A novel command injection zero-day vulnerability in the GlobalProtect feature of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software hits the headlines. The highly critical flaw, identified as CVE-2024-3400, has been already exploited in a series of attacks in the wild. Detect CVE-2024-3400 Exploitation Attempts The number of vulnerabilities weaponized for in-the-wild attacks increases tremendously on a yearly […]
A new maximum severity vulnerability has been discovered in the Rust standard library. This vulnerability poses a serious threat to Windows users by enabling potential command injection attacks. The flaw tracked as CVE-2024-24576 specifically affects situations where batch files on Windows are executed with untrusted arguments. With the PoC code already publicly released, successful exploitation […]
Threat Bounty Publications In March 2024, 40 threat detection rules were successfully published to SOC Prime’s Platform via the Threat Bounty Program after the review of our Content Team. Although we observe an overall improvement in the quality of submissions, there are also some typical misconceptions that can be recognized in the approaches to content […]
The state-sponsored russia-linked Gamaredon (aka Hive0051, UAC-0010, Armageddon APT) hacking collective comes to the spotlight launching a new wave of cyber attacks. Adversaries have been observed leveraging new iterations of Gamma malware, adopting DNS Fluxing to drop the malicious strains and leading to 1,000+ infections per day. The infection chain displays a novel, aggressive, multi-layered […]
Cybersecurity researchers have unveiled a novel sophisticated multi-stage attack, in which adversaries take advantage of the ScrubCrypt anti-malware evasion tool to drop VenomRAT along with multiple harmful plugins, including nefarious Remcos, XWorm, NanoCore RAT, and other malicious strains. Detect VenomRAT Deployed via ScrubCrypt With cyber-attacks proliferating and employing increasingly sophisticated intrusion methods, cyber defenders require […]
As it was announced earlier, SOC Prime introduced digital badge recognition for Threat Bounty members. As the first stage of the initiative, the badges were issued to Threat Bounty Program members who demonstrated outstanding results in the number of publications and whose Threat Bounty detection rules, categorized according to parameters mentioned further in this article, […]
Security researchers warn of a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in multiple macOS versions that enables unauthorized users, including those with guest rights, to gain full root access to the affected instance. Detect CVE-2023-42931 Exploitation Attempts With an exponential rise in attack volumes and sophistication, the threat landscape of 2024 is assumed to be even more […]
Hackers employ diverse TTPs in a multi-stage software supply-chain campaign going after GitHub users, including members of the widely recognized Top.gg community, with over 170,000+ users falling prey to the offensive operations. Adversaries took advantage of a fake Python infrastructure, causing the full compromise of GitHub accounts, the publication of harmful Python packs, and the […]
Hard on the heels of the DEEP#GOSU offensive campaign associated with the North Korean hacking collective Kimsuky APT, the group comes to the spotlight once again by shifting their adversary TTPs. Defenders have recently observed Kimsuky’s use of Microsoft Compiled HTML Help (CHM) files to spread malware and collect sensitive data from impacted instances. Detect […]
The nefarious cyber-espionage North Korean Kimsuky APT group has been in the limelight in the cyber threatscape since at least 2012. A new multi-stage Kimsuky-affiliated offensive campaign tracked as DEEP#GOSU hits the headlines, posing threats to Windows users and leveraging PowerShell and VBScript malware to infect targeted systems. Detect DEEP#GOSU Attack Campaign Last year has […]