Thousands of GitLab instances impacted by multiple security flaws

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered by researchers in GitLab, an open-source DevOps software. Some of these flaws could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to retrieve all information linked to GitLab...

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...

Old Zimbra vulnerability used to target Ukrainian Government Organizations

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here The Ukrainian Computer Emergency Response Team CERT-UA has issued an alert about a campaign targeting Ukrainian government entities that involve an exploit for an XSS vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration Suite. The attacker...

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,...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 12 to 18 February 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 eight attacks were executed, five vulnerabilities were uncovered, and three active adversaries we...

Chrome’s eleventh zero-day vulnerability for the year 2021 has been patched

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. A vulnerability in Chrome and Microsoft edgeChromium based exists as a result of a use-after-free issue when processing HTML data in Google Chromes Portals component. A remote attacker can create a specially designed site,...

MediaArena: A Deceptive Browser Hijacker Exploiting User Data and Security Threats

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary MediaArena is a deceptive software that hijacks browsers, redirects searches, and collects user data for malicious activities, emphasizing the importance of removal and caution. To receive real-time thre...

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...

Atlassian’s Latest Critical Confluence Flaw Poses Risk of Data Loss

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A critical vulnerability identified in Atlassian as CVE-2023-22518 which pertains to be an improper authorization issue in Confluence Data Center and Server. If successfully exploited by an...

Atlassian Addresses Issues in Crowd and Bitbucket Products

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Atlassian has two security holes that can be abused to allow arbitrary code execution. CVE-2022-43782 allows an intruder connecting from an IP address on the allow list to authenticate as the crow...

Chrome’s zero-day flaw allows arbitrary code execution

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A vulnerabilityCVE-2022-2856 in Google Chrome, has been exploited in the wild. Additionally, Chrome has addressed several other use-after-free vulnerabilities in multiple components, including FedCM,...

LockBit 3.0 makes a comeback by exploiting Log4j

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary LockBit 3.0 LockBit Black, a new variant of LockBit Ransomware, is deploying Cobalt Strike beacons on compromised systems by exploiting the Windows Defender command line tool and Log4j in VMware Horizon...

What will be the consequence of this disputed vulnerability in 7-ZIP?

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here The zero-day vulnerability in 7- Zip software, tracked as CVE-2022-29072 is marked as disputed by the National Vulnerability DatabaseNVD, and sparked discussions over its consequences. This started when a researcher published ...

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...

Apache Cassandra database affected by easily exploitable Remote code execution

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Apache Cassandra is a database software being used by many companies such as Uber, Facebook, Netflix, Twitter, Instagram, Spotify, Instacart, Reddit, and Accenture. A remote code execution flaw CVE-2021-44521 is reported whi...

BillQuick Web Suite’s severe vulnerability may affect 400K users

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Multiple versions of BillQuick Web Suite have been found to have a critical vulnerability. A hacker was able to get initial access to a US engineering company by exploiting this serious vulnerability CVE 2021 42258. It also...

Apple fixes the zero-day vulnerabilities exploited by Pegasus spyware named “FORCEDENTRY”

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Two actively exploited vulnerabilities CVE-2021-30858 and CVE-2021-30860 have been fixed in Apples iOS 14.8, iPadOS 14.8, watchOS 7.6.2, macOS Big Sur 11.6, and Safari 14.1.2 releases. The NSO group carried out the attack by...

Critical Remote Code Execution Flaws Uncovered in Jenkins

Summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Jenkins and number of associated plugins, allowing attackers unauthorized data access and execute arbitrary commands. The critical vulnerability CVE-2024-23897, allows attackers to read system files and opens number of attack vectors...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 25 December to 31 December 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, four instances of adversary activity, and five exploited...

Kinsing Malware Utilizes Apache ActiveMQ RCE to Deploy Rootkits

Summary: The Kinsing malware operator is actively taking advantage of the critical vulnerability CVE-2023-46604 in Apache ActiveMQ, an open-source message broker. The vulnerability allows remote code execution, facilitating deployment of Kinsing malware aka h2miner, which functions as a...

Exim Vulnerable to Zero-Day Remote Code Execution Attacks

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Six zero-day vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Exim Internet Mailer, potentially putting thousands of email servers worldwide at risk. These vulnerabilities, if successfully exploited,...

New IDAT Loader Unleashes Infostealers in Fake Browser Update Campaign

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary In a recent malware campaign, threat actors utilized a new IDAT Loader to distribute a range of malicious software, including InfoStealers and RATs, employing evasion methods. This loader is packaged...

GUI-Vil Threat Group Exploits AWS for Crypto Mining

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary GUI-Vil p0-LUCR-1, an Indonesian threat group, conducts unauthorized cryptocurrency mining using personalized infiltration tactics. They exploit AWS, leveraging compromised credentials and vulnerabilitie...

BlueSky ransomware incorporates Multithreading to expedite encryption

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary BlueSky ransomware is actively targeting businesses and demanding a ransom. It appears that they have ties with the Conti ransomware group. The malware is now primarily targeting Windows hosts and uses...

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...

Rook: New Ransomware in the market scavenges code from Babuk

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Security researchers found new ransomware dubbed as Rook that reuses the code from Babuk which was released earlier. It was initially seen on VirusTotal on November 26th and pwned its first victim, a Kazkh financial...

Kinsing Exploits Looney Tunables Vulnerability to Breach Cloud Environments

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The threat actor Kinsing has recently been observed exploiting the Linux privilege escalation vulnerability known as "Looney Tunables CVE-2023-4911" as part of a new campaign aimed at breaching cloud...

Patch available for pre-announced Critical Vulnerability in OpenSSL

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary OpenSSL has released the Patch for the pre-announced critical vulnerability. In the announcement the severity of the vulnerability was Critical based on the fact that it can lead to RCE but after...

Google Chrome’s seventh zero-day of 2022

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in Google Chrome versions prior to 107.0.5304.87. A type of confusion vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-3723 is the seventh zero day of 2022 and is sai...

Have you patched this actively exploited BIG-IP vulnerability?

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Last week, F5 patched a vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-1388, soon after a successful Proof-of-conceptPoC was developed by security researchers making it susceptible to further exploitation. This authentication bypass...

A zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in PAN’s GlobalProtect firewall

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. 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 ...

Critical Flaw in Zoom Windows Apps Allows Privilege Elevation

Summary: Zoom has addressed an input validation flaw CVE-2024-24691 that renders the Zoom desktop and VDI clients, along with the Meeting SDK for Windows, vulnerable to privilege escalation on the target system via the network, even by an unauthenticated attacker. Threat Level - Red | Vulnerabili...

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...

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...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 19 to 25 February 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 fifteen attacks were executed, five vulnerabilities were uncovered, and five active adversaries...

GitLab Fixes Critical Account Takeover Vulnerability

Summary: Critical GitLab vulnerability CVE-2023-7028 enables unauthorized users to take over the administrator account without user interaction. Exploiting password reset flaws, attackers can submit two emails, both target as well as attacker account leading to complete account takeover. Users wi...

Juniper’s Critical RCE Vulnerability Shakes Network Security

Summary: Juniper Networks has a critical remote code execution RCE vulnerability, CVE-2024-21591, which affects SRX Series firewalls and EX Series switches. This flaw enables attackers to trigger a Denial-of-Service condition and potentially execute remote code with root privileges. Threat Level ...

New Vulnerability Found in the JsonWebToken Open-Source Project

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A new high-severity vulnerability named CVE-2022-23529 has been discovered in the popular JsonWebToken open-source package. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute remote code on servers th...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 11 December to 17 December 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 eleven executed attacks, six instances of adversary activity, and five exploited...

‘ThemeBleed’ flaw in Windows 11 Enables Code Execution

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The CVE-2023-38146 vulnerability in Windows 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, potentially compromising the affected systems security and integrity, and posing a significant...

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...

Kasablanka Group Launches Phishing Campaigns Targeting Russian Government Entities

Threat Level Actors Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The GitLab CE and EE have two security issues in Git. One of them is CVE-2022-41903, which is an integer overflow in the ‘git-log’ and ‘git-archive’ commands that can result in arbitrary heap writes and...

DOS Vulnerability discovered in SonicWall Next-Generation Firewall

THREAT LEVEL: Amber For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here SonicWall, a manufacturer of security hardware discovered a flaw in their SonicOS security operating system that allows denial of service DoS attacks and could lead to remote code execution RCE. The identified vulnerability...

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...

SideCopy Leverages Multi-platform RAT, Assaults Indian Government Entities

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A threat actor linked to Pakistan named SideCopy is capitalizing on WinRARs CVE-2023-38831 vulnerability to target Indian government agencies. This security vulnerability facilitates distribution of...

The Vulnerability Discovered in the Cacti Open-Source RRD tool

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A high-severity vulnerability named CVE-2022-46169 has been found in Cacti, a free, open-source, web-based network monitoring and graphing tool designed as a front-end application for the...

Threat actors buy new BlueFox Stealer to exfiltrate data

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A Russian-speaking user named distamx has been selling BlueFox Stealer as malware-as-a-service since December 2021. A subscription to the customizable malware costs $350 per month on underground forums...

Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central affected by critical vulnerability

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Zoho has patched a critical vulnerability CVE-2021-44757 in Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP which are unified endpoint management UEM solutions. A security vulnerability exists in the Desktop Central and Desktop...

VMware patches SSRF and arbitrary file read vulnerabilities in vCenter Server

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. VMware has released fixes to address two security flaws in vCenter Server and Cloud Foundation tracked as CVE-2021-21980 and CVE-2021-22049. The vulnerability CVE-2021-21980 arbitrary file read is of major concern as an...

Ivanti Addresses Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks

Summary: Ivanti has addressed two new high-severity vulnerabilities, CVE-2024-21893 and CVE-2024-21888, affecting its Connect Secure and Policy Secure products. CVE-2024-21893, in particular, has been actively exploited in the wild, posing a significant risk to affected systems. Threat Level - Re...