Vulnerabilities fixed in Microsoft Office

Vulnerabilities have been fixed in several Microsoft Office products. The table below lists the vulnerabilities that have been fixed by Microsoft with the corresponding CVSSv3 scores. Misuse of the vulnerabilities in SharePoint requires prior authentication. Abuse of the vulnerabilities in Excel...

Vulnerabilities fixed in Microsoft Azure

Vulnerabilities have been fixed in Microsoft Azure components. A malicious party could exploit the vulnerabilities to obtain elevated privileges, or to gain access to sensitive data in the context of the victim. Microsoft states for several of the vulnerabilities listed below to be in possession ...

Phishing mail claims a 3D Secure upgrade is required

Today we took a look at a phishing mail pinning its hopes on a QR code linking to a bogus website. Scammers claim that your mail address has "not been registered for the 3D Secure Security Update". 3D Secure phishing mail The mail reads as follows: Dear Sir / Madam, Our administration has shown...

YODA Tool Found ~47,000 Malicious WordPress Plugins Installed in Over 24,000 Sites

As many as 47,337 malicious plugins have been uncovered on 24,931 unique websites, out of which 3,685 plugins were sold on legitimate marketplaces, netting the attackers $41,500 in illegal revenues. The findings come from a new tool called YODA that aims to detect rogue WordPress plugins and trac...

ChromeLoader targets Chrome Browser users with malicious ISO files

If you’re on the hunt for cracked software or games, be warned. Rogue ISO archive files are looking to infect your systems with ChromeLoader. If you think campaigns such as this only target Windows users, you’d sadly be very much mistaken. The attack sucks in several operating systems and even us...

GHSA-FX6X-H9G4-56F8 containernetworking/plugins vulnerable to MitM attacks

A vulnerability was found in all versions of containernetworking/plugins before version 0.8.6, that allows malicious containers in Kubernetes clusters to perform man-in-the-middle MitM attacks. A malicious container can exploit this flaw by sending rogue IPv6 router advertisements to the host or...

CVE-2021-39246

Tor Browser through 10.5.6 and 11.x through 11.0a4 allows a correlation attack that can compromise the privacy of visits to v2 onion addresses. Exact timestamps of these onion-service visits are logged locally, and an attacker might be able to compare them to timestamp data collected by the...

Cytrox's Predator Spyware Targeted Android Users with Zero-Day Exploits

Google's Threat Analysis Group TAG on Thursday pointed fingers at a North Macedonian spyware developer named Cytrox for developing exploits against five zero-day aka 0-day flaws, four in Chrome and one in Android, to target Android users. "The 0-day exploits were used alongside n-day exploits as...

Microsoft Warns of "Cryware" Info-Stealing Malware Targeting Crypto Wallets

Microsoft is warning of an emerging threat targeting internet-connected cryptocurrency wallets, signaling a departure in the use of digital coins in cyberattacks. The tech giant dubbed the new threat "cryware," with the attacks resulting in the irreversible theft of virtual currencies by means of...

“Look what I found here” phish targets Facebook users

Facebook-themed messages are a frequent source of bogus links from both spam and compromised accounts. Whether you receive the messages via SMS, the Messenger app, or just inside regular web chat, it pays to be careful. A wide variety of attacks use bogus messages as their launchpad, and the risk...

Vulnerabilities fixed in Apple Safari

Apple has fixed several vulnerabilities in Safari. A remote malicious person could potentially exploit the vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the scope of the browser, or to gain access to sensitive data in the scope of the browser. However, the malicious party must trick the victim int...

GHSA-C8WJ-Q36Q-3WG4 phpMyAdmin Arbitrary file read vulnerability

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.8.5. When the AllowArbitraryServer configuration setting is set to true, with the use of a rogue MySQL server, an attacker can read any file on the server that the web server's user can access. This is related to the mysql.allowlocalinfile PHP...

phpMyAdmin Arbitrary file read vulnerability

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.8.5. When the AllowArbitraryServer configuration setting is set to true, with the use of a rogue MySQL server, an attacker can read any file on the server that the web server's user can access. This is related to the mysql.allowlocalinfile PHP...

Vulnerability fixed in Check Point Endpoint Security Client

Check Point has fixed a vulnerability in Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows. A local malicious agent could exploit the vulnerability to obtain elevated privileges and then execute arbitrary code under those privileges. To do so, the malicious party must place rogue files in a...

Malicious NPM Packages Target German Companies in Supply Chain Attack

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a number of malicious packages in the NPM registry specifically targeting a number of prominent media, logistics, and industrial firms based in Germany to carry out supply chain attacks. "Compared with most malware found in the NPM repository, this payloa...

Vulnerabilities fixed in Adobe Framemaker

Adobe has fixed vulnerabilities in Framemaker. The vulnerabilities allow a malicious party to cause a denial-of-service or execute arbitrary code under privileges of the application. To do this, the malicious party must persuade the victim to open a rogue file. Adobe has released updates to fix t...

Vulnerabilities fixed in Adove InDesign

Adobe has fixed vulnerabilities in InDesign. The vulnerabilities allow a malicious person to execute arbitrary code execute with application privileges. To do this, the malicious party induces the victim to open a rogue file open. Adobe has released updates to fix the vulnerabilities. For more...

Vulnerabilities fixed in Microsoft Developer Tools

Vulnerabilities have been fixed in Microsoft Developer Tools. The vulnerabilities allow a malicious party to cause a denial-of-service or to execute arbitrary code execute arbitrary code under the user's privileges. The vulnerability with reference CVE-2022-30129 allows a malicious person to...

A week in security (April 25 – May 1)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Why MITRE matters to SMBs Apple’s child safety features are coming to a Messages app near you Why software has so many vulnerabilities, with Tanya Janca: Lock and Code S03E09 Watch out for this SMS phish promising a tax refund Rogue ads phishing for cryptocurrency:...

Warning! Instagram Stories hides a scam in plain sight

When someone finds their social media account compromised, they first think about letting their followers know. And they do. They warn others from reading any strange posts, usually containing a rogue link, before they sort out the matter behind the scenes. Some curious followers who missed these...