Threat Roundup for May 26 to June 2

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats weve observed between May 26 and June 2. As with previous roundups, this post isnt meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats weve observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics,...

Threat Roundup for May 5 to May 12

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats weve observed between May 5 and May 12. As with previous roundups, this post isnt meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats weve observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics,...

PT-2025-26012 · Linux +2 · Linux Kernel +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description: A vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been resolved, related to the block layer and the blk-rq-qos framework. The issue occurs when the io.cost.qos file is written by two CPUs...

Threat Roundup for April 28 to May 5

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats weve observed between April 28 and May 5. As with previous roundups, this post isnt meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats weve observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics,...

LimeRAT Malware Analysis: Extracting the Config

Remote Access Trojans RATs have taken the third leading position in ANY. RUN's Q1 2023 report on the most prevalent malware types, making it highly probable that your organization may face this threat. Though LimeRAT might not be the most well-known RAT family, its versatility is what sets it...

Threat Roundup for April 14 to April 21

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats weve observed between April 14 and April 21. As with previous roundups, this post isnt meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats weve observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics,...

Strapi plugins vulnerable to Server-Side Template Injection and Remote Code Execution in the Users-Permissions Plugin

Summary Strapi through 4.5.5 allows authenticated Server-Side Template Injection SSTI that can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on the server. Details Strapi through 4.5.5 allows authenticated Server-Side Template Injection SSTI that can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on the server....

GHSA-2H87-4Q2W-V4HF Strapi plugins vulnerable to Server-Side Template Injection and Remote Code Execution in the Users-Permissions Plugin

Summary Strapi through 4.5.5 allows authenticated Server-Side Template Injection SSTI that can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on the server. Details Strapi through 4.5.5 allows authenticated Server-Side Template Injection SSTI that can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on the server....

GHSA-JJQF-J4W7-92W8 Strapi leaking sensitive user information by filtering on private fields

Summary Strapi through 4.7.1 allows unauthenticated attackers to discover sensitive user details for Strapi administrators and API users. Details Strapi through 4.7.1 allows unauthenticated attackers to discover sensitive user details for Strapi administrators and API users. The unauthenticated...

Threat Roundup for March 24 to March 31

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats weve observed between March 24 and March 31. As with previous roundups, this post isnt meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats weve observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics,...

Threat Roundup for March 17 to March 24

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between March 17 and March 24. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavioral...

Exploit for Out-of-bounds Write in Fortinet Fortios

CVE-2022-42475-RCE-POC Vulnerability Name CVE-2022-4247...

Open Web Analytics 1.7.3 Remote Code Execution Exploit

Open Web Analytics OWA versions prior to 1.7.4 allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to obtain sensitive user information, which can be used to gain admin privileges by leveraging cache hashes. class MetasploitModule 'Open Web Analytics 1.7.3 - Remote Code Execution RCE', 'Description' = %q Op...

The Bug Report – February 2023 Edition

The Bug Report – February 2023 Edition By Trellix · March 1, 2023 This story was also written by Sam Quinn. Figure 1: Ironic. It could protect other devices from threats, but not itself. Why am I here? Welcome back to the Bug Report! For those in the audience unfamiliar with our shtick, we compil...

The Future of Network Security: Predictive Analytics and ML-Driven Solutions

As the digital age evolves and continues to shape the business landscape, corporate networks have become increasingly complex and distributed. The amount of data a company collects to detect malicious behaviour constantly increases, making it challenging to detect deceptive and unknown attack...

Threat Round up for February 10 to February 17

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats weve observed between Feb. 10 and Feb. 17. As with previous roundups, this post isnt meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats weve observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics,...

vmwgfx Driver File Descriptor Handling Privilege Escalation Exploit

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'vmwgfx Driver File Descriptor Handling Priv Esc', 'Description' = %q If the vmwgfx driver fails to copy the 'fencerep' object to userland, it tri...

Threat Round up for December 2 to December 9

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats weve observed between Dec. 2 and Dec. 9. As with previous roundups, this post isnt meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats weve observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics,...

Iranian Government-Sponsored APT Actors Compromise Federal Network, Deploy Crypto Miner, Credential Harvester

Summary From mid-June through mid-July 2022, CISA conducted an incident response engagement at a Federal Civilian Executive Branch FCEB organization where CISA observed suspected advanced persistent threat APT activity. In the course of incident response activities, CISA determined that cyber...

The art and science behind Microsoft threat hunting: Part 2

We discussed Microsoft Detection and Response Team’s DART threat hunting principles in part 1 of The art and science behind Microsoft threat hunting blog series. In this follow-up post, we will talk about some general hunting strategies, frameworks, tools, and how Microsoft incident responders wo...