Weekly Threat Digest: 28 March – 3 April 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 500 7 3 27 16 46 The fourth week of March 2022 witnessed the discovery of 500 vulnerabilities out of which 7 gaine...

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...

Actively exploited vulnerability affects Trend Micro Apex Central

THREAT LEVEL: Amber For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Trend Micro Apex Central on-premise and as a Service has a zero-day vulnerability. This arbitrary file upload vulnerability if successfully exploited, could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to upload any file, resulti...

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...

New PlugX variant “Talisman” used by famous Chinese APT

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here PlugX is a well-known malware family with samples dating back to as early as 2008. A Chinese state-backed threat actor, RedFoxtrot group, is discovered to use a new variant of the PlugX malware, Talisman. The threat actor grou...

Sophos Firewall RCE vulnerability actively exploited

THREAT LEVEL: Amber For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here A security researcher has discovered an authentication bypass vulnerability that resides in the User Portal and Webadmin areas of Sophos Firewall. Attackers are actively exploiting this vulnerability to attack enterprises in...

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...

Prolific threat actor TA551 using new malware IcedID

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here TA551 is a financially motivated threat group that has been active at least since 2018. The gang primarily targeted English, German, Italian, and Japanese speakers through email-based malware distribution activities. IcedID, a...

Weekly Threat Digest: 21 – 27 March 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 340 10 5 53 24 84 The fourth week of March 2022 witnessed the discovery of 340 vulnerabilities out of which 10...

Muhstik botnet adds another vulnerability exploit to its arsenal

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Muhstik malware has begun attacking Redis Servers by exploiting a recently reported vulnerability, CVE-2022-0543. This flaw can be found in several Redis Debian packages. The attack began on March 11, 2022, and was carried out...

Hive Pro Named ‘Startup of the Year – Security Software’ in the Globee Awards 18th Annual Cyber Security Global Excellence Awards®

Milpitas, California, March 28 - Hive Pro announced today that The Globee® Awards, organizers of world’s premier business awards programs and business ranking lists, has named Hive Pro a winner in the 18th Annual 2022 Cyber Security Global Excellence Awards®. These prestigious global awards...

North Korean state-sponsored threat actor Lazarus Group exploiting Chrome Zero-day vulnerability

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here For more than a month before a fix was available, North Korean state hackers known as Lazarus group exploited a zero-day, remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2022-0609 in Google Chromes web browser. The attack mainly targe...

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...

LAPSUS$ – New extortion group involved in the breach against Nvidia, Microsoft, Okta and Samsung

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Lapsus$ DEV-0537 is an extortion threat group that first appeared on December 10, 2021, and has since breached the Brazilian Ministry of Health, NVIDIA, Samsung, Vodafone, Ubisoft, Octa, and Microsoft. Unlike other extortionis...

Magic Hound Exploiting Old Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell Vulnerabilities

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here APT35 aka Magic Hound, an Iranian-backed threat group, has begun using Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell vulnerabilities as an initial attack vector and to execute code through multiple web shells. The group has primarily targeted...

AvosLocker Ransomware group has targeted 50+ Organizations Worldwide

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Federal Bureau of Investigation and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released threat advisories on AvosLocker Ransomware. It is a Ransomware as a Service RaaS affiliate-based group that has targeted 50+...

New Threat Actor using Serpent Backdoor attacking French Entities

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Weekly Threat Digest: 14 – 20 March 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 567 22 5 36 15 60 The third week of March 2022 witnessed the discovery of 567 vulnerabilities out of which 22 gain...

DarkHotel APT group targeting the Hospitality Industry in China

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Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) affected by multiple vulnerabilities

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here The Internet Systems Consortium ISC has published security upgrades to address several vulnerabilities in the widely used Berkeley Internet Name Domain BIND server software. An attacker could take advantage of some of these...

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...

Major Content Management Systems affected by Multiple vulnerabilities

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Several flaws in well-known content management systems WordPress and Drupal have been uncovered. A content management system, or CMS, is software that allows users to create, manage, and edit website content without requiri...

New Threat Actor Exotic Lily acting as Initial Access Broker for Conti and Diavol ransomware group

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Exotic Lily was first discovered exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft MSHTML CVE-2021-40444, which piqued the curiosity of researchers as a potentially sophisticated threat actor. Following additional analysis, it...

Russian threat actors leveraging misconfigured multifactor authentication to exploit PrintNightmare vulnerability

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have issued an alert for enterprises that Russian state-sponsored cyber attackers have obtained network access by exploiting...

Russian threat actor UAC-0056 targets European countries

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. The Governmental Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA has released an alert about a Russian threat actor UAC-0056 SaintBear, UNC2589, TA471 delivering malwares using email attachments. UNC2589 is a cyber...

Multiple Google Chrome Vulnerabilities affects all Platforms

THREAT LEVEL: Green. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. Chrome versions prior to 99.0.4844.74 affects Windows, Mac, and Linux. Vendor has released fixes for ten vulnerabilities that allow an attacker to gain control of a vulnerable system. Nine of the ten Chrome vulnerabilities...

Attackers could gain root access using vulnerability in Linux Kernel Netfilter Firewall

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. A flaw in the Linux kernel has been discovered. If exploited, this flaw could allow a local attacker to gain privileges on targeted systems, allowing them to escape containers, execute arbitrary code, or cause a kernel pani...

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...

Attackers Escape Kubernetes Containers using “cr8escape” Vulnerability in CRI-O

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. A flaw in CRI-O, an open-source Linux implementation of Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface CRI, was discovered that may allow an attacker to gain remote control of servers and potentially poison the container with attack...

Russia under Attack from New RURansom Wiper

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here A series of Wiper Malware attacks have been launched in the continuing cyber war between Russia and Ukraine. Researchers have discovered the RURansom wiper malware, which adds to the current collection of harmful malware. The...

Pandora Ransomware Targets Multiple Plants around the Globe

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Pandora ransomware is a new operation that targets business networks and obtains data for double-extortion assaults and active since March 2022. DENSO, a Japanese auto parts manufacturers plant in Germany, and Global Wafers...

LockBit 2.0 Ransomware affiliates targeting Renowned Organizations

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Since September 2021, LockBit 2.0 has targeted 500+ organizations in vital areas globally. The most recent attack targeted well-known tire producer Bridgestone, software behemoth Accenture, and the French Ministry of Justice...

Destructive data wipers and worms targeting Ukrainian organizations

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have jointly released an advisory and warned of an ongoing cyber attack using destructive malware targeting organizations in Ukrai...

Weekly Threat Digest: 7 – 13 March 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 538 16 3 42 19 89 The second week of March 2022 witnessed the discovery of 538 vulnerabilities out of which 16...

Mustang Panda targets European diplomats using enhanced PlugX backdoor

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Mustang Panda, a Chinese cyberespionage group, has been targeting European diplomats with a revised version of the PlugX backdoor in an ongoing campaign linked to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The group, also known as...

Prophet Spider exploits Log4j and Citrix vulnerabilities to deploy webshells

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Prophet Spider is a well-known Initial Access Broker IAB group. Prophet Spiders tradecraft continues to grow while exploiting known web-server vulnerabilities such as Citrix and Log4j. A remote code execution RCE...

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...

RangnarLocker Ransomware hits Critical Infrastructure Compromising 50+ Organizations

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has released an alert on Ragnarlocker campaign that has affected nearly 52 organizations encompassing 10 critical infrastructure sectors, including entities in significant manufacturing,...

Monthly Threat Digest: February 2022

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Multiple security vulnerabilities in Adobe After Effects and Illustrator

THREAT LEVEL: Green. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Adobe addressed 5 security flaws in Illustrator and After Effects. According to Adobe, none of the vulnerabilities have been exploited so far. Successful exploitation of any of the five vulnerabilities listed below could all...

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...

Microsoft addressed three zero-day vulnerabilities March 2022 Patch Tuesday Update

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Microsoft addressed 71 the following vulnerabilities in their March 2022 Patch Tuesday Update. This advisory briefs about six vulnerabilities out of which three of them have been rated critical in severity and three of them ar...

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...

Dirty Pipe: A privilege escalation vulnerability in Linux Kernel

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here A vulnerability in the Linux kernel existed since version 5.8 and allows overwriting data in arbitrary read-only files. Because unprivileged processes can inject code into root processes, this results in privilege escalation. ...

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...

Linux Distributions affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here A new privilege escalation vulnerability has been reported that affects all the major releases of the Linux kernel and being tracked as CVE-2022-0492. The issue primarily affects the Linux kernel feature known as control...

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...

Unpromising Vulnerability Prioritization with Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

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Multiple government entities targeted by China-linked Daxin malware

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here A technologically advanced and previously undocumented malware Daxin was used as the advanced persistent threat APT weapon by China-linked actor against government critical infrastructures across the globe. This malware can re...

Zero-day vulnerability in Zimbra Servers being exploited-in-the-wild

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here A zero-day cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability has been discovered in the Zimbra email software. A threat actor is taking advantage of this issue by launching a targeted spear-phishing attack named Operation EmailThief. Two...