Midnight Blizzard Exploiting Legacy OAuth for Lateral Movement

Summary: Midnight Blizzard exploited a legacy test OAuth application with elevated access due to a common password and lack of multi-factor authentication MFA. The attackers leveraged this access to move laterally within Microsofts network, potentially exfiltrating data and gaining broader contro...

NS-STEALER Utilizes Discord Bots for Covert Exfiltration of Sensitive Data

Summary: A recently discovered Java-based information stealer, named NS-STEALER, employs a Discord bot channel as an EventListener to exfiltrate sensitive data from compromised hosts. This malware is distributed through ZIP archives that disguise themselves as cracked software. Threat Level - Amb...

~40,000 Attacks in 3 Days: Critical Confluence RCE Under Active Exploitation

Malicious actors have begun to actively exploit a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server, within three days of public disclosure. Tracked as CVE-2023-22527 CVSS score: 10.0, the vulnerability impacts out-of-date versions of the...

COLDRIVER Expands Beyond Phishing, Incorporating Custom SPICA Backdoor

Summary: The threat actor associated with Russia, known as COLDRIVER or Star Blizard, has expanded its tactics from mere credential harvesting. The group has initiated campaigns where PDFs are employed as lure documents to distribute malware. Notably, COLDRIVER has introduced its first custom...

Androxgh0st Malware Uses Stealthy Tactics in Pilfering Credentials

Summary: The Androxgh0st malware is building a botnet, specifically aimed at illicitly obtaining cloud credentials from popular applications such as Amazon Web Services AWS, Microsoft Office 365, SendGrid, and Twilio. This stolen data is then utilized to disseminate additional harmful payloads...

PAX PoS Terminal Flaw Could Allow Attackers to Tamper with Transactions

The point-of-sale PoS terminals from PAX Technology are impacted by a collection of high-severity vulnerabilities that can be weaponized by threat actors to execute arbitrary code. The STM Cyber R&D team, which reverse engineered the Android-based devices manufactured by the Chinese firm owing to...

What is Kafka?

Introduction to the Universe of Kafka: A Detailed Synopsis Apache Kafka, frequently just labeled as Kafka, is a universally contributed event broadcasting framework, intended to manage live streaming of data. It is engineered to be a bridge for significant volumes of data, offering a mechanism fo...

Critical RCE Vulnerability Uncovered in Juniper SRX Firewalls and EX Switches

Juniper Networks has released updates to fix a critical remote code execution RCE vulnerability in its SRX Series firewalls and EX Series switches. The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-21591, is rated 9.8 on the CVSS scoring system. "An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in J-Web of Juniper Networks Jun...

Maliciously Crafted Cracked Software Propagates Lumma Stealer via YouTube

Summary: In an attempt to deceive users into downloading the information-stealing virus Lumma, threat actors are exploiting YouTube videos featuring content related to cracked software. These videos typically include content related to the use of cracked software, accompanied by identical...

FBot’s Arsenal against the SaaS Giants

Summary: FBot, a Python-based exploit tool, has systematically targeted critical infrastructures, spanning from web servers and cloud services to content management systems CMS and major Software as a Service SaaS platforms. Its primary objective is to infiltrate these services, acquiring...

EmploLeaks - An OSINT Tool That Helps Detect Members Of A Company With Leaked Credentials

This is a tool designed for Open Source Intelligence OSINT purposes, which helps to gather information about employees of a company. How it Works The tool starts by searching through LinkedIn to obtain a list of employees of the company. Then, it looks for their social network profiles to find...

Ivanti Addresses Critical Vulnerability in Endpoint Manager

Summary: Ivanti addressed a critical vulnerability CVE-2023-39336 in its Endpoint Management software, ensuring secure usage for its 40,000 worldwide customers. The flaw, resolved in version 2022 Service Update 5, posed a risk of pre-authenticated sql injection and possibly Remote Code Injection ...

GHSA-VR7M-R9VM-M4WF PrestaShop XSS can be stored in DB from "add a message form" in order detail page (FO)

Impact The isCleanHtml method is not used on this this form, which makes it possible to store an xss in DB. The impact is low because the html is not interpreted in BO, thanks to twig's escape mechanism. In FO, the xss is effective, but only impacts the customer sending it, or the customer sessio...

PrestaShop XSS can be stored in DB from "add a message form" in order detail page (FO)

Impact The isCleanHtml method is not used on this this form, which makes it possible to store an xss in DB. The impact is low because the html is not interpreted in BO, thanks to twig's escape mechanism. In FO, the xss is effective, but only impacts the customer sending it, or the customer sessio...

Hackers Attack UK’s Nuclear Waste Services Through LinkedIn

By Deeba Ahmed LinkedIn users, especially employees managing pages for large corporations, must remain vigilant as the platform has become a lucrative target for cybercriminals and state-backed hackers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Attack UKs Nuclear Waste...

Operation RusticWeb: Coordinated Strikes on Indian Government

Summary: Since October 2023, an orchestrated phishing campaign named Operation RusticWeb has been systematically targeting the Indian government and defense sector, deploying Rust-based malware for sophisticated intelligence gathering. Threat Level - Amber | Attack Report For a detailed threat...

Google’s Battle Against Zero-Day Vulnerability Continues

Summary: Google has recently implemented a security enhancement to address a high-severity zero-day vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-7024, that can lead to program crashes or enable arbitrary code execution. Threat Level - Red | Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download t...

LinkedIn: An attacker can submit arbitrary projects to their service accounts and obtain full information on projects of other users.

An information disclosure vulnerability was discovered in the Request Services feature that allowed attackers to obtain project details of other users. The issue was resolved and a bounty was paid to the researcher who reported it...

Rhadamanthys Stealer Version 0.5.0 Upgrade Overview

Summary: Rhadamanthys, the information-stealing malware, has taken a significant leap with its v0.5.0 upgrade, introducing expanded stealing features, raw syscalls, and an enhanced loader design, showcasing advanced evasion techniques. Its modular architecture allows for continuous updates,...

Apple’s Timely Response to Actively Exploited Zero-Days

Summary: Apple has released crucial software updates to address two actively exploited security vulnerabilities identified as CVE-2023-42916 and CVE-2023-42917. These vulnerabilities affect the WebKit browser engine on Apple devices such as iPhone, iPad, and Mac, potentially exposing sensitive...