Hackers Update Age-Old Excel 4.0 Macro Attack

Hackers have updated the age-old Excel malware attack technique with a new passwordless twist. Researchers have identified a new method that no longer requires victims to enter a password to open a danger document, more readily exposing them to potential malware infection. Researchers from securi...

CVE-2019-20769

An issue was discovered in LG PC Suite for LG G3 and earlier aka LG PC Suite v5.3.27 and earlier. DLL Hijacking can occur via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory. The LG ID is LVE-MOT-190001 November 2019...

Code injection

An issue was discovered in LG PC Suite for LG G3 and earlier aka LG PC Suite v5.3.27 and earlier. DLL Hijacking can occur via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory. The LG ID is LVE-MOT-190001 November 2019...

CVE-2019-20769

LG PC Suite for LG G3 and earlier (LG PC Suite v5.3.27 and earlier) is affected by a DLL Hijacking flaw where a Trojan DLL in the current working directory can be loaded. LG ID: LVE-MOT-190001. Root cause and impact are described in CVE-2019-20769; no remediation details are provided in the suppl...

CVE-2019-20769

An issue was discovered in LG PC Suite for LG G3 and earlier aka LG PC Suite v5.3.27 and earlier. DLL Hijacking can occur via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory. The LG ID is LVE-MOT-190001 November 2019...

VMware Carbon Black TAU Threat Analysis: The Evolution of Lazarus

On February 14, 2020 the U.S. Department of Homeland Security DHS released a Malware Analysis Report MAR-10271944-1.v1 which provided information about a trojan they referred to as HotCroissant. DHS attributed the trojan to a threat group based in North Korea, often referred to as Hidden Cobra...

CVE-2019-18822

A privilege escalation vulnerability in ZOOM Call Recording 6.3.1 allows its user account i.e., the account under which the program runs - by default, the callrec account to elevate privileges to root by abusing the [email protected]. The [email protected] starts the /opt/callrec/bin/rs binar...

CVE-2019-18822

A privilege escalation vulnerability in ZOOM Call Recording 6.3.1 allows its user account i.e., the account under which the program runs - by default, the callrec account to elevate privileges to root by abusing the [email protected]. The [email protected] starts the /opt/callrec/bin/rs binar...

Privilege escalation

A privilege escalation vulnerability in ZOOM Call Recording 6.3.1 allows its user account i.e., the account under which the program runs - by default, the callrec account to elevate privileges to root by abusing the email protected. The email protected starts the /opt/callrec/bin/rs binary with...

TA505 Crime Gang Deploys SDBbot for Corporate Network Takeover

The TA505 cybercrime group has ramped up its attacks lately, with a set of campaigns bent on spreading the persistent SDBbot remote-access trojan RAT laterally throughout an entire corporate environment, researchers said. SDBbot RAT is a custom job that has been observed in TA505 attacks since at...

CVE-2019-18822

A privilege escalation vulnerability in ZOOM Call Recording 6.3.1 allows its user account i.e., the account under which the program runs - by default, the callrec account to elevate privileges to root by abusing the [email protected]. The [email protected] starts the /opt/callrec/bin/rs binar...

Overlay Malware Exploits Chrome Browser, Targets Banks and Heads to Spain

Researchers are warning of a remote overlay malware attack that leverages a fake Chrome browser plugin to target the accounts of banking customers in Spain. Grandoreiro is a type of remote overlay banking trojan, designed to help attackers overtake devices and display a full-screen overlay image...

Lock and Code S1Ep4: coronavirus and responding to computer viruses with Akshay Bhargava

This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet. In addition, we talk to Akshay Bhargava, Chief Product Officer of Malwarebytes, about the similarities between coronavirus and computer viruses. We discuss computer virus...

xHelper: The Russian Nesting Doll of Android Malware

The “undeletable” xHelper malware – which ultimately results in the installation of the Triada trojan – has become a virulent scourge for Android devices this year, according to researcher analysis – bringing with it a hallmark of being virtually indestructible for the common user. xHelper is kno...

Unkillable xHelper and a Trojan matryoshka

It was the middle of last year that we detected the start of mass attacks by the xHelper Trojan on Android smartphones, but even now the malware remains as active as ever. The main feature of xHelper is entrenchment — once it gets into the phone, it somehow remains there even after the user delet...

Spearphishing Campaign Exploits COVID-19 To Spread Lokibot Infostealer

Researchers have discovered threat actors once again capitalizing on the COVID-19 pandemic and current attention on the World Health Organization WHO with a new spearphishing email designed to spread the LokiBot trojan sent using the WHO trademark as a lure. Researchers at FortiGuard Labs on Marc...

Threat Source newsletter (April 2, 2020)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. As long as COVID-19 is in the headlines which is going to be a long time actors are going to try and capitalize. We fully expect to see ...

Wiper Malware Called "Coronavirus" Spreads Among Windows Victims

A new Windows malware has emerged that makes disks unusable by overwriting the master boot record MBR. It takes its cue from the COVID-19 pandemic, calling itself simply “Coronavirus.” Overwriting the MBR is the same trick that the infamous NotPetya wiper malware used in 2017 in a campaign that...

Trickbot: A primer

By Chris Neal Executive Summary Trickbot remains one of the most sophisticated banking trojans in the landscape while constantly evolving.Highly modular, Trickbot can adapt to different environments with the help of its various modules.The group behind Trickbot has expanded their activities beyon...

Zeus Sphinx Banking Trojan Arises Amid COVID-19

The Zeus Sphinx banking trojan is back after being off the scene for nearly three years. According to researchers Amir Gandler and Limor Kessem at IBM X-Force, Sphinx a.k.a. Zloader or Terdot began resurfacing in December. However, the researchers observed a significant increase in volume in Marc...