Brazil Hit by Banking Trojan Spread via WhatsApp Worm and RelayNFC NFC Relay Fraud

The threat actor known as Water Saci is actively evolving its tactics, switching to a sophisticated, highly layered infection chain that uses HTML Application HTA files and PDFs to propagate via WhatsApp a worm that deploys a banking trojan in attacks targeting users in Brazil. The latest wave is...

ShadowCaptcha Exploits WordPress Sites to Spread Ransomware, Info Stealers, and Crypto Miners

A new large-scale campaign has been observed exploiting over 100 compromised WordPress sites to direct site visitors to fake CAPTCHA verification pages that employ the ClickFix social engineering tactic to deliver information stealers, ransomware, and cryptocurrency miners. The large-scale...

Fileless Remcos RAT Delivered via LNK Files and MSHTA in PowerShell-Based Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new malware campaign that makes use of a PowerShell-based shellcode loader to deploy a remote access trojan called Remcos RAT. "Threat actors delivered malicious LNK files embedded within ZIP archives, often disguised as Office documents," Qualys...

Update: CVE-2024-4577 quickly weaponized to distribute “TellYouThePass” Ransomware

Introduction Recently, Imperva Threat Research reported on attacker activity leveraging the new PHP vulnerability, CVE-2024-4577. From as early as June 8th, we have detected attacker activity leveraging this vulnerability to deliver malware, which we have now identified to be a part of the...

Russian Hackers Use Zulip Chat App for Covert C&C in Diplomatic Phishing Attacks

An ongoing campaign targeting ministries of foreign affairs of NATO-aligned countries points to the involvement of Russian threat actors. The phishing attacks feature PDF documents with diplomatic lures, some of which are disguised as coming from Germany, to deliver a variant of a malware called...

January 10, 2023—KB5022289 (OS Build 14393.5648)

January 10, 2023—KB5022289 OS Build 14393.5648 Important: For Windows Recovery Environment WinRE devices, see the updated 1/20/23 Special instructions for Windows Recovery Environment WinRE devices in the How to get this update section to address security vulnerabilities in CVE-2022-41099. 1/10/2...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

chromium is vulnerable to denial of service. The vulnerability exists due to the heap buffer overflow in GPU in the library, allowing an attacker to perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page, leading to an application crash...

September 20, 2022—KB5017379 (OS Build 17763.3469) Preview

September 20, 2022—KB5017379 OS Build 17763.3469 Preview REMINDER 9/20/22 After today, September 20, 2022, there will no longer be optional, non-security releases known as "C" or preview releases for the 2019 LTSC editions and Windows Server 2019. Only cumulative monthly security updates known as...

Hackers Use ModernLoader to Infect Systems with Stealers and Cryptominers

As many as three disparate but related campaigns between March and Jun 2022 have been found to deliver a variety of malware, including ModernLoader, RedLine Stealer, and cryptocurrency miners onto compromised systems. "The actors use PowerShell, .NET assemblies, and HTA and VBS files to spread...

SideWinder Hackers Launched Over a 1,000 Cyber Attacks Over the Past 2 Years

An "aggressive" advanced persistent threat APT group known as SideWinder has been linked to over 1,000 new attacks since April 2020. "Some of the main characteristics of this threat actor that make it stand out among the others, are the sheer number, high frequency and persistence of their attack...

Pakistan-linked hackers targeted Indian power company with ReverseRat

A threat actor with suspected ties to Pakistan has been striking government and energy organizations in the South and Central Asia regions to deploy a remote access trojan on compromised Windows systems, according to new research. "Most of the organizations that exhibited signs of compromise were...

Microsoft Windows MSHTA.EXE .HTA File XML Injection Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows MSHTA.EXE .HTA File XML Injection Vulnerability Vendor www.microsoft.com Product Windows MSHTA.EXE .HTA File An HTML Application HTA is a Microsoft Windows program whose source code consists of HTML, Dynamic HTML, and one or more scripting languages supported by Internet Explore...

Metamorfo Campaigns Targeting Brazilian Users

FireEye Labs recently identified several widespread malspam malware spam campaigns targeting Brazilian companies with the goal of delivering banking Trojans. We are referring to these campaigns as Metamorfo. Across the stages of these campaigns, we have observed the use of several tactics and...

HTA Web Server

This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'HTA Web Server', 'Description' = %q This module hosts an HTML Application HTA that when opened will run a payload via Powershell. When a user...

HTA Web Server

This module hosts an HTML Application HTA that when opened will run a payload via Powershell. When a user navigates to the HTA file they will be prompted by IE twice before the payload is executed. This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source:...

Microsoft HTA (HTML Application) - Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS14-064)

Document Title: =============== Microsoft HTA HTML Application - Remote Code Execution Vulnerability MS14-064 References Source: ==================== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=1576 Video: http://youtu.be/Vkswz7vt23M...

Microsoft Windows HTA (HTML Application) - Remote Code Execution (MS14-064)

Microsoft Windows HTA HTML Application - Remote Code Execution MS14-064 !/usr/bin/php poc'."\n\n"; $reza = socketcreateAFINET, SOCKSTREAM, 0 or die'Failed to create socket!'; socketbind$reza, 0,$port; socketlisten$reza; $msgd = "\x3c\x68\x74\x6d\x6c\x3e\x0d\x0a...

Microsoft Windows HTA (HTML Application) - Remote Code Execution (MS14-064)

!/usr/bin/php poc'."\n\n"; $reza = socketcreateAFINET, SOCKSTREAM, 0 or die'Failed to create socket!'; socketbind$reza, 0,$port; socketlisten$reza; $msgd = "\x3c\x68\x74\x6d\x6c\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3c\x6d\x65\x74\x61\x20\x68\x7...

Microsoft Windows HTA Remote Code Execution

!/usr/bin/php poc'."\n\n"; $reza = socketcreateAFINET, SOCKSTREAM, 0 or die'Failed to create socket!'; socketbind$reza, 0,$port; socketlisten$reza; $msgd = "\x3c\x68\x74\x6d\x6c\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3c\x6d\x65\x74\x61\x20\x68\x74\x74\x70\x2d\x65\x71\x75\x69\x76"...

Microsoft Windows HTA (HTML Application) - Remote Code Execution Exploit

Microsoft Windows HTA HTML Application remote code execution exploit that leverages MS14-064. !/usr/bin/php poc'."\n\n"; $reza = socketcreateAFINET, SOCKSTREAM, 0 or die'Failed to create socket!'; socketbind$reza, 0,$port; socketlisten$...