Researchers Uncover Chinese Nation State Hackers' Deceptive Attack Strategies

A recent campaign undertaken by Earth Preta indicates that nation-state groups aligned with China are getting increasingly proficient at bypassing security solutions. The threat actor, active since at least 2012, is tracked by the broader cybersecurity community under Bronze President, HoneyMyte,...

Researchers Uncover Chinese Nation State Hackers' Deceptive Attack Strategies

A recent campaign undertaken by Earth Preta indicates that nation-state groups aligned with China are getting increasingly proficient at bypassing security solutions. The threat actor, active since at least 2012, is tracked by the broader cybersecurity community under Bronze President, HoneyMyte,...

CVE-2022-42948

Cobalt Strike 4.7.1 fails to properly escape HTML tags when they are displayed on Swing components. By injecting crafted HTML code, it is possible to remotely execute code in the Cobalt Strike UI. Recent assessments: Assessed Attacker Value: 0 Assessed Attacker Value: 0Assessed Attacker Value: 0...

CVE-2022-42948

Cobalt Strike 4.7.1 fails to properly escape HTML tags when they are displayed on Swing components. By injecting crafted HTML code, it is possible to remotely execute code in the Cobalt Strike UI...

CVE-2022-42948

Cobalt Strike 4.7.1 fails to properly escape HTML tags when they are displayed on Swing components. By injecting crafted HTML code, it is possible to remotely execute code in the Cobalt Strike UI...

Fortra Cobalt Strike 跨站脚本漏洞

Fortra Cobalt Strike is an application from Fortra, Inc. provides you with a post-development agent and covert channel to mimic a quiet, long-term embedded participant in a customer's network. A security vulnerability in Fortra Cobalt Strike version 4.7.1, which stems from the inability to proper...

CVE-2022-42948

CVE-2022-42948 affects Cobalt Strike 4.7.1, due to improper escaping of HTML in Swing components, enabling remote code execution in the Cobalt Strike UI when crafted HTML is injected. The NVD indicates a critical CVSS v3.1 score (9.8) with network attack vector and no privileges/user interaction ...

APCLdr - Payload Loader With Evasion Features

Payload Loader With Evasion Features. Features: no crt functions imported indirect syscalls using HellHall api hashing using CRC32 hashing algorithm payload encryption using rc4 - payload is saved in .rsrc Payload injection using APC calls - alertable thread Payload execution using APC - alertabl...

NAPLISTENER: New Malware in REF2924 Group's Arsenal for Bypassing Detection

The threat group tracked as REF2924 has been observed deploying previously unseen malware in its attacks aimed at entities in South and Southeast Asia. The malware, dubbed NAPLISTENER by Elastic Security Labs, is an HTTP listener programmed in C and is designed to evade "network-based forms of...

Emotet Rises Again: Evades Macro Security via OneNote Attachments

The notorious Emotet malware, in its return after a short hiatus, is now being distributed via Microsoft OneNote email attachments in an attempt to bypass macro-based security restrictions and compromise systems. Emotet, linked to a threat actor tracked as Gold Crestwood, Mummy Spider, or TA542,...

Emotet Rises Again: Evades Macro Security via OneNote Attachments

The notorious Emotet malware, in its return after a short hiatus, is now being distributed via Microsoft OneNote email attachments in an attempt to bypass macro-based security restrictions and compromise systems. Emotet, linked to a threat actor tracked as Gold Crestwood, Mummy Spider, or TA542,...

Chinese and Russian Hackers Using SILKLOADER Malware to Evade Detection

Threat activity clusters affiliated with the Chinese and Russian cybercriminal ecosystems have been observed using a new piece of malware that's designed to load Cobalt Strike onto infected machines. Dubbed SILKLOADER by Finnish cybersecurity company WithSecure, the malware leverages DLL...

Chinese and Russian Hackers Using SILKLOADER Malware to Evade Detection

Threat activity clusters affiliated with the Chinese and Russian cybercriminal ecosystems have been observed using a new piece of malware that's designed to load Cobalt Strike onto infected machines. Dubbed SILKLOADER by Finnish cybersecurity company WithSecure, the malware leverages DLL...

Experts Sound Alarm Over Growing Attacks Exploiting Zoho ManageEngine Products

Multiple threat actors have been observed opportunistically weaponizing a now-patched critical security vulnerability impacting several Zoho ManageEngine products since January 20, 2023. Tracked as CVE-2022-47966 CVSS score: 9.8, the remote code execution flaw allows a complete takeover of the...

Experts Sound Alarm Over Growing Attacks Exploiting Zoho ManageEngine Products

Multiple threat actors have been observed opportunistically weaponizing a now-patched critical security vulnerability impacting several Zoho ManageEngine products since January 20, 2023. Tracked as CVE-2022-47966 CVSS score: 9.8, the remote code execution flaw allows a complete takeover of the...

DNA testing company fined after customer data theft

DNA Diagnostics Center DDC, an Ohio-based private DNA testing company, last week reached a settlement deal with the Ohio and Pennsylvania state attorneys general in relation to a 2021 breach that saw the theft of 45,000 residents' personal details. Overall the attack compromised over 2.1 million...

Hydrochasma: New Threat Actor Targets Shipping Companies and Medical Labs in Asia

Shipping companies and medical laboratories in Asia have been the subject of a suspected espionage campaign carried out by a never-before-seen threat actor dubbed Hydrochasma. The activity, which has been ongoing since October 2022, "relies exclusively on publicly available and living-off-the-lan...

Chinese Hackers Targeting South American Diplomatic Entities with ShadowPad

Microsoft on Monday attributed a China-based cyber espionage actor to a set of attacks targeting diplomatic entities in South America. The tech giant's Security Intelligence team is tracking the cluster under the emerging moniker DEV-0147, describing the activity as an "expansion of the group's...

Chinese Hackers Targeting South American Diplomatic Entities with ShadowPad

Microsoft on Monday attributed a China-based cyber espionage actor to a set of attacks targeting diplomatic entities in South America. The tech giant's Security Intelligence team is tracking the cluster under the emerging moniker DEV-0147 , describing the activity as an "expansion of the group's...

Gootkit Malware Adopts New Tactics to Attack Healthcare and Finance Firms

The Gootkit malware is prominently going after healthcare and finance organizations in the U.S., U.K., and Australia, according to new findings from Cybereason. The cybersecurity firm said it investigated a Gootkit incident in December 2022 that adopted a new method of deployment, with the actors...