New PlugX variant “Talisman” used by famous Chinese APT

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here PlugX is a well-known malware family with samples dating back to as early as 2008. A Chinese state-backed threat actor, RedFoxtrot group, is discovered to use a new variant of the PlugX malware, Talisman. The threat actor grou...

'Purple Fox' Hackers Spotted Using New Variant of FatalRAT in Recent Malware Attacks

The operators of the Purple Fox malware have retooled their malware arsenal with a new variant of a remote access trojan called FatalRAT, while also simultaneously upgrading their evasion mechanisms to bypass security software. "Users' machines are targeted via trojanized software packages...

Chinese APT Combines Fresh Hodur RAT with Complex Anti-Detection

The Chinese advanced persistent threat APT Mustang Panda a.k.a. Temp.Hex, HoneyMyte, TA416 or RedDelta has upgraded its espionage campaign against diplomatic missions, research entities and internet service providers ISPs – largely in and around Southeast Asia. For one thing, the APT has deployed...

A week in security (March 14 – 20)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Beware of this bogus and phishy “Instagram Support” email Meet Exotic Lily, access broker for ransomware and other malware peddlers Double header: IsaacWiper and CaddyWiper How to protect RDP Online Safety Bill’s provisions for “legal but harmful” content described...

OESA-2022-1585 golang security update

The Go Programming Language. Security Fixes: Rat.SetString in math/big in Go before 1.16.14 and 1.17.x before 1.17.7 has an overflow that can lead to Uncontrolled Memory Consumption.CVE-2022-23772 Curve.IsOnCurve in crypto/elliptic in Go before 1.16.14 and 1.17.x before 1.17.7 can incorrectly...

Gh0stCringe RAT makes database servers squeal for protection

Researchers have found that the Gh0stCringe RAT is infecting Microsoft SQL and MySQL, and seems to focus on servers with weak protection. The Gh0stCringe RAT communicates with a command and control C&C server to receive instructions and is capable of exfiltrating information. SQL SQL is short for...

BuilderPandoraRat.b Insecure Credential Storage

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com c 2022 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/ae4a409d217bbd538009fbbb5457e754.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: BuilderPandoraRat.b - Pandora Rat 2.2 Beta.exe Vulnerability: Insecure Credential Storage Descriptio...

Hades RAT Web Panel Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/c4cc1317aea42f7dd4a1b786c5278a24C.txt Contact: email protected Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Hades RAT - Web Panel Vulnerability: Remote Persistent XSS Family: Hades Type: WebUI MD5: c4cc1317aea42f7dd4a1b786c5278a24 MD5:...

Hades RAT Web Panel Insecure Credential Storage Vulnerability

Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/c4cc1317aea42f7dd4a1b786c5278a24.txt Contact: email protected Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Hades RAT - Web Panel Vulnerability: Insecure Credential Storage Family: Hades Type: WebUI MD5: c4cc1317aea42f7dd4a1b786c5278a24 MD5:...

Hades RAT Web Panel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/c4cc1317aea42f7dd4a1b786c5278a24B.txt Contact: email protected Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Hades RAT - Web Panel Vulnerability: Information Disclosure Description: The Hades Rat web-panel listens on Port 80. There is no authentication check or...

Hades RAT Web Panel Information Disclosure

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com c 2022 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/c4cc1317aea42f7dd4a1b786c5278a24B.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Hades RAT - Web Panel Vulnerability: Information Disclosure Description: The Hades Rat web-panel...

Hades RAT Web Panel Cross Site Scripting

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com c 2022 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/c4cc1317aea42f7dd4a1b786c5278a24C.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Hades RAT - Web Panel Vulnerability: Remote Persistent XSS Family: Hades Type: WebUI MD5:...

Hades RAT Web Panel Insecure Credential Storage

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com c 2022 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/c4cc1317aea42f7dd4a1b786c5278a24.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Hades RAT - Web Panel Vulnerability: Insecure Credential Storage Family: Hades Type: WebUI MD5:...

Loki RAT (Relapse) SQL Injection Vulnerability

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com c 2022 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/aabb54951546132e70a8e9f02bf8b5baB.txt Contact: email protected Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Loki RAT Relapse Vulnerability: SQL Injection Description: The LokiRAT WebUI panel for LokiRATRelapse.e...

Loki RAT (Relapse) SQL Injection

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com c 2022 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/aabb54951546132e70a8e9f02bf8b5baB.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Loki RAT Relapse Vulnerability: SQL Injection Description: The LokiRAT WebUI panel for...

Microsoft Exchange Server Bugs Exploited by ‘Cuba’ Ransomware Gang

The ransomware gang known as “Cuba” is increasingly shifting to exploiting Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities – including ProxyShell and ProxyLogon – as initial infection vectors, researchers have found. The group has likely been prying open these chinks in victims’ armor as early as last August,...

Chinese APT group targets financial institutions in the campaign “Operation Cache Panda”

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Chinese threat actor APT10 conducted a series of large-scale supply chain attacks that exclusively targeted the financial software systems of Taiwanese financial institutions from the end of November 2021 until the middle of...

Chinese Hackers Target Taiwan's Financial Trading Sector with Supply Chain Attack

An advanced persistent threat APT group operating with objectives aligned with the Chinese government has been linked to an organized supply chain attack on Taiwan's financial sector. The attacks are said to have first commenced at the end of November 2021, with the intrusions attributed to a...

Moses Staff Hackers Targeting Israeli Organizations for Cyber Espionage

The politically motivated Moses Staff hacker group has been observed using a custom multi-component toolset with the goal of carrying out espionage against its targets as part of a new campaign that exclusively singles out Israeli organizations. First publicly documented in late 2021, Moses Staff...

Backdoor.Win32.Zombam.b Cross Site Scripting

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com c 2022 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/1e3665a67201209609ae493a2a590beeC.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Backdoor.Win32.Zombam.b Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting XSS Description: z0mbie's HTTP RAT v0.1...