Ransomware Hackers and Scammers Utilizing Cloud Mining to Launder Cryptocurrency

Ransomware actors and cryptocurrency scammers have joined nation-state actors in abusing cloud mining services to launder digital assets, new findings reveal. "Cryptocurrency mining is a crucial part of our industry, but it also holds special appeal to bad actors, as it provides a means to acquir...

VeloCON 2023: Submissions Wanted!

Rapid7 is thrilled to announce that the 2nd annual VeloCON virtual summit will be held this September date TBD, with times oriented to the continental USA time zones. Once again, the conference will be online and completely free! VeloCON is a one-day event focused on the Velociraptor community...

Product Security: Harnessing the Collective Experience and Collaborative Tools in DevSecOps

In the fast-paced cybersecurity landscape, product security takes center stage. DevSecOps swoops in, seamlessly merging security practices into DevOps, empowering teams to tackle challenges. Let's dive into DevSecOps and explore how collaboration can give your team the edge to fight cyber villain...

Oracle RMAN Missing Auditing

Title: CVE-2020-2978 - Oracle RMAN Audit table point in time recovery not recorded Product: Database Manufacturer: Oracle Affected Versions: 12.1.0.2, 12.2.0.1, 18c, 19c Tested Versions: 19c Risk Level: Medium Score: 4.1 Solution Status: Fixed CVE Reference: CVE-2020-2978 Author of Advisory: Emad...

Guidance for investigating attacks using CVE-2022-21894: The BlackLotus campaign

This guide provides steps that organizations can take to assess whether users have been targeted or compromised by threat actors exploiting CVE-2022-21894 via a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI bootkit called BlackLotus. UEFI bootkits are particularly dangerous as they run at computer...

Guidance for investigating attacks using CVE-2022-21894: The BlackLotus campaign

This guide provides steps that organizations can take to assess whether users have been targeted or compromised by threat actors exploiting CVE-2022-21894 via a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI bootkit called BlackLotus. UEFI bootkits are particularly dangerous as they run at computer...

Western Digital Hit by Network Security Breach - Critical Services Disrupted!

Data storage devices maker Western Digital on Monday disclosed a "network security incident" that involved unauthorized access to its systems. The breach is said to have occurred on March 26, 2023, enabling an unnamed third party to gain access to a "number of the company's systems." Following th...

Western Digital Hit by Network Security Breach - Critical Services Disrupted!

Data storage devices maker Western Digital on Monday disclosed a "network security incident" that involved unauthorized access to its systems. The breach is said to have occurred on March 26, 2023, enabling an unnamed third party to gain access to a "number of the company's systems." Following th...

How an incident response retainer can drive proactive security

Weve written before about the importance of taking a proactive approach to cybersecurity. Whether it be threat hunting, an active defense posture or just improving security instrumentation alerts and logs an organization keeps, its best for every user -- no matter the size -- to be prepared for...

Guidance for investigating attacks using CVE-2023-23397

This guide provides steps organizations can take to assess whether users have been targeted or compromised by threat actors exploiting CVE-2023-23397. A successful exploit of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to an organization’s environment by triggering a Net-NTLMv2 hash leak...

Guidance for investigating attacks using CVE-2023-23397

This guide provides steps organizations can take to assess whether users have been targeted or compromised by threat actors exploiting CVE-2023-23397. A successful exploit of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to an organization’s environment by triggering a Net-NTLMv2 hash leak...

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 / 2016 / 2017 / 2019 / 2022 Audit Logging Failure

Title: Microsoft SQL Server Password Hash Exposure Product: Database Manufacturer: Microsoft Affected Versions: 2012-2022 Risk Level: Medium CVE Reference: N/A Author of Advisory: Emad Al-Mousa Overview: SQL Server is a popular database system, and database systems are a vital backbone in IT...

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 / 2016 / 2017 / 2019 / 2022 Audit Logging Failure Vulnerability

Microsoft SQL Server 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2022 appears to ignore audit rules for sys.sysxlgns allowing an attacker with administrative permissions to extract password hashes under the radar. Microsoft told the researcher they are not willing to fix it but acknowledge it as a security...

New Version of Prometei Botnet Infects Over 10,000 Systems Worldwide

An updated version of a botnet malware called Prometei has infected more than 10,000 systems worldwide since November 2022. The infections are both geographically indiscriminate and opportunistic, with a majority of the victims reported in Brazil, Indonesia, and Turkey. Prometei, first observed i...

Lazarus Group Exploits Zero-Day Vulnerability to Hack South Korean Financial Entity

The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been observed weaponizing flaws in an undisclosed software to breach a financial business entity in South Korea twice within a span of a year. While the first attack in May 2022 entailed the use of a vulnerable version of a certificate software that's wide...

Lazarus Group Exploits Zero-Day Vulnerability to Hack South Korean Financial Entity

The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been observed weaponizing flaws in an undisclosed software to breach a financial business entity in South Korea twice within a span of a year. While the first attack in May 2022 entailed the use of a vulnerable version of a certificate software that's wide...

US Marshals Service hit by ransomware and data breach

The US Marshals Service USMS says it's suffered a ransomware attack in which a threat actor managed to get hold of sensitive information about staff and fugitives. On February 17, 2023, the attacker infiltrated a system that held information about ongoing investigations, including personally...

Arrested: Fearmongering data thieves who victimized thousands of businesses

The Dutch police have announced the arrest of three more suspects in one of the biggest data extortion cases to date. The men, all aged between 18 and 21, were allegedly involved in extorting businesses and selling stolen data to other criminals. During a two-year investigation the police learned...

Get-AppLockerEventlog - Script For Fetching Applocker Event Log By Parsing The Win-Event Log

This script will parse all the channels of events from the win-event log to extract all the log relatives to AppLocker. The script will gather all the important pieces of information relative to the events for forensic or threat-hunting purposes, or even in order to troubleshoot. Here are the log...

Hacked Cellebrite and MSAB Software Released

Cellebrite is an cyberweapons arms manufacturer that sells smartphone forensic software to governments around the world. MSAB is a Swedish company that does the same thing. Someone has released software and documentation from both companies...