KamiKakaBot Malware Used in Latest Dark Pink APT Attacks on Southeast Asian Targets

The Dark Pink advanced persistent threat APT actor has been linked to a fresh set of attacks targeting government and military entities in Southeast Asian countries with a malware called KamiKakaBot. Dark Pink, also called Saaiwc, was extensively profiled by Group-IB earlier this year, describing...

McAfee Total Protection 代码问题漏洞

McAfee Total Protection MTP is a suite of antivirus software from the US-based McAfee, Inc. A security vulnerability exists in McAfee Total Protection prior to version 16.0.49, which originated from a vulnerability that allows an attacker to elevate a user's privileges via DLL side loading. The...

Hackers Exploiting Remote Desktop Software Flaws to Deploy PlugX Malware

Security vulnerabilities in remote desktop programs such as Sunlogin and AweSun are being exploited by threat actors to deploy the PlugX malware. AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center ASEC, in a new analysis, said it marks the continued abuse of the flaws to deliver a variety of payloads on...

Hackers Exploiting Remote Desktop Software Flaws to Deploy PlugX Malware

Security vulnerabilities in remote desktop programs such as Sunlogin and AweSun are being exploited by threat actors to deploy the PlugX malware. AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center ASEC, in a new analysis, said it marks the continued abuse of the flaws to deliver a variety of payloads on...

SYS01 Stealer Targets Government and Manufacturing Industry

Threat Level Attack Report Follow Hive Pro for a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here from HiveForce Labs. Summary The SYS01 stealer has been targeting critical government infrastructure employees, manufacturing companies, and other industries, and using various delivery technique...

SYS01stealer: New Threat Using Facebook Ads to Target Critical Infrastructure Firms

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new information stealer dubbed SYS01stealer targeting critical government infrastructure employees, manufacturing companies, and other sectors since November 2022. "The threat actors behind the campaign are targeting Facebook business accounts by using...

PlugX Trojan Disguised as Legitimate Windows Debugger Tool in Latest Attacks

The PlugX remote access trojan has been observed masquerading as an open source Windows debugger tool called x64dbg in an attempt to circumvent security protections and gain control of a target system. "This file is a legitimate open-source debugger tool for Windows that is generally used to...

PlugX Trojan Disguised as Legitimate Windows Debugger Tool in Latest Attacks

The PlugX remote access trojan has been observed masquerading as an open source Windows debugger tool called x64dbg in an attempt to circumvent security protections and gain control of a target system. "This file is a legitimate open-source debugger tool for Windows that is generally used to...

New S1deload Malware Hijacking Users' Social Media Accounts and Mining Cryptocurrency

An active malware campaign has set its sights on Facebook and YouTube users by leveraging a new information stealer to hijack the accounts and abuse the systems' resources to mine cryptocurrency. Bitdefender is calling the malware S1deload Stealer for its use of DLL side-loading techniques to get...

New S1deload Malware Hijacking Users' Social Media Accounts and Mining Cryptocurrency

An active malware campaign has set its sights on Facebook and YouTube users by leveraging a new information stealer to hijack the accounts and abuse the systems' resources to mine cryptocurrency. Bitdefender is calling the malware S1deload Stealer for its use of DLL side-loading techniques to get...

CVE-2023-22743

Git for Windows is the Windows port of the revision control system Git. Prior to Git for Windows version 2.39.2, by carefully crafting DLL and putting into a subdirectory of a specific name living next to the Git for Windows installer, Windows can be tricked into side-loading said DLL. This...

Privilege escalation

Git for Windows is the Windows port of the revision control system Git. Prior to Git for Windows version 2.39.2, by carefully crafting DLL and putting into a subdirectory of a specific name living next to the Git for Windows installer, Windows can be tricked into side-loading said DLL. This...

CVE-2023-22743 Git for Windows' installer is susceptible to DLL side loading attacks

Git for Windows is the Windows port of the revision control system Git. Prior to Git for Windows version 2.39.2, by carefully crafting DLL and putting into a subdirectory of a specific name living next to the Git for Windows installer, Windows can be tricked into side-loading said DLL. This...

CVE-2023-22743

Git for Windows prior to 2.39.2 is vulnerable to DLL side-loading: an attacker with local write access can place a malicious DLL next to the installer and trigger elevation during upgrades. Version 2.39.2 includes a fix. Workarounds mention not leaving untrusted files in the Downloads folder (or ...

CVE-2023-22743 Git for Windows' installer is susceptible to DLL side loading attacks

Git for Windows is the Windows port of the revision control system Git. Prior to Git for Windows version 2.39.2, by carefully crafting DLL and putting into a subdirectory of a specific name living next to the Git for Windows installer, Windows can be tricked into side-loading said DLL. This...

CVE-2023-22743 Git for Windows' installer is susceptible to DLL side loading attacks

Git for Windows is the Windows port of the revision control system Git. Prior to Git for Windows version 2.39.2, by carefully crafting DLL and putting into a subdirectory of a specific name living next to the Git for Windows installer, Windows can be tricked into side-loading said DLL. This...

PT-2023-5951 · Git · Git For Windows

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Git for Windows versions prior to 2.39.2 Description: The issue is related to the Windows port of the revision control system Git. By carefully crafting a DLL and placing it into a subdirectory of a specific name next to the Git for Windows...

A New Malware Called Album Stealer is Targeting Facebook Users

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Album Stealer is a malware that disguises itself as a photo album and drops decoy adult images while performing malicious activity in the background. It uses a side-loading technique to execute malicious...

Threat Actors Using WerFault.exe to Deploy Pupy RAT

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Pupy RAT malware is using a technique called DLL side-loading to disguise itself as the legitimate WerFault.exe process in order to evade detection. The malware is delivered via an ISO image that...

Chinese Hackers Using Russo-Ukrainian War Decoys to Target APAC and European Entities

The China-linked nation-state hacking group referred to as Mustang Panda is using lures related to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War to attack entities in Europe and the Asia Pacific. That's according to the BlackBerry Research and Intelligence Team, which analyzed a RAR archive file titled...