FBot’s Arsenal against the SaaS Giants

Summary: FBot, a Python-based exploit tool, has systematically targeted critical infrastructures, spanning from web servers and cloud services to content management systems CMS and major Software as a Service SaaS platforms. Its primary objective is to infiltrate these services, acquiring...

The Unseen Thread Linking Sandman APT and KEYPLUG Backdoor

Summary: The Sandman Advanced Persistent Threat APT is closely linked to suspected threat clusters originating from China, specifically identified as Storm-0866, also known as Red Dev 40. Within the same victim environments, the Sandmans Lua-based malware, LuaDream, and the KEYPLUG backdoor have...

Star Blizzard Continues to Refine Their Tradecraft for Evasion and Stealth

Summary: The Russia-based threat actor, Star Blizzard, continues to utilize spear-phishing attacks successfully, targeting organizations and individuals across various geographical regions for information-gathering activities. Star Blizzard has improved its detection evasion capabilities since 20...

In-Depth Analysis of Phobos Ransomware

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Phobos ransomware, active since 2018, primarily targets small to medium-sized businesses with lower ransom demands. It uses compromised RDP connections, is distributed via a Ransomware as a Service model...

Storm-0978 unleashes PEAPOD to target Women Political Leaders

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Storm-0978, a threat actor group, utilized a new variant of the RomCom backdoor, "ROMCOM 4.0" also referred to as PEAPOD, to target attendees of the Women Political Leaders WPL Summit in Brussels. This...

Proof-of-Concept Released for Kubernetes Vulnerabilities Exposing Windows Nodes

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Three interconnected high-severity security vulnerabilities have been identified in Kubernetes. These vulnerabilities could potentially be exploited to achieve remote code execution with elevated...

2022 Most Consistently Exploited Vulnerabilities

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary This advisory presents comprehensive information regarding the CVEs consistently and frequently targeted by malicious cyber adversaries throughout the year 2022 across multiple vendors, encompassi...

Summary of Vulnerabilities & Threats: July 2023

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Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 10 July to 16 July 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, the fact that there were a total of six attacks executed, total six zero-day vulnerabilities out of which Five...

TA445 Targeting Government and Military Sectors in Ukraine and Poland

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary TA455 conducts ongoing campaigns targeting government entities, military organizations, and civilians in Ukraine and Poland to steal information and establish remote access, using multi-stage infection...

Summary of Vulnerabilities & Threats: June 2023

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The Rising Diicot Threat Group with Diverse Attack Capabilities

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A Romanian threat group “Diicot” has been actively employing SSH bruteforcing and deploying malware loaders to compromise systems for the purpose of cryptocurrency mining. The campaign involves exploitin...

A New Horabot Botnet Threat Targeting Spanish-Speaking Users in the Americas

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A new botnet program called "Horabot" is being used by a threat actor to deploy a banking trojan and spam tool, targeting Spanish-speaking users in the Americas. To receive real-time threat advisories,...

XSS Vulnerability in Popular WordPress Plugin Affects 2 Million Sites

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A Cross-Site scripting vulnerability has been discovered in an Advanced Custom Fields plugin for WordPress which has put 2 Million websites at risk. To receive real-time threat advisories, please...

Microsoft’s May 2023 update addresses two Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Microsoft released a security update in May 2023 to address 40 CVEs, including two zero-day vulnerabilities that have already been exploited in the wild. To receive real-time threat advisories,...

Immediate Threat Reduction for a Telecom Company

In this video, Anand Choudha, CEO at Hive Pro, and Jeelan Poola, CPO at Hive Pro, introduce the HivePro Uni5 Threat Exposure Management Platform. HivePro Uni...

Microsoft Addresses Zero-Day and Wormable Vulnerabilities

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Microsofts April 2023 Patch Tuesday and security updates address one actively exploited the zero-day vulnerability and a total of 97 flaws, consisting of 7 critical and 90 important vulnerabilitie...

New Cylance Ransomware Targets Linux and Windows Operating Systems

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Cylance ransomware is a new malware that is capable of adjusting to customized encryption tactics and can accept different command-line parameters. To receive real-time threat advisories, please follow...

Summary of Vulnerabilities & Threats: March 2023

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Actors, Threats and Vulnerabilities 20 March to 26 March 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here HiveForce Labs recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, they identified a total of 19 attacks that were executed...

Tick Launches Attack on East Asian Data-Loss Prevention Software Company

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Tick, an APT group, attacked an East Asian data-loss prevention software company, compromising update servers and distributing malware, using trojanized installers, to access computers of government and...

Multiple Vulnerabilities in Various Fortinet Products in March 2023

Threat Level Vulnerability Report Follow Hive Pro for a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here from HiveForce Labs. Summary Fortinet has identified a number of vulnerabilities in several of its products, including FortiOS, FortiProxy, FortiAnalyzer, and others, which range from...

Hive Pro Recognized as a Leading Provider of Fraud and Breach Prevention Solutions in 2022

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Empowering CTEM Program with Contextualized Vulnerability Prioritization

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The Dangers of macOS Ransomware A Closer Look at KeRanger, FileCoder, MacRansom, and EvilQuest

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary MacOS ransomware typically spreads through user-assisted methods such as downloading and running fake or trojanized applications. It can also arrive as a second-stage payload dropped or downloaded by oth...

Samba addressed a series of severe vulnerabilities

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Samba is a free-source Windows interoperability package that provides file server, printer, and Active Directory services for Linux, Unix, and macOS operating systems. Samba has resolved a set of...

Arab countries are being targeted by multiple malware families

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Malicious actors have already begun World Cup-themed phishing attacks targeting specific organizations partnered with the tournament are more vulnerable victims in Arab countries. The goal of such assaul...

Summary of Vulnerabilities & Threats: October 2022

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Prestige Ransomware impacts transportation industry in Ukraine and Poland

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Prestige Ransomware is using already-gained ADMIN access to target organizations in Ukraine and Poland by deploying its payload. The activity has been associated with DEV-0960...

Summary of Vulnerabilities & Threats: August 2022

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Grandoreiro Banking Trojan Attacks Industries in Spanish-Speaking Countries

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Grandoreiro banking trojan is a campaign that has been active since at least 2016 and targets a variety of businesses in Mexico and Spain, including automotive, chemical production, and others. Threat actors...

APT-C-35 infection chain adds novel Windows framework modules

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary APT-C-35 is an advanced persistent threat actor that has been active since 2016. The gang has upgraded its Windows spyware architecture, dubbed YTY, Jaca. They target South Asian government and military...

Raspberry Robin worm infects Multiple Windows Network Devices

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Raspberry Robin worm spreads via USB devices and shared folders to infect Windows installers and QNAP devices using compromised QNAP devices as stagers. Majority of the victims in Europe are being targeted...

Several bugs in Node.js lead to Remote Code Execution

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Node.js has released several fixes for vulnerabilities in the JavaScript runtime environment, which could lead to arbitrary code execution, HTTP request smuggling, DNS rebinding vulnerability and other b...

MedusaLocker Ransomware is back targeting organizations in US

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Since 2019, a ransomware-as-a-service RaaS known as MedusaLocker has been seen to target organizations, mostly in the healthcare sector by exploiting Remote Desktop Protocol RDP vulnerabilities...

Security updates for Adobe Animate June 2022

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Adobe has issued a security update for Adobe Animate. The update resolves a critical vulnerability at priority 3 as per Adobe that could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current use...

Mozilla addresses security vulnerabilities in Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Mozilla has released updates that address up to eight high severity vulnerabilities as per Mozilla in Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird. These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to exploit the...

New Zoom vulnerabilities can compromise user devices with a single message

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Zoom has addressed four security flaws that, one of them if exploited, can compromise a user via chat by sending specially crafted Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol XMPP messages and executing...

Monthly Threat Digest: April 2022

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New PlugX variant “Talisman” used by famous Chinese APT

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here PlugX is a well-known malware family with samples dating back to as early as 2008. A Chinese state-backed threat actor, RedFoxtrot group, is discovered to use a new variant of the PlugX malware, Talisman. The threat actor grou...

RangnarLocker Ransomware hits Critical Infrastructure Compromising 50+ Organizations

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has released an alert on Ragnarlocker campaign that has affected nearly 52 organizations encompassing 10 critical infrastructure sectors, including entities in significant manufacturing,...

Weekly Threat Digest: 14-20 February 2022

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Millions of WordPress site backups at risk due to a vulnerability in UpdraftPlus plugin

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here UpdraftPlus is a backup tool for WordPress files, databases, plug-ins, and themes that allows you to create, restore, and migrate backups. UpdraftPlus is utilized by more than three million WordPress websites, according to i...

Threat actors are actively exploiting OMIGOD vulnerabilities impacting Microsoft Azure

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Azure VMs using Linux management solutions with Azure Automation, Azure Automatic Update, Azure Operations Management Suite OMS, Azure Log Analytics, Azure Configuration Management, or Azure Diagnostics are affected by...

Critical flaws in Cisco’s Small Business RV Series VPN routers

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Cisco has patched serious vulnerabilities that might be exploited by sending maliciously crafted HTTP requests to the web-based management interfaces of vulnerable Small Business RV Series Routers. However, the remote...

The Exploit Pipeline Just Went Autonomous.

& In February, I wrote about the breach zone — the gap between CVE disclosure and scanner signature. In April, I wrote that the breach zone became permanent when NIST stopped enriching the majority of CVEs. Both posts assumed the same ceiling: humans, working at human speed, are the bottleneck fo...

CSPM vs Exposure Management: Key Differences

Your CSPM tool flags 4,000 misconfigurations every month. Your team remediates 400. Attackers only need one. That gap between what your posture tools report and what actually puts your organization at risk is exactly where exposure management picks up. Book a demo to see how Hive Pro's Uni5 Xposu...

What is Predictive Threat Intelligence for Organizations?

You wouldn’t set sail across the ocean without checking the weather forecast. Meteorologists gather data on temperature, wind, and pressure systems to predict an incoming storm, giving you time to prepare. Predictive threat intelligence applies the same logic to cybersecurity. It collects and...

External Attack Surface Management: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Get It Right

Every organization with internet-facing assets has an external attack surface. The question is whether you can see all of it before an attacker does. External attack surface management EASM gives security teams the continuous visibility, context, and control they need to find and fix exposures...

Qualys vs Hive Pro: How They Compare on Key Features

Finding vulnerabilities is only half the battle. How do you know which ones pose a real, immediate threat to your organization? A high CVSS score doesn't always translate to high risk in your specific environment. This is where Breach and Attack Simulation BAS comes in, actively testing your...