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September 5, 2024Ravi LakshmananMalware / Human rights Unnamed government entities in the Middle East and Malaysia are being targeted by an ongoing cyber campaign from June 2023 by an attacker known as Tropic Trooper. “The detection of this group (tactics, methods and procedures) in critical government structures in the Middle East, especially those involved in the study of human rights, represents a new strategic move for them,” – Sherif Magdi, Kaspersky security researcher. said. A Russian cybersecurity vendor said it detected activity in June 2024 after discovering a new version of the China Chopper web shell, a tool used by…
The US Department of Justice announced on Wednesday the seizure of 32 Internet domains used in a pro-Russian propaganda operation called Double as part of a broad set of activities. Accusing a Russian government-run foreign influence criminal enterprise of violating US money laundering and criminal trademark laws, the agency accused the companies Social Design Agency (SDA), Structura National Technology (Structura) and ANO Dialog of working at the behest of Russia. Administration of the President. That’s the goal saidconsists of “the covert dissemination of Russian government propaganda to reduce international support for Ukraine, strengthen pro-Russian policies and interests, and influence voters…
September 5, 2024Hacker newsThreat detection / vulnerability management It’s been ten years since the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) unveiled its Cyber Security Framework (CSF) 1.0. Created by a 2013 executive order, NIST was tasked with developing a voluntary cybersecurity framework to help organizations manage cyber risks by providing guidance based on established standards and best practices. While this version was originally tailored for mission-critical infrastructure, the 2018 version 1.1 was designed for any organization committed to managing cybersecurity risks. CSF is a valuable tool for organizations looking to assess and improve their security. The framework helps security…
September 5, 2024Ravi LakshmananCyber threats / malware According to new findings from Cisco Talos, threat actors are likely using a tool designed for red teaming exercises to serve up malware. The program under consideration is a payload generation structure named MacroPackwhich is used to create Office documents, Visual Basic scripts, Windows shortcuts, and other formats for penetration testing and social engineering assessments. It was developed by French developer Emerick Nassy. The cybersecurity firm said it discovered artifacts uploaded to VirusTotal from China, Pakistan, Russia, and the United States that were created by MacroPack and used to deliver various payloads such…
September 5, 2024Ravi LakshmananCyber attack / malware A Chinese-language threat actor known as Earth Lusca has been spotted using a new backdoor called KTLVdoor as part of a cyber attack targeting an unnamed trading company in China. The previously unreported malware is written in the Golang language and is therefore a cross-platform weapon capable of targeting both Microsoft Windows and Linux systems. “KTLVdoor is a highly obfuscated malware that masquerades as various system utilities, allowing attackers to perform a variety of tasks including file manipulation, command execution, and remote port scanning,” Trend Micro researchers Cedric Pernet and Jaromir Khareisi said…
September 5, 2024Ravi Lakshmanan Cisco has released security updates for two critical security vulnerabilities affecting the Smart Licensing Utility that could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to elevate their privileges or gain access to sensitive information. A brief description of the two vulnerabilities is given below − CVE-2024-20439 (CVSS Score: 9.8) – Undocumented static user credentials for the administrator account that an attacker could use to log into a compromised system CVE-2024-20440 (CVSS Score: 9.8) – An excessively verbose debug log file vulnerability could be used by an attacker to access such files via a crafted HTTP request and obtain exploitable…
North Korean threat actors have used a fake Windows video conferencing application posing as FreeConference.com to shut down developers’ systems as part of an ongoing funding campaign called Contagious Interview. A new wave of attack, spotted by Singapore-based Group-IB in mid-August 2024 is further evidence that this activity is also using proprietary installers for Windows and Apple macOS to deliver malware. Contagious Interview, also tracked as DEV#POPPER, is a malicious campaign orchestrated by a North Korean threat actor tracked by CrowdStrike under the alias Famous Chollima. The attack chains begin with a mock interview that forces job seekers to download…
September 4, 2024Ravi LakshmananVulnerability / Mobile Security Google has released monthly security updates for its Android operating system aimed at fixing a known security flaw that it says has been widely exploited in the wild. The high severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-32896 (CVSS score: 7.8), involves an elevation of privilege instance in an Android Framework component. According to description about the bug in the NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), it’s a logic bug that can lead to a local elevation of privilege without requiring any additional execution privileges. “There are indications that CVE-2024-32896 may be in limited, targeted exploitation,” Google…
September 4, 2024Ravi Lakshmanan A new supply chain attack technique targeting the Python Package Index (PyPI) registry has been used in the wild in an attempt to infiltrate downstream organizations. Codenamed Revival Hijack, JFrog, a software supply chain security company, said the attack method could be used to hijack 22,000 existing PyPI packages and lead to “hundreds of thousands” of malicious package downloads. These sensitive packages have more than 100,000 downloads or have been active for more than six months. “This attack method involves capturing PyPI software packages by manipulating their ability to be re-registered after they have been removed…
September 4, 2024Ravi LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security Zyxel has released software updates to address a critical security flaw affecting certain versions of access points (APs) and security routers that could lead to the execution of unauthorized commands. Tracked as CVE-2024-7261 (CVSS Score: 9.8), the vulnerability was described as an operating system (OS) command injection case. “Improper neutralization of special elements in the ‘host’ parameters in the CGI program of some AP and security router versions could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute OS commands by sending a crafted cookie to a vulnerable device,” Zyxel said. said in the consulting room.…