How I Hacked my Car Guides: Creating Custom Firmware
Making Software I am a programmer by nature. I now had root access to a cool new linux box so now I must develop software for it. The Goal While looking through many of the IVI’s files, I found tons of really cool C++ header files relating to ccOS in /usr/include. ccOS is the Connected Car Operating System, an OS developed by Nvidia and Hyundai which is supposed to power all Hyundai vehicles from 2022 onwards, but I guess some of the underlying system was in previous Hyundai vehicles for quite some time.
North Korean threat actor targets small and midsize businesses with H0lyGh0st ransomware
A group of actors originating from North Korea that MSTIC tracks as DEV-0530 has been developing and using ransomware in attacks since June 2021. This group, which calls itself H0lyGh0st, utilizes a ransomware payload with the same name.
Did You Know Your Browser’s Autofill Credentials Could Be Stolen via Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is a well-known vulnerability that has been around for a long time and can be used to steal sessions, create fake logins and carry out actions as someone else, etc. In addition, many users are unaware of the potential dangers associated with their browser’s credential autofill feature. This attack vector is not new, but it is unknown to many people and as we investigated further we found that the dangers were extensive. In this post, the GoSecure Titan Labs team will demonstrate that using a browser password manager with autofill could expose your credentials in a web application vulnerable to XSS.
From cookie theft to BEC: Attackers use AiTM phishing sites as entry point to further financial fraud
A large-scale phishing campaign that attempted to target over 10,000 organizations since September 2021 used adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing sites to steal passwords, hijack a user’s sign-in session, and skip the authentication process, even if the user had enabled multifactor authentication (MFA).
European Central Bank head targeted in hacking attempt
BERLIN (AP) — The European Central Bank said Tuesday that its president, Christine Lagarde, was targeted in a hacking attempt but no information was compromised. The attempt took place “recently,” the Frankfurt-based central bank for the 19 countries that use the euro said in an emailed response to a query about a report by Business Insider.
ChromeLoader: New Stubborn Malware Campaign
In January 2022, a new browser hijacker/adware campaign named ChromeLoader (also known as Choziosi Loader and ChromeBack) was discovered. Despite using simple malicious advertisements, the malware became widespread, potentially leaking data from thousands of users and organizations.
How to Assess an E-voting System
If I can shop and bank online, why can’t I vote online? David Jefferson explained in 2011 why internet voting is so difficult to make secure, I summarized again in 2021 why internet voting is still inherently insecure, and many other experts have explained it too. Still, several countries and several U.S. states have offered e-voting to some of their citizens. In many cases they plunge forward without much consideration of whether their e-voting system is really secure, or whether it could be hacked to subvert democracy. It’s not enough just to take the software vendor’s word for it.
Uncovering a macOS App Sandbox escape vulnerability: A deep dive into CVE-2022-26706 - Microsoft Security Blog
Microsoft uncovered a vulnerability in macOS that could allow specially crafted codes to escape the App Sandbox and run unrestricted on the system. We shared these findings with Apple, and fix for this vulnerability, now identified as CVE-2022-26706, was included in the security updates on May 16, 2022.
Retbleed – serious vulnerability discovered in microprocessors
12.07.2022 - Security researchers from the ETH Zürich have discovered a serious security vulnerability in Intel and AMD microprocessors. The vulnerability, called Retbleed, potentially allows an attacker to access any memory area. Initial countermeasures have already been defined. The NCSC has assigned the internationally valid CVE identifiers for the vulnerability of both manufacturers.
THREAT ALERT: Raspberry Robin Worm Abuses Windows Installer and QNAP Devices
Raspberry Robin involves a worm that spreads over USB devices or shared folders, leveraging compromised QNAP (Network Attached Storage or NAS) devices as stagers and an old but still effective method of using “LNK” shortcut files to lure its victims...
'I can fight with a keyboard': How one Ukrainian IT specialist exposed a notorious Russian ransomware gang
As Russian artillery began raining down on his homeland last month, one Ukrainian computer researcher decided to fight back the best way he knew how -- by sabotaging one of the most formidable ransomware gangs in Russia.
Le NIST a choisi ses algorithmes de cryptographie post-quantiques
Ce mardi 5 juillet 2022, l'organisme de normalisation étatsunien NIST a annoncé qu'il avait choisi les algorithmes de cryptographie post-quantiques qu'il allait maintenant normaliser. Ce sont Kyber pour l'échange de clés et Dilithium pour les signatures.
After invasion of Ukraine, a reckoning on Russian influence in Austria
“Polizei!” barked the officers who stormed a third-floor apartment in the Austrian capital, moving to intercept a thickset man standing near a kitchen nook. The suspect — a long-serving official in Austria’s security services — sprang toward his cellphone and tried to break it in two, according to Austrian police reports.