Kubernetes RBAC Exploited in Large-Scale Campaign for Cryptocurrency Mining

A large-scale attack campaign discovered in the wild has been exploiting Kubernetes K8s Role-Based Access Control RBAC to create backdoors and run cryptocurrency miners. "The attackers also deployed DaemonSets to take over and hijack resources of the K8s clusters they attack," cloud security firm...

Blind Eagle Cyber Espionage Group Strikes Again: New Attack Chain Uncovered

The cyber espionage actor tracked as Blind Eagle has been linked to a new multi-stage attack chain that leads to the deployment of the NjRAT remote access trojan on compromised systems. "The group is known for using a variety of sophisticated attack techniques, including custom malware, social...

Blind Eagle Cyber Espionage Group Strikes Again: New Attack Chain Uncovered

The cyber espionage actor tracked as Blind Eagle has been linked to a new multi-stage attack chain that leads to the deployment of the NjRAT remote access trojan on compromised systems. "The group is known for using a variety of sophisticated attack techniques, including custom malware, social...

CVE-2023-28856 `HINCRBYFLOAT` can be used to crash a redis-server process

Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk. Authenticated users can use the HINCRBYFLOAT command to create an invalid hash field that will crash Redis on access in affected versions. This issue has been addressed in in versions 7.0.11, 6.2.12, and 6.0.19. Users are advised ...

Iranian Hackers Using SimpleHelp Remote Support Software for Persistent Access

The Iranian threat actor known as MuddyWater is continuing its time-tested tradition of relying on legitimate remote administration tools to commandeer targeted systems. While the nation-state group has previously employed ScreenConnect, RemoteUtilities, and Syncro, a new analysis from Group-IB h...

Iranian Hackers Using SimpleHelp Remote Support Software for Persistent Access

The Iranian threat actor known as MuddyWater is continuing its time-tested tradition of relying on legitimate remote administration tools to commandeer targeted systems. While the nation-state group has previously employed ScreenConnect, RemoteUtilities, and Syncro, a new analysis from Group-IB h...

North Korean Hackers Uncovered as Mastermind in 3CX Supply Chain Attack

Enterprise communications service provider 3CX confirmed that the supply chain attack targeting its desktop application for Windows and macOS was the handiwork of a threat actor with North Korean nexus. The findings are the result of an interim assessment conducted by Google-owned Mandiant, whose...

Malicious code in uploadcare-wordpress (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 3539d032a58d539f1abeeed7c1e64a239da65fb248c8155e75f524875042d60c Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

Guidance for investigating attacks using CVE-2022-21894: The BlackLotus campaign

This guide provides steps that organizations can take to assess whether users have been targeted or compromised by threat actors exploiting CVE-2022-21894 via a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI bootkit called BlackLotus. UEFI bootkits are particularly dangerous as they run at computer...

Malicious code in fabric-components (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 031f95a39929ba0a778100655abe80c8b7455a55f5e2d1dea13b6bd2dbb3bd16 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

Threat Roundup for March 24 to March 31

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats weve observed between March 24 and March 31. 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,...

Malicious code in td-service-canvas (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 795a528873994ea135446c861a7fc9cb20977c13cafcb0b58ecc4f691614de90 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

AlienFox Malware Targets API Keys and Secrets from AWS, Google, and Microsoft Cloud Services

A new "comprehensive toolset" called AlienFox is being distributed on Telegram as a way for threat actors to harvest credentials from API keys and secrets from popular cloud service providers. "The spread of AlienFox represents an unreported trend towards attacking more minimal cloud services,...

Malicious code in cirrus-matchmaker (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 086ee48f51dc34391e9a296e791f83f5fad1d81e111f0ef00e0691d1f7b313ee Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

CVE-2023-20993

In multiple functions of SnoozeHelper.java, there is a possible failure to persist settings due to an uncaught exception. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions:...

CVE-2023-20993

In multiple functions of SnoozeHelper.java, there is a possible failure to persist settings due to an uncaught exception. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions:...

Design/Logic Flaw

In addPermission of PermissionManagerServiceImpl.java , there is a possible failure to persist permission settings due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product:...

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-20499

In validateForCommonR1andR2 of PasspointConfiguration.java, uncaught errors in parsing stored configs could lead to local persistent denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-12 Android-12L...

Malicious code in @miro-site/core (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware bca77890c1dc9000f839accc01fdf6d95cbbbe1ee8d5bdf0caa651e3b2d8686d Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

CVE-2023-28425

Redis is an in-memory database that persists on disk. Starting in version 7.0.8 and prior to version 7.0.10, authenticated users can use the MSETNX command to trigger a runtime assertion and termination of the Redis server process. The problem is fixed in Redis version 7.0.10...