Security researchers have issued a stark warning about a critical vulnerability, designated as CVE-2023-4634, which is affecting an alarming number of over 70,000 WordPress sites globally. This vulnerability originates from a security flaw in the WordPress Media Library Assistant Plugin, an extremely popular and widely used plugin within the WordPress community. With this vulnerability already […]
The financial sector, the keystone of the global economy, has become increasingly digitized in recent years. While this transformation brings efficiency and convenience, it also exposes financial institutions to many cybersecurity challenges. Threat actors, ranging from sophisticated hacker groups to opportunistic individuals, are constantly targeting the financial sector, seeking to exploit vulnerabilities for financial gain. […]
At the turn of fall 2023, the russia-backed APT28 hacking group reemerges in the cyber threat arena, targeting the critical infrastructure of Ukrainian organizations in the power industry sector. CERT-UA has recently released a security notice covering a phishing attack from a fake sender email address containing a link to a malicious archive. Following this […]
This guide describes how to deploy Content Packs for QRadar based on the recommended example of the “SOC Prime – Sigma Custom Event Properties” content item available on the SOC Prime Platform. This recommended Content Pack contains extended Custom Event Properties used in Sigma translations. Note:SOC Prime recommends installing the Sigma Custom Event Properties Content […]
The UAC-0057 hacking collective, aka GhostWriter, reemerges in the cyber threat arena by abusing a WinRAR zero-day tracked as CVE-2023-38831 that has been exploited in the wild since April through August 2023. The successful exploitation of CVE-2023-38831 enables attackers to infect the targeted systems with a PicassoLoader variant and Cobalt Strike Beacon malware. Notably, both […]
Adversaries weaponize four newly discovered RCE security flaws in the J-Web component of Junos OS tracked as CVE-2023-36844, CVE-2023-36845, CVE-2023-36846, and CVE-2023-3684. The identified vulnerabilities can be chained together, enabling attackers to execute arbitrary code on the compromised instances. After the disclosure of a PoC exploit for chaining the Juniper JunOS flaws, cyber defenders are […]
Cybersecurity experts observe significantly growing volumes of malicious activity aimed at targeting Ukrainian public and private sectors, with offensive forces frequently relying on the phishing attack vector to proceed with the intrusion. CERT-UA notifies cyber defenders of the ongoing malicious campaign against judicial bodies and notaries in Ukraine, massively distributing emails with the lure subjects […]
In February 2023, SOC Prime launched its Discord server community connecting aspiring cybersecurity enthusiasts and seasoned experts in a single place. The community serves as the world’s largest open-source hub for Threat Hunters, CTI and SOC Analysts, and Detection Engineers — anyone having a genuine passion for cybersecurity. Currently, our Discord server hosts over 1,500 […]
Heads up! Cybersecurity experts notify defenders of a zero-day flaw compromising Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and NetScaler Gateway Appliances. The flaw tracked as CVE-2023-3519 can lead to RCE and is observed to be actively leveraged by adversaries in the wild with the PoC exploit released to GitHub. Detect CVE-2023-3519 Exploitation Attempts The growing […]
Cybersecurity researchers have observed a new malicious campaign targeting Ministries of Foreign Affairs of NATO-related countries. Adversaries distribute PDF documents used as lures and masquerading the sender as the German embassy. One of the PDF files contains Duke malware attributed to the nefarious russian nation-backed hacking collective tracked as APT29 aka NOBELIUM, Cozy Bear, or […]