CISA, FBI, MS-ISAC, and ASD’s ACSC Release Advisory on LockBit Affiliates Exploiting Citrix Bleed

Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center MS-ISAC, and Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Center ASD’s ACSC released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA,...

CISA Releases Update to Royal Ransomware Advisory

Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA released an update to joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA StopRansomware: Royal Ransomware. The updated advisory provides network defenders with additional information on tactics, techniques,...

Franklin Fueling System TS-550

View CSAF 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 8.3 ATTENTION : Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity/public exploits are available Vendor : Franklin Fueling System Equipment : TS-550 Vulnerability : Use of Password Hash with Insufficient Computational Effort 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful...

Iranian Cyber Espionage Group Targets Financial and Government Sectors in Middle East

A threat actor affiliated with Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security MOIS has been observed waging a sophisticated cyber espionage campaign targeting financial, government, military, and telecommunications sectors in the Middle East for at least a year. Israeli cybersecurity firm Check...

Lazarus Group’s Targeted Attacks on Korean Sectors

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Lazarus a state-sponsored threat group, has been employing sophisticated tactics like spear phishing and supply chain attacks, and utilizing various types of malware for control. To receive real-time...

DDoS Attacks Leveraged by Attackers in Israel Conflict

Over the last few years, we’ve observed Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attacks used in many conflicts. In the Russia-Ukraine war, DDoS was used both by government cyber agencies and individual hacktivist groups to disrupt the flow of information and deface sites to promote propaganda. The...

Peeling off QR Code Phishing Onion

Peeling off QR Code Phishing Onion: Revealing the Hidden Layers of Deceit By Neel H. Pathak and Pratik Sunil Kadam · October 10, 2023 Introduction: Malicious actors always seek innovative ways to bypass detection. The Trellix Advanced Research Center recently noticed an attack campaign with an...

Peeling off QR Code Phishing Onion

Peeling off QR Code Phishing Onion: Revealing the Hidden Layers of Deceit By Neel H. Pathak and Pratik Sunil Kadam · October 10, 2023 Introduction: Malicious actors always seek innovative ways to bypass detection. The Trellix Advanced Research Center recently noticed an attack campaign with an...

Gaza-Linked Cyber Threat Actor Targets Israeli Energy and Defense Sectors

A Gaza-based threat actor has been linked to a series of cyber attacks aimed at Israeli private-sector energy, defense, and telecommunications organizations. Microsoft, which revealed details of the activity in its fourth annual Digital Defense Report, is tracking the campaign under the name...

China's BlackTech Hacking Group Exploited Routers to Target U.S. and Japanese Companies

Cybersecurity agencies from Japan and the U.S. have warned of attacks mounted by a state-backed hacking group from China to stealthily tamper with branch routers and use them as jumping-off points to access the networks of various companies in the two countries. The attacks have been tied to a...

China Accuses U.S. of Decade-Long Cyber Espionage Campaign Against Huawei Servers

China's Ministry of State Security MSS has accused the U.S. of breaking into Huawei's servers, stealing critical data, and implanting backdoors since 2009, amid mounting geopolitical tensions between the two countries. In a message posted on WeChat, the government authority said U.S. intelligence...

Omron Engineering Software

View CSAF 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 5.5 ATTENTION : Low attack complexity Vendor : Omron Equipment : Sysmac Studio Vulnerability : Improper Authorization 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. 3. TECHNICAL DETAILS...

NodeStealer Malware Now Targets Facebook Business Accounts on Multiple Browsers

An ongoing campaign is targeting Facebook Business accounts with bogus messages to harvest victims' credentials using a variant of the Python-based NodeStealer and potentially take over their accounts for follow-on malicious activities. "The attacks are reaching victims mainly in Southern Europe...

CODESYS Development System

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ​CVSS v3 7.3 ​ATTENTION: low attack complexity ​Vendor: CODESYS, GmbH ​Equipment: CODESYS Development System ​Vulnerability: Uncontrolled Search Path Element. 2. RISK EVALUATION ​Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause users to unknowingly launch a malicious...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 14 August to 20 August 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs has recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, we identified a total of eight executed attacks, one instance of adversary activity, and four zero-day...

Monti Ransomware Returns with New Linux Variant and Enhanced Evasion Tactics

The threat actors behind the Monti ransomware have resurfaced after a two-month break with a new Linux version of the encryptor in its attacks targeting government and legal sectors. Monti emerged in June 2022, weeks after the Conti ransomware group shut down its operations, deliberately imitatin...

Midnight Blizzard conducts targeted social engineering over Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Threat Intelligence has identified highly targeted social engineering attacks using credential theft phishing lures sent as Microsoft Teams chats by the threat actor that Microsoft tracks as Midnight Blizzard previously tracked as NOBELIUM. This latest attack, combined with past activit...

Mallox Ransomware Exploits Weak MS-SQL Servers to Breach Networks

Mallox ransomware activities in 2023 have witnessed a 174% increase when compared to the previous year, new findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 reveal. "Mallox ransomware, like many other ransomware threat actors, follows the double extortion trend: stealing data before encrypting an...

TA445 Targeting Government and Military Sectors in Ukraine and Poland

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary TA455 conducts ongoing campaigns targeting government entities, military organizations, and civilians in Ukraine and Poland to steal information and establish remote access, using multi-stage infection...

Surviving the 800 Gbps Storm: Gain Insights from Gcore's 2023 DDoS Attack Statistics

Gcore Radar is a quarterly report prepared by Gcore that provides insights into the current state of the DDoS protection market and cybersecurity trends. This report offers you an understanding of the evolving threat landscape and highlights the measures required to protect against attacks...