Our team is tracking in-the-wild exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities against PaperCut MF/NG which allow for unauthenticated remote code execution due to an authentication bypass.
Learn how APT group, BlueNoroff, targets Apple with malware variant to compromise macOS devices.
We learned some remarkable new details this week about the recent supply-chain attack on VoIP software provider 3CX, a complex, lengthy intrusion that has the makings of a cyberpunk spy novel: North Korean hackers using legions of fake executive accounts…
Similarities with newly discovered Linux malware used in Operation DreamJob corroborate the theory that the 3CX attack was carried out by Lazarus.
A software supply chain attack led to another software supply chain attack.
Web3 technologies are seeing widespread adoption — including by TAs. We discuss Web3 technology InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), and malicious use of it.
Driver based attacks against security products are on the rise
No worries, outsourcer only handles government tech contracts worth billions
The first four of these CVEs affect a function in libntp that is only used by ntpq, but not by ntpd. The last CVE affects the driver for a hardware clock (GPS receiver), so ntpd might be vulnerable...
in2al5d p3in4er is a highly evasive new loader that has a detection ratio of 0 on VirusTotal. We explain how it works, and how to prevent it.
Discovery of a macOS variant of LockBit has caused alarm, but how serious a threat is it? We explore the malware and the threat of ransomware on Apple Macs.
Apple has fixed the three exploits used to deploy the Pegasus spyware, which did not require any interaction from the target.
We’d like to provide an update on our investigation into the suspicious activity detected in our Fortra GoAnywhere MFT solution. Working with Unit 42, we have completed our investigation and have compiled a factual summary of the investigation, as well as continuous improvement actions Fortra is taking to further strengthen our systems and recommended actions customers can take to secure their data and improve their security posture using available features in the GoAnywhere MFT solution.
One widely publicized case of disappearances relevant to this case of spyware infection occurred in September 2015 when a group of 43 students at a teacher
In early April, we detected a significant increase in attacks that use banking Trojans of the QBot family. The malware would be delivered through e-mails that were based on real business letters the attackers had gotten access to.
On April 12th, 2023, Microsoft released a slew of new patches for its Windows operating system, one of which was to fix CVE-2023-21554, a remotely-exploitable vulnerability in the obscure Windows Message Queuing (MSMQ) service that can lead to remote code execution (RCE).
The relevance of this macOS specimen is well articulated in their tweet:
“Lockbit ransomware group has created their first MacOS-based payload. We believe this is the first time a large ransomware threat group has developed a payload for Apple products.” vx-underground
Ok, so even though it’s the weekend, we have what appears to be a new macOS malware specimen from one of the more notorious ransomware gangs! Coupled with the fact that this may be, (as noted by @VXUnderground), “the first time a large ransomware threat group has developed a payload for Apple products” …I was intrigued to decided to dig right in!
Kernel 6.2 ditched a useful defense against ghostly chip design flaw
Google has released an emergency Chrome security update to address the first zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks since the start of the year.
This is a story about a security vulnerability in Google that allowed me to run arbitrary code on the computers of 50+ Google employees. Although Google initially considered my finding a serious security incident, later on, it changed its mind and stated that my finding is not, in fact, a vulnerability, but the intended behavior of their software.
