zFTP Client 20061220 - 'Connection Name' Local Buffer Overflow

Exploit developed using Exploit Pack v5.4 Exploit Author: Juan Sacco - http://www.exploitpack.com - [email protected] Program affected: zFTP Client Affected value: NAME under FTP connection Where in the code: Line 30 in strcpychk.c strcpychk dest=0xb7f811c0 "/KUIP", src=0xb76a6680 "/MACRO",...

zFTP Client 20061220 - Connection Name Local Buffer Overflow

zFTP Client 20061220 - Connection Name Local Buffer Overflow Exploit developed using Exploit Pack v5.4 Exploit Author: Juan Sacco - http://www.exploitpack.com - [email protected] Program affected: zFTP Client Affected value: NAME under FTP connection Where in the code: Line 30 in strcpychk.c...

zFTP 20061220+dfsg3-4.1 Buffer Overflow

Exploit developed using Exploit Pack v5.4 Exploit Author: Juan Sacco - http://www.exploitpack.com - [email protected] Program affected: zFTP Client Affected value: NAME under FTP connection Where in the code: Line 30 in strcpychk.c strcpychk dest=0xb7f811c0 "/KUIP", src=0xb76a6680 "/MACRO",...

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...

Cerber: Analyzing a Ransomware Attack Methodology To Enable Protection

Ransomware is a common method of cyber extortion for financial gain that typically involves users being unable to interact with their files, applications or systems until a ransom is paid. Accessibility of cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin has directly contributed to this ransomware model. Based on...

Cerber: Analyzing a Ransomware Attack Methodology To Enable Protection

Ransomware is a common method of cyber extortion for financial gain that typically involves users being unable to interact with their files, applications or systems until a ransom is paid. Accessibility of cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin has directly contributed to this ransomware model. Based on...

Cerber: Analyzing a Ransomware Attack Methodology To Enable Protection

Ransomware is a common method of cyber extortion for financial gain that typically involves users being unable to interact with their files, applications or systems until a ransom is paid. Accessibility of cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin has directly contributed to this ransomware model. Based on...

The vulnerability of Samba software allows a malicious individual to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information.

The vulnerability in the NetBIOS name service daemon nmbd of Samba allows malicious actors to execute arbitrary code by manipulating dynamic memory using the sizeof operation, with respect to an incorrect variable in the unstrcpy macro in stringwrappers.h...

Micro Focus Rumba stack buffer overflow vulnerability (CNVD-2016-04557)

Micro Focus Rumba is a terminal emulation solution using UI technology from Micro Focus UK. The solution supports users in accessing core applications from desktop, web and mobile devices. A stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the 'PlayMacro' function in the WdMacCtl.ocx file of Micro...

CVE-2016-5228

Stack-based buffer overflow in the PlayMacro function in ObjectXMacro.ObjectXMacro in WdMacCtl.ocx in Micro Focus Rumba 9.x before 9.3 HF 11997 and 9.4.x before 9.4 HF 12815 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long MacroName argument. NOTE: some references mention CVE-2016-522...

Amazon Users Targets of Massive Locky Ransomware Spam Campaign

Amazon customers were targeted in a massive spear phishing campaign where recipients received Microsoft Word documents with a macro that triggered downloads of the Locky ransomware. Researchers at Comodo Threat Research Labs say it is one of the largest spam ransomware campaigns this year. Fatih...

libdwarf 'dwarf_get_macro_startend_file()' function denial of service vulnerability

libdwarf is a set of tools for reading and writing DWARF2 debugging information. A security vulnerability exists in the 'dwarfgetmacrostartendfile' function of libdwarf. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service OOB read...

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 Warns of Sneaky New Macro Trick

Microsoft is warning of an innovative new technique attackers are using to sneak macro malware past virus detection engines and add to the already huge uptick in reported macro attacks. According to researchers at Microsoft’s Malware Protection Center, they stumbled upon the macro technique in a...

Cerber Ransomware Partners with the Dridex Spam Distributor

Cerber ransomware incorporates the unusual feature of “speaking” its ransom message after successfully infecting a user machine and encrypting files. Cerber was first seen in the wild at the end of February 2016 and was observed being delivered mostly via exploit kits EK, notably using Magnitude...

Cerber Ransomware Partners with the Dridex Spam Distributor

Cerber ransomware incorporates the unusual feature of “speaking” its ransom message after successfully infecting a user machine and encrypting files. Cerber was first seen in the wild at the end of February 2016 and was observed being delivered mostly via exploit kits EK, notably using Magnitude...

Cerber Ransomware Partners with the Dridex Spam Distributor

Cerber ransomware incorporates the unusual feature of “speaking” its ransom message after successfully infecting a user machine and encrypting files. Cerber was first seen in the wild at the end of February 2016 and was observed being delivered mostly via exploit kits EK, notably using Magnitude...

Pornhub: CSV Macro injection in Video Manager (CEMI)

Missing character escaping in video title delivery of an executable CSV payload to when exporting stats to file...

A Cyber Revolution: Advanced Attacks Increasing in EMEA Reflect Political Tension

Financial, geopolitical and economical changes made 2015 a very busy year for the Europe, Middle East and Africa EMEA region, particularly in the cyber realm. FireEye has been monitoring these shifting cyber trends and has identified considerable evolutions to the EMEA threat landscape when...