NFT Investors Lose $1.7M in OpenSea Phishing Attack

Over the weekend, hackers stole millions of dollars worth of non-fungible tokens NFTs belonging to 17 members of the OpenSea NFT marketplace. On Saturday, a small number of OpenSea users noticed their NFTs were missing. NFTs are digital tokens on the blockchain that represent ownership over virtu...

Adobe’s Surprise Security Bulletin Dominated by Critical Patches

Adobe has dropped a mammoth out-of-band security update this week, addressing 92 vulnerabilities across 14 products. The majority of the disclosed bugs are critical-severity problems, and most allow arbitrary code execution ACE. Privilege escalation, denial-of-service and memory leaks/information...

Attackers Hijack Email Using Proxy Logon/Proxyshell Flaws

Attackers are gnawing on the ProxyLogon and ProxyShell vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server to hijack email chains, by malspamming replies to ongoing email threads, researchers say. What’s still under discussion: whether the offensive is delivering SquirrelWaffle, the new email loader tha...

Near-Ubiquitous Microsoft RCE Bugs Affect All Versions of Windows

UPDATE Two Microsoft vulnerabilities, CVE-2019-1040 and CVE-2019-1019, would allow attackers to remotely execute malicious code on any Windows machine or authenticate to any web server that supports Windows Integrated Authentication WIA such as Exchange or ADFS. According to researchers at Preemp...

Apple Defends Parental Control App Removal Amid Backlash

Apple is defending its decision to take down several highly popular parental control apps amidst a firestorm of backlash, saying it did so for “privacy and security” reasons. Apple came under scrutiny this weekend after a New York Times article alleged that the phone giant had unfairly removed or...

High-Severity Cisco DoS Flaw Can Immobilize ASR Routers

A high-severity flaw in Cisco’s IOS XR software could allow unauthenticated, remote attackers to cripple Cisco Aggregation Services Routers ASR. The flaw stems from Cisco IOS XR, a train of Cisco Systems’ widely deployed Internetworking Operating System IOS. The OS powers the Cisco ASR 9000 serie...

U.S. Manufacturer Most Recent Target of LokiBot Malspam Campaign

The well-known LokiBot malware has popped up in several malicious spam campaigns over the past year, covertly siphoning information from victims’ compromised endpoints. Researchers this week are warning of the most recent sighting of the malware, which was recently spotted in spam messages...

Docker Hub Hack Affects 190K Accounts, with Concerning Consequences

UPDATE Docker Hub has confirmed that it was hacked last week; with sensitive data from approximately 190,000 accounts potentially exposed. “On Thursday, April 25th, 2019, we discovered unauthorized access to a single Hub database storing a subset of non-financial user data,” Kent Lamb, director o...

Details Tied to Safari Browser-based 'ScamClub' Campaign Revealed

Details of a flaw in Apple’s Safari browser, publicly disclosed Tuesday, outline how the cybergang known as ScamClub reached 50 million users with a three-month-long malicious ad campaign pushing malware to mobile iOS Chrome and macOS desktop browsers. The Safari bug, patched on Dec. 2 by Apple,...

5M WordPress Sites Running 'Contact Form 7' Plugin Open to Attack

A patch for the popular WordPress plugin called Contact Form 7 was released Thursday. It fixes a critical bug that allows an unauthenticated adversary to takeover a website running the plugin or possibly hijack the entire server hosting the site. The patch comes in the form of a 5.3.2 version...

Researchers: PlugX More Prominent Than Ever

Existing in some form since 2008, the popular remote access tool PlugX has as notorious a history as any malware, but according to researchers the tool saw a spike of popularity in 2014 and is the go-to malware for many adversary groups. Many attacks, especially those occurring during the latter...

News Wrap: Amazon Privacy and Telegram DDoS Attack

Beyond Patch Tuesday, this week was crammed with privacy and security related news. In this week’s Threatpost podcast, editors Tara Seals and Lindsey O’Donnell discussed the top news from the week. That includes: A federal lawsuit alleging that Amazon is recording children who use its Alexa...

Facebook May Face $5 Billion FTC Fine for Data Misuse

UPDATE Facebook may be facing fines as high as $5 billion after a year-long Federal Trade Commission FTC investigation into its data-security practices. Though it wasn’t mentioned in its earnings call on Wednesday, the social-media giant in a release for its Q1 2019 earnings said that it was...

MassMiner Takes a Kitchen-Sink Approach to Cryptomining

Though it falls squarely into the trend of cryptominers setting their sights on the Monero virtual currency, the MassMiner malware family is adding its own special somethin’-somethin’ to the mix. It targets Windows servers with a variety of recent and well-known exploits – all within a single...

Chrome Zero-Day Under Active Attack: Patch ASAP

Google on Monday issued 11 security fixes for its Chrome browser, including a high-severity zero-day bug that’s actively being jumped on by attackers in the wild. In a brief update, Google described the weakness, tracked as CVE-2022-0609, as a use-after-free vulnerability in Chrome’s Animation...

Virus Bulletin 2019: Geost Android Botnet Goes After Millions of Euros

LONDON — A powerful Android botnet dubbed Geost has been spotted targeting Russian citizens, with the end goal of distributing a banking trojan to victims. The botnet has infected more than 800,000 Android devices, controlling several million Euros held in five banks, according to researchers fro...

The WannaCry Security Legacy and What’s to Come

May 12 will mark the second anniversary of the WannaCry ransomware cryptoworm attack. It was a troubling time: During the four-day long ordeal, the cryptoworm infected more than 300,000 endpoints among 200,000 separate victims throughout 150 countries. It propagated rapidly through the EternalBlu...

Understanding TRITON and the Missing Final Stage of the Attack

In December 2017 it was reported that a Middle Eastern oil and gas petrochemical facility had undergone a safety system shutdown as the result of a malware attack. The malware, named TRITON also TRISIS or HatMan exceeded other industrial cyberattacks because it directly interacted with and...

Magecart Attack Impacts More Than 10K Online Shoppers

One of the largest known Magecart campaigns to date took place over the weekend, with nearly 2,000 e-commerce sites hacked in an automated campaign that may be linked to a zero-day exploit. The attacks have impacted tens of thousands of customers, who had their credit-card and other information...

UC San Diego Health Breach Tied to Phishing Attack

Authorities at the University of California San Diego Health reported a phishing attack led to a major breach of its network, which allowed an adversary to gain access to sensitive patient, student and employee data. A Wednesday notice from UCSD Health explains the attack occurred between Dec. 2,...

Google Patches Critical Remote Code-Execution Flaws in Android

Google patched four remote code-execution RCE flaws as part of its May Android Security Bulletin. Three of the critical bugs are tied to the System portion of the Android platform architecture, responsible for core apps such as the dialer, email and camera. A fourth critical RCE bug opens the doo...

‘Cities: Skylines’ Gaming Modder Banned Over Hidden Malware

The developer of several popular mods for the Cities: Skylines city-building game has been banned after malware was discovered hidden in their wares. The modder, who goes by the handle Chaos as well as Holy Water, reportedly tucked an automatic updater into several mods that enabled the author to...

Microsoft Crushes 116 Bugs, Three Actively Exploited

Three bugs under active exploit were squashed by Microsoft Tuesday, part of its July security roundup of fixes for Windows, Microsoft Office, SharePoint Server and Exchange Server. In all, Microsoft patched 116 bugs. Twelve bugs are rated critical, 103 rated important and one classified as modera...

Critical Magento Flaws Allow Code Execution

Critical flaws in Adobe’s Magento e-commerce platform – which is commonly targeted by attackers like the Magecart cybergang – could enable arbitrary code execution on affected systems. Magento is a popular, Adobe-owned open-source e-commerce platform that powers many online shops. Adobe on Tuesda...

Hackers Mount Zero-Day Attacks on Sophos Firewalls

Attackers have been targeting the Sophos XG Firewall both physical and virtual versions using a zero-day exploit, according to the security firm – with the ultimate goal of dropping the Asnarok malware on vulnerable appliances. Sophos said in a posting updated on Monday that the bug in question i...

Massive LinkedIn Phishing, Bot Attacks Feed on the Job-Hungry

Emotionally vulnerable and willing to offer up any information that lands the gig, job seekers are prime targets for social engineering campaigns. And with the “Great Resignation” in full swing, cybercriminals are having an easy time finding their next victim. Just since Feb. 1, analysts have...

Emotet Now Spreading Through Malicious Excel Files

The infamous Emotet malware has switched tactics yet again, in an email campaign propagating through malicious Excel files, researchers have found. Researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 have observed a new infection approach for the high-volume malware, which is known to modify and change its...

BlackByte Tackles the SF 49ers & US Critical Infrastructure

The San Francisco 49ers were recently kneecapped by a BlackByte ransomware attack that temporarily discombobulated the NFL team’s corporate IT network on the Big Buffalo Wing-Snarfing Day itself: Superbowl Sunday. BlackByte – a ransomware-as-a-service RaaS gang that leases its ransomware to...

Daxin Espionage Backdoor Ups the Ante on Chinese Malware

The Daxin malware is taking aim at hardened government networks around the world, according to researchers, with the goal of cyberespionage. The Symantec Threat Hunter team noticed the advanced persistent threat APT weapon in action in November, noting that it’s “the most advanced piece of malwar...

Critical VMware Carbon Black Bug Allows Auth Bypass

VMware has fixed an uber-severe bug in its Carbon Black App Control AppC management server: A server whose job is to lock down critical systems and servers so they don’t get changed willy-nilly. AppC also ensures that organizations stay in continuous compliance with regulatory mandates. This is a...

Attackers Exploit Critical Adobe Bug, Target Windows

Adobe is warning of a critical vulnerability that has been exploited in the wild to target Adobe Reader users on Windows. The vulnerability CVE-2021-21017 has been exploited in “limited attacks,” according to Adobe’s Tuesday advisory, part of its regularly scheduled February updates. The flaw in...

Critical Flaws in Magento e-Commerce Platform Allow Code-Execution

Critical vulnerabilities in Adobe’s Magento e-commerce platform – a favorite target of the Magecart cybergang – could lead to arbitrary code execution. Adobe issued patches on Tuesday as part of its overall release of the Magento 2.3.4 upgrade, giving the fixes a “priority 2” rating. In Adobe...

Louisiana Gov Declares Emergency After Rampant Cyberattacks Plague Schools

After a rash of public schools were hit with ransomware, Louisiana’s governor has declared a statewide state of emergency. School districts in the northern part of the state – including Monroe City, Morehouse Parish and Sabine Parish – have been affected. Monroe City, on its website, noted that i...

RogueRobin Malware Uses Google Drive as C2 Channel

A custom malware used by the APT known as DarkHydrus uses a mix of novel techniques, including using Google Drive as an alternate command-and-control C2 channel. According to Palo Alto’s Unit 42 intelligence division, the targeted attack involved spear-phishing emails written in Arabic sent to...

PS3 Players Ban: Victims of Surging Gaming Attacks

A reported breach of a Sony folder containing the serial ID numbers for every PlayStation 3 console appears to have led to users being inexplicably banned from the platform. This is just the latest in a shocking spike in attacks on unsuspecting gamers. Sony reportedly left a folder with every PS3...

Spam Downpour Drips New IcedID Banking Trojan Variant

Researchers have seen a new variant of the IcedID banking trojan sliding in via two new spam campaigns. Written in English and carrying .ZIP files full of the malware – or links to such ZIP files – the new twist on the old banking trojan is a tweaked downloader, which the threat actors moved from...

Critical Flaws in WordPress Quiz Plugin Allow Site Takeover

A plugin that is designed to add quizzes and surveys to WordPress websites has patched two critical vulnerabilities. The flaws can be exploited by remote, unauthenticated attackers to launch varying attacks – including fully taking over vulnerable websites. The plugin, Quiz and Survey Master, is...

Report: Microsoft’s GitHub Account Gets Hacked

Hackers have broken into Microsoft’s GitHub account and stolen 500 GB of data from the tech giant’s own private repositories on the developer platform, according to published reports. A group that calls itself Shiny Hunters claims it stole and then leaked the data, which did not appear to include...

Microsoft Exchange Server Flaw Exploited in APT Attacks

Multiple threat groups are actively exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange servers, researchers warn. If left unpatched, the flaw allows authenticated attackers to execute code remotely with system privileges. The vulnerability in question CVE-2020-0688 exists in the control panel of...

Microsoft Outlook for Android Open to XSS Attacks

Microsoft has patched a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook for Android, which opens the door to cross-site scripting XSS attacks. The software giant said that CVE-2019-1105, rated “important,” is a spoofing vulnerability that exists in the way Microsoft Outlook for Android software parses...

Rare Steganography Hack Can Compromise Fully Patched Websites

An unusual steganographic technique that an attacker can use to implant a malicious webshell on unsuspecting websites has been spotted in Latin America. According to research from Trustwave shared exclusively with Threatpost, a forensic investigation showed that an adversary is implanting PHP cod...

Critical F5 BIG-IP Flaw Now Under Active Attack

Attackers are exploiting a recently-patched, critical vulnerability in F5 devices that have not yet been updated. The unauthenticated remote command execution flaw CVE-2021-22986 exists in the F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ enterprise networking infrastructure, and could allow attackers to take full contro...

Unpatched Android App with 1B Downloads Allows RCE

An Android app that’s been downloaded more than 1 billion times is riddled with flaws that can let attackers hijack app features or overwrite existing files to execute malicious code, or launch man-in-the-disk MiTD attacks on people’s devices, researchers discovered. The flaws exist in an app...

High-Severity Cisco Flaw Found in CMX Software For Retailers

A high-severity flaw in Cisco’s smart Wi-Fi solution for retailers could allow a remote attacker to alter the password of any account user on affected systems. The vulnerability is part of a number of patches issued by Cisco addressing 67 high-severity CVEs on Wednesday. This included flaws found...

Critical MobileIron RCE Flaw Under Active Attack

Advanced persistent threat APT groups are actively exploiting a vulnerability in mobile device management security solutions from MobileIron, a new advisory warns. The issue in question CVE-2020-15505 is a remote code-execution flaw. It ranks 9.8 out of 10 on the CVSS severity scale, making it...

ThreatList: Top 5 Most Dangerous Attachment Types

Researchers with F-Secure have tracked the top spam-related attachments and campaigns used so far in 2019. The verdict, ZIPs, PDF, and MS office files such as DOC and XLSM file attachments were more commonly used in huge spam campaigns than any other type attachment. In addition, researchers...

Facebook Messenger Bug Allows Spying on Android Users

Facebook has patched a significant flaw in the Android version of Facebook Messenger that could have allowed attackers to spy on users and potentially identify their surroundings without them knowing. Natalie Silvanovich, a security researcher at Google Project Zero, discovered the vulnerability,...

ThreatList: Ransomware Trojans Picking Up Steam in 2019

With the number of unique cyberincidents continuing to grow, ransomware-based attacks in particular are on the rise in 2019, researchers said. Ransomware trojan-based infections jutted up from 9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 to 24 percent in the first quarter of 2019, said Positive...

VMWare Urges Users to Patch Critical Authentication Bypass Bug

VMware and experts alike are urging users to patch multiple products affected by a critical authentication bypass vulnerability that can allow an attacker to gain administrative access to a system as well as exploit other flaws. The bug—tracked as CVE-2022-31656—earned a rating of 9.8 on the CVSS...

Chrome Zero-Day Exploit Posted on Twitter

A researcher has dropped working exploit code for a zero-day remote code execution RCE vulnerability on Twitter, which he said affects the current versions of Google Chrome and potentially other browsers, like Microsoft Edge, that use the Chromium framework. Security researcher Rajvardhan Agarwal...