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New Juniper Junos OS Flaws Expose Devices to Remote Attacks - Patch Now
Networking hardware company Juniper Networks has released an "out-of-cycle" security update to address multiple flaws in the J-Web component of Junos OS that could be combined to achieve remote code execution on susceptible installations. The four vulnerabilities have a cumulative CVSS rating of...
Thousands of Android Malware Apps Using Stealthy APK Compression to Evade Detection
Threat actors are using Android Package APK files with unknown or unsupported compression methods to elude malware analysis. That's according to findings from Zimperium, which found 3,300 artifacts leveraging such compression algorithms in the wild. 71 of the identified samples can be loaded on t...
14 Suspected Cybercriminals Arrested Across Africa in Coordinated Crackdown
A coordinated law enforcement operation across 25 African countries has led to the arrest of 14 suspected cybercriminals, INTERPOL announced Friday. The exercise, conducted in partnership with AFRIPOL, enabled investigators to identify 20,674 cyber networks that were linked to financial losses of...
The Vulnerability of Zero Trust: Lessons from the Storm 0558 Hack
While IT security managers in companies and public administrations rely on the concept of Zero Trust, APTS Advanced Persistent Threats are putting its practical effectiveness to the test. Analysts, on the other hand, understand that Zero Trust can only be achieved with comprehensive insight into...
New Wave of Attack Campaign Targeting Zimbra Email Users for Credential Theft
A new "mass-spreading" social engineering campaign is targeting users of the Zimbra Collaboration email server with an aim to collect their login credentials for use in follow-on operations. The activity, active since April 2023 and still ongoing, targets a wide range of small and medium business...
New BlackCat Ransomware Variant Adopts Advanced Impacket and RemCom Tools
Microsoft on Thursday disclosed that it found a new version of the BlackCat ransomware aka ALPHV and Noberus that embeds tools like Impacket and RemCom to facilitate lateral movement and remote code execution. "The Impacket tool has credential dumping and remote service execution modules that cou...
Google Chrome's New Feature Alerts Users About Auto-Removal of Malicious Extensions
Google has announced plans to add a new feature in the upcoming version of its Chrome web browser to proactively alert users when an extension they have installed has been removed from the Chrome Web Store. The feature, set for release alongside Chrome 117, allows users to be notified when an...
NoFilter Attack: Sneaky Privilege Escalation Method Bypasses Windows Security
A previously undetected attack method called NoFilter has been found to abuse the Windows Filtering Platform WFP to achieve privilege escalation in the Windows operating system. "If an attacker has the ability to execute code with admin privilege and the target is to perform LSASS Shtinkering,...
China-Linked Bronze Starlight Group Targeting Gambling Sector with Cobalt Strike Beacons
An ongoing cyber attack campaign originating from China is targeting the Southeast Asian gambling sector to deploy Cobalt Strike beacons on compromised systems. Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne said the tactics, techniques, and procedures point to the involvement of a threat actor tracked as Bronze...
New Apple iOS 16 Exploit Enables Stealthy Cellular Access Under Fake Airplane Mode
Cybersecurity researchers have documented a novel post-exploit persistence technique on iOS 16 that could be abused to fly under the radar and maintain access to an Apple device even when the victim believes it is offline. The method "tricks the victim into thinking their device's Airplane Mode...
New LABRAT Campaign Exploits GitLab Flaw for Cryptojacking and Proxyjacking Activities
A new, financially motivated operation dubbed LABRAT has been observed weaponizing a now-patched critical flaw in GitLab as part of a cryptojacking and proxyjacking campaign. "The attacker utilized undetected signature-based tools, sophisticated and stealthy cross-platform malware,...
Why You Need Continuous Network Monitoring?
Changes in the way we work have had significant implications for cybersecurity, not least in network monitoring. Workers no longer sit safely side-by-side on a corporate network, dev teams constantly spin up and tear down systems, exposing services to the internet. Keeping track of these users,...
Russian Hackers Use Zulip Chat App for Covert C&C in Diplomatic Phishing Attacks
An ongoing campaign targeting ministries of foreign affairs of NATO-aligned countries points to the involvement of Russian threat actors. The phishing attacks feature PDF documents with diplomatic lures, some of which are disguised as coming from Germany, to deliver a variant of a malware called...
CISA Adds Citrix ShareFile Flaw to KEV Catalog Due to In-the-Wild Attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has added a critical security flaw in Citrix ShareFile storage zones controller to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, based on evidence of active in-the-wild exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2023-24489 CVSS score: 9.8, the...
What's the State of Credential theft in 2023?
At a little overt halfway through 2023, credential theft is still a major thorn in the side of IT teams. The heart of the problem is the value of data to cybercriminals and the evolution of the techniques they use to get hold of it. The 2023 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report DBIR revealed...
Experts Uncover Weaknesses in PowerShell Gallery Enabling Supply Chain Attacks
Active flaws in the PowerShell Gallery could be weaponized by threat actors to pull off supply chain attacks against the registry's users. "These flaws make typosquatting attacks inevitable in this registry, while also making it extremely difficult for users to identify the true owner of a...
Guide: How Google Workspace-based Organizations can leverage Chrome to improve Security
More and more organizations are choosing Google Workspace as their default employee toolset of choice. But despite the productivity advantages, this organizational action also incurs a new security debt. Security teams now have to find a way to adjust their security architecture to this new cloud...
Google Introduces First Quantum Resilient FIDO2 Security Key Implementation
Google on Tuesday announced the first quantum resilient FIDO2 security key implementation as part of its OpenSK security keys initiative. "This open-source hardware optimized implementation uses a novel ECC/Dilithium hybrid signature schema that benefits from the security of ECC against standard...
Critical Security Flaws Affect Ivanti Avalanche, Threatening 30,000 Organizations
Multiple critical security flaws have been reported in Ivanti Avalanche, an enterprise mobile device management solution that's used by 30,000 organizations. The vulnerabilities, collectively tracked as CVE-2023-32560 CVSS score: 9.8, are stack-based buffer overflows in Ivanti Avalanche...
Nearly 2,000 Citrix NetScaler Instances Hacked via Critical Vulnerability
Nearly 2,000 Citrix NetScaler instances have been compromised with a backdoor by weaponizing a recently disclosed critical security vulnerability as part of a large-scale attack. "An adversary appears to have exploited CVE-2023-3519 in an automated fashion, placing web shells on vulnerable...
Cybercriminals Abusing Cloudflare R2 for Hosting Phishing Pages, Experts Warn
Threat actors' use of Cloudflare R2 to host phishing pages has witnessed a 61-fold increase over the past six months. "The majority of the phishing campaigns target Microsoft login credentials, although there are some pages targeting Adobe, Dropbox, and other cloud apps," Netskope security...
Catching the Catphish: Join the Expert Webinar on Combating Credential Phishing
Is your organization constantly under threat from credential phishing? Even with comprehensive security awareness training, many employees still fall victim to credential phishing scams. The result? Cybercriminals gaining immediate and unhindered access to sensitive data, email accounts, and othe...
Multiple Flaws Found in ScrutisWeb Software Exposes ATMs to Remote Hacking
Four security vulnerabilities in the ScrutisWeb ATM fleet monitoring software made by Iagona could be exploited to remotely break into ATMs, upload arbitrary files, and even reboot the terminals. The shortcomings were discovered by the Synack Red Team SRT following a client engagement. The issues...
Monti Ransomware Returns with New Linux Variant and Enhanced Evasion Tactics
The threat actors behind the Monti ransomware have resurfaced after a two-month break with a new Linux version of the encryptor in its attacks targeting government and legal sectors. Monti emerged in June 2022, weeks after the Conti ransomware group shut down its operations, deliberately imitatin...
Malware Unleashed: Public Sector Hit in Sudden Surge, Reveals New Report
The just-released BlackBerry Global Threat Intelligence Report reveals a 40% increase in cyberattacks against government and public service organizations versus the previous quarter. This includes public transit, utilities, schools, and other government services we rely on daily. With limited...
Gigabud RAT Android Banking Malware Targets Institutions Across Countries
Account holders of over numerous financial institutions in Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Peru are being targeted by an Android banking malware called Gigabud RAT. "One of Gigabud RAT's unique features is that it doesn't execute any malicious actions until the user is authoriz...
Over 120,000 Computers Compromised by Info Stealers Linked to Users of Cybercrime Forums
A "staggering" 120,000 computers infected by stealer malware have credentials associated with cybercrime forums, many of them belonging to malicious actors. The findings come from Hudson Rock, which analyzed data collected from computers compromised between 2018 to 2023. "Hackers around the world...
North Korean Hackers Suspected in New Wave of Malicious npm Packages
The npm package registry has emerged as the target of yet another highly targeted attack campaign that aims to entice developers into downloading malevolent modules. Software supply chain security firm Phylum told The Hacker News the activity exhibits similar behaviors to that of a previous attac...
QwixxRAT: New Remote Access Trojan Emerges via Telegram and Discord
A new remote access trojan RAT called QwixxRAT is being advertised for sale by its threat actor through Telegram and Discord platforms. "Once installed on the victim's Windows platform machines, the RAT stealthily collects sensitive data, which is then sent to the attacker's Telegram bot, providi...
Ongoing Xurum Attacks on E-commerce Sites Exploiting Critical Magento 2 Vulnerability
E-commerce sites using Adobe's Magento 2 software are the target of an ongoing campaign that has been active since at least January 2023. The attacks, dubbed Xurum by Akamai, leverage a now-patched critical security flaw CVE-2022-24086, CVSS score: 9.8 in Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source...
Identity Threat Detection and Response: Rips in Your Identity Fabric
Why SaaS Security Is a Challenge In today's digital landscape, organizations are increasingly relying on Software-as-a-Service SaaS applications to drive their operations. However, this widespread adoption has also opened the doors to new security risks and vulnerabilities. The SaaS security atta...
Charming Kitten Targets Iranian Dissidents with Advanced Cyber Attacks
Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution BfV has warned of cyber attacks targeting Iranian persons and organizations in the country since the end of 2022. "The cyber attacks were mainly directed against dissident organizations and individuals – such as lawyers, journalists,...
New Financial Malware 'JanelaRAT' Targets Latin American Users
Users in Latin America LATAM are the target of a financial malware called JanelaRAT that's capable of capturing sensitive information from compromised Microsoft Windows systems. "JanelaRAT mainly targets financial and cryptocurrency data from LATAM bank and financial institutions," Zscaler...
India Passes New Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDPB), Putting Users' Privacy First
The Indian President Droupadi Murmu on Friday granted assent to the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill DPDPB after it was unanimously passed by both houses of the parliament last week, marking a significant step towards securing people's information. "The Bill provides for the processing of...
Multiple Flaws in CyberPower and Dataprobe Products Put Data Centers at Risk
Multiple security vulnerabilities impacting CyberPower's PowerPanel Enterprise Data Center Infrastructure Management DCIM platform and Dataprobe's iBoot Power Distribution Unit PDU could be potentially exploited to gain unauthenticated access to these systems and inflict catastrophic damage in...
Zoom ZTP & AudioCodes Phones Flaws Uncovered, Exposing Users to Eavesdropping
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in AudioCodes desk phones and Zoom's Zero Touch Provisioning ZTP that could be potentially exploited by a malicious attacker to conduct remote attacks. "An external attacker who leverages the vulnerabilities discovered in AudioCodes Ltd.'s des...
Lolek Bulletproof Hosting Servers Seized, 5 Key Operators Arrested
European and U.S. law enforcement agencies have announced the dismantling of a bulletproof hosting service provider called Lolek Hosted, which cybercriminals have used to launch cyber-attacks across the globe. "Five of its administrators were arrested, and all of its servers seized, rendering...
New Python URL Parsing Flaw Could Enable Command Execution Attacks
A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in the Python URL parsing function that could be exploited to bypass domain or protocol filtering methods implemented with a blocklist, ultimately resulting in arbitrary file reads and command execution. "urlparse has a parsing problem when the...
Researchers Uncover Years-Long Cyber Espionage on Foreign Embassies in Belarus
A hitherto undocumented threat actor operating for nearly a decade and codenamed MoustachedBouncer has been attributed to cyber espionage attacks aimed at foreign embassies in Belarus. "Since 2020, MoustachedBouncer has most likely been able to perform adversary-in-the-middle AitM attacks at the...
Enhancing TLS Security: Google Adds Quantum-Resistant Encryption in Chrome 116
Google has announced plans to add support for quantum-resistant encryption algorithms in its Chrome browser, starting with version 116. "Chrome will begin supporting X25519Kyber768 for establishing symmetric secrets in TLS, starting in Chrome 116, and available behind a flag in Chrome 115," Devon...
Researchers Shed Light on APT31's Advanced Backdoors and Data Exfiltration Tactics
The Chinese threat actor known as APT31 aka Bronze Vinewood, Judgement Panda, or Violet Typhoon has been linked to a set of advanced backdoors that are capable of exfiltrating harvested sensitive information to Dropbox. The malware is part of a broader collection of more than 15 implants that hav...
New SystemBC Malware Variant Targets Southern African Power Company
An unknown threat actor has been linked to a cyber attack on a power generation company in southern Africa with a new variant of the SystemBC malware called DroxiDat as a precursor to a suspected ransomware attack. "The proxy-capable backdoor was deployed alongside Cobalt Strike Beacons in a sout...
16 New CODESYS SDK Flaws Expose OT Environments to Remote Attacks
A set of 16 high-severity security flaws have been disclosed in the CODESYS V3 software development kit SDK that could result in remote code execution and denial-of-service under specific conditions, posing risks to operational technology OT environments. The flaws, tracked from CVE-2022-47378...
CISA Adds Microsoft .NET Vulnerability to KEV Catalog Due to Active Exploitation
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has added a recently patched security flaw in Microsoft's .NET and Visual Studio products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2023-38180 CVSS score: 7.5, the...
New Attack Alert: Freeze[.]rs Injector Weaponized for XWorm Malware Attacks
Malicious actors are using a legitimate Rust-based injector called Freeze.rs to deploy a commodity malware called XWorm in victim environments. The novel attack chain, detected by Fortinet FortiGuard Labs on July 13, 2023, is initiated via a phishing email containing a booby-trapped PDF file. It...
New Statc Stealer Malware Emerges: Your Sensitive Data at Risk
A new information malware strain called Statc Stealer has been found infecting devices running Microsoft Windows to siphon sensitive personal and payment information. "Statc Stealer exhibits a broad range of stealing capabilities, making it a significant threat," Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers...
Emerging Attacker Exploit: Microsoft Cross-Tenant Synchronization
Attackers continue to target Microsoft identities to gain access to connected Microsoft applications and federated SaaS applications. Additionally, attackers continue to progress their attacks in these environments, not by exploiting vulnerabilities, but by abusing native Microsoft functionality ...
Encryption Flaws in Popular Chinese Language App Put Users' Typed Data at Risk
A widely used Chinese language input app for Windows and Android has been found vulnerable to serious security flaws that could allow a malicious interloper to decipher the text typed by users. The findings from the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, which carried out an analysis of the...
Cybercriminals Increasingly Using EvilProxy Phishing Kit to Target Executives
Threat actors are increasingly using a phishing-as-a-service PhaaS toolkit dubbed EvilProxy to pull off account takeover attacks aimed at high-ranking executives at prominent companies. According to Proofpoint, an ongoing hybrid campaign has leveraged the service to target thousands of Microsoft...
Interpol Busts Phishing-as-a-Service Platform '16Shop,' Leading to 3 Arrests
Interpol has announced the takedown of a phishing-as-a-service PhaaS platform called 16Shop, in addition to the arrests of three individuals in Indonesia and Japan. 16Shop specialized in the sales of phishing kits that other cybercriminals can purchase to mount phishing attacks on a large scale,...