The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data – Krebs on Security
Not long ago, the ability to remotely track someone’s daily movements just by knowing their home address, employer, or place of worship was considered a powerful surveillance tool that should only be in the purview of nation states. But a…
Triad Nexus: Silent Push exposes FUNNULL CDN hosting DGA domains for suspect Chinese gambling sites, investment scams, a retail phishing campaign, and a polyfill.io supply chain attack impacting 110,000+ sites
Key findings Executive summary Background Join the Silent Push Community Sign up for a free Silent Push Community account FUNNULL and fake trading apps FUNNULL’s CDN, rising up from corrupted soil Additional hostname analysis FUNNULL CNAME chains An in-depth look at FUNNULL’s corporate brand Suncity Group connections Suncity Group-related infrastructure accounted for more than 6,500
Encrypted Chat App ‘Session’ Leaves Australia After Visit From Police
After federal police came to an employee’s house to ask questions, encrypted messaging company Session has decided to leave Australia and switch to a foundation model based in Switzerland.
Fortinet FortiManager CVE-2024-47575 Exploited in Zero-Day Attacks
On Wednesday, October 23, 2024, security company Fortinet published an advisory on CVE-2024-47575, a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting their FortiManager network management solution. The vulnerability arises from a missing authentication for a critical function [CWE-306] in the FortiManager fgfmd daemon that allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands via specially crafted requests. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 9.8.
MThe Hunt for Initial Access With the default disablement of VBA macros originating from the internet, Microsoft may be pitching a curveball to threat actors and red […]
Authenticated Remote Code Execution in multiple Xerox printers
Multiple Xerox printers (EC80xx, AltaLink, VersaLink, WorkCentre) were affected by an authenticated remote code execution vulnerability which allowed an attacker with administrative web credentials to fully compromise the devices with root privileges on the operating system.
It all started with an ESET statement on their official account on "X", wherein they mentioned that their partner company in Israel has gone under a targeted malicious email campaign that they managed to block within 10 minutes.
ESET Distributor’s Systems Abused to Deliver Wiper Malware
ESET has launched an investigation after the systems of its official product distributor in Israel were abused to send out emails delivering wiper malware. The targeted users received an email — signed by ESET’s Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) team — informing them about government-backed attackers trying to compromise their devices.
Hackers exploit Roundcube webmail flaw to steal email, credentials
Threat actors have been exploiting a vulnerability in the Roundcube Webmail client to target government organizations in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region, the successor of the former Soviet Union.
Discover recent attacks using Lynx ransomware, a rebrand of INC, targeting multiple crucial sectors in the U.S. and UK with prevalent double-extortion tactics. Discover recent attacks using Lynx ransomware, a rebrand of INC, targeting multiple crucial sectors in the U.S. and UK with prevalent double-extortion tactics.
Burning Zero Days: Suspected Nation-State Adversary Targets Ivanti CSA
A case where an advanced adversary was observed exploiting three vulnerabilities affecting the Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA). This incident is a prime example of how threat actors chain zero-day vulnerabilities to gain initial access to a victim’s network. Learn more.
Analysis of a newly discovered Linux based variant of the DPRK attributed FASTCash malware along with background information on payment switches used in financial networks.
Spate of ransomware attacks on German-speaking schools hits another in Switzerland
The Vocational Training Center, or Berufsbildungszentrum (BBZ), in the canton of Schaffhausen reported a ransomware attack, making it the latest in a wave against German-speaking schools and universities.
The War on Passwords Is One Step Closer to Being Over
“Passkeys,” the secure authentication mechanism built to replace passwords, are getting more portable and easier for organizations to implement thanks to new initiatives the FIDO Alliance announced on Monday.
In this Threat Analysis report, Cybereason investigates the Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) known as Beast and how to defend against it through the Cybereason Defense Platform.
Tricks and Treats: GHOSTPULSE’s new pixel-level deception
The updated GHOSTPULSE malware has evolved to embed malicious data directly within pixel structures, making it harder to detect and requiring new analysis and detection techniques.
Perfecting Ransomware on AWS — Using ‘keys to the kingdom’ to change the locks
If someone asked me what was the best way to make money from a compromised AWS Account (assume root access even) — I would have answered “dump the data and hope that no-one notices you before you finish it up.” This answer would have been valid until ~8 months ago when I stumbled upon a lesser known feature of AWS KMS which allows an attacker to do devastating ransomware attacks on a compromised AWS account. Now I know that ransomware attacks using cross-account KMS keys is already known (checkout the article below)— but even then, the CMK is managed by AWS and they can just block the attackers access to the CMK and decrypt data for the victim because the key is OWNED by AWS and attacker is just given API access to it under AWS TOS. Also there’s no way to delete the CMK but only schedule the key deletion (min 7 days) which means there’s ample time for AWS to intervene.
Cisco Event Response: Reports of Security Incident
Version 1.1: October 18, 2024 Based on our investigations, we are confident that there has been no breach of our systems. We have determined that the data in question is on a public-facing DevHub environment—a Cisco resource center that enables us to support our community by making available software code, scripts, etc. for customers to use as needed. At this stage in our investigation, we have determined that a small number of files that were not authorized for public download may have been published. As of now, we have not observed any confidential information such as sensitive PII or financial data to be included but continue to investigate to confirm. Out of an abundance of caution, we have disabled public access to the site while we continue the investigation. * Meanwhile, Cisco will engage directly with customers if we determine they have been impacted by this event.
On October 16, 2024, Radiant Capital experienced a security breach resulting in the loss of approximately $50 million USD. The attack compromised three Radiant developers, all of whom are…
Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens
The Internet Archive was breached again, this time on their Zendesk email support platform after repeated warnings that threat actors stole exposed GitLab authentication tokens.
