Gafgyt Botnet Exploiting Five Years Old Critical Vulnerability in Zyxel Routers

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A critical vulnerability CVE-2017-18368 in the Zyxel P660HN-T1A router allows the Gafgyt botnet to execute unauthorized commands, potentially leading to a complete takeover of affected devices. Th...

Google Chrome Emergency Update Fixes Zero-Day Exploit in the Wild

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A potential vulnerability in Google Chrome versions before 112.0.5615.121, identified as CVE-2023-2033, involves Type confusion in V8, which could allow a remote attacker to potentially exploit he...

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...

Two actively exploited Zero-Day vulnerabilities discovered in Mozilla Firefox

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Two critical zero-day vulnerabilities have been identified in Mozilla Firefox that are being exploited in-the-wild and tracked as CVE-2022-26485 and CVE-2022-26485. Both are use-after-free bugs that exist in XSLT parameter...

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...

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...

LeakyCLI Vulnerability in Cloud Tools Puts Credentials at Risk

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Critical RCE Flaw in Atlassian Confluence Sparks Active Exploitation

Summary: CVE-2023-22527 is a critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability in outdated Atlassian Confluence versions, actively exploited by malicious actors. Immediate patching to recommended versions is crucial, as nearly 40,000 exploitation attempts have been recorded within three days of...

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...

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...

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...

Mozilla release Security Advisories for multiple vulnerabilities affecting Firefox and Firefox ESR

THREAT LEVEL: Green. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Mozilla addressed multiple security vulnerabilities by releasing two security advisories and four of the bugs have high impact. One of the four vulnerabilities is a Time-of-Check Time-of-Use bug CVE-2022-26387, which occurs...

Google fixes multiple vulnerabilities in Chrome

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Google Chrome has been updated to version 97, which addresses 37 security flaws. Google has classed ten of them as High and one as Critical, while the remaining thirteen have been classified as Medium or Low. These flaws po...

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...

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...

Threat Actors Using WerFault.exe to Deploy Pupy RAT

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Pupy RAT malware is using a technique called DLL side-loading to disguise itself as the legitimate WerFault.exe process in order to evade detection. The malware is delivered via an ISO image that...

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 ...

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...

Apple’s Timely Response to Actively Exploited Zero-Days

Summary: Apple has released crucial software updates to address two actively exploited security vulnerabilities identified as CVE-2023-42916 and CVE-2023-42917. These vulnerabilities affect the WebKit browser engine on Apple devices such as iPhone, iPad, and Mac, potentially exposing sensitive...

Proof-of-concept released for Windows CryptoAPI vulnerability

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary CVE-2022-34689 is a critical vulnerability in Windows CryptoAPI that was publicly announced by Microsoft in October 2022. The vulnerability allows an attacker to masquerade as a legitimate entity by...

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...

High severity vulnerability in VMware Workstation, Fusion, and ESXi

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. A heap buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in multiple products of VMware. This bug has been tracked as CVE-2021-22045, if exploited would result in the execution of arbitrary code by the attacker. Heap...

Drop everything and patch VMware’s vCenter Server Vulnerabilities

THREAT LEVEL: Green. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. VMware has issued patches for 19 new vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-22005 is the worst of the lot, defined as "an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Analytics service" of the vCenter Server. An attacker with network acce...

Ivanti Addresses Critical Vulnerability in Endpoint Manager

Summary: Ivanti addressed a critical vulnerability CVE-2023-39336 in its Endpoint Management software, ensuring secure usage for its 40,000 worldwide customers. The flaw, resolved in version 2022 Service Update 5, posed a risk of pre-authenticated sql injection and possibly Remote Code Injection ...

Adobe ColdFusion Vulnerability Leads to Federal Agency Breach

Summary: Unidentified threat actors exploit Adobe ColdFusion vulnerability CVE-2023-26360 on government servers, leading to potential unauthorized code execution. Incidents involve reconnaissance, data extraction attempts, and emphasize the importance of software updates. Threat Level - Red |...

Identity Exposure Management: Risks and Response

Start with the path that carries risk. Security teams need a clear view of access risk. Stolen tokens and excessive privileges turn legitimate access into an attack route. Identity risk becomes urgent when one exposed account opens a path across critical systems. Identity exposure management is t...

TeamCity Vulnerabilities Unleash Jasmin Ransomware and More

Summary: Recently patched vulnerabilities in JetBrains TeamCity CVE-2024-27198, CVE-2024-27199 have emerged as a breeding ground for cyber threats, as attackers leverage them to disseminate various dangers such as Jasmin ransomware, XMRig cryptominers, SparkRAT backdoor, and remote access trojans...

QNAP addresses a vulnerability in NAS devices

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary QNAP has released updates to address a security flaw in its network-attached storage NAS devices that allows arbitrary code injection. This vulnerability enables a remote attacker to run any SQL...

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...

Pro-Russian Hacktivist Group NoName057(16) Launches Cyber Attacks on Ukraine and NATO Organizations

Threat Level Actors Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary NoName05716 is a pro-Russian hacktivist group that has been conducting a campaign of DDoS attacks on Ukraine and NATO organizations since the early days of the war in Ukraine. The group has targeted...

RCE flaw in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Two security flaws in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ can be exploited to enable remote code execution. An adversary could get persistent root access to the devices management interface by successfully...

Check Point Fixes Zero-Day CVE-2024-24919 Exploited in the Wild

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Ivanti Gateways Under Attack by Cybercriminals Patch Now

Summary: Cyber threat actors have been exploiting vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways, including CVE-2023-46805, CVE-2024-21887, and CVE-2024-21893, which allow them to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges. Despite...

GNOME Linux Systems Exposed to 1-Click RCE Attacks

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A new security vulnerability, known as CVE-2023-43641, has been identified in the libcue library. This library is utilized by Tracker Miners and is shipped along with the GNOME desktop environment...

Nucleus Security vs Hive Pro: CTEM Comparison

Choosing between Nucleus Security vs Hive Pro is really a decision about how your security team wants to run exposure management: as an aggregation and workflow layer over existing tools, or as a broader CTEM platform that combines aggregation, native discovery, threat intelligence, validation, a...

A critical flaw in Cisco IOx Root Access Threat has been discovered

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Cisco has issued security patches to address a high-severity vulnerabilityCVE-2023-20076 in the Cisco IOx application hosting environment that can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands as roo...

Critical Vulnerabilities Discovered in TeamCity, Enable Server Takeover

Summary: Two vulnerabilities in the JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises software have been discovered CVE-2024-27198 and CVE-2024-27199. Threat actors may attempt to take advantage of these vulnerabilities in order to breach and gain control of the impacted systems leading to system compromise. Threat...

Critical Vulnerabilities in ScreenConnect Under Active Exploitation

Summary: Critical vulnerabilities in ScreenConnect CVE-2024-1709 allow attackers unauthorized access without credentials, while CVE-2024-1708 enables remote code execution. Hackers can gain direct access to confidential information or critical systems. Immediate patching is essential to mitigate...

Hive Pro: Threat Exposure Management – Datasheet

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...

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...

Weekly Threat Digest: 9-15 May 2022

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Published Vulnerabilities Interesting Vulnerabilities Active Threat Groups Targeted Countries Targeted Industries ATT&CK TTPs 650 3 1 14 10 13 The second week of May 2022 witnessed the discovery of 650 vulnerabilities out of which 3 gained...

Have you updated your Zoom meeting?

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Two Critical vulnerabilities have been found in Zoom products. These vulnerabilities were discovered by Natalie Silvanovich, a researcher from Google Project Zero. The first vulnerability, CVE-2021-34423 is a high severity...

The Evolution of DEEP#GOSU Attack Campaign by Kimsuky Group

Summary: A sophisticated multi-stage attack campaign linked to the North Korean Kimsuky group, dubbed DEEPGOSU. Using PowerShell and VBScript, the attackers leverage remote access trojan RAT software for full control over infected hosts, while employing legitimate services like Dropbox for comman...

In-Depth Analysis of NoEscape Ransomware

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The NoEscape ransomware, suspected to be a rebrand of Avaddon, targets enterprises globally through multi-extortion attacks. Operating as Ransomware-as-a-Service, it encrypts files, changes wallpapers, a...

Titan Stealer – A Cross-Platform Information Stealer Malware Distributed by Threat Actors

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Titan Stealer is a cross-platform information stealer malware actively distributed by a threat actor through a Telegram channel, capable of stealing various information from infected Windows machines and...

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...

JetBrains TeamCity Authentication Bypass Flaw, Paving the Way for Server Takeover

Summary: JetBrains addressed a critical security flaw in its TeamCity On-Premises product. The vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-23917, could potentially allow an unauthorized attacker with HTTPS access to a TeamCity server to circumvent authentication mechanisms and acquire administrative...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 18 December to 24 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 15 executed attacks, 4 instances of adversary activity, and 7 exploited vulnerabilities,...

Cuba Ransomware Targets U.S. with Veeam Exploit

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Cuba ransomware has targeted attacks on critical infrastructure organizations in the United States and IT enterprises across Latin America. In order to acquire credentials, it employs a blend of old...

Actors, Threats and Vulnerabilities 12 June to 18 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 twenty different vulnerabilities in...