Following Microsoft’s recent Patch Tuesday update, which addressed the CVE-2024-38112 vulnerability, researchers uncovered a sophisticated campaign by the Void Banshee APT. This campaign exploits a security gap in the Microsoft MHTML browser engine through zero-day attacks to deploy the Atlantida stealer on victims’ devices. Detecting CVE-2024-38113 Exploitation by Void Banshee In the first half of […]
The latest advisory issued by law enforcement agencies within Australia, the U.S., Canada, Germany, the U.K., New Zealand, South Korea, and Japan, warns of the growing threat posed by APT40 operated on behalf of Beijing’s Ministry of State Security (MSS). Specifically, the advisory details the activities of the People’s Republic of China state-sponsored group able […]
The cyber threat landscape in June is heating up, largely due to the disclosure of new vulnerabilities, such as CVE-2024-4577 and CVE-2024-29849. Researchers have identified a novel critical improper authentication vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Transfer tracked as CVE-2024-5806, which has already been under active exploitation in the wild a couple of hours after its discovery. […]
Cybersecurity researchers discovered a new code execution technique that employs specially crafted MSC files and a Windows XSS flaw. The newly uncovered infection technique, dubbed GrimResource, allows attackers to perform code execution in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). Defenders discovered a sample using GrimResource that was recently uploaded to VirusTotal in early June 2024, indicating […]
In Q1 2024, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups from China, North Korea, Iran, and russia demonstrated significantly enhanced and innovative offensive capabilities to proceed with sophisticated cyber-espionage campaigns. This surge in activity has posed considerable challenges to the global cybersecurity landscape. Recently, security experts revealed the activity of the China-linked Velvet Ant group infiltrating F5 […]
The TellYouThePass ransomware operators have been spotted behind a novel adversary campaign leveraging the PHP-CGI vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-4577. Adversaries weaponize the flaw to upload web shells and distribute TellYouThePass ransomware on compromised instances. Detect TellYouThePass Ransomware Campaign In light of the newly uncovered PHP-CGI bug being swiftly weaponized for in-the-wild attacks, facilitating the distribution […]
Hot on the heels of the disclosure of CVE-2024-29849 and its PoC release, another security flaw is creating a buzz in the cyber threat landscape. Successful exploitation of CVE-2024-4577, which affects Windows-based PHP servers, could lead to RCE. The security bug is a CGI argument injection vulnerability that impacts all versions of PHP on the […]
Another day, another threat on the radar challenging cyber defenders. This time, cybersecurity heads-up refers to a nefarious flaw identified across Veem Backup Enterprise Manager (VBEM) enabling adversaries to bypass authentication and obtain full access to the platform’s web interface. Tracked as CVE-2024-29849, the bug achieved a 9.8 CVSS score, posing an increasing menace with […]
In mid-April 2024, CERT-UA warned defenders of repeated adversary attempts to compromise Ukrainian organizations using COOKBOX malware. Defenders observed the ongoing phishing campaign targeting Ukraine and took measures to disrupt the offensive attempts. The identified russia-linked malicious activity is tracked under the moniker FlyingYeti and overlaps with the UAC-0149 operation covered in the CERT-UA#9522 alert. […]
There is a growing interest among hacking collectives in exploiting remote-access VPN environments by commony abusing zero-day vulnerabilities as entry points and attack vectors into enterprises. A novel critical zero-day vulnerability in Check Point Network Security gateway products tracked as CVE-2024-24919 has hit the headlines. Since April 2024, the flaw has been exploited in in-the-wild […]