CVE-2020-35587: Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

In Solstice Pod before 3.0.3, the firmware can easily be decompiled/disassembled. The decompiled/disassembled files contain non-obfuscated code. NOTE: it is unclear whether lack of obfuscation is directly associated with a negative impact, or instead only facilitates an attack technique...

Stopping Active Attacks with Penalty Box

Unfortunately, today's sophisticated web application threats have gained some advantages over typical WAFs: Favorable odds -- WAFs must correctly identify attacks 100% of the time, whereas attackers have the luxury of only needing to find a single bypass or evasion Temporary fixes -- Many WAFs us...

Stopping Active Attacks with Penalty Box

A web application firewall WAF is most often used by organizations for external security controls to detect and block individual attack attempts against target web application assets. Open Web Application Security Project OWASP risk rating methodology Unfortunately, today's sophisticated web...

Hackers-For-Hire Group Develops New 'PowerPepper' In-Memory Malware

Cybersecurity researchers on Thursday disclosed details of a previously undiscovered in-memory Windows backdoor developed by a hacker-for-hire operation that can execute remotely malicious code and steal sensitive information from its targets in Asia, Europe, and the US. Dubbed "PowerPepper" by...

Damn-Vulnerable-Bank - Vulnerable Banking Application For Android

Damn Vulnerable Bank Android Application aims to provide an interface for everyone to get a detailed understanding with internals and security aspects of android application. How to Use Application Clone the repository and run the Backend Server as per instructions in the link. We have released t...

Blackrota Golang Backdoor Packs Heavy Obfuscation Punch

Researchers have discovered a new backdoor written in the Go programming language Golang, which turned their heads due to its heavy level of obfuscation. The backdoor, called Blackrota, was first discovered in a honeypot owned by researchers, attempting to exploit an unauthorized-access...

Indistinguishability Obfuscation

Quanta magazine recently published a breathless article on indistinguishability obfuscation -- calling it the "crown jewel of cryptography" -- and saying that it had finally been achieved, based on a recently published paper. I want to add some caveats to the discussion. Basically, obfuscation...

Why Replace Traditional Web Application Firewall (WAF) With New Age WAF?

At present, web applications have become the top targets for attackers because of potential monetization opportunities. Security breaches on the web application can cost millions. Strikingly, DNS Domain Name System related outage and Distributed denial of service DDoS lead a negative impact on...

CRAT wants to plunder your endpoints

By Asheer Malhotra. Cisco Talos has observed a new version of a remote access trojan RAT family known as CRAT.Apart from the prebuilt RAT capabilities, the malware can download and deploy additional malicious plugins on the infected endpoint.One of the plugins is a ransomware known as "Hansom."CR...

CVE-2020-5943

In versions 14.1.0-14.1.0.1 and 14.1.2.5-14.1.2.7, when a BIG-IP object is created or listed through the REST interface, the protected fields are obfuscated in the REST response, not protected via a SecureVault cryptogram as TMSH does. One example of protected fields is the GTM monitor password...

CVE-2020-5943

In versions 14.1.0-14.1.0.1 and 14.1.2.5-14.1.2.7, when a BIG-IP object is created or listed through the REST interface, the protected fields are obfuscated in the REST response, not protected via a SecureVault cryptogram as TMSH does. One example of protected fields is the GTM monitor password...

Phishing JavaScript Obfuscation Techniques Soars

In our previous blogs, first where we explained JavaScript Obfuscation techniques and introduced a detailed overview on how JavaScript is being used to obfuscate page content to make phishing attacks and other web scams as evasive as possible; followed by one where we took a deep dive to examine...

Yandex Browser Access Control Error Vulnerability

Yandex Browser is a desktop version of the web browser from the Russian company Yandex. Yandex Browser suffers from a security vulnerability that originates from a critical information vulnerability incorrectly displayed in the user interface UI on the address bar, which can be exploited by an...

Catch Me if You Can—JavaScript Obfuscation

While conducting threat research on phishing evasion techniques, Akamai came across threat actors using obfuscation and encryption, making the malicious page harder to detect. The criminals were using JavaScript to pull this off...

Malicious Cyber Actor Use of Network Tunneling and Spoofing to Obfuscate Geolocation

Summary This Activity Alert uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge ATT &CK™ and Pre-ATT&CK frameworks. See the MITRE ATT&CK for Enterprise and Pre-ATT&CK frameworks for referenced threat actor techniques. Attributing malicious cyber activity that uses network tunneli...

Yandex Browser Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Yandex Browser is a desktop version of the web browser from the Russian company Yandex. Yandex Browser suffers from an information disclosure vulnerability that originates from a critical information vulnerability that is incorrectly displayed in the user interface UI on the address bar, which ca...

Danyil Vasilenko Bolt Browser Access Control Error Vulnerability

Danyil Vasilenko Bolt Browser is a productivity-oriented mobile browser from Danyil Vasilenko, Australia. The Danyil Vasilenko Bolt Browser suffers from a security vulnerability that originates from a critical information vulnerability incorrectly displayed in the user interface UI on the address...

CVE-2020-7369

User Interface UI Misrepresentation of Critical Information vulnerability in the address bar of the Yandex Browser allows an attacker to obfuscate the true source of data as presented in the browser. This issue affects the Yandex Browser version 20.8.3 and prior versions, and was fixed in version...

CVE-2020-7363

User Interface UI Misrepresentation of Critical Information vulnerability in the address bar of UCWeb's UC Browser allows an attacker to obfuscate the true source of data as presented in the browser. This issue affects UCWeb's UC Browser version 13.0.8 and prior versions...

CVE-2020-7364

User Interface UI Misrepresentation of Critical Information vulnerability in the address bar of UCWeb's UC Browser allows an attacker to obfuscate the true source of data as presented in the browser. This issue affects UCWeb's UC Browser version 13.0.8 and prior versions...