Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Windows Remote Desktop Client when a user connects to a malicious server. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on the computer of the connecting client. An attacker could then install programs;...

Turla renews its arsenal with Topinambour

Turla, also known as Venomous Bear, Waterbug, and Uroboros, is a Russian speaking threat actor known since 2014, but with roots that go back to 2004 and earlier. It is a complex cyberattack platform focused predominantly on diplomatic and government-related targets, particularly in the Middle Eas...

CVE-2019-0319

The SAP Gateway, versions 7.5, 7.51, 7.52 and 7.53, allows an attacker to inject content which is displayed in the form of an error message. An attacker could thus mislead a user to believe this information is from the legitimate service when it's not...

Design/Logic Flaw

SAP Work Manager, versions: 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 and SAP Inventory Manager, version 4.3, allows an attacker to prevent legitimate users from accessing a service, either by crashing or flooding the service...

FreeBSD : buildbot -- OAuth Authentication Vulnerability (ada8db8a-8471-11e9-8170-0050562a4d7b)

Buildbot accepted user-submitted authorization token from OAuth and used it to authenticate user. The vulnerability can lead to malicious attackers to authenticate as legitimate users of a Buildbot instance without knowledge of the victim's login credentials on certain scenarios. If an attacker h...

Do DDoS attacks originate from Cloud Service Providers?

In a word, yes. Cloud service providers CSPs continue to power a growing portion of the greater Internet. According to Cisco, by 2021, 73 percent of cloud workloads are going to be CSP based, which reflects a compound annual growth rate of 27.5 percent from 2016 to 2021. Unfortunately, CSPs are...

Threat spotlight: CrySIS, aka Dharma ransomware, causing a crisis for businesses

CrySIS, aka Dharma, is a family of ransomware that has been evolving since 2006. We have noticed that this ransomware has become increasingly active lately, increasing by a margin of 148 percent from February until April 2019. The uptick in detections may be due to CrySIS' effective use of multip...

buildbot -- OAuth Authentication Vulnerability

Buildbot accepted user-submitted authorization token from OAuth and used it to authenticate user. The vulnerability can lead to malicious attackers to authenticate as legitimate users of a Buildbot instance without knowledge of the victim's login credentials on certain scenarios. If an attacker h...

Explained: like-farming

Like-farming, aka like-harvesting, is a method used by commercial parties and scammers alike to raise the popularity of a site or domain. The ultimate dream of every like-farmer is for his post to go viral by accumulating as many likes and shares as possible from all over the world. Like-farmers...

The Ping is the Thing: Popular HTML5 Feature Used to Trick Chinese Mobile Users into Joining Latest DDoS Attack

DDoS attacks have always been a major threat to network infrastructure and web applications. Attackers are always creating new ways to exploit legitimate services for malicious purposes, forcing us to constantly research DDoS attacks in our CDN to build advanced mitigations. We recently...

Design/Logic Flaw

Rockwell Automation PowerFlex 525 AC Drives 5.001 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by crashing the Common Industrial Protocol CIP network stack. The vulnerability allows the attacker to crash the CIP in a way that it does not accept new connections, but keeps the...

Malware Installed in Asus Computers through Hacked Update Process

Kaspersky Labs is reporting on a new supply chain attack they call "Shadowhammer." In January 2019, we discovered a sophisticated supply chain attack involving the ASUS Live Update Utility. The attack took place between June and November 2018 and according to our telemetry, it affected a large...

RogueRobin Malware Uses Google Drive as C2 Channel

A custom malware used by the APT known as DarkHydrus uses a mix of novel techniques, including using Google Drive as an alternate command-and-control C2 channel. According to Palo Alto’s Unit 42 intelligence division, the targeted attack involved spear-phishing emails written in Arabic sent to...

8 Ways to Avoid the Cybersecurity Grinch This Holiday Season

'Tis the season to be jolly…unless you work in cybersecurity. According to the Carbon Black Threat Analysis Unit TAU, organizations should expect to see a spike in potential cyberattacks starting with Black Friday/Cyber Monday and continuing through the holiday shopping season. TAU’s analysis...

FCC Addresses Robocalling – But Questions Remain

Robocalls and text spam – often in the service of widespread fraud campaigns – continue to persist, dogging consumers despite the existence of the national Do Not Call registry and efforts like the Truth in Caller ID Act. In an effort to alleviate the situation, Federal Communications Commission...

CVE-2018-2473

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform Server, versions 4.1 and 4.2, when using Web Intelligence Richclient 3 tiers mode gateway allows an attacker to prevent legitimate users from accessing a service, either by crashing or flooding the service...

Android Ad-Fraud Scheme

BuzzFeed is reporting on a scheme where fraudsters buy legitimate Android apps, track users' behavior in order to mimic it in a way that evades bot detectors, and then uses bots to perpetuate an ad-fraud scheme. After being provided with a list of the apps and websites connected to the scheme,...

CVE-2018-14822

Entes EMG12 versions 2.57 and prior an information exposure through query strings vulnerability in the web interface has been identified, which may allow an attacker to impersonate a legitimate user and execute arbitrary code...

Waiting, Waiting, Waiting... Is There a Right Time for Breach Notification?

Recently, a popular online retailer revealed a month-long data breach. Card-skimming code was found capturing customer credit card data from the payment page of its website and sending that data to what appeared to be a legitimate server with a similar domain name and a valid HTTPS certificate. T...

FBI Releases Guidance on Defending Against Travel Scams

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has released an article on building a digital defense against travel scams. FBI explains how scammers trick consumers with "free" vacation ploys. These offers may be fake or involve hidden fees. Legitimate companies will not ask prize winners to pay to clai...