Ukraine war spotlights agriculture sector's vulnerability to cyber attack

By Joe Marshall. The war in Ukraine has caused massive problems for global food supplies, underscoring the high impact of disruptive events to agriculture entities and related organizations. The challenges to the Ukrainian agriculture sector imposed by the war--and global ripple effects--have bee...

Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling B2B Integrator is affected by a remote code execution in Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22965)

Summary IBM Sterling B2B Integrator is affected but not classified as vulnerable to a remote code execution in Spring Framework CVE-2022-22965 as it does not meet all of the following criteria: 1. JDK 9 or higher, 2. Apache Tomcat as the Servlet container, 3. Packaged as WAR in contrast to a Spri...

Grails framework Remote Code Execution via Data Binding

Impact A vulnerability has been discovered in the Grails data-binding logic which allows for Remote Code Execution in a Grails application. This exploit requires the application to be running on Java 8, either deployed as a WAR to a servlet container, or an executable JAR. Patches Grails framewor...

TrickBot Gang Shifted its Focus on "Systematically" Targeting Ukraine

In what's being described as an "unprecedented" twist, the operators of the TrickBot malware have resorted to systematically targeting Ukraine since the onset of the war in late February 2022. The group is believed to have orchestrated at least six phishing campaigns aimed at targets that align...

A Man of Action: Meet Callum Carney

Hidden Talents : He was a competitive swimmer for many years. Instrument of Choice : His fingers were made for the keyboard, but he used to play the trumpet. 5 pieces of entertainment for the rest of his life : The Office, World War Z, The Matrix, Breaking Bad, The Thick of It...

A Man of Action: Meet Callum Carney

Hidden Talents : He was a competitive swimmer for many years. Instrument of Choice : His fingers were made for the keyboard, but he used to play the trumpet. 5 pieces of entertainment for the rest of his life : The Office, World War Z, The Matrix, Breaking Bad, The Thick of It...

Fancy Bear Uses Nuke Threat Lure to Exploit 1-Click Bug

Advanced persistent threat group Fancy Bear is behind a phishing campaign that uses the specter of nuclear war to exploit a known one-click Microsoft flaw. The goal is to deliver malware that can steal credentials from the Chrome, Firefox and Edge browsers. The attacks by the Russia-linked APT ar...

Russia’s APT28 uses fear of nuclear war to spread Follina docs in Ukraine

This blog post was authored by Hossein Jazi and Roberto Santos. In a recent campaign, APT28, an advanced persistent threat actor linked with Russian intelligence, set its sights on Ukraine, targeting users with malware that steals credentials stored in browsers. APT28 also known as Sofacy and Fan...

Do You Have Ransomware Insurance? Look at the Fine Print

Insurance exists to protect the insured party against catastrophe, but the insurer needs protection so that its policies are not abused – and that's where the fine print comes in. However, in the case of ransomware insurance, the fine print is becoming contentious and arguably undermining the...

Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Symphony is affected but not classified as vulnerable by a remote code execution in Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22965)

Summary IBM Spectrum Symphony is affected but not classified as vulnerable to a remote code execution in Spring Framework CVE-2022-22965 as it does not meet all of the following criteria: 1. JDK 9 or higher, 2. Apache Tomcat as the Servlet container, 3. Packaged as WAR in contrast to a Spring Boo...

Security Bulletin: Rational Test Control Panel component in Rational Test Virtualization Server and Rational Test Workbench is affected but not classified as vulnerable by a remote code execution in Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22965)

Summary Rational Test Control Panel is affected but not vulnerable to a remote code execution in Spring Framework CVE-2022-22965 as it does not meet all of the following criteria: 1. JDK 9 or higher, 2. Apache Tomcat as the Servlet container, 3. Packaged as WAR in contrast to a Spring Boot...

Russian Radio Station Hacked to Broadcast Ukrainian National Anthem

By Waqas The Kommersant FMs online bulletin was suddenly interrupted to play Ukraines anthem and anti-war songs by anti-war hackers… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian Radio Station Hacked to Broadcast Ukrainian National Anthem...

Security Bulletin: HMC is affected but not classified as vulnerable by a remote code execution in Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22965)

Summary HMC is affected but not classified as vulnerable to a remote code execution in Spring Framework CVE-2022-22965 as it does not meet all of the following criteria: 1. JDK 9 or higher, 2. Apache Tomcat as the Servlet container, 3. Packaged as WAR in contrast to a Spring Boot executable jar, ...

Security Bulletin: IBM Security SOAR is affected but not classified as vulnerable to remote code execution in Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22965)

Summary IBM Security SOAR is affected but not classified as vulnerable to a remote code execution in Spring Framework CVE-2022-22965 as it does not meet all of the following criteria: 1. JDK 9 or higher, 2. Apache Tomcat as the Servlet container, 3. Packaged as WAR in contrast to a Spring Boot...

SideWinder Hackers Launched Over a 1,000 Cyber Attacks Over the Past 2 Years

An "aggressive" advanced persistent threat APT group known as SideWinder has been linked to over 1,000 new attacks since April 2020. "Some of the main characteristics of this threat actor that make it stand out among the others, are the sheer number, high frequency and persistence of their attack...

Researcher Spotlight: Martin Lee, EMEAR lead, Talos Strategic Communications

Who knew you could connect Moses to threat intelligence? By Jon Munshaw. When the security community usually thinks about the origins of cybersecurity and threat intelligence, the conversation may quickly center around the codebreakers in World War II or the Creeper software developed... This is...

Security Bulletin:IBM Common Licensing is affected but not classified as vulnerable by a remote code execution in Spring Framework (220575,CVE-2022-22965)

Summary IBM Common Licensing is affected but not classified as vulnerable to a remote code execution in Spring Framework 220575, CVE-2022-22965 as it does not meet all of the following criteria: 1. JDK 9 or higher, 2. Apache Tomcat as the Servlet container, 3. Packaged as WAR in contrast to a...

Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Control Center is affected but not classified as vulnerable by a remote code execution in Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22965)

Summary IBM Sterling Control Center is affected but not classified as vulnerable to a remote code execution in Spring Framework CVE-2022-22965 as it does not meet all of the following criteria: 1. JDK 9 or higher, 2. Apache Tomcat as the Servlet container, 3. Packaged as WAR in contrast to a Spri...

XXE vulnerability in Jenkins WebSphere Deployer Plugin

WebSphere Deployer Plugin 1.6.1 and earlier does not configure the XML parser to prevent XML external entity XXE attacks. This could be exploited by a user with Job/Configure permissions to upload a specially crafted war file containing a WEB-INF/ibm-web-ext.xml which is parsed by the plugin...

GHSA-F5WX-W2F9-82GH XXE vulnerability in Jenkins WebSphere Deployer Plugin

WebSphere Deployer Plugin 1.6.1 and earlier does not configure the XML parser to prevent XML external entity XXE attacks. This could be exploited by a user with Job/Configure permissions to upload a specially crafted war file containing a WEB-INF/ibm-web-ext.xml which is parsed by the plugin...