Researchers Uncover AWS SSM Agent Misuse as a Covert Remote Access Trojan

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new post-exploitation technique in Amazon Web Services AWS that allows the AWS Systems Manager Agent SSM Agent to be run as a remote access trojan on Windows and Linux environments "The SSM agent, a legitimate tool used by admins to manage their...

Following WormGPT, FraudGPT Emerges for AI-Driven Cyber Crime

By Waqas FraudGPT: Yet Another AI-Driven Chatbot Assisting Cybercriminals in Malicious Activities. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Following WormGPT, FraudGPT Emerges for AI-Driven Cyber Crime...

New TOITOIN Banking Trojan Targeting Latin American Businesses

Businesses operating in the Latin American LATAM region are the target of a new Windows-based banking trojan called TOITOIN since May 2023. "This sophisticated campaign employs a trojan that follows a multi-staged infection chain, utilizing specially crafted modules throughout each stage," Zscale...

5 facts to know about the Royal ransomware gang

When we first introduced the Royal ransomware gang in our November 2022 review, little did we know they'd rapidly evolve into one of the most potent threats in our ongoing monthly threat intelligence briefings. In fact, the Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence team has tracked down a staggering 195...

Actors, Threats and Vulnerabilities 12 June to 18 June 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, the fact that there were a total of seven attacks executed, taking advantage of twenty different vulnerabilities in...

Chinese Espionage Hackers Exploit ESXi Zero-Day

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Chinese-sponsored hacking group, UNC3886, has been actively exploiting the CVE-2023-20867 vulnerability and using advanced backdoors such as VirtualPita and VirtualPie to carry out malicious activiti...

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

github.com/rancher/rancher is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting XSS. The vulnerability exists in the Projects/Namespaces and Auth Provider sections, which allows an attacker with write access to inject and execute malicious code and steal sensitive information, manipulate web content, or perform...

Cross site scripting

An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation 'Cross-site Scripting' vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows users in some higher-privileged groups to to inject code that is executed within another user's browser, allowing the attacker to steal sensitive information, manipulate web...

WordPress Easy Google Maps plugin cross-site request forgery vulnerability

WordPress is a blogging platform developed using the PHP language. The platform supports setting up personal blog sites on servers with PHP and MySQL. A cross-site request forgery vulnerability exists in WordPress Easy Google Maps plugin version 1.11.7 and earlier versions. The vulnerability stem...

CVE-2023-30615 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) in iris-web

Iris is a web collaborative platform aiming to help incident responders sharing technical details during investigations. A stored Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability has been identified in iris-web, affecting multiple locations . The vulnerability in allows an attacker to inject malicious...

Rust-Based Info Stealers Abuse GitHub Codespaces

This is the first part of our security analysis of an information stealer targeting GitHub Codespaces CS that discusses how attackers can abuse these cloud services for a variety of malicious activities...

The Telegram phishing market

Telegram has been gaining popularity with users around the world year by year. Common users are not the only ones who have recognized the messaging apps handy features — cybercrooks have already made it a branch of the dark web, their Telegram activity soaring since late 2021. The service is...

Core Members of DoppelPaymer Ransomware Gang Targeted in Germany and Ukraine

Law enforcement authorities from Germany and Ukraine have targeted suspected core members of a cybercrime group that has been behind large-scale attacks using DoppelPaymer ransomware. The operation, which took place on February 28, 2023, was carried out with support from the Dutch National Police...

Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server Liberty affects IBM CICS TX on Cloud

Summary IBM CICS TX on Cloud has addressed the following vulnerability reported by WebSphere Application Server Liberty. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2021-26296 DESCRIPTION: Apache MyFaces is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. By...

New Analysis Reveals Raspberry Robin Can be Repurposed by Other Threat Actors

A new analysis of Raspberry Robin's attack infrastructure has revealed that it's possible for other threat actors to repurpose the infections for their own malicious activities, making it an even more potent threat. Raspberry Robin aka QNAP worm, attributed to a threat actor dubbed DEV-0856, is a...

Bluebottle Cybercrime Group Preys on Financial Sector in French-Speaking African Nations

A cybercrime group dubbed Bluebottle has been linked to a set of targeted attacks against the financial sector in Francophone countries located in Africa from at least July 2022 to September 2022. "The group makes extensive use of living-off-the-land, dual use tools, and commodity malware, with n...

Indicators of compromise (IOCs): how we collect and use them

It would hardly be an exaggeration to say that the phrase "indicators of compromise" or IOCs can be found in every report published on the Securelist. Usually after the phrase there are MD5 hashes1, IP addresses and other technical data that should help information security specialists to counter...

All You Need to Know About Emotet in 2022

For 6 months, the infamous Emotet botnet has shown almost no activity, and now it's distributing malicious spam. Let's dive into details and discuss all you need to know about the notorious malware to combat it. Why is everyone scared of Emotet? Emotet is by far one of the most dangerous trojans...

DTrack activity targeting Europe and Latin America

Introduction DTrack is a backdoor used by the Lazarus group. Initially discovered in 2019, the backdoor remains in use three years later. It is used by the Lazarus group against a wide variety of targets. For example, weve seen it being used in financial environments where ATMs were breached, in...

Threat Roundup for October 28 to November 4

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats weve observed between Oct. 28 and Nov. 4. 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,...