Ransomware attack hits ANOTHER school

In what is likely Vice Society's handiwork, the UK's largest state boarding school Wymondham College has announced it has become the victim of a "sophisticated cyberattack". The school didn't provide additional information, but Jonathan Taylor, chief of the school's parent company Sapientia...

Threat Advisory: Microsoft Outlook privilege escalation vulnerability being exploited in the wild

Update March 21, 2023: To aid defenders trying to detect and mitigate this vulnerability, we are providing a couple of additional resources. First, we are providing a ClamAV signature that detects this threat -- the rule can be found on our GitHub here and can be leveraged anywhere ClamAV...

Fortinet FortiOS Flaw Exploited in Targeted Cyberattacks on Government Entities

Government entities and large organizations have been targeted by an unknown threat actor by exploiting a security flaw in Fortinet FortiOS software to result in data loss and OS and file corruption. "The complexity of the exploit suggests an advanced actor and that it is highly targeted at...

Fortinet FortiOS Flaw Exploited in Targeted Cyberattacks on Government Entities

Government entities and large organizations have been targeted by an unknown threat actor by exploiting a security flaw in Fortinet FortiOS software to result in data loss and OS and file corruption. "The complexity of the exploit suggests an advanced actor and that it is highly targeted at...

Sharp Panda Using New Soul Framework Version to Target Southeast Asian Governments

High-profile government entities in Southeast Asia are the target of a cyber espionage campaign undertaken by a Chinese threat actor known as Sharp Panda since late last year. The intrusions are characterized by the use of a new version of the Soul modular framework, marking a departure from the...

Dell NetWorker 安全漏洞

Dell NetWorker is an application from Dell USA Inc. It provides discussion forums for Dell Inc. A security vulnerability exists in Dell NetWorker 19.5 and earlier versions, which originated from an "Apache Tomcat" version disclosure, and can be exploited by an attacker to launch a targeted attack...

Dell NetWorker 安全漏洞

Dell NetWorker is an application from Dell USA Inc. It provides Dell's forum discussion capabilities. A security vulnerability exists in Dell NetWorker version 19.5 and earlier, which is caused by a "RabbitMQ" version disclosure, and can be exploited by an attacker to launch a targeted attack...

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...

Lazarus Group Likely Using New WinorDLL64 Backdoor to Exfiltrate Sensitive Data

A new backdoor associated with a malware downloader named Wslink has been discovered, with the tool likely used by the notorious North Korea-aligned Lazarus Group, new findings reveal. The payload, dubbed WinorDLL64 by ESET, is a fully-featured implant that can exfiltrate, overwrite, and delete...

Experts Warn of RambleOn Android Malware Targeting South Korean Journalists

Suspected North Korean nation-state actors targeted a journalist in South Korea with a malware-laced Android app as part of a social engineering campaign. The findings come from South Korea-based non-profit Interlab, which coined the new malware RambleOn. The malicious functionalities include the...

Researchers Link SideWinder Group to Dozens of Targeted Attacks in Multiple Countries

The prolific SideWinder group has been attributed as the nation-state actor behind attempted attacks against 61 entities in Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka between June and November 2021. Targets included government, military, law enforcement, banks, and other organizations,...

Researchers Link SideWinder Group to Dozens of Targeted Attacks in Multiple Countries

The prolific SideWinder group has been attributed as the nation-state actor behind attempted attacks against 61 entities in Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka between June and November 2021. Targets included government, military, law enforcement, banks, and other organizations,...

SUSE CVE-2019-11707

A type confusion vulnerability can occur when manipulating JavaScript objects due to issues in Array.pop. This can allow for an exploitable crash. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR 60.7.1, Firefox 67.0.3, and Thunderbird 60.7.2...

SUSE CVE-2019-17026

Incorrect alias information in IonMonkey JIT compiler for setting array elements could lead to a type confusion. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR 68.4.1, Thunderbird 68.4.1, and Firefox 72.0.1...

SUSE CVE-2020-6819

Under certain conditions, when running the nsDocShell destructor, a race condition can cause a use-after-free. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird 68.7.0, Firefox 74.0.1, and Firefox ESR 68.6.1...

SUSE CVE-2020-6820

Under certain conditions, when handling a ReadableStream, a race condition can cause a use-after-free. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird 68.7.0, Firefox 74.0.1, and Firefox ESR 68.6.1...

Actors, Threats and Vulnerabilities 30 January to 5 February 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Hive Pro discovered four actors that have been active in the past week. The first, Sandworm Team, is a well-known Russian threat actor known for Sabotage and destruction. The...

PT-2023-14281 · Estsoft · Estsoft Alyac

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: ESTsoft Alyac version 2.5.8.645 Description: A denial of service issue exists in the malware scan functionality. This can be triggered by a specially-crafted PE file, leading to the termination of the target process. An attacker can exploit...

Malicious code in angular-1.8 (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 3d45e146db01c8e2d986dd73f9991c083be30195ff986c99817c93e1be410b60 Malicious packages campaign since 2021 targeting developers, steals source code and secrets...

Linux kernel denial-of-service vulnerability (CNVD-2023-05410)

Linux kernel, the kernel used by the Linux Foundation's open source operating system Linux, is vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack in versions of Linux kernel prior to 6.1.6. In affected versions of the Linux kernel, a NULL pointer dereference error in the flow control subsystem allows an...