A New Spyware is Targeting Telegram and Psiphon VPN Users in Iran

Threat actors with suspected ties to Iran have been found to leverage instant messaging and VPN apps like Telegram and Psiphon to install a Windows remote access trojan RAT capable of stealing sensitive information from targets' devices since at least 2015. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky,...

Microsoft Office365 Integrity Validation / Remote Code Execution

Exploit Title: Microsoft Office365 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Date: 2/11/19 Exploit Author: Social Engineering Neo - @EngineeringNeo Vendor Homepage: https://microsoft.com Software Link: https://office.com Version: Office365/ProPlus build 16.0.11727.20222, 16.0.11901.20170,...

Microsoft Office 365 / ProPlus 16.0.11929.202.88 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Exploit Title: Microsoft Office365 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Date: 2/11/19 Exploit Author: Social Engineering Neo - @EngineeringNeo Vendor Homepage: https://microsoft.com Software Link: https://office.com Version: Office365/ProPlus build 16.0.11727.20222, 16.0.11901.20170,...

Microsoft Office365 / ProPlus 16.0.11901.20204 Code Execution / Protection Bypass Vulnerability

Exploit Title: Microsoft Office Code Execution/Protection Bypass Exploit Author: Social Engineering Neo - @EngineeringNeo Software Link: https://products.office.com/en-nz/compare-all-microsoft-office-products Version: Office365/ProPlus - build 16.0.11901.20204 Tested on: Windows - build 18362.295...

Microsoft Office365 / ProPlus 16.0.11901.20204 Code Execution / Protection Bypass

Exploit Title: Microsoft Office Code Execution/Protection Bypass Exploit Author: Social Engineering Neo - @EngineeringNeo Software Link: https://products.office.com/en-nz/compare-all-microsoft-office-products Version: Office365/ProPlus - build 16.0.11901.20204 Tested on: Windows - build 18362.295...

PowerWare Ransomware Masquerades as Locky to Intimidate Victims

A new variant of the PowerWare ransomware is stealing street creds from the Locky strain of ransomware in an attempt to spoof the malware family. A new sample of PowerWare found by Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 reveals the ransomware’s quickly evolving tactics. According to researchers, a new versi...

Targeted Attacks against Banks in the Middle East

UPDATE Dec. 8, 2017: We now attribute this campaign to APT34, a suspected Iranian cyber espionage threat group that we believe has been active since at least 2014. Learn more about APT34 and their late 2017 targeting of a government organization in the Middle East. Introduction In the first week ...

Targeted Attacks against Banks in the Middle East

Introduction In the first week of May 2016, FireEye’s DTI identified a wave of emails containing malicious attachments being sent to multiple banks in the Middle East region. The threat actors appear to be performing initial reconnaissance against would-be targets, and the attacks caught our...

Microsoft Reports Massive Increase in Macros Enabled Threats

The Microsoft Malware Protection Center says there has been a dramatic increase in threats using macros to spread malware via spam and social engineering over the last month. Macros are used for automating frequently used tasks in Office. Macro-related infections were constant and near zero daily...