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Kimsuky Using TRANSLATEXT Chrome Extension to Steal Sensitive Data

The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Kimsuky has been linked to the use of a new malicious Google Chrome extension that's designed to steal sensitive information as part of an ongoing intelligence collection effort. Zscaler ThreatLabz, which observed the activity in early March 2024, has...

TEMU sued for being “dangerous malware” by Arkansas Attorney General

Chinese online shopping giant Temu is facing a lawsuit filed by State of Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, alleging that the retailer's mobile app spies on users. “Temu purports to be an online shopping platform, but it is dangerous malware, surreptitiously granting itself access to...

CometBFT is unstability during blocksync when syncing from malicious peer

Name: ASA-2024-008: Instability during blocksync when syncing from malicious peer Component: CometBFT Criticality: Medium (ACMv1: I:Moderate; L: Possible) Affected versions: < v0.38.7 Summary An issue was identified for nodes syncing on an existing network during blocksync in which a malicious.....

CometBFT is unstability during blocksync when syncing from malicious peer

Name: ASA-2024-008: Instability during blocksync when syncing from malicious peer Component: CometBFT Criticality: Medium (ACMv1: I:Moderate; L: Possible) Affected versions: < v0.38.7 Summary An issue was identified for nodes syncing on an existing network during blocksync in which a malicious.....

Combatting the Evolving SaaS Kill Chain: How to Stay Ahead of Threat Actors

The modern kill chain is eluding enterprises because they aren't protecting the infrastructure of modern business: SaaS. SaaS continues to dominate software adoption, and it accounts for the greatest share of public cloud spending. But enterprises and SMBs alike haven't revised their security...

New SnailLoad Attack Exploits Network Latency to Spy on Users' Web Activities

A group of security researchers from the Graz University of Technology have demonstrated a new side-channel attack known as SnailLoad that could be used to remotely infer a user's web activity. "SnailLoad exploits a bottleneck present on all Internet connections," the researchers said in a study...

ROS-20240628-01

A vulnerability in the Notes file of the distraction-free note-taking app for Nextcloud is related to the The ability to share a Notes folder with a new user before they are logged in. Exploitation of the vulnerability could allow an attacker acting remotely to gain access to sensitive...

EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : gnutls (EulerOS-SA-2024-1869)

According to the versions of the gnutls packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : A flaw was found in GnuTLS. The Minerva attack is a cryptographic vulnerability that exploits deterministic behavior in systems like GnuTLS,...

Decoding OWASP – A Security Engineer’s Roadmap to Application Security

In a time where over 60% of data breaches are linked to software vulnerabilities and a single overlooked software vulnerability can expose sensitive data, the imperative of robust application security cannot be overstated. The 2023 IBM Security Cost of a Data Breach Report highlights that...

An Inside Look at The Malware and Techniques Used in the WordPress.org Supply Chain Attack

On Monday June 24th, 2024 the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team was made aware of the presence of malware in the Social Warfare repository plugin (see post Supply Chain Attack on WordPress.org Plugins Leads to 5 Maliciously Compromised WordPress Plugins). After adding the malicious code to our...

We’re not talking about cryptocurrency as much as we used to, but there are still plenty of scammers out there

AI has since replaced "cryptocurrency" and "blockchain" as the cybersecurity buzzwords everyone wants to hear. We're not getting as many headlines about cryptocurrency miners, the security risks or promises of the blockchain, or non-fungible tokens being referenced on "Saturday Night Live." A...

Driving licences and other official documents leaked by authentication service used by Uber, TikTok, X, and more

A company that helps to authenticate users for big brands had a set of administration credentials exposed online for over a year, potentially allowing access to user identity documents such as driving licenses. As more and more legislation emerges requiring websites and platforms—like gambling...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 17, 2024 to June 23, 2024)

_ Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? __Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability, submit the details directly to us, and we handle all the...

Rust-Based P2PInfect Botnet Evolves with Miner and Ransomware Payloads

The peer-to-peer malware botnet known as P2PInfect has been found targeting misconfigured Redis servers with ransomware and cryptocurrency miners. The development marks the threat's transition from what appeared to be a dormant botnet with unclear motives to a financially motivated operation....

What is the Fediverse and the Social Network Platforms It Powers

Discover the Fediverse, a decentralized social media network promoting interoperability, privacy, and customization. Explore its pros, cons, platforms like Mastodon and PeerTube, and the role of decentralization. A game-changer in online communication and...

Snowflake isn’t an outlier, it’s the canary in the coal mine

By Nick Biasini with contributions from Kendall McKay and Guilherme Venere Headlines continue to roll in about the many implications and follow-on attacks originating from leaked and/or stolen credentials for the Snowflake cloud data platform. Adversaries obtained stolen login credentials for...

Yokogawa FAST/TOOLS and CI Server

View CSAF 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v4 6.9 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Yokogawa Equipment: FAST/TOOLS and CI Server Vulnerabilities: Cross-site Scripting, Empty Password in Configuration File 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities...

SDG Technologies PnPSCADA

View CSAF 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v4 9.3 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: SDG Technologies Equipment: PnPSCADA Vulnerability: Missing Authorization 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to attach various entities...

Johnson Controls Illustra Essentials Gen 4

View CSAF 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 6.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Johnson Controls, Inc. Equipment: Illustra Essentials Gen 4 Vulnerability: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability...

Johnson Controls Illustra Essentials Gen 4

View CSAF 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 6.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Johnson Controls, Inc. Equipment: Illustra Essentials Gen 4 Vulnerability: Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow...

Johnson Controls Illustra Essentials Gen 4

View CSAF 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 6.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely Vendor: Johnson Controls, Inc. Equipment: Illustra Essentials Gen 4 Vulnerability: Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an authenticated...

Johnson Controls Illustra Essentials Gen 4

View CSAF 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.1 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Johnson Controls Equipment: Illustra Essentials Gen 4 Vulnerability: Improper Input Validation 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to...

TELSAT marKoni FM Transmitter

View CSAF 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v4 9.3 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity/public exploits are available Vendor: marKoni Equipment: Markoni-D (Compact) FM Transmitters, Markoni-DH (Exciter+Amplifiers) FM Transmitters Vulnerabilities: Command Injection, Use of Hard-coded...

The Secrets of Hidden AI Training on Your Data

While some SaaS threats are clear and visible, others are hidden in plain sight, both posing significant risks to your organization. Wing's research indicates that an astounding 99.7% of organizations utilize applications embedded with AI functionalities. These AI-driven tools are indispensable,...

Prompt Injection Flaw in Vanna AI Exposes Databases to RCE Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a high-severity security flaw in the Vanna.AI library that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution vulnerability via prompt injection techniques. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-5565 (CVSS score: 8.1), relates to a case of prompt...

How to Use Python to Build Secure Blockchain Applications

Did you know it's now possible to build blockchain applications, known also as decentralized applications (or "dApps" for short) in native Python? Blockchain development has traditionally required learning specialized languages, creating a barrier for many developers… until now. AlgoKit, an...

Russian National Indicted for Cyber Attacks on Ukraine Before 2022 Invasion

A 22-year-old Russian national has been indicted in the U.S. for his alleged role in staging destructive cyber attacks against Ukraine and its allies in the days leading to Russia's full-blown military invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. Amin Timovich Stigal, the defendant in question, is assessed.....

ROS-20240627-06

A vulnerability in the Calendar component of cloud storage creation and utilization software Nextcloud Server is related to improper access control. Exploitation of the vulnerability could allow an attacker acting remotely to gain access to sensitive information Vulnerability in the 2FA component.....

The Windows Registry Adventure #3: Learning resources

Posted by Mateusz Jurczyk, Google Project Zero When tackling a new vulnerability research target, especially a closed-source one, I prioritize gathering as much information about it as possible. This gets especially interesting when it's a subsystem as old and fundamental as the Windows registry......

Chinese Espionage Group “ChamelGang” Uses Attacks for Disruption and Data Theft

Beware! Chinese cyberespionage group ChamelGang targets critical infrastructure like aviation and government systems. SentinelOne report reveals potential attacks across Asia. Learn more about ChamelGang's cyberespionage...

Developer Accounts Compromised Due to Credential Reuse in WordPress.org Supply Chain Attack

On June 24th, 2024, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team became aware of a WordPress plugin, Social Warfare, that was infected with malware through the WordPress repository. Upon further investigation, our team quickly identified 4 additional affected plugins through our internal Threat...

Episode 2: Behind the Scenes of a Tailor-Made Massive Phishing Campaign Part 2

Executive Summary Last summer, we investigated a massive, global phishing campaign impersonating almost 350 legitimate companies. Our continued investigation into this expansive phishing campaign revealed leaked backend source code, shedding light on the infrastructure behind the operation. This...

CVE-2024-38271

There exists a vulnerability in Quickshare/Nearby where an attacker can force the a victim to stay connected to a temporary hotspot created for the share. As part of the sequence of packets in a QuickShare connection over Bluetooth, the attacker forces the victim to connect to the attacker’s WiFi.....

CVE-2024-38271

There exists a vulnerability in Quickshare/Nearby where an attacker can force the a victim to stay connected to a temporary hotspot created for the share. As part of the sequence of packets in a QuickShare connection over Bluetooth, the attacker forces the victim to connect to the attacker’s WiFi.....

Attack of the clones: Getting RCE in Chrome’s renderer with duplicate object properties

In this post, I'll exploit CVE-2024-3833, an object corruption bug in v8, the Javascript engine of Chrome, that I reported in March 2024 as bug 331383939. A similar bug, 331358160, was also reported and was assigned CVE-2024-3832. Both of these bugs were fixed in version 124.0.6367.60/.61....

CVE-2024-38271 Denial of Service in Quickshare

There exists a vulnerability in Quickshare/Nearby where an attacker can force the a victim to stay connected to a temporary hotspot created for the share. As part of the sequence of packets in a QuickShare connection over Bluetooth, the attacker forces the victim to connect to the attacker’s WiFi.....

CVE-2024-38271 Denial of Service in Quickshare

There exists a vulnerability in Quickshare/Nearby where an attacker can force the a victim to stay connected to a temporary hotspot created for the share. As part of the sequence of packets in a QuickShare connection over Bluetooth, the attacker forces the victim to connect to the attacker’s WiFi.....

XAES-256-GCM

About a year ago I wrote that "I want to use XAES-256-GCM/11, which has a number of nice properties and only the annoying defect of not existing." Well, there is now an XAES-256-GCM specification. (Had to give up on the /11 part, but that was just a performance optimization.) XAES-256-GCM is an...

Chinese and N. Korean Hackers Target Global Infrastructure with Ransomware

Threat actors with suspected ties to China and North Korea have been linked to ransomware and data encryption attacks targeting government and critical infrastructure sectors across the world between 2021 and 2023. While one cluster of activity has been associated with the ChamelGang (aka...

Practical Guidance For Securing Your Software Supply Chain

The heightened regulatory and legal pressure on software-producing organizations to secure their supply chains and ensure the integrity of their software should come as no surprise. In the last several years, the software supply chain has become an increasingly attractive target for attackers who.....

New Credit Card Skimmer Targets WordPress, Magento, and OpenCart Sites

Multiple content management system (CMS) platforms like WordPress, Magento, and OpenCart have been targeted by a new credit card web skimmer called Caesar Cipher Skimmer. A web skimmer refers to malware that is injected into e-commerce sites with the goal of stealing financial and payment...

New Medusa Android Trojan Targets Banking Users Across 7 Countries

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an updated version of an Android banking trojan called Medusa that has been used to target users in Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, the U.K., and the U.S. The new fraud campaigns, observed in May 2024 and active since July 2023, manifested through...

Over 110,000 Websites Affected by Hijacked Polyfill Supply Chain Attack

Google has taken steps to block ads for e-commerce sites that use the Polyfill.io service after a Chinese company acquired the domain and modified the JavaScript library ("polyfill.js") to redirect users to malicious and scam sites. "Protecting our users is our top priority. We detected a security....

Automad 2.0.0-alpha.4 Cross Site Scripting

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Automad 2.0.0-alpha.4 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

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Attackers in Profile: menuPass and ALPHV/BlackCat

To test the effectiveness of managed services like our Trend Micro managed detection and response offering, MITRE Engenuity™ combined the tools, techniques, and practices of two globally notorious bad actors: menuPass and ALPHV/BlackCat. This blog tells the story of why they were chosen and what...

AI Coding Companions 2024: AWS, GitHub, Tabnine + More

AI coding companions are keeping pace with the high-speed evolution of generative AI overall, continually refining and augmenting their capabilities to make software development faster and easier than ever before. This blog looks at how the landscape is changing and key features of market-leading.....

SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1 advisory. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes. The...

Nutanix AOS : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AOS-6.8.0.5)

The version of AOS installed on the remote host is prior to 6.8.0.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the NXSA-AOS-6.8.0.5 advisory. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in...

Automad 2.0.0-alpha.4 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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