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,...

Malicious Attachments Remain a Cybercriminal Threat Vector Favorite

While attachment threat vectors are one of the oldest malware-spreading tricks in the books, email users are still clicking on malicious attachments that hit their inbox, whether it’s a purported “job offer” or a pretend “critical invoice.” The reason why threat actors are still relying on this...

Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part I

At the height of his cybercriminal career, the hacker known as "Hieupc" was earning $125,000 a month running a bustling identity theft service that siphoned consumer dossiers from some of the worlds top data brokers. That is, until his greed and ambition played straight into an elaborate snare se...

WECON LeviStudioU (Update C)

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: Low skill level to exploit Vendor: WECON Technology Co., Ltd WECON Equipment: LeviStudioU --------- Begin Update C Part 1 of 3 --------- Vulnerabilities: Stack-based Buffer Overflow, Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference, Heap-based...

FBI, CISA Echo Warnings on ‘Vishing’ Threat

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Thursday issued a joint alert to warn about the growing threat from voice phishing or "vishing" attacks targeting companies. The advisory came less than 24 hours after KrebsOnSecurity publishe...

‘Just tell me how to fix my computer:’ a crash course on malware detection

Malware. You’ve heard the term before, and you know it’s bad for your computer—like a computer virus. Which begs the question: Do the terms “malware” and “computer virus” mean the same thing? How do you know if your computer is infected with malware? Is "malware detection" just a fancy phrase for...

CVE-2020-1380

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully...

CVE-2019-17339

The VirtualRouter component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Silver Fabric contains a vulnerability that theoretically allows an attacker to inject scripts via URLs. The attacker could theoretically social engineer an authenticated user into submitting the URL, thus executing the script on the...

CVE-2019-17339 TIBCO Silver Fabric XSS vulerability

The VirtualRouter component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Silver Fabric contains a vulnerability that theoretically allows an attacker to inject scripts via URLs. The attacker could theoretically social engineer an authenticated user into submitting the URL, thus executing the script on the...

How COVID-19 Has Changed Business Cybersecurity Priorities Forever

For much of this year, IT professionals all over the globe have had their hands full, finding ways to help businesses cope with the fallout of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. In many cases, it involved a rapid rollout of significant remote work infrastructure. That infrastructure was called in...

Security Awareness is as valuable today as ever

A while ago I saw a tweet that initially angered me for many reasons, but then I thought about it and wondered how much effort do companies put in to awareness and training. The tweet was: Security awareness is overrated. You got to do it, but dont expect users not clicking on phishing mails agai...

Afternoon Cyber Tea: Revisiting social engineering: The human threat to cybersecurity

Most of us know ‘Improv’ through film, theatre, music or even live comedy. It may surprise you to learn that the skills required for improvisational performance art, can also make you a good hacker? In cybersecurity, while quite a bit of focus is on the technology that our adversaries use, we mus...

Delta Industrial Automation CNCSoft ScreenEditor

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: Low skill level to exploit Vendor: Delta Electronics Equipment: Industrial Automation CNCSoft ScreenEditor Vulnerabilities: Stack-based Buffer Overflow, Out-of-bounds Read, Access of Uninitialized Pointer 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of...

Obscured by Clouds: Insights into Office 365 Attacks and How Mandiant Managed Defense Investigates

With Business Email Compromises BECs showing no signs of slowing down, it is becoming increasingly important for security analysts to understand Office 365 O365 breaches and how to properly investigate them. This blog post is for those who have yet to dip their toes into the waters of an O365 BEC...

Podcast: Security Lessons Learned In Times of Uncertainty

Derek Manky With the coronavirus pandemic breaking out, and corporate workforces going remote, “uncertainty is a key word” for 2020, Derek Manky, Chief, Security Insights & Global Threat Alliances at Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs, said. The uncertain times led to an outpouring of cybercriminal...

CVE-2020-9077

HUAWEI P30 smart phones with versions earlier than 10.1.0.160C00E160R2P11 have an information exposure vulnerability. The system does not properly authenticate the application that access a specified interface. Attackers can trick users into installing malicious software to exploit this...

pfSense 2.4.4-p3 Cross Site Request Forgery

Exploit Title: pfSense 2.4.4-p3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Date: 2019-09-27 Exploit Author: ghostfh Vendor Homepage: https://www.pfsense.org/ Software Link: https://www.pfsense.org/download/index.html?section=downloads Version: Till 2.4.4-p3 Tested on: freebsd CVE : CVE-2019-16667 Vulnerability...

pfSense 2.4.4-p3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Exploit Title: pfSense 2.4.4-p3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Date: 2019-09-27 Exploit Author: ghostfh Vendor Homepage: https://www.pfsense.org/ Software Link: https://www.pfsense.org/download/index.html?section=downloads Version: Till 2.4.4-p3 Tested on: freebsd CVE : CVE-2019-16667 Vulnerability...

New Relic: One Click Remote Code Injection - *.blog.newrelic.com

With some social engineering, a WordPress admin could be convinced to click a malicious link to abuse a vulnerability in a WordPress plugin. This could lead to script execution or even code execution on the host. Vulnerability: A CSRF vulnerability has been found inside the Admin Panel leading to...

Lock and Code S1Ep11: Locating concerns of Bluetooth and beacon technology with Chris Boyd

This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet. In addition, we talk to Chris Boyd, lead malware intelligence analyst for Malwarebytes, about Bluetooth and beacon technology. Last month, cybersecurity experts warned the publi...