Espionage Group Hits U.S. Utilities with Sophisticated Spy Tool

The APT known as TA410 has added a modular remote-access trojan RAT to its espionage arsenal, deployed against Windows targets in the United States’ utilities sector. According to researchers at Proofpoint, the RAT, called FlowCloud, can access installed applications and control the keyboard,...

Proofpoint Email Protection Input Validation Error Vulnerability

Proofpoint Email Protection is a suite of email protection solutions from US-based Proofpoint. The product supports features such as malware and email fraud detection. A security vulnerability exists in Proofpoint Email Protection 2019-09-08 and prior versions. Detailed vulnerability details are...

CVE-2019-20634

An issue was discovered in Proofpoint Email Protection through 2019-09-08. By collecting scores from Proofpoint email headers, it is possible to build a copy-cat Machine Learning Classification model and extract insights from this model. The insights gathered allow an attacker to craft emails tha...

CVE-2019-20634

An issue was discovered in Proofpoint Email Protection through 2019-09-08. By collecting scores from Proofpoint email headers, it is possible to build a copy-cat Machine Learning Classification model and extract insights from this model. The insights gathered allow an attacker to craft emails tha...

Code injection

An issue was discovered in Proofpoint Email Protection through 2019-09-08. By collecting scores from Proofpoint email headers, it is possible to build a copy-cat Machine Learning Classification model and extract insights from this model. The insights gathered allow an attacker to craft emails tha...

CVE-2019-20634

An issue was discovered in Proofpoint Email Protection through 2019-09-08. By collecting scores from Proofpoint email headers, it is possible to build a copy-cat Machine Learning Classification model and extract insights from this model. The insights gathered allow an attacker to craft emails tha...

CVE-2019-20634

CVE-2019-20634 concerns Proofpoint Email Protection (through 2019-09-08). The issue enables an attacker to collect scores from Proofpoint email headers to build a copy-cat machine learning classification model and extract insights. Using those insights, the attacker can craft emails that receive ...

CVE-2019-20634: Incorrect Comparison

An issue was discovered in Proofpoint Email Protection through 2019-09-08. By collecting scores from Proofpoint email headers, it is possible to build a copy-cat Machine Learning Classification model and extract insights from this model. The insights gathered allow an attacker to craft emails tha...

PT-2020-10610 · Proofpoint · Proofpoint Email Protection

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Proofpoint Email Protection versions prior to 2019-09-08 Description: An issue was discovered in Proofpoint Email Protection. By collecting scores from Proofpoint email headers, it is possible to build a copy-cat Machine Learning Classificati...

Trump, Sanders Are the Top Brands for Cybercriminals

Unwanted and malicious emails using political-themed lures has spiked as the presidential primary season cranks into high gear – with Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders representing the lion’s share of subject line themes. Since the beginning of the year, Proofpoint researchers have tracked subject...

CVE-2019-19680

A file-extension filtering vulnerability in Proofpoint Enterprise Protection PPS / PoD, in the unpatched versions of PPS through 8.9.22 and 8.14.2 respectively, allows attackers to bypass protection mechanisms related to extensions, MIME types, virus detection, and journal entries for transmitted...

CVE-2019-19680

A file-extension filtering vulnerability in Proofpoint Enterprise Protection PPS / PoD, in the unpatched versions of PPS through 8.9.22 and 8.14.2 respectively, allows attackers to bypass protection mechanisms related to extensions, MIME types, virus detection, and journal entries for transmitted...

Design/Logic Flaw

A file-extension filtering vulnerability in Proofpoint Enterprise Protection PPS / PoD, in the unpatched versions of PPS through 8.9.22 and 8.14.2 respectively, allows attackers to bypass protection mechanisms related to extensions, MIME types, virus detection, and journal entries for transmitted...

CVE-2019-19680

A file-extension filtering vulnerability in Proofpoint Enterprise Protection PPS / PoD, in the unpatched versions of PPS through 8.9.22 and 8.14.2 respectively, allows attackers to bypass protection mechanisms related to extensions, MIME types, virus detection, and journal entries for transmitted...

CVE-2019-19680

CVE-2019-19680 concerns a file-extension filtering vulnerability in Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS / PoD). Unpatched PPS versions up to 8.9.22 and 8.14.2 are affected. The issue allows bypassing protection mechanisms related to extensions, MIME types, virus detection, and journal entries f...

CVE-2019-19680: Undefined Security Weakness

A file-extension filtering vulnerability in Proofpoint Enterprise Protection PPS / PoD, in the unpatched versions of PPS through 8.9.22 and 8.14.2 respectively, allows attackers to bypass protection mechanisms related to extensions, MIME types, virus detection, and journal entries for transmitted...

PT-2020-10220

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Proofpoint Enterprise Protection PPS / PoD versions prior to 8.9.23 and 8.14.3 Description A file-extension filtering issue allows attackers to bypass protection mechanisms by sending malformed multipart email, affecting extensions, MIME types...

New version of IcedID Trojan uses steganographic payloads

This blog post was authored by @hasherezade, with contributions from @siriurz and Jérôme Segura. Security firm Proofpoint recently published a report about a series of malspam campaigns they attribute to a threat actor called TA2101. Originally targeting German and Italian users with Cobalt Strik...

New Group of Hackers Targeting Businesses with Financially Motivated Cyber Attacks

Security researchers have tracked down activities of a new group of financially-motivated hackers that are targeting several businesses and organizations in Germany, Italy, and the United States in an attempt to infect them with backdoor, banking Trojan, or ransomware malware. Though the new...

Malware Moves: The Rise of LookBack – And Return of Emotet

Malware activity for various families continues to ebb and flow; with a popular malware called LookBack recently discovered in a slew of campaigns, and Emotet and other malware variants that were quiet over the summer set to make a dangerous comeback. Researchers believe that nation-state actors...