REvil Ransomware gang behind the Kaseya VSA Supply-Chain attack

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. The REvil ransomware group was successful in carrying out a supply chain attack by exploiting the zero-day vulnerability CVE-2021-30116 in the Kaseya VSA server and delivering a malicious script to all the computer devices...

IE Mode: A Window to the Web – or to Attackers?

Running short on time but still want to stay in the know? Well, we’ve got you covered! We’ve condensed all the key takeaways into a handy audio summary. Our AI-driven podcasts are fit for on the go. Recently, Internet Explorer IE Mode has been weaponized by threat actors through multiple zero-day...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Randori discovered Zero-day in Palo Alto’s GlobalProtect Firewall, affecting ~10,000 assets.

Outline Palo Alto Networks PAN released an update on November 10, 2021, that patched CVE-2021-3064, which was discovered and disclosed by Randori. This vulnerability affects PAN firewalls that use the GlobalProtect Portal VPN, and it allows for unauthenticated remote code execution on susceptible...

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...

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...

Four Threat Actors Capitalized on Zimbra Zero Day to Infiltrate Government Organizations

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A zero-day vulnerability identified as CVE-2023-37580 in Zimbra Collaboration email software has been exploited by four different groups in attacks. These attacks aimed to illicitly obtain email data, us...

HTTP2 Zero-Day Exploited for the Most Explosive DDoS Attacks

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A zero-day vulnerability in HTTP/2 has been actively exploited in August, introducing a novel DDoS technique referred as "Rapid Reset". The attack, utilizing CVE-2023-44487, exploits a vulnerabili...

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...

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...

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...

WordPress fixes multiple security vulnerabilities

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. WordPress development team has released the security update to patch the following four vulnerabilities out of which three of them have high severity. CVE-2022-21661: A vulnerability exists in WPQuery class which is caused...

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...

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...

Ivanti Addressed A New Zero-Day Flaw in Ivanti Sentry

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-38035 in Ivanti Sentry versions 9.18 and earlier allows unauthenticated access to sensitive APIs via port 8443, posing a risk of configuration manipulation and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Active Exploitation of Adobe ColdFusion Critical Vulnerabilities

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Hackers are actively exploiting vulnerabilities in Adobe ColdFusion, specifically CVE-2023-29298 and CVE-2023-38203. These vulnerabilities allow attackers to bypass authentication, execute remote...

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...

Vulnerabilities in VMware when chained together grants Full System Control

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has issued a warning to organizations about malicious actors using CVE-2022-22954 and CVE-2022-22960. This alert was published following the...

Another day, another zero-day for Google Chrome

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Google has published an emergency fix 94.0.4606.71 to address the latest zero-day vulnerabilities CVE 2021 37975, CVE 2021 37976. These are the fourth and fifth zero days of the month. These flaws have been exploited in the...

Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Zyxel Firmware

THREAT LEVEL: Amber For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here A severe vulnerability CVE-2022-0342 has been discovered in the firmware of some of Zyxels business-grade firewall and VPN products, potentially allowing attackers administrator-level access to affected devices. This...

Critical Remote Code Execution Flaw Uncovered in Apache Struts 2

Summary: A significant vulnerability has been identified in the Apache Struts 2 open-source web application framework, labeled CVE-2023-50164. This flaw poses a severe risk of remote code execution and unauthorized path traversal. Threat Level - Red | Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat...

Ivanti Addressed Second Zero-Day Flaw Exploited by Attackers

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-35081 in Ivanti EPMM enables admin-authenticated attackers to write arbitrary files, risking unauthorized access, OS command execution, and malicious web shell...

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 ...

Clop Ransomware Group Claims Responsibility for GoAnywhere MFT Attacks

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Clop ransomware group claims responsibility for recent cyber attacks that exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the GoAnywhere MFT secure file transfer tool. The vulnerability, now known as...

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...

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...

VectorStealer Malware steals Sensitive Information via RDP Hijacking and Phishing Attacks

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary VectorStealer is a malware that steals .rdp files through phishing emails, can be generated for USD 63 in Bitcoin, exfiltrates stolen information through SMTP, Discord, or Telegram, and uses the KGB...

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...

Water Hydra Exploits CVE-2024-21412 to Target Financial Traders

Summary: Water Hydra exploited CVE-2024-21412 to bypass Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, targeting financial traders with DarkMe malware through sophisticated spearphishing tactics. This underscores the persistent threat of APT groups and highlights the challenge of defending against evolving atta...

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...

CrySIS Ransomware A Long-Standing Threat with a New Twist

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The ransomware family CrySIS, dubbed Dharma, has been advancing since 2016. Its source code was made available to the public, enabling others to customize it for their use. The criminals behind the malwa...

Woody RAT leverages Follina to target Russia

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The unknown threat actor employs the Woody RAT to spear-phish Russian organizations. The malware was distributed via archive files and later switched to Microsoft Office documents leveraging the now-patched...

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...

Weekly Threat Digest: 28 February – 6 March 2022

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Published Vulnerabilities Interesting Vulnerabilities Targeted Countries Targeted Industries ATT&CK TTPs 381 19 3 5 22 The first week of March 2022 witnessed the discovery of 381 vulnerabilities out of which 19 garnered the attention of...

For the third month in a row, it’s time to update Google Chrome

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the worlds most popular browser. Two of them have been used in the wild CVE-2021-38000, CVE-2021-38003. Google has recently patched these vulnerabilities in Google Chrome versi...

Critical Security Vulnerabilities Discovered in Atlassian Products

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Atlassian have revealed the existence of several security vulnerabilities, namely CVE-2022-25647, CVE-2023-22512, CVE-2023-22513, and CVE-2023-28709, which affect their products. These...

A Critical Vulnerability That Affects ManageEngine Products

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A critical vulnerability in several ManageEngine products allows for remote code execution RCE without authentication. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-47966 and is caused by an outdated...

Google Chrome issues an emergency update to address the third zero-day of year 2022

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here A zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in Google Chrome versions prior to 100.0.4896.127. A type of confusion vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-1364, is said to be exploited in the wild. This vulnerability affects the V8...

Cisco patched multiple critical vulnerabilities in StarOS Software

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Cisco patched two critical vulnerabilities in Redundancy Configuration Manager for StarOS software. Exploitation of one of the vulnerabilities is not required to exploit the other vulnerability. An attacker could exploit th...

OpenSSL Releases Update to Address Several High-Severity Vulnerabilities

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The OpenSSL Project has released fixes for several security flaws, including a high-severity bug CVE-2023-0286 that could expose users to malicious attacks. The bug is related to a type of confusi...

Active exploitation of the Fortinet pre-auth RCE vulnerability

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Fortinet has addressed a critical security flaw in its FortiOS SSL-VPN product, which is being actively exploited in the wild. The heap-based buffer overflow bug in FortiOS sslvpnd is listed as...

SolarWinds Serv-U vulnerability exploited to deliver Log4j attack

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. SolarWinds is affected by a vulnerability CVE-2021-35247 due to improper input validation when processing LDAP queries in the Serv-U web login screen. Serv-U versions up to 15.2.5 are affected by this flaw and were fixed in...