Scattered Spider ransomware gang falls under government agency scrutiny

As you may have read in our November Ransomware Review, Scattered Spider is a relatively new, albeit dangerous, ransomware gang who made headlines in September for attacking MGM Resorts and Caesar Entertainment. For small security teams, one of the most important findings about the group is their...

FCC Enforces Stronger Rules to Protect Customers Against SIM Swapping Attacks

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission FCC is adopting new rules that aim to protect consumers from cell phone account scams that make it possible for malicious actors to orchestrate SIM-swapping attacks and port-out fraud. "The rules will help protect consumers from scammers who target data...

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Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (October 30, 2023 to November 5, 2023)

Wordfence just launched its bug bounty program. Over the next 6 months, all awarded bounties receive a 10% bonus. View the announcement to learn more now! Last week, there were 79 vulnerabilities disclosed in 64 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence...

Guide: How vCISOs, MSPs and MSSPs Can Keep their Customers Safe from Gen AI Risks

Download the free guide, "It's a Generative AI World: How vCISOs, MSPs and MSSPs Can Keep their Customers Safe from Gen AI Risks." ChatGPT now boasts anywhere from 1.5 to 2 billion visits per month. Countless sales, marketing, HR, IT executive, technical support, operations, finance and other...

ThreatDown powered by Malwarebytes: A 15 Year Journey

November marks a significant shift in our legacy. After 15 years as Malwarebytes, we are proud to introduce our rebranded identity, ThreatDown powered by Malwarebytes. Building off Malwarebytes’ initial recognition for removing every trace of viruses that others missed, ThreatDown powered by...

Navigating the Sea, Exploiting DigitalOcean APIs

Cloud service providers are now fundamental elements of internet infrastructure, granting organizations and individuals the ability to scale and efficiently store, manage, and process data. DigitalOcean is one such provider, well-regarded for its simplicity and developer-friendly platform, and...

Kinsing Exploits Looney Tunables Vulnerability to Breach Cloud Environments

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The threat actor Kinsing has recently been observed exploiting the Linux privilege escalation vulnerability known as "Looney Tunables CVE-2023-4911" as part of a new campaign aimed at breaching cloud...

OpenSSL 3.1.0 < 3.1.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities

The version of OpenSSL installed on the remote host is prior to 3.1.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 3.1.5 advisory. - Issue summary: Processing a maliciously formatted PKCS12 file may lead OpenSSL to crash leading to a potential Denial of Service...

OpenSSL 1.0.2 < 1.0.2zj Multiple Vulnerabilities

The version of OpenSSL installed on the remote host is prior to 1.0.2zj. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 1.0.2zj advisory. - Issue summary: Processing a maliciously formatted PKCS12 file may lead OpenSSL to crash leading to a potential Denial of Service...

CVE-2023-5678 Excessive time spent in DH check / generation with large Q parameter value

Issue summary: Generating excessively long X9.42 DH keys or checking excessively long X9.42 DH keys or parameters may be very slow. Impact summary: Applications that use the functions DHgeneratekey to generate an X9.42 DH key may experience long delays. Likewise, applications that use...

OneView updates: Dive into Report 2.0 &amp; the new Global Site Filter

Were rolling out two new features to enhance usability in OneView, our multi-tenant platform for Managed Service Providers: Report 2.0 and the Global Site Filter. Heres what you need to know: Report 2.0: Improved Reporting in OneView Report 2.0 offers a more streamlined approach to reporting with...

CVE-2023-21382

In Content Resolver, there is a possible method to access metadata about existing content providers on the device due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation...

CVE-2023-21306

In ContentService, there is a possible way to read installed sync content providers due to side channel information disclosure. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation...

Information disclosure

In ContentService, there is a possible way to read installed sync content providers due to side channel information disclosure. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation...

CVE-2023-21382

This CVE (CVE-2023-21382) concerns Android’s Content Resolver allowing local information disclosure due to a missing permission check. Affected: Android devices (Content Resolver metadata about content providers). Root cause: insufficient permission validation on access to content provider metada...

CVE-2023-21306

In ContentService, there is a possible way to read installed sync content providers due to side channel information disclosure. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation...

PT-2023-18086 · Google · Android

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Android versions prior to the fixed version Description: In ContentService, there is a possible way to read installed sync content providers due to side channel information disclosure. This could lead to local information disclosure with no...

Microsoft Security Copilot Early Access Program: Harnessing generative AI to empower security teams

The era of AI brings unprecedented opportunities for us, and at the same time we are also facing an unprecedented surge in cyberthreats, coupled with a global shortage of security experts. Security and safety is the defining challenge of our times and protecting organizations from cybercrime has...

Cross-site Scripting via missing Binding syntax validation

Impact The package does not validate the ACS Location URI according to the SAML binding being parsed. If abused, this flaw allows attackers to register malicious Service Providers at the IdP and inject Javascript in the ACS endpoint definition, achieving Cross-Site-Scripting XSS in the IdP contex...