.1.1 and before 4.1.1 on macOS and PhantomPDF before 9.7.5 and 10.x before 10.1.1 and before 4.1.1 on macOS. An attacker can spoof a certified PDF document via an Evil Annotation Attack because the products fail to consider a null value for a Subty...

CVE-2020-35931

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader before 10.1.1 and before 4.1.1 on macOS and PhantomPDF before 9.7.5 and 10.x before 10.1.1 and before 4.1.1 on macOS. An attacker can spoof a certified PDF document via an Evil Annotation Attack because the products fail to consider a null value for a Subty...

Code injection

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader before 10.1.1 and before 4.1.1 on macOS and PhantomPDF before 9.7.5 and 10.x before 10.1.1 and before 4.1.1 on macOS. An attacker can spoof a certified PDF document via an Evil Annotation Attack because the products fail to consider a null value for a Subty...

CVE-2020-35931

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader before 10.1.1 and before 4.1.1 on macOS and PhantomPDF before 9.7.5 and 10.x before 10.1.1 and before 4.1.1 on macOS. An attacker can spoof a certified PDF document via an Evil Annotation Attack because the products fail to consider a null value for a Subty...