Information Stealer Masquerades as LDAPNightmare (CVE-2024-49113) PoC Exploit

Our blog entry discusses a fake PoC exploit for LDAPNightmare CVE-2024-49113 that is being used to distribute information-stealing malware...

PT-2024-9433

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP affected versions not specified Description The issue is related to a denial-of-service vulnerability in Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP. This vulnerability can cause the...

An Interview With the Target & Home Depot Hacker

In December 2023, KrebsOnSecurity revealed the real-life identity of Rescator , the nickname used by a Russian cybercriminal who sold more than 100 million payment cards stolen from Target and Home Depot between 2013 and 2014. Moscow resident Mikhail Shefel , who confirmed using the Rescator...

This Windows PowerShell Phish Has Scary Potential

ManyGitHub users this week received a novel phishing email warning of critical security holes in their code. Those who clicked the link for details were asked to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that causes Microsoft Windows to download password-stealing...

Russian Hackers Exploit Safari and Chrome Flaws in High-Profile Cyberattack

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged multiple in-the-wild exploit campaigns that leveraged now-patched flaws in Apple Safari and Google Chrome browsers to infect mobile users with information-stealing malware. "These campaigns delivered n-day exploits for which patches were available, but would...

Indian Software Firm's Products Hacked to Spread Data-Stealing Malware

Installers for three different software products developed by an Indian company named Conceptworld have been trojanized to distribute information-stealing malware. The installers correspond to Notezilla, RecentX, and Copywhiz, according to cybersecurity firm Rapid7, which discovered the supply...

Snowflake Warns: Targeted Credential Theft Campaign Hits Cloud Customers

Cloud computing and analytics company Snowflake said a "limited number" of its customers have been singled out as part of a targeted campaign. "We have not identified evidence suggesting this activity was caused by a vulnerability, misconfiguration, or breach of Snowflake's platform," the company...

‘Operation Endgame’ Hits Malware Delivery Platforms

Law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe today announced Operation Endgame, a coordinated action against some of the most popular cybercrime platforms for delivering ransomware and data-stealing malware. Dubbed "the largest ever operation against botnets," the international effort...

Google Chrome Beta Tests New DBSC Protection Against Cookie-Stealing Attacks

Google on Tuesday said it's piloting a new feature in Chrome called Device Bound Session Credentials DBSC to help protect users against session cookie theft by malware. The prototype – currently tested against "some" Google Account users running Chrome Beta – is built with an aim to make it an op...

SideCopy Exploiting WinRAR Flaw in Attacks Targeting Indian Government Entities

The Pakistan-linked threat actor known as SideCopy has been observed leveraging the recent WinRAR security vulnerability in its attacks targeting Indian government entities to deliver various remote access trojans such as AllaKore RAT, Ares RAT, and DRat. Enterprise security firm SEQRITE describe...

RedLine/Vidar Abuses EV Certificates, Shifts to Ransomware

In this blog, we investigate how threat actors used information-stealing malware with EV code signing certificates and later delivered ransomware payloads to its victims via the same delivery method...

The Alarming Rise of Infostealers: How to Detect this Silent Threat

A new study conducted by Uptycs has uncovered a stark increase in the distribution of information stealing a.k.a. infostealer or stealer malware. Incidents have more than doubled in Q1 2023, indicating an alarming trend that threatens global organizations. According to the new Uptycs' whitepaper,...

New Info Stealer Bandit Stealer Targets Browsers, Wallets

This is an analysis of Bandit Stealer, a new Go-based information-stealing malware capable of evading detection as it targets multiple browsers and cryptocurrency wallets...

Alert: Brazilian Hackers Targeting Users of Over 30 Portuguese Banks

A Brazilian threat actor is targeting more than 30 Portuguese financial institutions with information-stealing malware as part of a long-running campaign that commenced in 2021. "The attackers can steal credentials and exfiltrate users' data and personal information, which can be leveraged for...

MAL-2023-6525 Malicious code in selfpyintpaypal (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 13bec999a49bf9dee37e242115164d05756af19ea57d26d0b54b4c67c1f01571 EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...

MAL-2023-5975 Malicious code in selfcontrolloadload (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 91681b7a493590b12a07e21ace57fdd2de85ae9dc23ca4f31d3b60c6a8ec1b9d EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...

MAL-2023-5233 Malicious code in py-intellibint (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx c51243b24c705c8e86f895cf56a4aaf31db49b64674882dbef77513f1bc075dc EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...

MAL-2023-2868 Malicious code in esqgameencodereplace (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx a52a247b3876e80074ffdc24a1731191f9a280dcccbba73c0090e5f2aeac4ac2 EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...

MAL-2023-4330 Malicious code in libpipultravirtual (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 7fcc0ea3b75f3b40abcfb64156cfe1244cf729c1511a1e325ca450c73a7ee9f4 EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...

New Zaraza Bot Credential-Stealer Sold on Telegram Targeting 38 Web Browsers

A novel credential-stealing malware called Zaraza bot is being offered for sale on Telegram while also using the popular messaging service as a command-and-control C2. "Zaraza bot targets a large number of web browsers and is being actively distributed on a Russian Telegram hacker channel popular...