Iranian Hackers Pose as Journalists to Trick Victims Into Installing Malware

An Iranian cyberespionage group known for targeting government, defense technology, military, and diplomacy sectors is now impersonating journalists to approach targets via LinkedIn and WhatsApp and infect their devices with malware. Detailing the new tactics of the "Charming Kitten" APT group,...

QakBot Banking Trojan Returned With New Sneaky Tricks to Steal Your Money

A notorious banking trojan aimed at stealing bank account credentials and other financial information has now come back with new tricks up its sleeve to target government, military, and manufacturing sectors in the US and Europe, according to new research. In an analysis released by Check Point...

CactusPete APT group’s updated Bisonal backdoor

CactusPete also known as Karma Panda or Tonto Team is an APT group that has been publicly known since at least 2013. Some of the groups activities have been previously described in public by multiple sources. We have been investigating and privately reporting on this groups activity for years as...

ICSA-20-212-02_Mitsubishi Electric Multiple Factory Automation Engineering Software Products (Update A)

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 8.3 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric Equipment: Mitsubishi Electric, Multiple Factory Automation Engineering Software products Vulnerability: Permission Issues 2. UPDATE INFORMATION This updated advisory is a follow-up to the advisory update...

North Korean Hackers Spotted Using New Multi-Platform Malware Framework

Lazarus Group, the notorious hacking group with ties to the North Korean regime, has unleashed a new multi-platform malware framework with an aim to infiltrate corporate entities around the world, steal customer databases, and distribute ransomware. Capable of targeting Windows, Linux, and macOS...

Publicly Available Tools Seen in Cyber Incidents Worldwide

Summary This report is a collaborative research effort by the cyber security authorities of five nations: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.12345 In it we highlight the use of five publicly available tools, which have been used for malicious purposes in...

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View SE

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 8.8 ATTENTION: Low skill level to exploit Vendor: Rockwell Automation Equipment: FactoryTalk View SE Vulnerabilities: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information, Weak Encoding for Password 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead...

CVE-2020-11519

The SDDisk2k.sys driver of WinMagic SecureDoc v8.5 and earlier allows local users to read or write to physical disc sectors via a \.\SecureDocDevice handle. Exploiting this vulnerability results in privileged code execution...

PT-2020-12662

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WinMagic SecureDoc versions 8.5 and earlier Description The issue allows local users to read or write to physical disc sectors via a .SecureDocDevice handle, resulting in privileged code execution. Recommendations For WinMagic SecureDoc versio...

CVE-2020-11519: Undefined Security Weakness

The SDDisk2k.sys driver of WinMagic SecureDoc v8.5 and earlier allows local users to read or write to physical disc sectors via a \.\SecureDocDevice handle. Exploiting this vulnerability results in privileged code execution...

ABB System 800xA Base

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: Low skill level to exploit Vendor: ABB Equipment: System 800xA Base Vulnerability: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to escalate privileges and...

Iranian APT Group Targets Governments in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia

Today, cybersecurity researchers shed light on an Iranian cyber espionage campaign directed against critical infrastructures in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Bitdefender said the intelligence-gathering operations were conducted by Chafer APT also known as APT39 or Remix Kitten, a threat actor known fo...

Fazecast jSerialComm

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: Low skill level to exploit Vendor: Fazecast Equipment: jSerialComm Vulnerability: Uncontrolled Search Path Element 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a...

Siemens SIMOTICS, Desigo, APOGEE, and TALON

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.1 ATTENTION: Exploitable from an adjacent network/low skill level to exploit Vendor: Siemens Equipment: SIMOTICS, Desigo, APOGEE, and TALON Vulnerability: Business Logic Errors 2. UPDATE INFORMATION This updated advisory is a follow-up to the advisory update titled...

Advantech WebAccess

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 8.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: Advantech Equipment: WebAccess Vulnerability: Stack-based Buffer Overflow 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow remote code execution. 3. TECHNICAL DETAILS 3.1...

TrickBot Now Exploits Infected PCs to Launch RDP Brute Force Attacks

A new module for TrickBot banking Trojan has recently been discovered in the wild that lets attackers leverage compromised systems to launch brute-force attacks against selected Windows systems running a Remote Desktop Protocol RDP connection exposed to the Internet. The module, dubbed...

Iranian Hackers Exploiting VPN Flaws to Backdoor Organizations Worldwide

A new report published by cybersecurity researchers has unveiled evidence of Iranian state-sponsored hackers targeting dozens of companies and organizations in Israel and around the world over the past three years. Dubbed "Fox Kitten," the cyber-espionage campaign is said to have been directed at...

Spacelabs Xhibit Telemetry Receiver (XTR)

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/Low skill level to exploit/Public exploits known Vendor: Spacelabs Equipment: Xhibit Telemetry Receiver Vulnerability: Improper Input Validation 2. RISK EVALUATION A remote code execution vulnerability called BlueKeep CVE-2019-0708...

Digi ConnectPort LTS 32 MEI

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 2.4 ATTENTION : Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor : Digi International Equipment : ConnectPort LTS 32 MEI Vulnerabilities : Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type, Cross-site Scripting 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these...

2019 Global DDoS Threat Landscape Report

Today Imperva Research Labs, made up of senior researchers and industry experts who have been delivering sound and valid advice for over 15 years, is releasing a brand new Global DDoS Threat Landscape Report. The report is a statistical analysis of 3,643 network layer DDoS attacks throughout 2019...