Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

A security flaw in Exim mail servers could be exploited by local or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. The Exim development team has addressed a vulnerability in Exim mail server, tracked as CVE-2019-15846, that could be exploited by local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The bad side of all of these adventure is, now I have my research materials scattering around all over the internet during these past three years (smile). Windows related malware posts. Linux related malware posts. Mac OSX related malware posts. Other malware reports. SecurityAffairs – MalwareMustDie, malware).

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 24, 2023

Denis Emelyantsev , a 36-year-old Russian man accused of running a massive botnet called RSOCKS that stitched malware into millions of devices worldwide, pleaded guilty to two counts of computer crime violations in a California courtroom this week. Denis Kloster, as posted to his Vkontakte page in 2019. Kloster’s blog enthused. “We

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

ESET experts uncovered a previously undocumented piece of malware that had been observed targeting high-performance computing clusters (HPC). ESET analyzed a new piece of malware, dubbed Kobalos, that was employed in attacks against high-performance computing clusters (HPC). ” reads the analysis published by ESET.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2019

Microsoft Patches Over 90 Vulnerabilities With August 2019 Updates. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for August 2019 address more than 90 flaws, including two new ‘ wormable ‘ issues in Windows Remote Desktop Services. ” reads the security advisory for the CVE-2019-1181.”An

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2019

Malware researchers at Cybaze-Yoroi ZLAB observed many attack attempts trying to spread malware abusing the CVE-2019-10149 issue. EW N030619 , CVE-2019-10149 ). Sigurdsson (Security Researcher), which abuses ToR network to distribute its payload, or also the 9th June wave which tried to download a particular Linux agent.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2024

A new variant of TheMoon malware infected thousands of outdated small office and home office (SOHO) routers and IoT devices worldwide. The researchers believe that the malware connects the NTP to verify the infected device’s internet connection and confirm it is not operating within a sandbox environment.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

The Taiwanese vendor QNAP urges its users to update the Malware Remover app following the alert on the QSnatch malware. The Taiwanese company QNAP is urging its users to update the Malware Remover app to prevent NAS devices from being infected by the QSnatch malware. Webshell functionality for remote access.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2020

” Between 2018 and 2019 the researchers assessed 28 telecom operators in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America and verifies the presence of the vulnerabilities in the GTP protocol. phone number) of a real subscriber and impersonate him to access the Internet. Faults in the GTP protocol directly impact 5G networks.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released reports on North Korea-linked HIDDEN COBRA malware. The FBI, the US Cyber Command, and the Department of Homeland Security have published technical details of a new North-Korea linked hacking operation.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Justice Department announced the seizure of internet domains used to sell the remote access Trojan Warzone RAT (www.warzone[.]ws). The seizure is the result of an international law enforcement operation, federal authorities in Atlanta and Boston charged individuals in Malta and Nigeria, for their involvement in selling the malware.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

In May 2019, Microsoft disclosed the BlueKeep vulnerability, more than a year later over 245,000 Windows systems still remain unpatched. Over a year ago Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for May 2019 addressed nearly 80 vulnerabilities, including the BlueKeep flaw. ” CVE Number of affected systems CVSSv3 CVE-2019-0211 3357835 7.8

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

Experts pointed out that the malware is being actively developed. RCE CVE-2020-5902 F5 BigIP RCE No CVE (vulnerability published on 2019) ThinkPHP 5.X The malware can quickly adopt one-day vulnerabilities (within days of a published proof of concept).” LFI CVE-2018-16763 Fuel CMS 1.4.1 ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

A new threat actor tracked as TA2101 is conducting malware campaigns using email to impersonate government agencies in the United States, Germany, and Italy. Another campaign observed by ProofPoint aimed at German users impersonating the German internet service provider 1&1 Internet AG. ” concludes Proofpoint.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for September 2019 address 80 flaws, including two privilege escalation issues exploited in attacks. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for September 2019 address 80 vulnerabilities, including two privilege escalation flaws that have been exploited in attacks in the wild.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Raccoon Malware is a recently discovered infostealer that can extract sensitive data from about 60 applications on a targeted system. Racoon malware , Legion, Mohazo, and Racealer, is an infostealer that recently appeared in the threat landscape that is advertised in hacking forums. ” reads the report published by CyberArk.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Cyber Defense Magazine September 2019 Edition has arrived. SecurityAffairs – Cyber Defense Magazine September 2019, cybersecurity ). The post Cyber Defense Magazine – September 2019 has arrived. appeared first on Security Affairs. We hope you enjoy this month’s edition … packed with over 179 pages of excellent content.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2020

Experts at cyber security firm Cypher conducted a study on Portuguese domains during 2019 and concluded that Emotet and Ryuk were the most active threats. Emotet , the most widespread malware worldwide and Ryuk , a ransomware type, are growing threats and real concerns for businesses and internet users in 2020.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Researchers warn of an evasive cryptojacking malware targeting macOS which spreads through pirated applications Jamf Threat Labs researchers reported that an evasive cryptojacking malware targeting macOS was spotted spreading under the guise of the Apple-developed video editing software, Final Cut Pro. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2019

Security experts warn of a new piece of the Silex malware that is bricking thousands of IoT devices, and the situation could rapidly go worse. Cashdollar explained that the Silex malware trashes the storage of the infected devices, drops firewall rules and wipe network configurations before halting the system.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2020

The malware author named the bot Satan DDoS, but Palo Alto Network’s Unit42 researchers dubbed it Lucifer because there’s another malware with the same name, the Satan Ransomware. Unit42 researchers noticed that the attacker is leveraging certutil utility in the payload for malware propagation.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Security experts recently found notable malware activity affecting devices running Linux that is associated with the Momentum Botnet. Malware researchers from Trend Micro recently observed notable malware activity affecting devices running Linux that is associated with the Momentum Botnet. ” concludes the analysis.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The Raccoon stealer was first spotted in April 2019, it was designed to steal victims’ credit card data, email credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data. The malware is now promoted on English-speaking hacking forums, it works on both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2022

A copy of the passport for Denis Kloster, as posted to his Vkontakte page in 2019. 2019, he obtained a visa from the American Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. “Thanks to you, we are now developing in the field of information security and anonymity!,” info , allproxy[.]info It shows that in Oct.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2020

An APT group is exploiting the flaws patched earlier this year in Firefox and Internet Explorer in attacks aimed at China and Japan. An APT group is exploiting two vulnerabilities patched earlier this year in Firefox and Internet Explorer in attacks aimed at China and Japan. ” concluded the report.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

The Cyclops Blink malware has been active since at least June 2019, it targets WatchGuard Firebox and other Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) network devices. Since June 2019, the malware indicted WatchGuard devices and Asus routers in many countries, including in the U.S., India, Italy, Canada, and Russia.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2019

A vulnerability in the Trend Micro Anti-Threat Toolkit (ATTK) can be exploited by attackers to run malware on targets’ Windows systems. The security expert and bug-hunter John “hyp3rlinx” Page discovered an arbitrary code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-9491, in the Trend Micro Anti-Threat Toolkit.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2022

Experts defined DirtyMoe as a complex malware that has been designed as a modular system. The DirtyMoe rootkit was delivered via malspam campaigns or served by malicious sites hosting the PurpleFox exploit kit that triggers vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, such as the CVE-2020-0674 scripting engine memory corruption vulnerability.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

Most of APT28s’ campaigns leveraged spear-phishing and malware-based attacks, the recent mass scanning activity represents a change in the modus operandi of the group. “This report aims to shed light on some of Pawn Storm’s attacks that did not use malware in the initial stages. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2020

Web shell malware is software deployed by a hacker, usually on a victim’s web server, that can execute arbitrary system commands, commonly sent over HTTPS. To harden and defend web servers against this threat, NSA and the Australian Signals Directorate have issued a dual-seal Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI).”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) researchers discovered a new variant of the Zerobot botnet (aka ZeroStresser) that was improved with the capabilities to target more Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Zerobot operators are offering the botnet as a malware-as-a-service model, one domain (zerostresser[.]com)

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

BleepingComputer has seen a non-public security advisory issued by Microsoft that is warning its customers of malware campaigns using fake Microsoft Teams updates. Threat actors also distributed other malware, like the Bladabindi ( NJRat ) backdoor and ZLoader info-stealer, and of course Cobalt Strike.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

Experts at Intezer researchers have spotted a strain of the Linux mining that also scans the Internet for Windows RDP servers vulnerable to the Bluekeep. ” The vulnerability , tracked as CVE-2019-0708, impacts the Windows Remote Desktop Services (RDS) and was addressed by Microsoft with May 2019 Patch Tuesday updates. .”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2023

Google announced that a federal judge in the Southern District of New York unsealed its civil action against the operators of the information stealer Cryptbot. to disrupt the operations of the CryptBot malware, which experts estimate infected approximately 670,000 computers this past year. ” concludes the announcemebt.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2023

The three-year-old vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-18935 (CVSS score: 9.8), is a.NET deserialization issue that resides in the Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX. The joint alert recommends network defenders review the Malware Analysis Report, MAR-10413062-1.v1 federal agency appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2020

The malware was observed last days with a new obfuscation layer, new C2, and distributed inside an MSI file. Trojan Lampion is a malware observed at the end of the year 2019 impacting Portuguese users using template emails from the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax and EDP. Trojan Lampion is back after 3 months.

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