Newly Published Exploit Code Used to Spread Mirai Variant

Qihoo 360 Netlab researchers reported on Friday that they are tracking an uptick in botnet activity associated with a variant of Mirai. Targeted are ports 23 and 2323 on internet-connected devices made by ZyXEL Communications that are using default admin/CenturyL1nk and admin/QwestM0dem telnet...

Multiple Ransomware Infections Reported

US-CERT has received multiple reports of ransomware infections, known as Bad Rabbit, in many countries around the world. A suspected variant of Petya, Bad Rabbit is ransomware—malicious software that infects a computer and restricts user access to the infected machine until a ransom is paid to...

FIN7 Group Uses JavaScript and Stealer DLL Variant in New Attacks

This post was authored by Michael Gorelik and Josh ReynoldsExecutive SummaryThroughout this blog post we will be detailing a newly discovered RTF document family that is being leveraged by the FIN7 group also known as the Carbanak gang which is a financially-motivated group targeting the financia...

New Locky Variant 'IKARUSdilapidated' Strikes Again

A second wave of the Locky ransomware variant called IKARUSdilapidated has been identified by security experts. The source of the ransomware is a botnet of zombie computers coordinated to launch phishing attacks that send emails and attachments appearing to come from a targeted recipient’s truste...

Threat Analysis: Carbon Black Threat Research Dissects PNG Dropper

UPDATE 8/14/17: After posting the original analysis, the Carbon Black Threat Research team received numerous requests for the tools to extract the second stage payload from the initial PNGdropper file. As a result, the source code and compiled binaries are being made public and are posted to the...

Updates to Sofacy, Turla Highlight 2017 Q2 APT Activity

Attackers behind advanced persistent threat campaigns have kept busy over the past several months, adding new ways to bypass detection, crafting new payloads to drop, and identifying new zero days and backdoors to help them infect users and maintain persistence on machines. Juan Andres...

This Week in Security News

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back...

Green Packet DX-350 Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

The Green Packet DX-350 is a network access point device from Green Packet USA. A cross-site request forgery vulnerability exists in the Green Packet DX-350 using firmware version 2.8.9.5-g1.4.8-atheeb. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a request to the ajax.cgi file to...

Decompiled SLocker Android Ransomware Source Code Published Online

Bad news for Android users — Decompiled source code of for one of the oldest mobile and popular Android ransomware families has been published online, making it available for cyber criminals who can use it to develop more customised and advanced variants of Android ransomware. Decompiled source...

Massive Goldeneye Ransomware Attack Hits Users Worldwide

By Waqas Computer systems around the world have been hit with a new ransomware malware called Goldeneye, a variant of Petya ransomware. Its targets are governments and businesses; infecting computers and files to lock out users and demanding $300 in Bitcoin to regain access. Upon infecting a syst...

Petya Destructive Malware Variant Spreading via Stolen Credentials and EternalBlue Exploit

UPDATE July 21: FireEye continues to track this threat. An earlier version of this post has been updated to reflect new findings. On June 27, 2017, multiple organizations – many in Europe – reported significant disruptions they are attributing to a variant of the Petya ransomware, which we are...

Decryption Utility Unlocks Files Encrypted by Jaff Ransomware

A weakness discovered in Jaff ransomware by researchers has led to the creation of decryption keys to unlock files locked by the malware. “We have found a vulnerability in Jaff’s code for all the variants to date. Thanks to this, it is now possible to recover users’ files encrypted with the .jaff...

CVE-2016-6883

MatrixSSL before 3.8.3 configured with RSA Cipher Suites allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a Bleichenbacher variant attack...

CVE-2016-6883

MatrixSSL before 3.8.3 configured with RSA Cipher Suites allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a Bleichenbacher variant attack...

CVE-2016-6883: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

MatrixSSL before 3.8.3 configured with RSA Cipher Suites allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a Bleichenbacher variant attack...

Windows Botnet Spreading Mirai Variant

A Chinese-speaking attacker is spreading a Mirai variant from a repurposed Windows-based botnet. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab published a report today, and said the code was written by an experienced developer who also built in the capability to spread the IoT malware to Linux machines under...

Cisco IOS and IOS XE Data in Motion Denial of Service Vulnerability

Cisco IOS and IOS XE are both operating systems developed by Cisco for its network equipment.Data in Motion DMo application is one of the dynamic data update tools. A security vulnerability exists in the DMo application in Cisco IOS version 15.61T and IOS XE. When the IOx feature setting is...

Warning! This Cross-Platform Malware Can Hack Windows, Linux and OS X Computers

Unlike specially crafted malware specifically developed to take advantage of Windows operating system platform, cyber attackers have started creating cross-platform malware for wider exploitation. Due to the rise in popularity of Mac OS X and other Windows desktop alternatives, hackers have begun...

CVE-2016-7113

A vulnerability has been identified in Firmware variant PROFINET IO for EN100 Ethernet module : All versions V1.04.01; Firmware variant Modbus TCP for EN100 Ethernet module : All versions V1.11.00; Firmware variant DNP3 TCP for EN100 Ethernet module : All versions V1.03; Firmware variant IEC 104...

CVE-2016-7112

A vulnerability has been identified in Firmware variant PROFINET IO for EN100 Ethernet module : All versions V1.04.01; Firmware variant Modbus TCP for EN100 Ethernet module : All versions V1.11.00; Firmware variant DNP3 TCP for EN100 Ethernet module : All versions V1.03; Firmware variant IEC 104...