The vulnerability of Microsoft Office packages, related to deficiencies in access control, allows attackers to carry out spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of Microsoft Office packages is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to carry out spear-phishing attacks...

The vulnerability of Microsoft Edge’s browser on Android operating systems, related to information representation errors in the user interface, allows attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of Microsoft Edge’s browser on Android operating systems is related to information representation errors in the user interface. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to perform spear-phishing attacks...

The vulnerability of Microsoft 365 Copilot’s intelligent virtual assistant in Android operating systems, related to access control errors, allows attackers to perform spearishing attacks.

The vulnerability of Microsoft 365 Copilot’s intelligent virtual assistant in Android operating systems is related to access control errors. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow attackers to carry out spear-phishing attacks...

The vulnerability of the software for working with Azure Machine Learning algorithms is related to the lack of protective measures for website structures, allowing attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of the software for working with Azure Machine Learning algorithms is related to the lack of security measures taken to protect the website structure. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to perform spear-phishing attacks remotely...

Context-Aware Spear Phishing: Generative AI-Enabled Attacks against Individuals Via Public Social Media Data

We demonstrate how publicly available social-media data and generative AI GenAI can be misused to automate and scale highly personalized, context-aware spear-phishing campaigns. With minimal attacker effort, a small amount of public activity per target is sufficient for GenAI models to extract...

The vulnerability of Google Chrome’s user interface allows a hacker to execute a spear-phishing attack.

The vulnerability of Google Chrome’s user interface is related to errors in how information is presented on the user interface. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to execute a spear-phishing attack...

The vulnerability of Microsoft Edge browser (based on Chromium) relates to information representation errors in the user interface, which allows attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of Microsoft Edge based on Chromium is related to information representation errors in the user interface. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor to perform spear-phishing attacks remotely...

The vulnerability of Microsoft Edge browser (based on Chromium) relates to information representation errors in the user interface, allowing attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of Microsoft Edge based on Chromium is related to information representation errors in the user interface. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor to perform spear-phishing attacks remotely...

The vulnerability of the Windows Active Directory operating system management and reporting software allows attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of the Windows Active Directory operating system management and reporting software is related to deficiencies in authentication procedures. Exploiting this vulnerability allows attackers to carry out spear-phishing attacks...

The vulnerability of the .NET software platform, related to the failure to take measures to neutralize special elements, allows attackers to perform spoofing attacks.

The vulnerability of the .NET software platform is related to the lack of measures taken to neutralize special elements. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to perform spear-phishing attacks remotely...

The vulnerability of Microsoft SharePoint Server, Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, and Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server programs lies in the lack of security measures for website structures, allowing attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of Microsoft SharePoint Server, Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, and Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server is related to the lack of measures taken to protect the website structure. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to perform spear-phishin...

The vulnerability of Windows Admin Center, related to the lack of measures taken to protect the website structure, allows attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of the Windows Admin Center management tool is related to the lack of measures taken to protect the website structure. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to perform spear-phishing attacks remotely...

UAT-10362 Targets Taiwanese NGOs with LucidRook Malware in Spear-Phishing Campaigns

A previously undocumented threat cluster dubbed UAT-10362 has been attributed to spear-phishing campaigns targeting Taiwanese non-governmental organizations NGOs and suspected universities to deploy a new Lua-based malware called LucidRook. "LucidRook is a sophisticated stager that embeds a Lua...

Bitter-Linked Hack-for-Hire Campaign Targets Journalists Across MENA Region

An apparent hack-for-hire campaign likely orchestrated by a threat actor with suspected ties to the Indian government targeted journalists, activists, and government officials across the Middle East and North Africa MENA, according to findings from Access Now, Lookout, and SMEX. Two of the target...

New Lua-based malware “LucidRook” observed in targeted attacks against Taiwanese organizations

Cisco Talos uncovered a cluster of activity we track as UAT-10362 conducting spear-phishing campaigns against Taiwanese non-governmental organizations NGOs and suspected universities to deliver a newly identified malware family, "LucidRook." LucidRook is a sophisticated stager that embeds a Lua...

TA446 Deploys DarkSword iOS Exploit Kit in Targeted Spear-Phishing Campaign

Proofpoint has disclosed details of a targeted email campaign in which threat actors with ties to Russia are leveraging the recently disclosed DarkSword exploit kit to target iOS devices. The activity has been attributed with high confidence to the Russian state-sponsored threat group known as...

Konni Deploys EndRAT Through Phishing, Uses KakaoTalk to Propagate Malware

North Korean threat actors have been observed sending phishing to compromise targets and obtain access to a victim's KakaoTalk desktop application to distribute malicious payloads to certain contacts. The activity has been attributed by South Korean threat intelligence firm Genians to a hacking...

The vulnerability of the Windows App Client’s remote desktop client, related to insufficient verification of data authenticity, allows attackers to perform spoofing attacks.

The vulnerability of the Windows App Client’s remote desktop client is related to insufficient verification of data authenticity. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to perform spear-phishing attacks remotely...

The vulnerability of Microsoft SharePoint Server and SharePoint Enterprise Server lies in the lack of measures taken to protect the structure of web pages, allowing attackers to perform spear-phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of Microsoft SharePoint Server and SharePoint Enterprise Server lies in the lack of measures taken to protect the website structure. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to perform spear-phishing attacks remotely...

UAC-0050 Targets European Financial Institution With Spoofed Domain and RMS Malware

A Russia-aligned threat actor has been observed targeting a European financial institution as part of a social engineering attack to likely facilitate intelligence gathering or financial theft, signaling a possible expansion of the threat actor's targeting beyond Ukraine and into entities...