Ransomware, Mobile Malware Attacks to Surge in 2020

Cyber threats like targeted ransomware, mobile malware and sophisticated phishing attacks will escalate in 2020, researchers warn. However, defenses like artificial intelligence AI, cyber insurance and faster security response will also increase, helping defend companies against imminent threats,...

Amazon Linux 2 : mod_auth_openidc (ALAS-2019-1329)

A text injection flaw was found in how modauthopenidc handled error pages. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to conduct content spoofing and phishing attacks by tricking users into opening specially crafted URLs.CVE-2017-6059 It was found that modauthopenidc did not properly sanitize HT...

FTC Promotes International Charity Fraud Awareness Week

The Federal Trade Commission FTC has released an article promoting International Charity Fraud Awareness Week ICFAW, which runs October 21–25. FTC, the National Association of State Charities Officials, and state and international partners coordinated this campaign to help both charities and dono...

Medium: mod_auth_openidc

Issue Overview: A text injection flaw was found in how modauthopenidc handled error pages. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to conduct content spoofing and phishing attacks by tricking users into opening specially crafted URLs.CVE-2017-6059 It was found that modauthopenidc did not...

Semrush: Open redirect in semrush.com

Summary: There is an open redirect on https://www.semrush.com/login/?redirectto=. By using /\ at the start of the link, you can bypass the open redirect filter. Description: An attacker can control the value of the "redirectto" parameter and make it redirect to a malicious endpoint. Steps To...

Top 6 email security best practices to protect against phishing attacks and business email compromise

Most cyberattacks start over email—a user is tricked into opening a malicious attachment, or into clicking a malicious link and divulging credentials, or into responding with confidential data. Attackers dupe victims by using carefully crafted emails to build a false sense of trust and/or urgency...

Real-Time Phishing Protections

In my previous blogs, I wrote about how phishing is no longer just an email problem, how the industrialization of phishing is being driven by the easy availability and low cost of phishing toolkits, and how current phishing defenses are being bypassed by attackers. In this post, I'm going to...

MasterMana botnet hits users by evading detection with URL shorteners

By Waqas Dubbed MasterMana by researchers; the botnet utilizes every available option to target its victims including dropping backdoors and phishing attacks through business email compromise commonly known as BEC. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: MasterMana botnet hits...

Puppet Enterprise < 2016.4.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities

According to its self-reported version number, the Puppet Enterprise application running on the remote host is version prior to 2016.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the environment catalog component. An...

CVE-2007-6692

Open redirect vulnerability in Menalto Gallery before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the 1 Core and 2 print modules...

Uber: Subdomain takeover on mta1a1.spmail.uber.com

A dangling AWS record on mta1a1.spmail.uber.com allowed a complete DNS zone takeover, giving an adversary access to mta1a1.spmail.uber.com-scoped cookies and CORS, which could facilitate phishing attacks. Thanks again, @0x3c3e! It's so called IP-use-after-free attack. I was able to obtain an IP...

Amazon Linux AMI : mod24_auth_openidc (ALAS-2019-1300)

A text injection flaw was found in how modauthopenidc handled error pages. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to conduct content spoofing and phishing attacks by tricking users into opening specially crafted URLs. CVE-2017-6059 It was found that modauthopenidc did not properly sanitize...

CVE-2019-4538

IBM Security Directory Server 6.4.0 could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, using an open redirect attack. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to spoof the URL displayed to redirect a user to a malicio...

A Look Into Continuous Efforts By Chinese Hackers to Target Foreign Governments

Phishing is still one of the widely used strategies by cybercriminals and espionage groups to gain an initial foothold on the targeted systems. Though hacking someone with phishing attacks was easy a decade ago, the evolution of threat detection technologies and cyber awareness among people has...

ZmartZone 'mod_auth_openidc' Module Open Redirection Vulnerability

Description ZmartZone modauthopenidc Module is prone to an open-redirection vulnerability. An attacker can leverage this issue by constructing a crafted URI and enticing a user to follow it. When an unsuspecting victim follows the link, they may be redirected to an attacker-controlled site; this...

The Phishing Industry

As I mentioned in my previous blog post, phishing attacks are now being created and executed on an industrial scale. Malicious actors are increasingly using highly sophisticated off-the-shelf phishing kits that allow them to deliver very targeted, short-lived attacks. These campaigns direct victi...

Apple Safari APPLE-SA-2019-9-26-9 Multiple security Vulnerabilities

Description Apple Safari is prone to is prone to multiple security vulnerabilities. An attacker may exploit these issues to carry out phishing-style attacks or to obtain sensitive information that may aid in further attacks. Technologies Affected Apple Safari 1.0.0 Apple Safari 1.0.0 Apple Safari...

Cybercriminals Adding Sophistication to BEC Threats

Cybercriminals are boosting their game and employing new tactics to move up the chain of command with more sophisticated business email compromise BEC threats that pose a greater threat to organizations, according to a new report. Advanced BEC attacks–including impersonation attacks and CEO...

CVE-2019-6009

Open redirect vulnerability in SHIRASAGI v1.7.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2019-6004

Open redirect vulnerability in ApeosWare Management Suite Ver.1.4.0.18 and earlier, and ApeosWare Management Suite 2 Ver.2.1.2.4 and earlier allow remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via unspecified vectors...