Malicious Npm Packages Tapped Again to Target Discord Users

Threat actors once again are using the node package manager npm repository to hide malware that can steal Discord tokens to monitor user sessions and steal data on the popular chat and collaboration platform, researchers have found. A campaign discovered this week by Kaspersky researchers is hidi...

Microsoft Uncovers Austrian Company Exploiting Windows and Adobe Zero-Day Exploits

A cyber mercenary that "ostensibly sells general security and information analysis services to commercial customers" used several Windows and Adobe zero-day exploits in limited and highly-targeted attacks against European and Central American entities. The company, which Microsoft describes as a...

Spyware Group Candiru exploits Chrome Zero-Day to Target Middle East

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary CandiruSaito Tech spyware used the recently fixed CVE-2022-2294 Chrome zero-day in assaults on journalists, with a substantial portion of the attacks taking place in Lebanon. This recently patched vulnerability...

Server memory information leak via SMB1.

Description Please note that only versions of Samba prior to 4.11.0 are vulnerable to this bug by default. Samba versions 4.11.0 and above disable SMB1 by default, and will only be vulnerable if the administrator has deliberately enabled SMB1 in the smb.conf file. All versions of Samba with SMB1...

Hackers Exploit PrestaShop Zero-Day to Steal Payment Data from Online Stores

Malicious actors are exploiting a previously unknown security flaw in the open source PrestaShop e-commerce platform to inject malicious skimmer code designed to swipe sensitive information. "Attackers have found a way to use a security vulnerability to carry out arbitrary code execution in serve...

Israeli Spyware Vendor Uses Chrome 0day to Target Journalists

By Deeba Ahmed The spyware vendor Candiru used the Chrome zero-day in March 2022 to target journalists and other unsuspected victims… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Israeli Spyware Vendor Uses Chrome 0day to Target Journalists...

Candiru Spyware Caught Exploiting Google Chrome Zero-Day to Target Journalists

The actively exploited but now-fixed Google Chrome zero-day flaw that came to light at the start of this month was weaponized by an Israeli spyware company and used in attacks targeting journalists in the Middle East. Czech cybersecurity firm Avast linked the exploitation to Candiru aka Saito Tec...

Vulnerabilities & Threats that Matter 11-17 July 2022

Published Vulnerabilities Interesting Vulnerabilities Active Threat Groups Targeted Countries Targeted Industries ATT&CK TTPs 580 37 2 World-wide 11 61 For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary The second week of July 2022 witnessed the discovery of 580 vulnerabilities out ...

CISA Urges Patch of Exploited Windows 11 Bug by Aug. 2

A Windows 11 vulnerability, part of Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday roundup of fixes, is being exploited in the wild, prompting the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA to advise patching of the elevation of privileges flaw by August 2. The recommendation is directed at federal...

A week in security (July 11 – July 17)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Elden Ring maker Bandai Namco hit by ransomware and data leaks Predatory Sparrow massively disrupts steel factories while keeping workers safe New variant of Android SpyJoker malware removed from Play Store after 3 million+ installs China’s Tonto Team increases...

CIA Whistleblower Found Guilty of Leaking Vault 7 Documents to WikiLeaks

By Deeba Ahmed The Vault 7 leak included trojans, viruses, malware, zero-day exploits, malware remote control systems, and related documents dating… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: CIA Whistleblower Found Guilty of Leaking Vault 7 Documents to WikiLeaks...

Microsoft releases updates for exploited zero-day and other vulnerabilities resulting in RCE

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Microsoft patch Tuesday addressed security updates for a Zero-day vulnerability that affects the entire operating system. The update includes bug fixes for Azure Site Recovery, Microsoft Edge...

Microsoft Releases Fix for Zero-Day Flaw in July 2022 Security Patch Rollout

Microsoft released its monthly round of Patch Tuesday updates to address 84 new security flaws spanning multiple product categories, counting a zero-day vulnerability that's under active attack in the wild. Of the 84 shortcomings, four are rated Critical, and 80 are rated Important in severity...

July 2022 Patch Tuesday | Microsoft Releases 84 Vulnerabilities with 4 Critical, plus 2 Microsoft Edge (Chromium-Based); Adobe Releases 4 Advisories, 27 Vulnerabilities with 18 Critical.

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Summary Microsoft has fixed 84 vulnerabilities aka flaws in the July 2022 update, including four 4 vulnerabilities classified as Critical as they allow Remote Code Execution RCE. This months Patch Tuesday cumulative Windows update includes the fix for one 1 actively...

Hybrid-Work Drives Hardware Security Strategies

Remote workforce, hybrid-cloud and Zero-Trust trends are pushing security teams to focus on hardware-assisted security strategies to better secure an evolving attack surface changed significantly by COVID. To address new challenges, hardware-assisted security is viewed as an effective and...

Microsoft Windows Autopatch is Now Generally Available for Enterprise Systems

Microsoft on Monday announced the general availability of a feature called Autopatch that automatically keeps Windows and Office software up-to-date on enrolled endpoints. The launch, which comes a day before Microsoft is expected to release its monthly round of security patches, is available for...

A week in security (July 4 – July 10)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: My Body, My Data Act would lock down reproductive and sexual health data "Free UK visa" offers on WhatsApp are fakes HackerOne insider fired for trying to claim other people’s bounties Update now! Chrome patches ANOTHER zero-day vulnerability Cloud-based malware is...

Zero-day vulnerability in Chrome browser being exploited-in-the-wild

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The heap buffer overflow vulnerability in chrome browser let attackers to run arbitrary code or cause denial-of-service condition...

Google Patches Actively Exploited Chrome Bug

While people were celebrating the Fourth of July holiday in the United States, Google quietly rolled out a stable channel update for Chrome to patch an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability, the fourth such flaw the vendor has had to patch in its browser product so far this year. Chrome 103...

Update Google Chrome Browser to Patch New Zero-Day Exploit Detected in the Wild

Google on Monday shipped security updates to address a high-severity zero-day vulnerability in its Chrome web browser that it said is being exploited in the wild. The shortcoming, tracked as CVE-2022-2294, relates to a heap overflow flaw in the WebRTC component that provides real-time audio and...