Microsoft open sources CodeQL queries used to hunt for Solorigate activity

A key aspect of the Solorigate attack is the supply chain compromise that allowed the attacker to modify binaries in SolarWinds’ Orion product. These modified binaries were distributed via previously legitimate update channels and allowed the attacker to remotely perform malicious activities, suc...

Microsoft open sources CodeQL queries used to hunt for Solorigate activity

A key aspect of the Solorigate attack is the supply chain compromise that allowed the attacker to modify binaries in SolarWinds’ Orion product. These modified binaries were distributed via previously legitimate update channels and allowed the attacker to remotely perform malicious activities, suc...

Russian Hackers Targeted Ukraine Authorities With Supply-Chain Malware Attack

Ukraine is formally pointing fingers at Russian hackers for hacking into one of its government systems and attempting to plant and distribute malicious documents that would install malware on target systems of public authorities. "The purpose of the attack was the mass contamination of informatio...

Russian Hackers Targeted Ukraine Authorities With Supply-Chain Malware Attack

Ukraine is formally pointing fingers at Russian hackers for hacking into one of its government systems and attempting to plant and distribute malicious documents that would install malware on target systems of public authorities. "The purpose of the attack was the mass contamination of informatio...

Dependency Confusion: Another Supply-Chain Vulnerability

Alex Birsan writes about being able to install malware into proprietary corporate software by naming the code files to be identical to internal corporate code files. From a ZDNet article: Today, developers at small or large companies use package managers to download and import libraries that are...

5 Security Lessons for Small Security Teams for the Post COVID19 Era

A full-time mass work from home WFH workforce was once considered an extreme risk scenario that few risk or security professionals even bothered to think about. Unfortunately, within a single day, businesses worldwide had to face such a reality. Their 3-year long digital transformation strategy w...

Despite COVID-19 pandemic, Imperva reports number of vulnerabilities decreased in 2020

Imperva’s report, The State of Vulnerabilities in 2020 has revealed that unlike in previous years, researchers observed a fall in the number of vulnerabilities last year, even as businesses were compelled to accelerate digital transformation processes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Vulnerabilities...

SQL Injection Vulnerability in the Monitoring System of PV Power Station of Jiangsu Goodway Power Supply Technology Co.

Jiangsu Goodway Power Supply Technology Co., Ltd. is a new energy high-tech enterprise. A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the monitoring system of the photovoltaic power plant of Jiangsu Goodway Power Technology Co. Ltd, which can be exploited by attackers to obtain sensitive information fr...

960.css (1.0.0), @4site/engrid-styles (>=0.2.19, <=0.2.24) +120 more potentially affected by CVE-2021-23343 via path-parse (>=1.0.5, <=1.0.6)

path-parse NPM version =1.0.5, =0.2.19, =0.1.1, =7.0.0-2, =0.2.0, =0.17.0, =0.17.0, =0.19.0, =0.17.0, =0.23.0, =0.17.0, =0.17.0, =0.17.1 - @choerodon/issue 0.17.0 and more Source cves: CVE-2021-23343 Source advisory: SNYK:JS-PATHPARSE-1077067...

Microsoft: SolarWinds Attackers Downloaded Azure, Exchange Code

Threat actors downloaded some Microsoft Exchange and Azure code repositories during the sprawling SolarWinds supply-chain attack but did not use the company’s internal systems or products to attack other victims. That’s the final verdict this week by the tech giant now that it’s completed a...

SolarWinds Hackers Stole Some Source Code for Microsoft Azure, Exchange, Intune

Microsoft on Thursday said it concluded its probe into the SolarWinds hack, finding that the attackers stole some source code but confirmed there's no evidence that they abused its internal systems to target other companies or gained access to production services or customer data. The disclosure...

SolarWinds Hack and the Case of DNS Security

It's not news that some of the top government agencies and companies in the world were victims of the SolarWinds attack. At this point, I can say it's the reason I didn't have a smoother transition back into work-life following a long vacation. As I understand it, the breaches happened after...

Talking Emotet’s takedown with Adam Kujawa: Lock and Code S02E02

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 Adam Kujawa, security evangelist and director of Malwarebytes Labs, about Emotet, the former public enemy No. 1 in the cybercrime world. What began in 20...

Chinese Supply-Chain Attack on Computer Systems

Bloomberg News has a major story about the Chinese hacking computer motherboards made by Supermicro, Levono, and others. Its been going on since at least 2008. The US government has known about it for almost as long, and has tried to keep the attack secret: Chinas exploitation of products made by...

Researcher’s audacious hack demonstrates new type of supply-chain attack

Often the most brilliant ideas are the most simple. The hard part is being the first one to come up with the idea and put it to use. One such brilliant yet simple idea belongs to Alex Birsan, a researcher who came up with a method to breach 35 big tech companies including Microsoft, Apple, Yelp,...

What’s most interesting about the Florida water system hack? That we heard about it at all.

Stories about computer security tend to go viral when they bridge the vast divide between geeks and luddites, and this weeks news about a hacker who tried to poison a Florida towns water supply was understandably front-page material. But for security nerds whove been warning about this sort of...

Supply-Chain Hack Breaches 35 Companies, Including PayPal, Microsoft, Apple

An ethical hacker has demonstrated a novel supply-chain attack that breached the systems of more than 35 technology players, including Microsoft, Apple, PayPal, Shopify, Netflix, Tesla and Uber, by exploiting public, open-source developer tools. The attack, devised by security researcher Alex...

Dependency Confusion Supply-Chain Attack Hit Over 35 High-Profile Companies

In what's a novel supply chain attack, a security researcher managed to breach over 35 major companies' internal systems, including that of Microsoft, Apple, PayPal, Shopify, Netflix, Yelp, Tesla, and Uber, and achieve remote code execution. The technique, called dependency confusion or a...

Dependency Confusion Supply-Chain Attack Hit Over 35 High-Profile Companies

In what's a novel supply chain attack, a security researcher managed to breach over 35 major companies' internal systems, including that of Microsoft, Apple, PayPal, Shopify, Netflix, Yelp, Tesla, and Uber, and achieve remote code execution. The technique, called dependency confusion or a...

Security Bulletin: Multiple IBM DB2 Server Vulnerabilities Affect IBM Emptoris Strategic Supply Management Platform

Summary Multiple IBM DB2 Server security vulnerabilities affect IBM Emptoris Strategic Supply Management Platform deployments. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-4701 DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows includes DB2 Connect Server 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 is vulnerable to a buffer...