GitLab releases new CE and EE versions to address integer overflow vulnerabilities

Threat Level Vulnerability 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 writ...

Input validation flaw in GitLab’s Community and Enterprise Software

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A remote code execution vulnerability that affects GitLab Community Edition CE and Enterprise Edition EE has been identified as CVE-2022-2884. It can be exploited using the GitHub import API, However it...

Critical XSS Flaw Discovered in WP Statistics Impacting 600K Sites

Summary: A critical Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability CVE-2024-2194 in WP Statistics plugin, allowing attackers to inject malicious code via the URL parameter. With over 600,000 installations, the flaw poses severe risks, enabling unauthorized script execution and potential data theft or sit...

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...

DarkCloud Stealer A Multi-Stage Malware That Pilfers Sensitive data

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary DarkCloud Stealer is a type of malware distributed worldwide through spam operations and designed to pilfer sensitive information from a victims device. The sale of DarkCloud Stealer was reported in...

The SteelClover Group is Spreading Malware via Google Ads in Japan

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary SteelClover is a malicious attack group that has been active since 2019 and has been observed to conduct various attacks for financial gain. SteelClover recently saw a rise in malware downloading inciden...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 01 to 07 July 2024

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs has recently made substantial advancements in identifying cybersecurity threats. In just the past week, HiveForce Labs detected eleven executed attacks, reported five vulnerabilities, and identified three active...

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...

Ivanti Addresses Yet Another VPN Flaw Within a Month

Summary: Ivanti has addressed a newly discovered vulnerability impacting ZTA, Policy, and Connect Secure gateways. Tracked as CVE-2024-22024, this vulnerability stems from a weakness in the SAML component of the gateways related to XXE XML eXternal Entities, enabling remote attackers to access...

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...

Citrix Warns of Critical Netscaler Flaws Actively Exploited in Attacks – Urges Immediate Patching

Summary: Two zero-day security vulnerabilities, identified as CVE-2023-6548 and CVE-2023-6549, have been discovered in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway. These vulnerabilities are actively exploited in the wild. CVE-2023-6548 affects the NetScaler management interface, potentially leading to...

Google’s Battle Against Zero-Day Vulnerability Continues

Summary: Google has recently implemented a security enhancement to address a high-severity zero-day vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-7024, that can lead to program crashes or enable arbitrary code execution. Threat Level - Red | Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download t...

Lace Tempest Exploits Zero-Day in a Strategic Strike on SysAid

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Lace Tempest has been implicated in exploiting a zero-day vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-47246. This exploitation allows for the execution of code within SysAid on-premise software, leading...

‘Looney Tunables’ Flaw Enables Local Privilege Escalation in Glibc

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary CVE-2023-4911, also known as "Looney Tunables," is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability discovered in the GNU C Librarys dynamic loader, specifically in the processing of the GLIBCTUNABLES...

Apple Addressed A Zero-day Vulnerability With An Emergency Security Update

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Apple has released an emergency security update to fix a zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2023-23529, that could be used to hack iPhones, iPads, and Macs. The vulnerability was found in WebKit and coul...

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...

Microsoft’s January 2024 Patch Tuesday Addresses 49 Vulnerabilities

Summary: Microsofts January 2024 Patch Tuesday addressed 49 vulnerabilities, including two critical ones, covering various products. Notably, a high-risk Kerberos security flaw CVE-2024-20674 and a network-adjacent Hyper-V vulnerability CVE-2024-20700 were patched, urging prompt updates to mitiga...

Lazarus’s Operation Blacksmith Deploys Novel Dlang RATs

Summary: The Lazarus Group, a North Korea-linked threat actor, has been identified in a new global campaign called "Operation Blacksmith." In this campaign, the group opportunistically exploits the security vulnerability CVE-2021-44228 in Log4j to deploy previously undocumented RATs on compromise...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 6 November to 12 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 twenty-five executed attacks, six instances of adversary activity, and four exploited...

DreamBus Botnet Exploiting A Critical Vulnerability in Apache RocketMQ

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A critical vulnerability CVE-2023-33246 in Apache RocketMQ servers enables remote code execution, leading to a surge in attacks, including the deployment of the DreamBus malware. Timely system...

Apple Addresses A Zero-Day Vulnerability Which Is Actively Exploited in Wild

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-37450 discovered in multiple Apple products is being actively exploited in the wild, specifically when processing web content. This vulnerability can potentially resul...

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

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...

Chinese state-sponsored threat group APT41 targets U.S. critical organizations using two Zero-Days

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here A China state-sponsored threat group known as APT41 is observed compromising at least six U.S. state governments networks in a threat campaign beginning from May 2021. APT41 is a well-known Chinese state-sponsored espionage...

Weren’t you warned about reactivating the Print Spooler?

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. After almost 10 days of releasing an advisory by the Hive Pro Threat Research team, a new vulnerability has been found in Windows Print Spooler. This is a privilege escalation flaw that allows attackers to run arbitrary code...

Critical VMware Vulnerabilities Leading To Sandbox Escape

Summary: Critical vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2024-22252, CVE-2024-22253, CVE-2024-22254, and CVE-2024-22255 have been addressed by Vmware. These vulnerabilities allow attackers to bypass virtual machines and execute commands on the host machine. Workstation, Fusion, Cloud Foundation, and VMwa...

Akira Ransomware Exploits Cisco Flaw for Maximum Impact

Summary: The Akira ransomware has been identified for utilizing the Cisco AnyConnect SSL VPN as its initial access vector, specifically exploiting the CVE-2020-3259 vulnerability. Despite Cisco addressing this vulnerability with patches released in May 2020, the threat remains prevalent. Threat...

Active Exploitation of Two Critical Flaws in Microsoft SharePoint

Summary: Active attacks targeting a critical Microsoft SharePoint Server vulnerability CVE-2023-29357 pose a severe risk, enabling privilege escalation for potential full administrator access. This flaw, coupled with CVE-2023-24955, allows arbitrary code execution. Immediate patching is crucial, ...

Google Addresses Fourth Zero-Day Flaw Exploited by Attackers Wildly

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-4863 in Google Chrome enables arbitrary code execution and system crashes. Actively exploited "in the wild," it poses severe risks, including data exposure and...

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...

Stranger Strings: A 22-year-old vulnerability in SQLite

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A vulnerability in the SQLite library API has been assigned CVE-2022-35737, which could allow an attacker to crash or control programs...

Zero-day Vulnerability in the WordPress BackupBuddy Plugin

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A zero-day vulnerability in the BackupBuddy WordPress plugin is being actively exploited. There are an estimated 140,000 active installations of the plugin, and the arbitrary file download/read...

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...

Google Patches Critical Zero-Day Exploits Found at Pwn2Own

Summary: Google patched two zero-day vulnerabilities in Chrome CVE-2024-2886, CVE-2024-2887 from Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024, allowing arbitrary code execution. Updating Chrome is essential to ensure youre protected. Threat Level - Red | Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download th...

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...

Socks5Systemz Proxy Botnet Infects 10,000 Systems

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A sophisticated proxy botnet known as Socks5Systemz has insidiously infiltrated over 10,000 computers by employing the PrivateLoader and Amadey malware loaders. The masterminds behind this botnet offer...

Rancoz Ransomware Employs Advanced Techniques to Encrypt Victims’ Files

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Rancoz ransomware demonstrates the growing danger of tailored ransomware strains, leveraging advanced encryption techniques. To receive real-time threat advisories, please follow HiveForce Labs on Linked...

Iron Tiger APT Group Updates SysUpdate Malware to Target Linux Platforms

Threat Level Attack Report Follow Hive Pro for a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here from HiveForce Labs. Summary The Iron Tiger aka APT27 group updated their custom malware, SysUpdate, to target Linux platforms and evade security solutions. They specifically targeted a...

Lazarus Strikes with WinorDLL64 Backdoor Discovered in Wslink Malware loader

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A newly discovered backdoor named WinorDLL64 seems to be associated with the malware downloader Wslink. This revelation suggests that Lazarus, the notorious North Korea-aligned group, may have employed...

APT15 enhanced its arsenal with an updated variant of the Turian backdoor

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary APT15 has modified its toolkit to include new variants of the Turian backdoor, as well as new command and control infrastructure. The malware contains VMProtect, which obfuscates all API calls within the...

Shell Command Injection Vulnerability found in Apache Spark

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Apache Spark recently disclosed a weakness, CVE-2022-33891, which would allow threat actors to execute arbitrary shell commands as a Spark...

Environment Variables Leak affect Multiple browsers

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. A system environment variables leak security bug was found in Chromium 92 version. Multiple web browsers are based on the chromium engine, such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, and Brave. Most of them are reported t...

A similar vulnerability like Log4shell discovered in H2 database console

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. An unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability similar to Log4shell has been discovered in H2 Database a popular Java SQL database console and has been assigned CVE-2021-42392. It is claimed to be similar to the...

Threat Actors are actively exploiting a SolarWinds Zero-Day Vulnerability

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. A zero-day vulnerability CVE-2021-35211 that impacts the Serv-U Managed File Transfer and Serv-U Secure FTP, is been exploited by multiple threat actors. The PoC of this exploited vulnerability was given to SolarWinds by...

Google Addresses Sixth Zero-Day Flaw Exploited by Attackers Wildly

Summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Google Chrome, including a zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-6345 actively exploited for remote code execution. Users are advised to update Chrome to version 119.0.6045.199/.200 Windows or 119.0.6045.199 Mac and Linux promptly to safeguard...

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...

STORM-1359 DDoS triggered outage of Microsoft Services

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The STORM-1359 group a.k.a Anonymous Sudan recently targeted Microsoft services with a DDoS attack, resulting in the disruption of multiple services. To receive real-time threat advisories, please follow...

Threat Actors launch a campaign to exploit vulnerability in Fortinet

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Tailgate campaign is currently being carried out by the threat actors Hafnium and OilRig. The goal of this campaign is to exploit vulnerabilities in Fortinet. Recently discovered vulnerability...

VMware Cloud Foundation has a significant RCE flaw

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A Remote Code Execution RCE vulnerability through the XStream open-source library tagged as CVE-2021-39144 in the VMware Cloud Foundation, which is a hybrid cloud platform for hosting enterprise...

Google Chrome browser suffers from another zero-day vulnerability

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary There is a vulnerability in the Chrome browser, identified as CVE-2022-3075, that is actively exploited in the wild...

Two Vulnerabilities discovered in AWS Client VPN

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Two flaws have been discovered in the AWS VPN Client. One of them CVE-2022-25166 was discovered due to a time-of-check to time-of-use TOCTOU condition, which could lead to privilege escalation. Another vulnerability...