On April 26, Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team discovered a couple of novel vulnerabilities collectively dubbed Nimbuspwn, enabling adversaries to escalate privileges on multiple Linux desktop environments. The newly detected Nimbuspwn flaws have been identified as CVE-2022-29799 and CVE-2022-29800. Once chained together, these flaws give hackers the green light to obtain root privileges, lead to […]
The 7-Zip file archiver versions of 21.07 have a serious security weak point. 7-Zip is one of the most in-demand tools to compress and package files with a wide array of supported formats including 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, and TAR. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-29072 grants adversaries elevated access and command execution when a file […]
A novel Traffic Direction System (TDS), dubbed Parrot TDS, takes advantage of a network of hacked servers that host websites to route victims that fit the required profile to domains used to run scamming schemes or distribute malware. According to the current data, the number of compromised websites has reached 16,500 and counting. Adversaries primarily […]
Last week, VMware released an advisory urging users to patch eight vulnerabilities of various severity levels. Unpatched bugs enable the compromise of the following VMware products: VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager (vIDM), vRealize Automation (vRA), Cloud Foundation, and Suite Lifecycle Manager. The easiest prey on the hit list with the CVSS score of 9.8 […]
A new info-stealer malware follows in the footsteps of Mars Stealer and BlackGuard. The malware is available for $125 per month or $1,000 for a lifetime subscription. On darknet markets, META Stealer is advertised as an upgrade of RedLine Stealer, which was first revealed in 2020. META Information Stealer Detection To protect your company infrastructure […]
A new tricky remote access tool dubbed Borat RAT was found by cybersecurity researchers. Just like the name suggests, it is a crazy mix of things that is hard to wrap your head around. Borat Trojan is a collection of malware modules coming with a builder and server certificate which includes more than 10 malicious […]
Ongoing malware distribution campaigns spread AsyncRAT, including the 3LOSH crypter across public repositories. Recent cybersecurity research analyzes the latest version of 3LOSH that is being used by adversaries to evade detection on devices in corporate environments. Besides AsyncRAT, a number of other commodity malware strains can be distributed by the same operator. The purpose of […]
In March 2022, several novel vulnerabilities in the Java Spring framework were disclosed. One of these flaws affects a component in Spring Core, enabling adversaries to drop a webshell, granting Remote Command Execution (RCE). As of April 5, 2022, the SpringShell vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-22965 is now confirmed to be of critical severity. CVE-2022-22965 Detection […]
Fire Chili is a novel strain of malware that has been leveraged by a Chinese APT group Deep Panda exploiting Log4Shell vulnerability in VMware Horizon servers. The primary focus of adversaries is cyber espionage. Targeted organizations include financial institutions, academic, travel, and cosmetics industries. Log4Shell is associated with a high-severity CVE-2021-44228 vulnerability in the Log4j […]
When spring comes, bugs bloom. A novel, highly severe flaw in the Spring Cloud Function came on the radar on March 29, 2022. An easy to exploit vulnerability affects the Spring Core module – a framework used in Java applications, and requires JDK9+. If exploited, this Spring Core vulnerability enables hackers to execute remote code […]