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A week in security (August 16 – August 22)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Podcast: Katie Moussouris hacked Clubhouse. Her emails went unanswered for weeks. How to troubleshoot hardware problems that look like malware problems. Analysts “strongly believe” the Russian state colludes with ransomware gangs. macOS 11’s hidden security...
This Week in Security News - August 20, 2021
This Week in Security News: Tokyo Olympics Leveraged in Cybercrime Attack and T-Mobile Confirms Hack...
The value of regulator-driven red teaming: CBEST
How do we in the UK avoid something like the Colonial Oil Pipeline ransomware attack happening? How would you feel if your mobile phone suddenly stopped working altogether? What if ambulances couldn’t respond to 999 emergency calls? What if the mechanism of government suddenly ground to a halt? T...
Hack Back Is Still Wack
Every year or two, we see a policy proposal around authorizing private-sector hack back. The latest of these is legislation from two U.S. Senators, Daines and Whitehouse, and it would require the U.S. Department of Homeland Security DHS to “conduct a study on the potential benefits and risks of...
PlugwalkJoe Does the Perp Walk
Joseph "PlugwalkJoe" OConnor, in a photo from a paid press release on Sept. 02, 2020, pitching him as a trustworthy cryptocurrency expert and advisor. One day after last summers mass-hack of Twitter, KrebsOnSecurity wrote that 22-year-old British citizen Joseph "PlugwalkJoe" OConnor appeared to...
Another Hacker Arrested for 2020 Twitter Hack and Massive Bitcoin Scam
A U.K. citizen has been arrested in the Spanish town of Estepona over his alleged involvement in the July 2020 hack of Twitter, resulting in the compromise of 130 high-profile accounts. Joseph O'Connor, 22, has been charged with intentionally accessing a computer without authorization and obtaini...
NSO Group Hacked
NSO Group, the Israeli cyberweapons arms manufacturer behind the Pegasus spyware -- used by authoritarian regimes around the world to spy on dissidents, journalists, human rights workers, and others -- was hacked. Or, at least, an enormous trove of documents was leaked to journalists. Theres a lo...
SolarWinds hackers exploited iOS 0-day to compromise iPhones
By Deeba Ahmed According to Google, SolarWinds hackers exploited an iOS 0-day vulnerability to hack iPhones and made millions from targeting phones worldwide. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: SolarWinds hackers exploited iOS 0-day to compromise iPhones...
Protecting customers from a private-sector offensive actor using 0-day exploits and DevilsTongue malware
The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center MSTIC alongside the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC has uncovered a private-sector offensive actor, or PSOA, that we are calling SOURGUM in possession of now-patched, Windows 0-day exploits CVE-2021-31979 and CVE-2021-33771. Private-sector offensiv...
b2evolution 7.2.2 Cross Site Request Forgery
Exploit Title: b2evolution 7.2.2 - 'edit account details' Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF Exploit Author: Alperen Ergel @alpernae Vendor Homepage: https://b2evolution.net/ Software Link: https://b2evolution.net/downloads/7-2-2 Version : 7.2.2 Tested on: Kali Linux Category: WebApp Description...
Hacked Data for 69K LimeVPN Users Up for Sale on Dark Web
The VPN provider known as LimeVPN has been hit with a hack affecting 69,400 user records, according to researchers. A hacker claims to have stolen the company’s entire customer database before knocking its website offline Threatpost confirmed that as of press time, the website was down. The stole...
Long-awaited changes to the nation's cybersecurity infrastructure become reality
There is a lot of buzz in the biz about the ripple effects of President Bidens "Executive Order EO on Improving the Nations Cybersecurity," which comes on the heels of the Colonial Pipeline hack. The pipeline, which delivers about 45% of the fuel used on the Eastern Seaboard, was shut down after ...
Actual yield source check on address will succeed for non-existent contract
Handle 0xRajeev Vulnerability details Impact Low-level calls call/delegatecall/staticcall return true even if the account called is non-existent per EVM design. Solidity documentation warns: "The low-level functions call, delegatecall and staticcall return true as their first return value if the...
CVE-2020-35760
bloofoxCMS 0.5.2.1 is infected with Unrestricted File Upload that allows attackers to upload malicious files ex: php files...
HackerOne: HackerOne making payments in USDC (Coinbase stable coin)
Summary: Hello Everyone, My name is Ariel and I’m a manager in HackerOne’s community team. As a part of a Hack Week project, HackerOne is now supporting payments via USDC, Coinbase’s stable coin. This has been a feature requested by many hackers, that we are now glad to announce as supported. Mor...
US Soldiers Exposed Nuclear Secrets on Digital Flash Ccards
Plus: A major hack in Japan, Citizen app run amok, and more of the week’s top security news...
Fujitsu SaaS Hack Sends Govt. of Japan Scrambling
Threat actors have stolen files from several official government agencies of Japan by hacking into Fujitsu’s software-as-a-service SaaS platform and gaining access to its systems. The Japan-based tech giant temporarily disabled ProjectWEB enterprise after learning of the attack, which is known to...
The Full Story of the Stunning RSA Hack Can Finally Be Told
In 2011, Chinese spies stole the crown jewels of cybersecurity—stripping protections from firms and government agencies worldwide. Here’s how it happened...
Watering Hole Attack Was Used to Target Florida Water Utilities
An investigation undertaken in the aftermath of the Oldsmar water plant hack earlier this year has revealed that an infrastructure contractor in the U.S. state of Florida hosted malicious code on its website in what's known as a watering hole attack. "This malicious code seemingly targeted water...