Composer code execution and possible privilege escalation via compromised InstalledVersions.php or installed.php

Impact Several files within the local working directory are included during the invocation of Composer and in the context of the executing user. As such, under certain conditions arbitrary code execution may lead to local privilege escalation, provide lateral user movement or malicious code...

New Zardoor backdoor used in long-term cyber espionage operation targeting an Islamic organization

By Jungsoo An, Wayne Lee and Vanja Svajcer. Cisco Talos discovered a new, stealthy espionage campaign that has likely persisted since at least March 2021. The observed activity affects an Islamic non-profit organization using backdoors for a previously unreported malware family we have named...

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...

Google Kubernetes Misconfig Lets Any Gmail Account Control Your Clusters

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a loophole impacting Google Kubernetes Engine GKE that could be potentially exploited by threat actors with a Google account to take control of a Kubernetes cluster. The critical shortcoming has been codenamed Sys:All by cloud security firm Orca. As many ...

Lateral Movement – Visual Studio DTE

A lot of organizations have some sort of application development program and it is highly likely that developers will utilize Visual Studio for their development… Continue reading - Lateral Movement - Visual Studio DTE...

Lateral Movement – Visual Studio DTE

A lot of organizations have some sort of application development program and it is highly likely that developers will utilize Visual Studio for their development… Continue reading - Lateral Movement - Visual Studio DTE...

Turkish Hackers Exploiting Poorly Secured MS SQL Servers Across the Globe

Poorly secured Microsoft SQL MS SQL servers are being targeted in the U.S., European Union, and Latin American LATAM regions as part of an ongoing financially motivated campaign to gain initial access. "The analyzed threat campaign appears to end in one of two ways, either the selling of 'access'...

Webinar – Leverage Zero Trust Security to Minimize Your Attack Surface

Digital expansion inevitably increases the external attack surface, making you susceptible to cyberthreats. Threat actors increasingly exploit the vulnerabilities stemming from software and infrastructure exposed to the internet; this ironically includes security tools, particularly firewalls and...

GitLab 10.6 < 14.1.7 / 14.2 < 14.2.5 / 14.3 < 14.3.1 (CVE-2021-39886)

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability, as follows: - Permissions rules were not applied while issues were moved between projects of the same group in GitLab versions starting with 10.6 and up to 14.1.7 allowing users to read confidential Epic references...

CERT-UA Uncovers New Malware Wave Distributing OCEANMAP, MASEPIE, STEELHOOK

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA has warned of a new phishing campaign orchestrated by the Russia-linked APT28 group to deploy previously undocumented malware such as OCEANMAP, MASEPIE, and STEELHOOK to harvest sensitive information. The activity, which was detected by the...

How ransomware operators try to stay under the radar

An often heard remark is that when your security solution notices a ransomware attack, it’s already too late. Theres a lot of truth in that, if you consider the encryption process to be the ransomware attack. However, these days encryption is just a part of many ransomware attacks. Some of the...

Detecting and Visualizing Lateral Movement Attacks with Trellix XDR

Detecting and Visualizing Lateral Movement Attacks with Trellix XDR By Chintan Shah, Maulik Maheta, Ajeeth S · December 13, 2023 Executive summary With Organizations deploying multiple security controls and solutions on their network and endpoints, there is a significant gap in the way threat...

greenbeltmovement.org Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3811155

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

The vulnerability of the file renaming function of the ASUSTOR Data Master operating system allows a hacker to move any files they desire.

The vulnerability of the file renaming function of the ASUSTOR Data Master operating system involves the use of files and directories accessible from external parties. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a hacker to move arbitrary files...

NimExec - Fileless Command Execution For Lateral Movement In Nim

Basically, NimExec is a fileless remote command execution tool that uses The Service Control Manager Remote Protocol MS-SCMR. It changes the binary path of a random or given service run by LocalSystem to execute the given command on the target and restores it later via hand-crafted RPC packets...

LummaC2 Malware Deploys New Trigonometry-Based Anti-Sandbox Technique

The stealer malware known as LummaC2 aka Lumma Stealer now features a new anti-sandbox technique that leverages the mathematical principle of trigonometry to evade detection and exfiltrate valuable information from infected hosts. The method is designed to "delay detonation of the sample until...

VulnCheck KEV: CVE-2020-10548

rConfig 3.9.4 and previous versions has unauthenticated devices.inc.php SQL injection. Because, by default, nodes' passwords are stored in cleartext, this vulnerability leads to lateral movement, granting an attacker access to monitored network devices...

VulnCheck KEV: CVE-2020-10546

rConfig 3.9.4 and previous versions has unauthenticated compliancepolicies.inc.php SQL injection. Because, by default, nodes' passwords are stored in cleartext, this vulnerability leads to lateral movement, granting an attacker access to monitored network devices...

Alert: 'Effluence' Backdoor Persists Despite Patching Atlassian Confluence Servers

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a stealthy backdoor named Effluence that's deployed following the successful exploitation of a recently disclosed security flaw in Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server. "The malware acts as a persistent backdoor and is not remediated by applying...

New GootLoader Malware Variant Evades Detection and Spreads Rapidly

A new variant of the GootLoader malware called GootBot has been found to facilitate lateral movement on compromised systems and evade detection. "The GootLoader group's introduction of their own custom bot into the late stages of their attack chain is an attempt to avoid detections when using...