WordPress plugin has been exploited in the wild to mount backdoors

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Malicious actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards Premium WordPress plugin in order to plant backdoors on e-Commerce sites. The security flaw...

Sandworm Team using a new modular malware Cyclops Blink

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here The National Cyber Security Centre NCSC in the United Kingdom, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, the National Security Agency NSA, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have discovered that the...

BackdoorDiplomacy targets the telecom industry in the Middle East

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary BackdoorDiplomacy, an advanced persistent threat APT gang with roots in China, is most likely behind a hostile campaign targeting the Middle East. The espionage action, aimed at a Middle Eastern telecom...

Denial of service vulnerability in PAN OS exploited in the wild

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The URL filtering policy misconfiguration in PAN-OS leads to a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to conduct distributed denial-of-serviceDDoS attacks. This vulnerability h...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 9 October to 15 October 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs has recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, we identified a total of twenty executed attacks, two instance of adversary activity, and fourteen vulnerabilitie...

Trend Micro Addresses Zero-Day Flaws Exploited in the Wild

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A critical zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-41179, has been identified in the third-party AV uninstaller module contained in Trend Micro Apex One, Worry-Free Business Security, and...

Exploit found in the wild for Critical VMware Aria Operations Bug

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary An exploit has surfaced for CVE-2023-20864, a highly significant security vulnerability within the VMware Aria Operations for Logs analysis tool utilized in cloud management. This exploit empowers...

Chinese Espionage Hackers Exploit ESXi Zero-Day

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Chinese-sponsored hacking group, UNC3886, has been actively exploiting the CVE-2023-20867 vulnerability and using advanced backdoors such as VirtualPita and VirtualPie to carry out malicious activiti...

A New APT named APT-C-61 Targets South Asia

Threat Level Actor Report Follow Hive Pro for a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here from HiveForce Labs. Summary APT-C-61, also known as Tengyun Snake, is an advanced persistent threat APT group that has been active since at least January 2020 in South Asia. This group mainly...

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Apache HTTP Server

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. There is a zero-day vulnerability CVE-2021-41773 and a DoS vulnerability CVE-2021-41524 in Apache HTTP servers. After a publicly disclosed exploit, the zero-day vulnerability has been actively exploited in the wild. The Hiv...

Admins Urged to Uninstall VMware EAP Amid Critical Flaws

Summary: VMware has issued a warning to administrators regarding two unaddressed security vulnerabilities necessitating the removal of an outdated authentication plugin. Identified as CVE-2024-22245 and CVE-2024-22250, these vulnerabilities enable session hijacking and authentication relay attack...

Critical Vulnerability in FortiOS SSL VPN Exploited in the Wild

Summary: A critical Out-of-Bounds Write vulnerability CVE-2024-21762 in Fortinet FortiOS SSL-VPN is actively exploited, enabling remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or command via specially crafted HTTP requests. Threat Level - Red | Vulnerability Report For a detailed threa...

Zimbra Fixes A Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The vulnerability CVE-2023-37580 in Zimbra Collaboration Suite ZCS version 8.8.15 is a Cross-Site Scripting XSS flaw in the Zimbra Classic Web Client interface. Its impact is severe as it can...

Microsoft’s February 2024 Patch Tuesday Addresses Two Zero-day Vulnerabilities

Summary: Microsofts February 2024 Patch Tuesday addresses 73 vulnerabilities, including actively exploited zero-days, spanning various products like Office, Exchange Server, and Windows Kernel. Critical flaws in Windows SmartScreenCVE-2024-21351, Internet Shortcut FilesCVE-2024-21412, and Microso...

Actors, Threats and Vulnerabilities 5 June to 11 June 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 seven attacks executed, taking advantage of five different vulnerabilities in...

Storm-0978 actively exploited the unpatched Office zero-day

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Storm-0978 is a Russian cybercriminal group that specializes in executing sophisticated phishing campaigns. Storm-0978 was found to be engaged in a new wave of attacks, leveraging the exploitation of...

A Deserialization Vulnerability Found in Apache Dubbo

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Apache has released a security notice for a deserialization vulnerability CVE-2023-23638 in Apache Dubbo that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the target system. To receive...

Winter Vivern Capitalizes on Zero-Day Flaw in Roundcube

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Winter Vivern cyberespionage group has been actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the Roundcube webmail. The identified vulnerability, CVE-2023-5631, permits stored cross-site scripting...

Newly patched VMware vulnerability exploited by Iranian espionage group, Rocket Kitten

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here An Iranian cyber espionage gang known as Rocket Kitten has began delivering the Core Impact penetration testing tool on susceptible computers by exploiting a newly fixed severe vulnerability in VMware Workspace ONE...

Microsoft’s privilege escalation vulnerability that refuses to go away

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here After seven months, a vulnerability that was addressed in August 2021 patch Tuesday remained unpatched. This locally exploited vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2021-34484 and affects the Windows User Profile Service. While...

OpenSSL exposed to Denial-of-service vulnerability causing Infinite Loop

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. A security flaw exists in OpenSSL software library that could lead to a denial-of-service DoS condition when parsing certificates. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2022-0778, arises from parsing a malformed certificate...

Zero-Day Authentication Bypass Exploit in Apache OFBiz

Summary: CVE-2023-51467 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Apache OFBiz. Exploitation of this vulnerability could result in bypass authentication to achieve a simple Server-Side Request Forgery SSRF or arbitrary code execution. Users are advised to update to Apache OFBiz version...

Cloud Atlas Exploits Six-Year-Old Flaw to Target Russian Companies

Summary: The threat actor Cloud Atlas has been identified in spear-phishing attacks targeting Russian enterprises. The modus operandi involves a phishing message in the initial stage, containing a lure document that exploits CVE-2017-11882, a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Offices...

VMware tackles security flaws in ESXi and vRealize

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary VMware addressed security weaknesses to address a critical-severity vulnerability affecting ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Cloud Foundation, as well as a critical-severity command injection flaw...

Zero-Day Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration Suite

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The active exploitation of an unpatched CVE-2022-41352 remote code execution RCE vulnerability found in the Zimbra Collaboration Suite ZCS. It empowers attackers to upload arbitrary files and...

Microsoft patches a vulnerability that was used in MysterySnail RAT Campaign

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. An APT espionage campaign leveraged a zero-day exploit for Microsoft Windows to escalate privileges and obtain access to Windows servers. The exploit chain culminated in the installation of a newly discovered remote access...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 20 November to 26 November 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs has recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, we identified a total of eight executed attacks, six instances of adversary activity, and one exploited...

Google and Firefox fixes Zero-Day Flaw Exploited in the Wild

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2023-5217, is actively exploited and has been patched in both Google Chrome and Firefox browsers. CVE-2023-5217 is a Heap buffer overflow vulnerability discovered in...

Iranian hackers leveraged Log4Shell to penetrate US federal agency

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Iranian APT activity was detected on the networks of federal agencies. The intruders utilized an exploit targeting Log4Shell CVE-2021-44228 to install XMRig crypto mining software on an unpatched VMware...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 30 October to 5 November 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs has recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, we identified a total of six executed attacks, three instances of adversary activity, and one exploited...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 2 October to 8 October 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs has recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, we identified a total of seven executed attacks, zero instances of adversary activity, and eight zero-day...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 29 January to 4 February 2024

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs has recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, we identified a total of seven executed attacks, two instances of adversary activity, and six exploited...

Citrix ADC and Gateway Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited by APT5

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Patch Tuesday for December tackles two zero-day vulnerabilities, one of which is being actively exploited CVE-2022-44698 and another that was publicly disclosed at the time of release CVE-2022-44710, alo...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday April 2022 addressed two zero-day vulnerabilities

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Microsoft addressed 128 vulnerabilities in there April patch Tuesday update. Two of them have been categorized as zero-day vulnerabilities. One of the two zero-days is exploited-in-the-wild as well. The vulnerability,...

Two Vulnerabilities affecting Apple macOS exploited-in-the-wild

THREAT LEVEL: Red For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Two zero-day vulnerabilities were discovered in macOS Monterey versions prior to 12.3.1. These new issues bring the total number of zero-day vulnerabilities discovered in the Apple ecosystem to four. CVE-2022-22674 is an...

Microsoft’s March 2024 Patch Tuesday Addresses 60 Vulnerabilities

Summary: Microsofts March 2024 Patch Tuesday addresses 60 vulnerabilities, including two critical vulnerabilities, spanning various products like Office, Exchange Server, and Windows Kernel. Critical flaws in Windows Hyper-V CVE-2024-21407 and CVE-2024-21408 require immediate attention to mitigat...

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Snap Package Manager puts Linux users at risk

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here A privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in Canonical Snap software package manager that affects the Linux-based operating systems. Successful exploitation of this issue might allow an attacker to escalate...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes critical zero-days along with 97 other flaws

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Microsoft has fixed 97 vulnerabilities, with nine classified as Critical and 88 as Important and among them 6 zero-days. Following are the type of security vulnerabilities reported in multiple Microsoft products: 41 Elevation...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 25 to 31 March 2024

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs recently made several significant discoveries in the realm of cybersecurity threats. In the past week alone, a total of twelve attacks were executed, ten vulnerabilities were uncovered, and two active adversaries were...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 23 October to 29 October 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs has recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, we identified a total of seven executed attacks, two instances of adversary activity, and three exploited...

Vmware vCenter Flaws Leading to RCE Attacks

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Two vulnerabilities, CVE-2023-34048 and CVE-2023-34056, were identified in VMware vCenter Server, a server management software used for centralized management of virtual machines and ESXi hosts...

Balada Injector A Large-Scale Malware Campaign Targeting WordPress

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary In September 2023, over 17,000 WordPress websites fell victim to a malware called Balada Injector. The substantial surge in attacks is linked to the exploitation of a recently disclosed security...

Zero-day vulnerability in Windows terminal management tool gets a hotfix Date

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager MECM has a spoofing vulnerability that allows remote attackers to access sensitive data. The zero-day vulnerability has been identified as CVE-2022-37972...

ownCloud Critical Vulnerability is under active exploitation

Summary: Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability CVE-2023-49103 in ownCloud, a popular open-source file-sharing solution, exposing sensitive data in containerized deployments. Administrators are urged to promptly apply recommended fixes, including disabling the phpinfo function a...

Actors, Threats and Vulnerabilities 22 to 28 May 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 ten attacks executed, taking advantage of four different vulnerabilities in vario...

Sophos Zero-day vulnerability becomes target for attackers

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A zero-day vulnerability in the User Portal and WebAdmin of Sophos Firewall has been tracked as CVE-2022-3236. This vulnerability is been used by some unknown attackers to target organizations in...

Emergency patches have been released by Microsoft for PrintNightmare

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Attackers have been targeting Windows Print Spooler services for almost 2 months now. It started with the vulnerabilityCVE-2021-1675 being exploited in the wild. Soon a patch was released for the same. It was after 2 days tha...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 10 to 16 June 2024

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs has recently made significant advancements in identifying cybersecurity threats. Over the past week alone, HiveForce Labs has detected five executed attacks, reported seven vulnerabilities, and identified one active...

The Rise of DarkCasino APT Group Exploiting WinRAR 0-Day

Summary: DarkCasino, an APT group with economic motivations, was initially identified in 2021. The group introduced DarkMe, a Trojan Horse program based on Visual Basic. Recently, DarkCasino has been linked to the zero-day exploitation of CVE-2023-38831, an arbitrary code execution vulnerability...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 19 June to 25 June 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 twelve attacks executed, taking advantage of seventeen different vulnerabilities ...