Russian FSB Cyber Actor Star Blizzard Continues Worldwide Spear-phishing Campaigns

The Russia-based actor is targeting organizations and individuals in the UK and other geographical areas of interest. OVERVIEW The Russia-based actor Star Blizzard formerly known as SEABORGIUM, also known as Callisto Group/TA446/COLDRIVER/TAG-53/BlueCharlie continues to successfully use...

Russia's AI-Powered Disinformation Operation Targeting Ukraine, U.S., and Germany

The Russia-linked influence operation called Doppelganger has targeted Ukrainian, U.S., and German audiences through a combination of inauthentic news sites and social media accounts. These campaigns are designed to amplify content designed to undermine Ukraine as well as propagate anti-LGBTQ+...

Warning for iPhone Users: Experts Warn of Sneaky Fake Lockdown Mode Attack

A new "post-exploitation tampering technique" can be abused by malicious actors to visually deceive a target into believing that their Apple iPhone is running in Lockdown Mode when it's actually not and carry out covert attacks. The novel method, detailed by Jamf Threat Labs in a report shared wi...

A week in security (November 27 – December 3)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Explained: Domain fronting Will ChatGPT write ransomware? Yes. Associated Press, ESPN, CBS among top sites serving fake virus alerts Meta sued over forcing users to pay to stop tracking Update now! Chrome fixes actively exploited zero-day vulnerability Many major...

PT-2023-29423 · WordPress · Wordpress

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: WordPress affected versions not specified Description: A phishing campaign is targeting WordPress administrators with fake security advisories regarding a non-existent vulnerability. The emails aim to trick users into installing a malicious...

$19 Stanely cups, fake Amazon Prime memberships all part of holiday shopping scams circulating

I know Im a little late to the party to hit the prime SEO for Black Friday, Cyber Monday and holiday shopping. But if I know the readers of this newsletter, everyone is far from done with their holiday shopping already after a few days. I also know Im far from the only person to warn consumers...

Associated Press, ESPN, CBS among top sites serving fake virus alerts

ScamClub is a threat actor whos been involved in malvertising activities since 2018. Chances are you probably ran into one of their online scams on your mobile device. Confiant, the firm that has tracked ScamClub for years, released a comprehensive report in September while also disrupting their...

Scammers Exploit Crypto Hype with Fake Token Factory, Stealing Millions

By Deeba Ahmed Check Point Research Reports New Million-Dollar Rug Pull Scam with a Fake Token Factory. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Scammers Exploit Crypto Hype with Fake Token Factory, Stealing Millions...

$19 Stanley cup deal is a Black Friday scam

Scammers never miss an opportunity to make a quick buck, and love to piggy back on the latest trends. So what better way to kick off the scamming season than by offering Black Friday sales on one of the most popular products around: a Stanley cup. We found an ad on Facebook offering a Stanley...

CVE-2023-6263

An issue was discovered by IPVM team in Network Optix NxCloud before 23.1.0.40440. It was possible to add a fake VMS server to NxCloud by using the exact identification of a legitimate VMS server. As result, it was possible to retrieve authorization headers from legitimate users when the legitima...

CVE-2023-6263

An issue was discovered by IPVM team in Network Optix NxCloud before 23.1.0.40440. It was possible to add a fake VMS server to NxCloud by using the exact identification of a legitimate VMS server. As result, it was possible to retrieve authorization headers from legitimate users when the legitima...

CVE-2023-6263

The vulnerability CVE-2023-6263 affects Network Optix NxCloud prior to 23.1.0.40440. An attacker could add a fake VMS server by using the exact identification of a legitimate VMS server, allowing retrieval of authorization headers from legitimate users when their client connects to the fake VMS s...

CVE-2023-6263 Server Spoofing Vulnerability in NxCloud

An issue was discovered by IPVM team in Network Optix NxCloud before 23.1.0.40440. It was possible to add a fake VMS server to NxCloud by using the exact identification of a legitimate VMS server. As result, it was possible to retrieve authorization headers from legitimate users when the legitima...

How to stop fake System notifications on macOS

Scammers are abusing an Apple feature that allows websites to create push notifications that look like theyre coming from macOS, or apps. The notifications try to scare users into clicking a link with fake virus alerts or messages saying their account has been hacked. Years ago we warned our...

Atomic Stealer distributed to Mac users via fake browser updates

Atomic Stealer, also known as AMOS, is a popular stealer for Mac OS. Back in September, we described how malicious ads were tricking victims into downloading this piece of malware under the disguise of a popular application. In an interesting new development, AMOS is now being delivered to Mac...

Multimillion-Dollar Vishing Scam Busted: Czech-Ukrainian Gang Arrested

By Deeba Ahmed Czech Republic Police Expose 'Fake Bankers' Gang in $8.7 Million Vishing Operation. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Multimillion-Dollar Vishing Scam Busted: Czech-Ukrainian Gang Arrested...

kernel: drm/i915: Fix memory leaks in i915 selftests

A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Intel i915 graphics driver in the selftest page allocation logic. A local user can trigger this issue when running i915 selftests and the fakegetpages function encounters errors, causing the function to return without freeing previously allocated...

PT-2023-30525 · Vantage6 · Vantage6

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: vantage6 versions prior to 4.1.2 Description: The issue arises when a node does not check if an image is allowed to run if a parent id is set. A malicious party that breaches the server may modify it to set a fake parent id and send a task of...

Malvertiser copies PC news site to deliver infostealer

The majority of malvertising campaigns delivering malicious utilities that we have tracked so far typically deceive victims with pages that are almost the exact replica of the software vendor being impersonated. For example, we have seen fake websites appearing like the real Webex, AnyDesk or...

Scammers Use Fake Ledger App on Microsoft Store to Steal $800,000 in Crypto

By Deeba Ahmed After a surge of malware on the Google Play Store, is Microsoft also failing to properly vet apps for malware? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Scammers Use Fake Ledger App on Microsoft Store to Steal $800,000 in Crypto...