Experts Analyze Conti and Hive Ransomware Gangs' Chats With Their Victims

An analysis of four months of chat logs spanning more than 40 conversations between the operators of Conti and Hive ransomware and their victims has offered an insight into the groups' inner workings and their negotiation techniques. In one exchange, the Conti Team is said to have significantly...

CVE-2022-20742 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software IPsec IKEv2 VPN Information Disclosure Vulnerability

A vulnerability in an IPsec VPN library of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense FTD Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to read or modify data within an IPsec IKEv2 VPN tunnel. This vulnerability is due to an improper implementatio...

Chinese "Override Panda" Hackers Resurface With New Espionage Attacks

A Chinese state-sponsored espionage group known as Override Panda has resurfaced in recent weeks with a new phishing attack with the goal of stealing sensitive information. "The Chinese APT used a spear-phishing email to deliver a beacon of a Red Team framework known as 'Viper,'" Cluster25 said i...

Cyberattacks Rise Targeting Infrastructure and Geo Tensions

Trellix Threat Labs Research Report: Cyberattacks Targeting Critical Infrastructure Rise Along with Geopolitical Tensions By Trellix · April 27, 2022 The release of our Trellix Threat Labs Research Report: April 2022 examines cybercriminal behavior and activity related to cyber threats in the...

Cyberattacks Rise Targeting Infrastructure and Geo Tensions

Trellix Threat Labs Research Report: Cyberattacks Targeting Critical Infrastructure Rise Along with Geopolitical Tensions By Trellix · April 27, 2022 The release of our Trellix Threat Labs Research Report: April 2022 examines cybercriminal behavior and activity related to cyber threats in the...

DDexec - A Technique To Run Binaries Filelessly And Stealthily On Linux Using Dd To Replace The Shell With Another Process

In Linux in order to run a program it must exist as a file, it must be accessible in some way through the file system hierarchy this is just how execve works. This file may reside on disk or in ram tmpfs, memfd but you need a filepath. This has made very easy to control what is run on a Linux...

Unchecked parameters in Chainlink latestRounddata() could lead to retrieve stale data

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Oracle can retrieve unchecked stale data Proof of Concept In ChainlinkpriceOracle.sol the function function refreshedAssetPerBaseInUQaddress asset public override returns uint AssetInfo storage assetInfo = assetInfoOfasset; , int basePrice, , , =...

Learn the latest cybersecurity techniques at the Microsoft Security Summit

In a world marked by change and uncertainty, innovation is more than a nice-to-have—it’s vital to any healthy organization. But fearless innovation becomes impossible when gaps in security can put those ideas at risk. Many organizations try to increase their defenses by piecing together a patchwo...

Cloak - A Censorship Circumvention Tool To Evade Detection By Authoritarian State Adversaries

Cloak is a pluggable transport that enhances traditional proxy tools like OpenVPN to evade sophisticated censorship and data discrimination. Cloak is not a standalone proxy program. Rather, it works by masquerading proxied traffic as normal web browsing activities. In contrast to traditional tool...

Lessons in IoT Hacking: How to Dead-Bug a BGA Flash Memory Chip

Dead-bugging — what is that, you ask? The concept comes from the idea that a memory chip, once it’s flipped over so you can attach wires to it, looks a little like a dead bug on its back. So why would we do this for the purposes of IoT hacking? The typical reason is if you want to extract the...

SharkBot Banking Trojan Resurfaces On Google Play Store Hidden Behind 7 New Apps

As many as seven malicious Android apps discovered on the Google Play Store masqueraded as antivirus solutions to deploy a banking trojan called SharkBot. "SharkBot steals credentials and banking information," Check Point researchers Alex Shamshur and Raman Ladutska said in a report shared with T...

Qualys Multi-Vector EDR Excels in 2022 MITRE ATT&CK Evaluation

MITRE evaluated Qualys Multi-Vector EDR against competing alternatives, and the results are in. This blog reviews the basics of MITRE ATT&CK evaluation, how our EDR solution performed, and how to interpret the ratings. MITRE Engenuity has released the results of round 4 of its ATT&CK Evaluations...

Hardening your cloud environment against LAPSUS$-like threat actors

Learn how to harden your cloud environment against LAPSUS$-like threat actors...

State-Sponsored Russian Cyber Actors Targeted Energy Sector from 2011 to 2018

CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Energy have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA detailing campaigns conducted by state-sponsored Russian cyber actors from 2011 to 2018 that targeted U.S. and international Energy Sector organizations. The CSA highlights...

Trellix Global Defenders: LAPSUS$ Data Breaches and Proactive Protections

Trellix Global Defenders: LAPSUS$ Data Breaches and Proactive Protections By Taylor Mullins · March 23, 2022 Trellix is continuing to monitor the threat activity related to the LAPSUS$ threat group and their recent breaches of large organizations such as NVIDIA, Samsung, Microsoft, and Okta. This...

Raccoon Stealer Crawls Into Telegram

A credential stealer that first rose to popularity a couple of years ago is now abusing Telegram for command-and-control C2. A range of cybercriminals continue to widen its attack surface through creative distribution means like this, researchers have reported. Raccoon Stealer, which first appear...

RangnarLocker Ransomware hits Critical Infrastructure Compromising 50+ Organizations

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has released an alert on Ragnarlocker campaign that has affected nearly 52 organizations encompassing 10 critical infrastructure sectors, including entities in significant manufacturing,...

CAPEv2 - Malware Configuration And Payload Extraction

CAPE is a malware sandbox. It was derived from Cuckoo with the goal of adding automated malware unpacking and config extraction - hence its name is an acronym: 'Config And Payload Extraction'. Automated unpacking allows classification based on Yara signatures to complement network Suricata and...

Break into Ethical Hacking with 18 Advanced Online Courses for Just $42.99

It is predicted that 3.5 million jobs will be unfilled in the field of cybersecurity by the end of this year. Several of these jobs pay very well, and in most cases, you don't even need a college degree to get hired. The most important thing is to have the skills and certifications. The All-In-On...

Rebirth of Emotet: New Features of the Botnet and How to Detect it

One of the most dangerous and infamous threats is back again. In January 2021, global officials took down the botnet. Law enforcement sent a destructive update to the Emotet's executables. And it looked like the end of the trojan's story. But the malware never ceased to surprise. November 2021, i...