Clop Ransomware Gang Likely Aware of MOVEit Transfer Vulnerability Since 2021

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have published a joint advisory regarding the active exploitation of a recently disclosed critical flaw in Progress Software's MOVEit Transfer application to drop ransomware. "The Cl0p Ransomwar...

Xollam, the Latest Face of TargetCompany

This blog talks about the latest TargetCompany ransomware variant, Xollam, and the new initial access technique it uses. We also investigate previous variants' behaviors and the ransomware family's extortion scheme...

Improved BlackCat Ransomware Strikes with Lightning Speed and Stealthy Tactics

The threat actors behind BlackCat ransomware have come up with an improved variant that prioritizes speed and stealth in an attempt to bypass security guardrails and achieve their goals. The new version, dubbed Sphynx and announced in February 2023, packs a "number of updated capabilities that...

Improved BlackCat Ransomware Strikes with Lightning Speed and Stealthy Tactics

The threat actors behind BlackCat ransomware have come up with an improved variant that prioritizes speed and stealth in an attempt to bypass security guardrails and achieve their goals. The new version, dubbed Sphynx and announced in February 2023, packs a "number of updated capabilities that...

Affiliate Me 5.0.1 SQL Injection

Exploit Title: Affiliate Me Version 5.0.1 - SQL Injection Exploit Date: May 16, 2023. CVSS 3.1: 6.4 Medium CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Tactic: Initial Access TA0001 Technique: Exploit Public-Facing Application T1190 Application Name: Affiliate Me Application Version:...

Affiliate Me Version 5.0.1 - SQL Injection

Exploit Title: Affiliate Me Version 5.0.1 - SQL Injection Exploit Date: May 16, 2023. CVSS 3.1: 6.4 Medium CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Tactic: Initial Access TA0001 Technique: Exploit Public-Facing Application T1190 Application Name: Affiliate Me Application Version:...

WBiz Desk 1.2 - SQL Injection

Exploit Title: WBiz Desk 1.2 - SQL Injection Exploit Date: May 12, 2023. CVSS 3.1: 6.4 Medium CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Tactic: Initial Access TA0001 Technique: Exploit Public-Facing Application T1190 Application Name: WBiz Desk Application Version: 1.2 Link:...

Affiliate Me Version 5.0.1 - SQL Injection Vulnerability

Exploit Title: Affiliate Me Version 5.0.1 - SQL Injection CVSS 3.1: 6.4 Medium CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Tactic: Initial Access TA0001 Technique: Exploit Public-Facing Application T1190 Application Name: Affiliate Me Application Version: 5.0.1 Vendor:...

WBiz Desk 1.2 SQL Injection Vulnerability

Exploit Title: WBiz Desk 1.2 - SQL Injection CVSS 3.1: 6.4 Medium CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Tactic: Initial Access TA0001 Technique: Exploit Public-Facing Application T1190 Application Name: WBiz Desk Application Version: 1.2 Link:...

Microsoft Warns of State-Sponsored Attacks Exploiting Critical PaperCut Vulnerability

Iranian nation-state groups have now joined financially motivated actors in actively exploiting a critical flaw in PaperCut print management software, Microsoft disclosed over the weekend. The tech giant's threat intelligence team said it observed both Mango Sandstorm Mercury and Mint Sandstorm...

New Ransomware Strain 'CACTUS' Exploits VPN Flaws to Infiltrate Networks

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new ransomware strain called CACTUS that has been found to leverage known flaws in VPN appliances to obtain initial access to targeted networks. "Once inside the network, CACTUS actors attempt to enumerate local and network user accounts in addition ...

DevOps threat matrix

The use of DevOps practices, which enable organizations to deliver software more quickly and efficiently, has been on the rise. This agile approach minimizes the time-to-market of new features and bug fixes. More and more companies are implementing DevOps services, each with its own infrastructur...

Risk Fact #3: Initial Access Brokers Attack What Organizations Ignore

Qualys Blog Series – Threat Research Unit Report “Divide and Conquer” is an emerging and winning strategy for cyber criminals who split responsibilities to improve execution of the attack process. Some threat actors specialize in the back end, which often is ransomware deployed at scale. The fron...

LockBit 3.0 Ransomware: Inside the Cyberthreat That's Costing Millions

U.S. government agencies have released a joint cybersecurity advisory detailing the indicators of compromise IoCs and tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs associated with the notorious LockBit 3.0 ransomware. "The LockBit 3.0 ransomware operations function as a Ransomware-as-a-Service RaaS...

U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Raises Alarm Over Royal Ransomware's Deadly Capabilities

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has released a new advisory about Royal ransomware, which emerged in the threat landscape last year. "After gaining access to victims' networks, Royal actors disable antivirus software and exfiltrate large amounts of data before...

New Wave of Ransomware Attacks Exploiting VMware Bug to Target ESXi Servers

VMware ESXi hypervisors are the target of a new wave of attacks designed to deploy ransomware on compromised systems. "These attack campaigns appear to exploit CVE-2021-21974, for which a patch has been available since February 23, 2021," the Computer Emergency Response Team CERT of France said i...

What Old is New Again and What's Old is Me?

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Whats old is new again and whats old is still old. The fact that we are seeing a comeback of this USB thumb drive nonsense is giving me heartburn, and a headache, and my left eye is twitching … and maybe numbness in my legs? Yes, I am...

New BOLDMOVE Backdoor uses FortiOS vulnerability for initial access

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A suspected China-nexus campaign has exploited a vulnerability in Fortinets FortiOS SSL-VPN, known as CVE-2022-42475. The exploitation was believed to have occurred as early as October 2022 and the targe...

Threat Source newsletter (Jan. 19, 2023): Talent retention and institutional knowledge

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Talent retention and institutional knowledge go hand in hand. Both are critical to ensuring the security of your network environment. To that end, I want to talk briefly about why talent retention isnt just about money. So I am going ...

New Research Delves into the World of Malicious LNK Files and Hackers Behind Them

Cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging malicious LNK files as an initial access method to download and execute payloads such as Bumblebee, IcedID, and Qakbot. A recent study by cybersecurity experts has shown that it is possible to identify relationships between different threat actors by...