Innovative PureLocker Ransomware Emerges in Targeted Attacks

The PureLocker ransomware – so-called because it’s written in the PureBasic programming language – has been spotted being used in targeted attacks against both Windows and Linux-based production servers at enterprises. Researchers said it shows unusual characteristics that underscore the innovati...

Platinum APT Shines Up New Titanium Backdoor

APT threat group Platinum has a shiny new plaything: A custom trojan backdoor dubbed Titanium. The backdoor’s name, aside from keeping with the silvery metal theme, comes from password to one of the self-executable archives found in the code. According to Kaspersky researchers who analyzed the...

ICS Attackers Set To Inflict More Damage With Evolving Tactics

Future attacks on industrial control system ICS networks may inflict even more damage in the long run, according to new research. Analysts expect them to evolve from attacks that have immediate, direct impact to those with multiple stages and attack vectors that are more stealthy. While it remain...

Description of the security update for SharePoint Server 2019: October 8, 2019

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Security update for singularity (moderate)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for singularity Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:2288-1 Rating: moderate References: 1125369 1128598 Cross-References: CVE-2019-11328 Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 openSUSE Backports SLE-15 An update that solves one vulnerability and h...

VulnCheck KEV: CVE-2019-25297

Poll, Survey & Quiz Maker Plugin by Opinion Stage Wordpress plugin versions prior to 19.6.25 contain a stored cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability via multiple parameters due to insufficient input validation and output escaping. An unauthenticated attacker can inject arbitrary script into...

CVE-2018-13896

XBLSEC image authentication and other crypto related validations are accessible to a compromised OEM XBL Loader due to missing lock at XBLSEC stage.. in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon...

EvilGnome: A New Backdoor Implant Spies On Linux Desktop Users

Security researchers have discovered a rare piece of Linux spyware that's currently fully undetected across all major antivirus security software products, and includes rarely seen functionalities with regards to most Linux malware, The Hacker News learned. It's a known fact that there are a very...

Watch Out! Microsoft Spotted Spike in Astaroth Fileless Malware Attacks

Security researchers at Microsoft have released details of a new widespread campaign distributing an infamous piece of fileless malware that was primarily being found targeting European and Brazilian users earlier this year. Dubbed Astaroth, the malware trojan has been making the rounds since at...

Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Bind TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)

Inject the meterpreter server DLL via the Reflective Dll Injection payload staged. Requires Windows XP SP2 or newer. Connect back to the attacker -- coding: binary -- This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework...

Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Bind TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)

Inject a VNC Dll via a reflective loader Windows x64 staged. Connect back to the attacker -- coding: binary -- This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework module MetasploitModule CachedSize = 616 include...

Immunity Canvas: BLUEKEEP

Name| BLUEKEEP ---|--- CVE| CVE-2019-0708 Exploit Pack| CANVAS Description| BLUEKEEP - Remote command execution RDP Notes| CVE Name: CVE-2019-0708 VENDOR: Microsoft NOTES: -- IMPORTANT -- The module is currently in beta stage. If you do not select "Allow remote code execution" from the module's...

ScarCruft APT Adds Bluetooth Harvester to its Malware Bag of Tricks

The ScarCruft Korean-speaking APT is changing up its espionage tactics to include an unusual piece of malware devoted to harvesting Bluetooth information – while also showing some overlap with the DarkHotel APT. An analysis of ScarCruft’s binary infection procedure by Kaspersky Lab shows that in ...

Input validation

An issue was discovered in Espressif ESP-IDF 2.x and 3.x before 3.0.6 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1. Insufficient validation of input data in the 2nd stage bootloader allows a physically proximate attacker to bypass secure boot checks and execute arbitrary code, by crafting an application binary that...

ScarCruft continues to evolve, introduces Bluetooth harvester

Executive summary After publishing our initial series of blogposts back in 2016, we have continued to track the ScarCruft threat actor. ScarCruft is a Korean-speaking and allegedly state-sponsored threat actor that usually targets organizations and companies with links to the Korean peninsula. Th...

CrackMeJ1

This is a multi-staged crackme that implements several protections for antidebugging. Objective: Find the keys 3 to solve the crackme and make a keygen Hint: Run it on a VM :- / Crack Me by jSacco // This crack me uses antidebugging techniques such as: VM Detection , Traps and IsDebuggerPresent /...

CB TAU Threat Intelligence Notification: Emotet Utilizing WMI to Launch PowerShell Encoded Code

Carbon Black recently learned that a customer had received a malicious email, which was written in German and was attached with a password-protected zip file that contained a malicious document file. This phishing email belongs to the recent Emotet campaign. However, what makes this malware uniqu...

Ubiquitous Bug Allows HIPAA-Protected Malware to Hide Behind Medical Images

A bug in a 30-year-old standard used for the exchange and storage of medical images has been uncovered; it allows an adversary to embed fully-functioning executable code into the image files captured by medical devices such as CT and MRI machines. This results in hybrid files that allow malware...

Stage File Proxy - Less critical - Denial of Service - SA-CONTRIB-2019-044

Stage File Proxy is a general solution for getting production files on a development server on demand. The module doesn't sufficiently validate requested urls, allowing an attacker to send repeated requests for files that do not exist which could exhaust resources on the server where Stage File...

Observations from RSA Conference, 2019

Last week, the 2019 RSA Conference was held with typical energy and exuberance in San Francisco. One of the largest cybersecurity industry conferences, it had over 700 exhibiting vendors not including another 50 in their Early Stage Expo area and over 500 sessions covering a wide range of current...