Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2022

A critical vulnerability in Ninja Forms plugin potentially impacted more than one million WordPress websites. The vulnerability resides in the Merge Tag feature of the plugin. “Without providing too many details on the vulnerability, the Merge Tag functionality does an is_callable() check on a supplied Merge Tags.”When

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The Hacker News

APRIL 20, 2021

An ongoing malvertising campaign tracked as "Tag Barnakle" has been behind the breach of more than 120 ad servers over the past year to sneakily inject code in an attempt to serve malicious advertisements that redirect users to rogue websites, thus exposing victims to scamware or malware.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 10, 2024

Check the vendor website to see if they are contacting victims, and verify any contacts using a different communication channel. The information involved does not include financial or payment information, email address, telephone number or any highly sensitive customer information.” 2FA that relies on a FIDO2 device can’t be phished.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2021

Experts found vulnerabilities in two WordPress plugins that could be exploited to run arbitrary code and potentially take over a website. Security researchers disclosed vulnerabilities in Elementor and WP Super Cache WordPress plugins that could be exploited to run arbitrary code and take over a website under certain circumstances.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2022

” reads the post published by TAG. TAG determined that the APT group abused the zero-day vulnerability in the JScript engine of Internet Explorer. An attacker can exploit the flaw to execute arbitrary code when the victim visits an attacker-controlled website. CVE-2017-0199 ). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Google TAG researchers discovered that threat actors leveraged a zero-day vulnerability in macOS in a watering hole campaign aimed at delivering malware to users in Hong Kong. The watering hole campaign targeted websites of a media outlet and important pro-democracy labor and political group. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 28, 2021

found a very interesting credit card stealer in a Magento environment which loads a malicious JavaScript without using any script tags. Continue reading Stylish Magento Card Stealer loads Without Script Tags at Sucuri Blog. The post Stylish Magento Card Stealer loads Without Script Tags appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 22, 2023

Threat actors often compete for the same resources, and this couldn't be further from the truth when it comes to website compromises. In the past, we have seen such occurrences with Magecart threat actors for example in the breach of the Umbro website. They also list nebiltech[.]shop

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Security Boulevard

MAY 17, 2021

Today’s website owners are focused on building a great online experience for their users. But all that usability comes with a hefty risk price tag. Think about it: modern websites are. The post Why You Should Start Caring About Oversharing appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2021

Researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that North Korea-linked hackers are targeting security researchers via social media. Experts noticed that the website used in this campaign has a link to a PGP public key which is the same that was found on attackers’ blog in a campaign spotted in January.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2023

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) discovered several exploit chains targeting Android, iOS, and Chrome to install commercial spyware. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) shared details about two distinct campaigns which used several zero-day exploits against Android, iOS and Chrome. links sent over SMS to users.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 3, 2023

In the year 2021, security analysts tagged Ransomware at the trending malware topping the list in the Crypto-virology chart. And the sole purpose of such malicious software was concluded to be easy financial gain. The post Intel and Check Point Software extend partnership for ransomware protection appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

The researchers from Google TAG are warning of Russia-linked threat actors targeting Ukraine with phishing campaigns. Russia-linked threat actors launched large-volume phishing campaigns against hundreds of users in Ukraine to gather intelligence and aimed at spreading disinformation, states Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2023

A new ongoing Magecart web skimmer campaign abuse legitimate websites to act as makeshift command and control (C2) servers. Magecart attacks target e-commerce websites, the name “Magecart” is derived from the malicious code (JavaScript) typically injected by the attackers into compromised websites.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Researchers observed a new Magecart web skimming campaign changing the websites’ default 404 error page to steal credit cards. Researchers from the Akamai Security Intelligence Group uncovered a Magecart web skimming campaign that is manipulating the website’s default 404 error page to hide malicious code.

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Cisco Security

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Tags – Predefined tags that provide additional information about the application. Example tags include webmail, SSL protocol, file sharing/transfer, and displays ads. An application can have zero, one, or more tags. The submission request is easily accessible from the website. Release Notes.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

March 9 – Multiple Russian government websites hacked in a supply chain attack. Threat actors hacked Russian federal agencies’ websites in a supply chain attack involving the compromise of a stats widget. March 9 – Anonymous hacked Russian cams, websites, announced a clamorous leak.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2024

The WP-Members Membership Plugin is currently installed on over 60,000 WordPress websites. Then the attacker can modify the raw request to contain an X-Forwarded-For header set to a malicious payload enclosed in script tags. Webbernaut received a $500 bounty. ” reads the advisory published by Wordfence.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2022

Russia-linked threat actors are behind a new website that published leaked emails from leading proponents of Britain’s exit from the EU, the Reuters reported. The post Reuters: Russia-linked APT behind Brexit leak website appeared first on Security Affairs. ” reported the Reuters. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2023

How Ballada Injector works The starting point of the research that ensued following the discovery was a website at address spatialreality[.]com The address led to what appeared to be a WordPress-powered website, which, upon visiting, downloaded a PHP file onto the user’s computer instead of serving the landing page.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JULY 19, 2022

RFID uses electromagnetic fields in the form of radio waves to establish communication links between an RFID tag or transmitter and an RFID reader or receiver. Pieces of information are transmitted through the link that the reader uses to establish authenticity of the tag or transmitter and authorize access. Is RFID secure?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2022

The investigation started in November after Google TAG published a blogpost about watering-hole attacks targeting macOS users in Hong Kong. Google TAG researchers discovered that threat actors leveraged a zero-day vulnerability in macOS in a watering hole campaign aimed at delivering malware to users in Hong Kong.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

But, as with all games like this, it comes with a steep price tag, so it's no surprise to suddenly see websites peddling "cracked" versions of the game for free. Malware Intelligence Analyst Stefan Dasic looked into the above websites claiming to share the cracked PC version of the game. One website, games-install[.]com

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 25, 2023

Assigned with an ID tag of CVE- 2023-29552, the flaw if exploited can impact over 2,000 organizations and can spill data from over 54,000 SLP instances…. But attacks of such rate are also high enough to disrupt websites and applications offline for at least 12-15 hours. now that’s interesting! TB per second.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2021

One notorious hacking group from Iran uses particularly dirty schemes to fleece users, according to Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG). According to Google’s TAG blog, APT35 have been active since at least 2017, including attacks on the 2020 U.S. Rocket Kitten successfully attacks university website.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 30, 2021

Given the dynamic nature of websites today and the constantly changing integrations to a site, this implicit trust model no longer suffices. So what does the average modern website look like? More than 70 percent of the content that loads on an end user’s browser does not come from the website’s server at all.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 16, 2024

I’ll miss him so much” In all the posts I’ve seen, one of my Facebook friends was tagged. How to avoid Facebook scams In this case I was able to spot the scam because it made me suspicious that two unrelated friends might be tagged in a similar post. But there are some other pointers to help you spot Facebook scams.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2022

Mar 31 – Google TAG details cyber activity with regard to the invasion of Ukraine. The Google TAG uses uncovered phishing attacks targeting Eastern European and NATO countries, including Ukraine. Mar 29 – Compromised WordPress sites launch DDoS on Ukrainian websites.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 5, 2023

Since the code is executed on the client's side, the malicious behavior is hard to detect by the website’s owner since it will not be picked up by web application firewalls (WAFs) and other measures to keep the server safe. In some cases, the exploited host websites appear to have been abused in both ways.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

Researchers on Thursday reported that hackers are using standard tools within Google Docs/Drive to lead unsuspecting victims to fraudulent websites, stealing credentials in the process. Usually, hackers will lead their victims to a legitimate website, which means they have to hack into that site,” said Friedrich. (brionv, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Anton on Security

JANUARY 10, 2024

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Just 20% of them believe that their presence on social networking websites has yielded them paybacks; with 8% of them chose not to offer their opinion. The post Facebook turns least trusted website in America over data and privacy appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2019

In this case, attackers used a common HTML5 attribute, the <a> tag ping, to trick these users to unwittingly participate in a major DDoS attack that flooded one web site with approximately 70 million requests in four hours.” This was the first case of a DDoS attack using the <a> tag ping attribute.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) team reported that the China-linked APT41 group used the open-source red teaming tool Google Command and Control ( GC2 ) in an attack against an unnamed Taiwanese media organization. China-linked APT41 group used the open-source red teaming tool GC2 in an attack against a Taiwanese media organization.

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2023

Threat actors aimed at engaging the victims into clicking on a specially crafted replica of the Ukrainian World Congress website. The attackers used typosquatting techniques to masquerade the fake website with a.info suffix and make it look legitimate. Real Domain Fake Domain ukrainianworldcongress[.]org org ukrainianworldcongress[.]info

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Visa Payment Fraud Disruption warns of a new JavaScript skimmer dubbed Pipka used to siphon payment data from e-commerce merchant websites. Visa Payment Fraud Disruption warns of a new JavaScript skimmer dubbed Pipka that was used by crooks to steal payment data from e-commerce merchant websites. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2019

Experts at Trustwave observed threat actors using a rare technique to compromise fully patched websites. Security experts at Trustwave observed threat actors using a rare steganography technique, attackers are hiding PHP scripts in Exchangeable Image Format (EXIF) headers of JPEG images that are uploaded on the website. S igler added.

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