CB TAU Threat Intelligence Notification: CryptoMix Clop Ransomware Disables Startup Repair, Removes & Edits Shadow Volume Copies

Summary A wew variant of CryptoMix Clop ransomware has been distributed as a binary that is digitally signed and verified which makes it look like a legitimate executable. In addition, CryptoMix Clop ransomware will append ‘.clop’ or ‘.ciop’ as a file extension to the encrypted file and drop a...

openSUSE Security Update : shadow (openSUSE-2019-721)

This update for shadow fixes the following security issue : - CVE-2018-16588: Prevent useradd from creating intermediate directories with mode 0777 bsc1106914 This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive...

Step 7. Discover shadow IT and take control of your cloud apps: top 10 actions to secure your environment

The “Top 10 actions to secure your environment” series outlines fundamental steps you can take with your investment in Microsoft 365 security solutions. In “Step 7. Discover shadow IT and take control of cloud apps,” you’ll learn how to set up Microsoft Cloud App Security MCAS to identify, access...

Fedora 28 : xen (2019-bce6498890)

xen: various flaws 1685577 grant table transfer issues on large hosts XSA-284 race with pass-through device hotplug XSA-285 x86: stealpage violates pagestruct access discipline XSA-287 x86: Inconsistent PV IOMMU discipline XSA-288 missing preemption in x86 PV page table unvalidation XSA-290 x86/P...

Xen Project Process Context Identifiers Shadow Pagetables Denial of Service Vulnerability (XSA-294)

According to its self-reported version number, the Xen hypervisor installed on the remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability. Only x86 systems are affected. Note that Nessus has checked the changeset versions based on the xen.git change log. Nessus did not check guest hardware...

AutoRDPwn v4.8 - The Shadow Attack Framework

AutoRDPwn is a script created in Powershell and designed to automate the Shadow attack on Microsoft Windows computers. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to view his victim's desktop without his consent, and even control it on request. For its correct operation, it is necessary to comply...

x86 shadow: Insufficient TLB flushing when using PCID

ISSUE DESCRIPTION Use of Process Context Identifiers PCID was introduced into Xen in order to improve performance after XSA-254 and in particular its Meltdown sub-issue. This enablement implied changes to the TLB flushing logic. One aspect which was overlooked is the safety of switching between...

Exposed: Instagram, OKCupid, Mumsnet All Face Data Concerns

It has once again been busy on the data privacy/exposure front as the week kicks off, with Instagram, dating site OKCupid and the UK’s powerhouse discussion site, Mumsnet, all making recent news. A report on GDPR breach notifications rounds out the latest. First up, Instagram users are apparently...

The vulnerability of the account management utility for the Shadow operating system in Astra Linux, which allows a hacker to trigger a service failure

The vulnerability of the account management utility for the Shadow operating system Astra Linux relates to the incorrect assignment of the permission level during user creation. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker with privileged user rights to block access for newly created users...

Photon OS 2.0: Shadow PHSA-2018-2.0-0080

An update of the shadow package has been released. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2018-2.0-0080. The text itself is copyright C VMware, Inc. include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid12197...

Photon OS 1.0: Shadow PHSA-2018-1.0-0171

An update of the shadow package has been released. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2018-1.0-0171. The text itself is copyright C VMware, Inc. include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid12187...

Photon OS 1.0: Shadow PHSA-2017-0023

An update of the shadow package has been released. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2017-0023. The text itself is copyright C VMware, Inc. include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid121708;...

TAU Threat Intelligence Notification: Shade Ransomware

Summary Recently there is a new wave of malicious spam campaign distributing Shade ransomware via sending malicious JavaScript attachments. The spam campaign was mainly targeting users from Russia, and the ransom note was written in both Russian and English. This variant of Shade ransomware will...

TAU Threat Intelligence Notification: BlackRouter Ransomware

According to the article from BleepingComputer, BlackRouter Ransomware was being promoted as a Ransomware-as-a-Service on Telegram by an Iranian developer. BlackRouter Ransomware will append ‘.BlackRouter’ as file extension to the encrypted file. In addition, it will attempt to delete volume shad...

TAU Threat Intelligence Notification – Crypt0r Ransomware

Summary Crypt0r ransomware is a new strain of ransomware that operates similar to WannaCry and NotPetya. When executed, it first checks for a hardcoded mutex value, and if it isn’t found, creates it as “crypt0r-mutex”. It then retrieves the temporary path of the currently logged in user, and...

Information Disclosure

samba4 is vulnerable to information disclosure attacks. The vulnerability exists when a certain vfs shadow copy configuration is enabled, does not properly initialize the SRVSNAPSHOTARRAY response field, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain potentially sensitive information from...

Turns Out Kaspersky Labs Helped FBI Catch Alleged NSA Leaker

Remember "The Shadow Brokers" and the arrest of a former NSA contractor accused of stealing 50 Terabytes of top secret documents from the intelligence agency? It turns out that, Kaspersky Lab, which has been banned in US government computers over spying fears, was the one who tipped off the U.S...

Fedora 28 : 2:shadow-utils (2018-35254ad97d)

Minor security update to version 4.6 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. %NASLMINLEVEL...

SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : shadow (SUSE-SU-2018:2834-1)

This update for shadow fixes the following security issue : Prevent useradd from creating intermediate directories with mode 0777 bsc1106914 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to...

SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : accountsservice (SUSE-SU-2018:3625-1)

This update for accountsservice fixes the following issues : This security issue was fixed : CVE-2018-14036: Prevent directory traversal caused by an insufficient path check in userchangeiconfileauthorizedcb bsc1099699 Thsese non-security issues were fixed: Don't abort loading users when an...