Webshell Bypass Vulnerability in Web Security Dog (IIS Edition) V4.0

Website Security Dog IIS Edition is a server tool that integrates website content security protection, website resource protection and website traffic protection features for comprehensive website security. Webshell bypass vulnerability exists in Web Security Dog IIS Edition V4.0. An attacker can...

LuminosityLink Hacking Tool Author Gets 30-Months Prison Sentence

A 21-year-old Kentucky man who previously pleaded guilty to developing, marketing, and selling an infamous remote access trojan RAT called LuminosityLink has now been sentenced to 30 months in prison. According to a press release published Monday by U.S. Attorney's Office, Colton Grubbs, who used...

LuminosityLink Hacking Tool Author Gets 30-Months Prison Sentence

A 21-year-old Kentucky man who previously pleaded guilty to developing, marketing, and selling an infamous remote access trojan RAT called LuminosityLink has now been sentenced to 30 months in prison. According to a press release published Monday by U.S. Attorney's Office, Colton Grubbs, who used...

CVE-2018-17980

NoMachine before 5.3.27 and 6.x before 6.3.6 allows attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll file located in the same directory as a .nxs file, as demonstrated by a scenario where the .nxs file and the DLL are in the current working directory, and the Trojan horse code is...

CVE-2018-17980

NoMachine before 5.3.27 and 6.x before 6.3.6 allows attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll file located in the same directory as a .nxs file, as demonstrated by a scenario where the .nxs file and the DLL are in the current working directory, and the Trojan horse code is...

Design/Logic Flaw

NoMachine before 5.3.27 and 6.x before 6.3.6 allows attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll file located in the same directory as a .nxs file, as demonstrated by a scenario where the .nxs file and the DLL are in the current working directory, and the Trojan horse code is...

CVE-2018-17980

NoMachine before 5.3.27 and 6.x before 6.3.6 allows attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll file located in the same directory as a .nxs file, as demonstrated by a scenario where the .nxs file and the DLL are in the current working directory, and the Trojan horse code is...

Malicious Platform Independent Trojan GPlayed Disguised as Google Play Store

By Waqas Newly discovered Trojan malware, which has been dubbed as GPlayed by the IT security experts at Cisco Talos, disguises itself as Google Play Store to trick users into downloading it. After getting installed, it steals location information and bank details from the device. Additionally, i...

Octopus-infested seas of Central Asia

For the last two years we have been monitoring a Russian-language cyberespionage actor that focuses on Central Asian users and diplomatic entities. We named the actor DustSquad and have provided private intelligence reports to our customers on four of their campaigns involving custom Android and...

Threatpost News Wrap Podcast For Oct. 12

Threatpost editors Lindsey O’Donnell and Tara Seals discuss the top news of the week ended Oct. 12. The week started with a bang with a report that Google did not disclose a potential data breach in Google+, likely contributing to the tech giant’s decision to shut down the social networking...

Threat Roundup for October 5 to October 12

Today, as we do every week, Talos is giving you a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed this week — covering the dates between Oct. 5 and 12. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, we will summarize the threats we’ve observed by...

Adaptable, All-in-One Android Trojan Shows the Future of Malware

A new Android trojan, dubbed “GPlayed”, has been identified by researchers who said the malware is both extremely dangerous and could herald a new and very dangerous age for malicious code, according to Cisco Talos researchers. The trojan has all of the capabilities of a banking trojan as well as...

GPlayed Trojan - .Net playing with Google Market

This blog post is authored by Vitor Ventura. Introduction In a world where everything is always connected, and mobile devices are involved in individuals' day-to-day lives more and more often, malicious actors are seeing increased opportunities to attack these devices. Cisco Talos has identified...

Code Execution Vulnerability in YIXUNCMS 2.0.4.91SD

YIXUNCMS is a showcase website system developed by Yixun Software Studio for small and medium-sized enterprises, using PHP language and with a stable MYSQL database. YIXUNCM2.0.4.91SD version of the management background of the code execution vulnerabilities, the vulnerability stems from the syst...

Command Execution Vulnerability in YIXUNCMS Backend

YIXUNCMS is a showcase website system developed by Yixun Software Studio for small and medium-sized enterprises, using PHP language and with a stable MYSQL database. YIXUNCMS backend has a command execution vulnerability that can be exploited by attackers to insert Trojan horse files to gain...

CVE-2018-17775

Seqrite End Point Security v7.4 has "Everyone: F" permission for %PROGRAMFILES%\Seqrite\Seqrite, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing an executable file with a Trojan horse...

Code injection

Seqrite End Point Security v7.4 has "Everyone: F" permission for %PROGRAMFILES%\Seqrite\Seqrite, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing an executable file with a Trojan horse...

CVE-2018-17775

Seqrite End Point Security v7.4 has "Everyone: F" permission for %PROGRAMFILES%\Seqrite\Seqrite, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing an executable file with a Trojan horse...

Microsoft Excel .SLK Payload Delivery

This module generates a download and execute Powershell command to be placed in an .SLK Excel spreadsheet. When executed, it will retrieve a payload via HTTP from a web server. When the file is opened, the user will be prompted to "Enable Content." Once this is pressed, the payload will execute...

Threat Roundup Sept 28 - Oct 5

Today, as we do every week, Talos is giving you a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed this week — covering the dates between Sept. 28 and Oct. 5. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, we will summarize the threats we’ve observed b...