This update was posted at 6:31 PM, Pacific Time. As we shared earlier today, we are conducting a thorough investigation into the recent LAPSUS$ claims and any impact on our valued customers. The Okta service is fully operational, and there are no corrective actions our customers need to take.
DEV-0537 criminal actor targeting organizations for data exfiltration and destruction
The activity we have observed has been attributed to a threat group that Microsoft tracks as DEV-0537, also known as LAPSUS$. DEV-0537 is known for using a pure extortion and destruction model without deploying ransomware payloads.
Lapsus$ hackers leak 37GB of Microsoft's alleged source code
The Lapsus$ hacking group claims to have leaked the source code for Bing, Cortana, and other projects stolen from Microsoft's internal Azure DevOps server.
Le groupe cybercriminel LAPSUS$ a publié des captures d'écran montrant ce qu'il prétend être des éléments de l'environnement informatique interne de l'entreprise.
Protestware : l’open source n’échappe pas au conflit russo-ukrainien
A travers plusieurs mises à jour de projets open source, des développeurs ont manifesté leur opposition à l’invasion russe de l’Ukraine. Si dans certains cas, l’impact se limite à des messages de sensibilisation, certains projets vont jusqu’à inclure des logiciels malveillants.
A search online lead me to a discovery I didn’t think was possible nowadays. I realized almost immediately that critical security issues were probably involved. I found that out of the many tens of thousands of gas stations the company claimed to have installed their product in, 1,000 are remotely hackable.
OpenSSL plombé par une importante faille de sécurité
La bibliothèque de chiffrement web open source OpenSSL est affectée par une vulnérabilité pouvant servir à des attaques par déni de service. Les versions 1.0.2, 1.1.1 et 3.0 doivent être mises à jour dès que possible.
Popular NPM Package Updated to Wipe Russia, Belarus Systems to Protest Ukraine Invasion
In what's an act of deliberate sabotage, the developer behind the popular "node-ipc" NPM package shipped a new tampered version to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine, raising concerns about security in the open-source and the software supply chain.
At the start of 2022, CrowdStrike Intelligence and CrowdStrike Services investigated an incident in which PROPHET SPIDER exploited CVE-2021-22941 — a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability impacting Citrix ShareFile Storage Zones Controller — to compromise a Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) web server. The adversary exploited the vulnerability to deploy a webshell that enabled the downloading of additional tools. This incident highlights how PROPHET SPIDER continues to evolve their tradecraft while continuing to exploit known web-server vulnerabilities.
Cyber-attaques en Suisse sur des particuliers? «On ne peut rien exclure»
Interview | La Suisse doit s'attendre à des cyberattaques après les sanctions contre la Russie. Seot questions à Solange Ghernaouti, experte en cybersécurité.
We recently came across a stealer, called Raccoon Stealer, a name given to it by its author. Raccoon Stealer uses the Telegram infrastructure to store and update actual C&C addresses. Raccoon Stealer is a password stealer capable of stealing not just passwords, but various types of data, including: Cookies, saved logins and forms data from […]
Cyber Security Incident Pushes Ubisoft to Issue Internal Password Reset
It is unclear what type of “Cyber Security Incident” Ubisoft suffered but on Telegram LAPSUS$ hacking group responded to the news with smirking face emoji suggesting their alleged involvement.
Exclusive: U.S. spy agency probes sabotage of satellite internet during Russian invasion, sources say | Reuters
Western intelligence agencies are investigating a cyberattack by unidentified hackers that disrupted broadband satellite internet access in Ukraine coinciding with Russia's invasion, according to three people with direct knowledge of the incident.
Armis Finds Three Critical Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in APC Smart-UPS Devices, Dubbed "TLStorm," Exposing More than 20 Million Enterprise Devices
Vulnerabilities found in widely-used Uninterruptible Power Supplies could allow attackers to bypass security features and remotely take over or damage critical industrial, medical, and enterprise devices
On the Effectiveness of Hardware Mitigations Against Cross-Privilege Spectre-v2 Attacks BHI (or Spectre-BHB) is a revival of cross-privilege Spectre-v2 attacks on modern systems deploying in-hardware defenses. And we have a very neat end-to-end exploit leaking arbitrary kernel memory on modern Intel CPUs to prove it (PoC||GTFO right?).
Denmark: Datatilsynet publishes guidance on use of cloud technologies
The Danish data protection authority ('Datatilsynet') announced, on 9 March 2022, that it had published a new guide on the use of cloud services, as well as a short overview of frequently asked questions ('FAQs'). In particular, the Datatilsynet stated that the new guide is targeted at data controllers and notes the considerations which data controllers must keep in mind when using a cloud service, including an outline of the pitfalls, opportunities, and obligations that arise when using such technologies. [Document PDF](https://www.datatilsynet.dk/Media/637824108733754794/Guidance%20on%20the%20use%20of%20cloud.pdf)
Iranian linked conglomerate MuddyWater comprised of regionally focused subgroups
Cisco Talos has observed new cyber attacks targeting Turkey and other Asian countries we believe with high confidence are from groups operating under the MuddyWater umbrella of APT groups. U.S. Cyber Command recently connected MuddyWater to Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).
Guerre en Ukraine : les utilisateurs du réseau satellitaire Viasat victimes d’une cyberattaque
Des milliers de particuliers et d’entreprises européennes sont sans connexion depuis le 24 février. De plus en plus d’éléments pointent vers le sabotage d’un satellite, en lien avec le conflit ukrainien.
A new reflection/amplification distributed denial of service (DDoS) vector with a record-breaking potential amplification ratio of 4,294,967,296:1 has been abused by attackers in the wild to launch multiple high-impact DDoS attacks.
Belarus conducted widespread phishing campaigns against Ukraine, Poland, Google says
Belarus conducted widespread phishing attacks against members of the Polish military as well as Ukrainian officials, security researchers said Monday, providing more evidence that its role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has gone beyond serving as a staging area for Russian troops
The National Security Agency (NSA) has released a new Cybersecurity Technical Report (CTR): Network Infrastructure Security Guidance. The report captures best practices based on the depth and breadth of experience in supporting customers and responding to threats. Recommendations include perimeter and internal network defenses to improve monitoring and access controls throughout the network. [PDF Document](https://media.defense.gov/2022/Mar/01/2002947139/-1/-1/0/CTR_NSA_NETWORK_INFRASTRUCTURE_SECURITY_GUIDANCE_20220301.PDF)
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