New Zeppelin Ransomware Targeting Tech and Health Companies

A new variant of Vega ransomware family, dubbed Zeppelin , has recently been spotted in the wild targeting technology and healthcare companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada. However, if you reside in Russia or some other ex-USSR countries like Ukraine, Belorussia, and Kazakhstan,...

Persistence – Office Application Startup

Microsoft Office is the most popular product in Windows operating systems since it allows users to write and edit documents, create and present slides, gather notes, sent emails and perform calculations. Corporate laptops and workstations have Microsoft Office installed by default to allow...

Threat Analysis Unit (TAU) Threat Intelligence Notification: njRAT

njRAT is a Remote Access Trojan RAT that will silently collect and steal sensitive information such as login credentials. It can also perform keylogger monitoring, remote desktop control, installing additional malicious software, and many other malicious activities on the victim’s computer. In...

CVE-2019-19642

On SuperMicro X8STi-F motherboards with IPMI firmware 2.06 and BIOS 02.68, the Virtual Media feature allows OS Command Injection by authenticated attackers who can send HTTP requests to the IPMI IP address. This requires a POST to /rpc/setvmdrive.asp with shell metacharacters in ShareHost or...

SharpHide - Tool To Create Hidden Registry Keys

Just a nice persistence trick to confuse DFIR investigation. Uses NtSetValueKey native API to create a hidden null terminated registry key. This works by adding a null byte in front of the UNICODESTRING key valuename. More info about this technique can be found in the following whitepaper:...

[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: haproxy-2.0.10-1.fc31

HAProxy is a TCP/HTTP reverse proxy which is particularly suited for high availability environments. Indeed, it can: - route HTTP requests depending on statically assigned cookies - spread load among several servers while assuring server persistence through the use of HTTP cookies - switch to...

[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: haproxy-1.8.23-1.fc30

HAProxy is a TCP/HTTP reverse proxy which is particularly suited for high availability environments. Indeed, it can: - route HTTP requests depending on statically assigned cookies - spread load among several servers while assuring server persistence through the use of HTTP cookies - switch to...

CVE-2019-15628

Trend Micro Security Consumer 2020 v16.0.1221 and below is affected by a DLL hijacking vulnerability that could allow an attacker to use a specific service as an execution and/or persistence mechanism which could execute a malicious program each time the service is started...

Design/Logic Flaw

Trend Micro Security Consumer 2020 v16.0.1221 and below is affected by a DLL hijacking vulnerability that could allow an attacker to use a specific service as an execution and/or persistence mechanism which could execute a malicious program each time the service is started...

CVE-2019-15628: Untrusted Search Path

Trend Micro Security Consumer 2020 v16.0.1221 and below is affected by a DLL hijacking vulnerability that could allow an attacker to use a specific service as an execution and/or persistence mechanism which could execute a malicious program each time the service is started...

PT-2019-14306

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Trend Micro Security Consumer 2020 versions 16.0.1221 and below Description The issue allows an attacker to use a specific service as an execution and/or persistence mechanism, potentially executing a malicious program each time the service is...

PT-2019-15818 · Teamviewer · Teamviewer

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: TeamViewer desktop application version 14.3.4730 Description: An issue in the Chat functionality of the TeamViewer desktop application on Windows allows every communication to be saved within Windows main memory upon login. When a user logs o...

Threat Roundup for November 15 to November 22

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Nov. 15 and Nov. 22. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics...

Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution is affected by Apache Tomcat vulnerabilities (CVE-2015-5345, CVE-2016-0706, CVE-2016-0714)

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities CVE-2015-5174, CVE-2015-5345, CVE-2016-0706, CVE-2016-0714 reported in Apache Tomcat v6 that is used by WebSphere Cast Iron Solution. WebSphere Cast Iron has remediated the affected versions. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-5345 DESCRIPTION: Apache...

Persistence – Accessibility Features

The accessibility features provide additional options on screen keyboards, magnifier, screen reading etc. that could assist people with disabilities to use Windows operating systems easier. However, this functionality can be abused to achieve persistence on a host that RDP is enabled and...

CVE-2019-12408

It was discovered that the C++ implementation which underlies the R, Python and Ruby implementations of Apache Arrow 0.14.0 to 0.14.1 had a uninitialized memory bug when building arrays with null values in some cases. This can lead to uninitialized memory being unintentionally shared if Arrow...

xHelper Malware for Android

xHelper is not interesting because of its infection mechanism; the user has to side-load an app onto his phone. It's not interesting because of its payload; it seems to do nothing more than show unwanted ads. it's interesting because of its persistence: Furthermore, even if users spot the xHelper...

CVE-2010-2473: Improper Input Validation

Drupal 6.x before 6.16 and 5.x before version 5.22 does not properly block users under certain circumstances. A user with an open session that was blocked could maintain their session on the Drupal site despite being blocked...

PT-2019-5800

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenCV versions prior to 4.2.0 Description A heap buffer overflow issue exists in the data structure persistence functionality of OpenCV. This can be triggered by a specially crafted JSON file, causing a buffer overflow and resulting in multip...

Powershell Profile Persistence

This module establishes persistence by modifying a PowerShell profile script, which is automatically executed when PowerShell starts. The module supports multiple profile scopes current user or all users and safely backs up any existing profile prior to modification, enabling clean removal by...