ICS and OT threat predictions for 2024

We do not expect rapid changes in the industrial cyberthreat landscape in 2024. Most of the below-described trends have been observed before, many for some years. However, some of them have reached a critical mass of creeping changes, which could lead to a qualitative shift in the threat landscap...

Important: amazon-cloudwatch-agent

Issue Overview: The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service server resource consumption because request cancellation can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023. CVE-2023-39325 A malicious HTTP sender can use chunk extensions to cause a receiver...

Important: amazon-cloudwatch-agent

Issue Overview: The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service server resource consumption because request cancellation can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023. CVE-2023-39325 A malicious HTTP sender can use chunk extensions to cause a receiver...

The vulnerability in the /plugins/playbooks/api/v0/telemetry/run/<telem_run_id> component of the application for exchanging instant messages with Mattermost allows a hacker to perform a CSRF attack.

The vulnerability of the /plugins/playbooks/api/v0/telemetry/run/ component of the Mattermost instant messaging application is related to the manipulation of cross-site requests. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to perform a CSRF attack remotely...

The Anatomy of HTML Attachment Phishing

The Anatomy of HTML Attachment Phishing: One Code, Many Variants By Mathanraj Thangaraju, Niranjan Hegde, and Sijo Jacob · June 14, 2023 Introduction Phishing is the malevolent practise of pretending to be a reliable entity in electronic communication to steal sensitive data, such as login...

MQTT vs AMQP

The Initial Overview: Learning about MQTT & AMQP In the dynamic arenas of Internet of Things IoT" and cloud computing, communication protocols that are robust, reliable and capable of handling high traffic volumes have become essential. The two protocols that have recently gained significant grou...

New Rugmi Malware Loader Surges with Hundreds of Daily Detections

A new malware loader is being used by threat actors to deliver a wide range of information stealers such as Lumma Stealer aka LummaC2, Vidar, RecordBreaker aka Raccoon Stealer V2, and Rescoms. Cybersecurity firm ESET is tracking the trojan under the name Win/TrojanDownloader.Rugmi. "This malware ...

CVE-2023-49772

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2023-12-20 17:23:52+00:00| seen| https://t.me/ctinow/157163 2024-01-13 15:21:51+00:00| seen| https://t.me/ctinow/167849...

New KV-Botnet Targeting Cisco, DrayTek, and Fortinet Devices for Stealthy Attacks

A new botnet consisting of firewalls and routers from Cisco, DrayTek, Fortinet, and NETGEAR is being used as a covert data transfer network for advanced persistent threat actors, including the China-linked threat actor called Volt Typhoon. Dubbed KV-botnet by the Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen...

CVE-2023-45316

Mattermost fails to validate if a relative path is passed in /plugins/playbooks/api/v0/telemetry/run/ as a telemetry run ID, allowing an attacker to use a path traversal payload that points to a different endpoint leading to a CSRF attack...

Path traversal

Mattermost fails to validate if a relative path is passed in /plugins/playbooks/api/v0/telemetry/run/ as a telemetry run ID, allowing an attacker to use a path traversal payload that points to a different endpoint leading to a CSRF attack...

CVE-2023-45316 Reflected client side path traversal leading to CSRF in Playbooks

Mattermost fails to validate if a relative path is passed in /plugins/playbooks/api/v0/telemetry/run/ as a telemetry run ID, allowing an attacker to use a path traversal payload that points to a different endpoint leading to a CSRF attack...

CVE-2023-45316

Mattermost is affected by a path traversal CSRF vulnerability in the Playbooks telemetry endpoint. The issue arises from insufficient validation of a relative path passed to /plugins/playbooks/api/v0/telemetry/run/, enabling an attacker to craft a path traversal payload that points to a different...

CVE-2023-45316 Reflected client side path traversal leading to CSRF in Playbooks

Mattermost fails to validate if a relative path is passed in /plugins/playbooks/api/v0/telemetry/run/ as a telemetry run ID, allowing an attacker to use a path traversal payload that points to a different endpoint leading to a CSRF attack...

PT-2023-8221 · Unknown · Mattermost

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Mattermost versions prior to the fixed version Description: The issue is related to a lack of validation for relative paths in the /plugins/playbooks/api/v0/telemetry/run/ endpoint, allowing an attacker to use a path traversal payload to poin...

PT-2023-9537 · Oracle +1 · Mysql Server

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: MySQL Server versions 8.4.2 and prior MySQL Server versions 9.0.1 and prior Description: The issue is related to insufficient protection of internal data due to incorrect input validation in the Server: Telemetry component of the MySQL Server...

PT-2023-9536 · Oracle +1 · Mysql Server

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: MySQL Server versions 8.4.2 and prior MySQL Server versions 9.0.1 and prior Description: The issue is related to insufficient protection of internal data due to incorrect input validation in the Server: Telemetry component of MySQL Server. Th...

PSA: Fake CVE-2023-45124 Phishing Scam Tricks Users Into Installing Backdoor Plugin

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team has recently been informed of a phishing campaign targeting WordPress users. The Phishing email claims to be from the WordPress team and warns of a Remote Code Execution vulnerability on the users site with an identifier of CVE-2023-45124, which is not...

CVE-2023-47108

A memory exhaustion flaw was found in the otelgrpc handler of open-telemetry. This flaw may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to flood the peer address and port and exhaust the server's memory by sending multiple malicious requests, affecting the availability of the system. Mitigation As a...

Social engineering attacks lure Indian users to install Android banking trojans

Microsoft has observed ongoing activity from mobile banking trojan campaigns targeting users in India with social media messages designed to steal users’ information for financial fraud. Using social media platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram, attackers are sending messages designed to lure users...