“I’ll miss him so much” Facebook scam uses BBC branding to lure victims

Facebook scams are a constant nuisance and vary from like-farming to scams that can cost you some serious money. The latest one we found is a bit morbid. Recently, I’ve seen quite a few posts on my timeline that looked like this: Without going into details the post says: “I can’t believe he’s gon...

MAL-2024-110 Malicious code in testing-dep-collab-obsfucated (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ossf-package-analysis c5a66859a22b9608532f75d7748aee57740c8699a9204d441db0e1104e1c4c50 The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'testing-dep-collab-obsfucated' @ 1.0.0 npm as malicious. It is considered malicious because: -...

How to recognize AI-generated phishing mails

Phishing is the art of sending an email with the aim of getting users to open a malicious file or click on a link to then steal credentials. But most phishers arent very good, and the success rate is relatively low: In 2021, the average click rate for a phishing campaign was 17.8%. However, now...

MAL-2023-8764 Malicious code in excaliburx (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 1d763da65172935a20c3b03c65deff16a2eb251d857d1fc34e4cc67b72f7610a Packages either test the malicious behaviour, or actually download and run a simple remote script during the installation. --- Category: PROBABLYPENTEST -...

CVE-2023-50713

Speckle Server provides server, frontend, 3D viewer, and other JavaScript utilities for the Speckle 3D data platform. A vulnerability in versions prior to 2.17.6 affects users who: authorized an application which requested a 'token write' scope or, using frontend-2, created a Personal Access Toke...

CVE-2023-50713 Speckle Server API Token Privilege Escalation

Speckle Server provides server, frontend, 3D viewer, and other JavaScript utilities for the Speckle 3D data platform. A vulnerability in versions prior to 2.17.6 affects users who: authorized an application which requested a 'token write' scope or, using frontend-2, created a Personal Access Toke...

CVE-2023-50713 Speckle Server API Token Privilege Escalation

Speckle Server provides server, frontend, 3D viewer, and other JavaScript utilities for the Speckle 3D data platform. A vulnerability in versions prior to 2.17.6 affects users who: authorized an application which requested a 'token write' scope or, using frontend-2, created a Personal Access Toke...

How to Manually Update Suspicious File List

Intended Audience This article is intended for Windows-based Veeam Backup & Replication deployments where the software cannot access the internet to automatically update the SuspiciousFiles.xml file used by the Veeam Data Analyzer Service. In environments where the Veeam Backup Server can access...

Transform Your Data Security Posture – Learn from SoFi's DSPM Success

As cloud technology evolves, so does the challenge of securing sensitive data. In a world where data duplication and sprawl are common, organizations face increased risks of non-compliance and unauthorized data breaches. Sentra's DSPM Data Security Posture Management emerges as a comprehensive...

BlueNoroff Unleashes New macOS Malware ObjCShellz

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A new macOS malware variant linked to the financially motivated BlueNoroff APT group, named "ObjCShellz,“ featuring remote shell capabilities and suspicious domain communication. The malware, written in...

NetworkAssessment - With Wireshark Or TCPdump, You Can Determine Whether There Is Harmful Activity On Your Network Traffic That You Have Recorded On The Network You Monitor

The Network Compromise Assessment Tool is designed to analyze pcap files to detect potential suspicious network traffic. This tool focuses on spotting abnormal activities in the network traffic and searching for suspicious keywords. DNS Tunneling Detection : Identifies potential covert...

1Password Detects Suspicious Activity Following Okta Support Breach

Popular password management solution 1Password said it detected suspicious activity on its Okta instance on September 29 following the support system breach, but reiterated that no user data was accessed. "We immediately terminated the activity, investigated, and found no compromise of user data ...

Active exploitation of Cisco IOS XE Software Web Management User Interface vulnerabilities

Updates Nov. 02: Identified a third version of the BadCandy implant. Added expected response from the new version of the implant against one of the HTTP requests used to check for infected device. Nov. 1: Observed increase in exploitation attempts since the publication of the proofs-of-concept PO...

CISA, FBI, and CNMF Release Advisory on Multiple Nation-State Threat Actors Exploit CVE-2022-47966 and CVE-2022-42475

Today, CISA, Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, and U.S. Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force CNMF published a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA, Multiple Nation-State Threat Actors Exploit CVE-2022-47966 and CVE-2022-42475. This CSA provides information on an incident at an Aeronautical...

How to Investigate an OAuth Grant for Suspicious Activity or Overly Permissive Scopes

From a user's perspective, OAuth works like magic. In just a few keystrokes, you can whisk through the account creation process and gain immediate access to whatever new app or integration you're seeking. Unfortunately, few users understand the implications of the permissions they allow when they...

MAL-2023-1501 Malicious code in wpi-xmldom (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ossf-package-analysis 5ca72dd827e914309265980a13573c7017021ad948c7fb748b36707a9aa85e47 The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'wpi-xmldom' @ 2.2.2 npm as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package...

Part III: Implementing Effective Cyber Security Metrics that Reduce Risk Realistically

We outlined some critical cybersecurity metrics in Part I of this three-part blog series. In the final blog post, we will delve into three crucial aspects outlined in Josh’s article: tactical metrics for operational teams, strategic metrics for leadership, and the metrics addressing the...

dotnet: Kestrel vulnerability to slow read attacks leading to Denial of Service attack

An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability was found in the Kestrel component of the dotNET. When detecting a potentially malicious client, Kestrel will sometimes fail to disconnect it, resulting in denial of service...

Network_Assessment - With Wireshark Or TCPdump, You Can Determine Whether There Is Harmful Activity On Your Network Traffic That You Have Recorded On The Network You Monitor

With Wireshark or TCPdump, you can determine whether there is harmful activity on your network traffic that you have recorded on the network you monitor. This Python script analyzes network traffic in a given .pcap file and attempts to detect the following suspicious network activities and attack...

MAL-2023-1104 Malicious code in @rustore-web/config (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ossf-package-analysis b585e96458bb3cf6eb082211fc6fa2d3da3a32d3dd1a9dd04ec13b7e4f97d8a5 The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified '@rustore-web/config' @ 2.1.4 npm as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The packag...