Ransomware: 30 Years and Still Going Strong

In the tech world, systems – and methods to break said systems – seem to evolve by the minute. Technological advancement grows exponentially each year, and the realm of cybersecurity is no exception. However, some entities have survived and even thrived over the decades, rather than falling...

Changing security incident response by utilizing the power of the cloud—DART tools, techniques, and procedures: part 1

This is the first in a blog series discussing the tools, techniques, and procedures that the Microsoft Detection and Response Team DART use to investigate cybersecurity incidents at our customer organizations. Today, we introduce the team and give a brief overview of each of the tools that utiliz...

evolution security and bug fix update

evolution 3.28.5-9 - Add patch for RH bug 1724984 ECompEditor Ensure attendee changes stored before save 3.28.5-8 - Add patch for RH bug 1724659 Make sure intltool-merge cache is created only once 3.28.5-7 - Add patch for RH bug 1724232 Help Contents F1 has a bad link to GNOME site...

SUSE-SU-2019:1391-2 Security update for evolution

This update for evolution fixes the following issue: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2018-15587: Fixed OpenPGP signatures spoofing via specially crafted email that contains a valid signature bsc1125230...

xHelper Malware for Android

xHelper is not interesting because of its infection mechanism; the user has to side-load an app onto his phone. It's not interesting because of its payload; it seems to do nothing more than show unwanted ads. it's interesting because of its persistence: Furthermore, even if users spot the xHelper...

Authorization Bypass

evolution-ews is vulnerable to authorization bypass. The vulnerability exists as all certificate errors ignored if configured to ignore an initial error in gnome-online-accounts creation resulting in the connection open to being viewed and modified...

RHEL 8 : evolution (RHSA-2019:3699)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3699 advisory. Evolution is a GNOME application that provides integrated email, calendar, contact management, and communications functionality. Security Fixes:...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: evolution security and bug fix update

An update for evolution, evolution-data-server, and evolution-ews is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating,...

evolution-ews: all certificate errors ignored if error is ignored during initial account setup in gnome-online-accounts

It was discovered evolution-ews does not check the validity of SSL certificates. An attacker could abuse this flaw to get confidential information by tricking the user into connecting to a fake server without the user noticing the difference...

A Brief History of Russian Hackers' Evolving False Flags

Most hackers know how to cover their tracks. But Russia’s elite groups are working at a whole other level...

Gustuff Android Banker Switches Up Technical Approach

An Instagram-initiated campaign using the Gustuff Android mobile banking trojan has rolled out in October, featuring an updated version of the malware that lowers its detection profile. How the cybercriminals are rolling out the campaign is the same as a previous offensive seen in June, according...

Duplicator Pro 1.3.14 Local Information Disclosure

Product: Duplicator Pro Vendor: SnapCreek Website: https://snapcreek.com/ Discovered by: Evolution Hosting Version vulnerable: = 1.3.14 Fixed in: 1.3.15+ Vulnerability Type: Information Disclosure, local exposure of entire webinstallation content remotely triggerable: not for itself. Needs wp adm...

This Isn't the Phishing Your First Boss Knew

Phishing has been around for nearly as long as email has, and the perception that phishing tactics have not evolved persists. Many people believe we are still in the era of the easy-to-spot "Nigerian prince" emails, shown below. Underneath that, we see a highly creative, yet not any more...

The Need for an Updated Kill Chain

“Cyber Kill Chain” The “Cyber Kill Chain”—created in 2011 by Lockheed Martin—was designed to be a model that “identifies what…adversaries must complete in order to achieve their objective.” This framework has been widely used through the cybersecurity world and informs prevention-heavy strategy. ...

TrickBot Targets Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint Users to Siphon PINs

The TrickBot malware, known previously for targeting U.S. banks, is now setting a bullseye on users of U.S.-based mobile carriers, including Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and Sprint, to launch SIM swapping attacks. Researchers with Dell’s Secureworks research team warned that they have observed the...

The vulnerability of the Evolution email program, related to the improper verification of the OpenPGP cryptographic signature, allows a hacker to compromise the integrity of the data.

The vulnerability of the Evolution email program is related to an improper verification of the OpenPGP cryptographic signature. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to compromise the integrity of data...

CVE-2019-14518

Evolution CMS 2.0.x allows XSS via a description and new category location in a template. NOTE: the vendor states that the behavior is consistent with the "access policy in the administration panel...

CVE-2019-14518

Evolution CMS 2.0.x allows XSS via a description and new category location in a template. NOTE: the vendor states that the behavior is consistent with the "access policy in the administration panel...

Cross site scripting

DISPUTED Evolution CMS 2.0.x allows XSS via a description and new category location in a template. NOTE: the vendor states that the behavior is consistent with the "access policy in the administration panel."...

CVE-2019-14518

Evolution CMS 2.0.x allows XSS via a description and new category location in a template. NOTE: the vendor states that the behavior is consistent with the "access policy in the administration panel...