CVE-2022-43566 Risky command safeguards bypass via Search ID query in Analytics Workspace in Splunk Enterprise

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.9, 8.1.12, and 9.0.2, an authenticated user can run risky commands using a more privileged user’s permissions to bypass SPL safeguards for risky commands https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/latest/Security/SPLsafeguards in the Analytics...

Inside Raccoon Stealer V2

Raccoon Stealer is back on the news again. US officials arrested Mark Sokolovsky, one of the malware actors behind this program. In July 2022, after several months of the shutdown, a Raccoon Stealer V2 went viral. Last week, the Department of Justice's press release stated that the malware...

PT-2022-23248 · Hashicorp · Hashicorp Boundary

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Hashicorp Boundary version 0.8.0 Description: The issue allows for the interception of login credentials, re-direction of users to malicious sites, or causing users to perform malicious actions on the site due to Clickjacking. Recommendations...

PT-2022-6709 · Cisco · Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in ACI mode affected versions not specified Cisco Nexus series 9332C, 9364C, and 9500 affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to an incorrect implementation of the ciphers used...

DEV-0832 (Vice Society) opportunistic ransomware campaigns impacting US education sector

In recent months, Microsoft has detected active ransomware and extortion campaigns impacting the global education sector, particularly in the US, by a threat actor we track as DEV-0832, also known as Vice Society. Shifting ransomware payloads over time from BlackCat, QuantumLocker, and Zeppelin,...

Defenders beware: A case for post-ransomware investigations

Ransomware is one of the most pervasive threats that Microsoft Detection and Response Team DART responds to today. The groups behind these attacks continue to add sophistication to their tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs as most network security postures increase. In this blog, we detail a...

Fake tractor fraudsters plague online transactions

The agriculture sector has been under fire from digital attacks for some time now. The primary problem so far has been ransomware, and law enforcement recently warned that malware authors may be gearing up to time their attacks in this sector for maximum damage. The FBI highlighted that attacks...

Exploit for Improper Authentication in Fortinet Fortiproxy

CVE-2022-40684 POC for CVE-2022-40684 affecting Fortinet Forti...

MS Enterprise app management service RCE. CVE-2022-35841

TL;DR A remote command execution and local privilege escalation vulnerability has been fixed by Microsoft as part of September’s patch Tuesday. The vulnerability, filed under CVE-2022-35841, affects the Enterprise App Management Service which handles the installation of enterprise applications...

[Security Nation] James Kettle of PortSwigger on Advancing Web-Attack Research

!\Security Nation\ James Kettle of PortSwigger on Advancing Web-Attack Researchhttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2022/10/securitynationlogo.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod talk to James Kettle of PortSwigger. Their discussion includes research for new web-attack technique...

Top 5 ransomware detection techniques: Pros and cons of each

In the fight against ransomware, much of the discussion revolves around prevention and response. Actually detecting the ransomware, however, is just as important to securing your business. To understand why, just consider the following example. Lets say youre a farmer taking care of a flock of...

Recovering Passwords by Measuring Residual Heat

Researchers have used thermal cameras and ML guessing techniques to recover passwords from measuring the residual heat left by fingers on keyboards. From the abstract: We detail the implementation of ThermoSecure and make a dataset of 1,500 thermal images of keyboards with heat traces resulting...

New Report Uncovers Emotet's Delivery and Evasion Techniques Used in Recent Attacks

Threat actors associated with the notorious Emotet malware are continually shifting their tactics and command-and-control C2 infrastructure to escape detection, according to new research from VMware. Emotet is the work of a threat actor tracked as Mummy Spider aka TA542, emerging in June 2014 as ...

DeftTorero: tactics, techniques and procedures of intrusions revealed

Earlier this year, we started hunting for possible new DeftTorero aka Lebanese Cedar, Volatile Cedar artifacts. This threat actor is believed to originate from the Middle East and was publicly disclosed to the cybersecurity community as early as 2015. Notably, no other intelligence was shared unt...

Why Organisations Need Both EDR and NDR for Complete Network Protection

Endpoint devices like desktops, laptops, and mobile phones enable users to connect to enterprise networks and use their resources for their day-to-day work. However, they also expand the attack surface and make the organisation vulnerable to malicious cyberattacks and data breaches. Why Modern...

Mystery Hackers Are ‘Hyperjacking’ Targets for Insidious Spying

For decades, security researchers warned about techniques for hijacking virtualization software. Now one group has put them into practice...

Hackers Using Malicious OAuth Apps to Take Over Email Servers

Microsoft on Thursday warned of a consumer-facing attack that made use of rogue OAuth applications deployed on compromised cloud tenants to ultimately seize control of Exchange servers and spread spam. "The threat actor launched credential stuffing attacks against high-risk accounts that didn't...

CISA and NSA Publish Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Control System Defense

CISA and the National Security Agency NSA have published a joint cybersecurity advisory about control system defense for operational technology OT and industrial control systems ICSs. Control System Defense: Know the Opponent is intended to provide critical infrastructure owners and operators wit...

Iranian State Actors Conduct Cyber Operations Against the Government of Albania

CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA, Iranian State Actors Conduct Cyber Operations Against the Government of Albania, detailing malicious cyber operations that included ransomware and disk wiper, rendering websites and services...

CVE-2022-39958

The OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set CRS is affected by a response body bypass to sequentially exfiltrate small and undetectable sections of data by repeatedly submitting an HTTP Range header field with a small byte range. A restricted resource, access to which would ordinarily be detected, may be...