Darknet marketplace Nemesis Market seized by German police
The German police have seized infrastructure for the darknet Nemesis Market cybercrime marketplace in Germany and Lithuania, disrupting the site's operation.
We unravel the details of two large-scale StrelaStealer campaigns from 2023 and 2024. This email credential stealer has a new variant delivered through zipped JScript. #2024 #Campaign #EN #JScript #StrelaStealer #analysis #paloaltonetworks
Google Online Security Blog: Vulnerability Reward Program: 2023 Year in Review
Last year, we again witnessed the power of community-driven security efforts as researchers from around the world contributed to help us identify and address thousands of vulnerabilities in our products and services. Working with our dedicated bug hunter community, we awarded $10 million to our 600+ researchers based in 68 countries.
Ransomware Recruitment Efforts Following Law Enforcement Disruption
In late 2023 and early 2024, the ransomware ecosystem experienced repeated disruption of its most prolific Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) groups at the hands of international Law Enforcement (LE). Alphv’s dark web data leak site was seized, then unseized, then re-seized in a December 2023 law enforcement operation that seemingly failed to deter the group – until AlphV ultimately claimed to disband via an apparent exit scam, immediately following a high-profile attack against Change Healthcare in March 2024. LockBit experienced a far more dramatic and well-marketed disruption, “Operation Cronos,” in February 2024, leading to the compromise of its infrastructure, internal operational details, and data. While LockBit has ostensibly continued operations, its highly publicized disruption raises the question of whether the group will be able to continue operating and attracting affiliates at the level they once enjoyed.
Trezor’s official X account was compromised, likely due to a SIM swap attack, and used to promote a fake token presale. ZachXBT and crypto security firm Scam Sniffer identified the fraudulent activity, preventing wider user losses. Despite compromising Trezor’s account, the hacker only managed to steal a paltry $8,100.
Apple Sued for Prioritizing Market Dominance Over Security
The U.S. Department of Justice in a lawsuit filed Thursday is accusing Apple of discarding user security and privacy protections as part of a broader effort to
Exploit released for Fortinet RCE bug used in attacks, patch now
Security researchers have released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a critical vulnerability in Fortinet's FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) software, which is now actively exploited in attacks.
Understanding and Responding to Distributed Denial-Of-Service Attacks
This joint guide, Understanding and Responding to Distributed Denial-Of-Service Attacks, addresses the specific needs and challenges faced by organizations in defending against DDoS attacks. The guidance now includes detailed insight into three different types of DDoS techniques: Volumetric, attacks aiming to consume available bandwidth. Protocol, attacks which exploit vulnerabilities in network protocols. * Application, attacks targeting vulnerabilities in specific applications or running services.
Huntress recently detected interesting activity on an endpoint; a threat actor was attempting to establish a foothold on an endpoint by using commands issued via MSSQL to upload a reverse shell accessible from the web server. All attempts were obviated by MAV and process detections, but boy-howdy, did they try!
The Updated APT Playbook: Tales from the Kimsuky threat actor group | Rapid7 Blog
Within Rapid7 Labs we continually track and monitor threat groups. As part of this process, we routinely identify evolving tactics from threat groups in what is an unceasing game of cat and mouse.
Windows 11, Tesla, and Ubuntu Linux hacked at Pwn2Own Vancouver
On the first day of Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024, contestants demoed Windows 11, Tesla, and Ubuntu Linux zero-day vulnerabilities and exploit chains to win $732,500 and a Tesla Model 3 car.
AceCryptor malware has surged in Europe, researchers say
Researchers at ESET say they spotted thousands of new infections with AceCryptor, which allows malware to slip into systems without being detected by anti-virus software.
Microsoft Copilot for Security: General Availability details
Microsoft Copilot for Security will be generally available on April 1st. Read this blog to learn about new productivity research, product capabilities,..
Loop DoS: New Denial-of-Service attack targets application-layer protocols
A new Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack targets application-layer protocols that draw on the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) for end-to-end communication. The vulnerability affects both legacy and contemporary protocols. Discovered by Christian Rossow and Yepeng Pan, the attack puts an estimated 300,000 Internet hosts and their networks at risk.
Two Bytes is Plenty: FortiGate RCE with CVE-2024-21762
Early this February, Fortinet released an advisory for an "out-of-bounds write vulnerability" that could lead to remote code execution. The issue affected the SSL VPN component of their FortiGate network appliance and was potentially already being exploited in the wild. In this post we detail the steps we took to identify the patched vulnerability and produce a working exploit.
Misconfigured Firebase instances leaked 19 million plaintext passwords
Three cybersecurity researchers discovered close to 19 million plaintext passwords exposed on the public internet by misconfigured instances of Firebase, a Google platform for hosting databases, cloud computing, and app development.
CEO of Data Privacy Company Onerep.com Founded Dozens of People-Search Firms
The data privacy company Onerep.com bills itself as a Virginia-based service for helping people remove their personal information from almost 200 people-search websites. However, an investigation into the history of onerep.com finds this company is operating out of Belarus and…
Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Poland, South Korea added to US-led spyware agreement
The signees, which already included about a dozen other nations, agree to establish “robust guardrails and procedures" around spyware, while preventing the export of technology that will be used for malicious cyber activity.
Interesting Multi-Stage StopCrypt Ransomware Variant Propagating in the Wild
Overview The SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team recently observed an interesting variant of StopCrypt ransomware. The ransomware executes its malicious activities by utilizing multi-stage shellcodes before launching a final payload that contains the file […]
Since early 2022, we have been monitoring an APT campaign that targets several government entities worldwide, with a strong focus in Southeast Asia, but also seen targeting Europe, America, and Africa.