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Mar 08, 2024The Hacker NewsSecrets Management / Access Control
In the realm of cybersecurity, the stakes are sky-high, and at its core lies secrets management — the foundational pillar upon which your security infrastructure rests. We’re all familiar with the routine: safeguarding those API keys, connection strings, and certificates is non-negotiable.…
This blog discusses an example of a malicious actor utilizing the cloud storage service Dropbox in order to carry out a phishing attack against a Darktrace customer. Thanks to Darktrace/Email and Apps, this compromise was promptly brought to the attention of the customer and shut down.…
Publicly available exploits incite unwarranted chaos
Executive SummaryOn March 4, 2024, JetBrains released a blog post detailing the security patch for TeamCity, which is a Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) server developed by JetBrains and plays a crucial role within organizations across the globe. …
Courageous action by defenders can prevent maximum damage from attackers.
Incident response firm Sygnia was contacted by a company to investigate suspect activity on its network. Sygnia rapidly concluded the company was experiencing a ransomware attack and was in imminent danger of having its entire environment encrypted.…
Updated March 8: Based on our experience, we believe that BlackCat’s claim of shutting down due to law enforcement pressure is a hoax. We anticipate their return under a new guise or brand after their hiatus. This scam tactic serves as a means for them to execute one final significant scam before resurfacing with less scrutiny.…
Security updates announced for Android on Monday resolve 38 vulnerabilities, including two critical-severity issues in the System component.
Impacting Android 12, 12L, 13, and 14, and tracked as CVE-2024-0039 and CVE-2024-23717, the two critical flaws could lead to remote code execution and elevation of privilege, respectively.…
PRESS RELEASE
SAN FRANCISCO, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Delinea, a leading provider of solutions that seamlessly extend Privileged Access Management (PAM), today announced the introduction of Privilege Control for Servers on the Delinea Platform, enforcing least privilege principles on critical systems consistently across identities to combat stolen credentials and restrict lateral movement.…
Published On : 2024-03-05
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYAt CYFIRMA, our commitment is to provide timely insights into prevalent threats and malicious tactics affecting both organizations and individuals. Our research team recently identified a malicious .docx file linked to the stego-campaign, revealing a sophisticated cyber threat.
This campaign utilizes template injection in a Microsoft Office document to bypass traditional email security measures.…
BYOVD (Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver) is a class of attack in which threat actors drop known vulnerable drivers on a compromised machine and then exploit the bug(s) to gain kernel-level privileges. At this level of access, attackers can accomplish a lot: hide malware, dump credentials, and, crucially, attempt to disable EDR solutions.…
Microsoft patched a high-severity Windows Kernel privilege escalation vulnerability in February, six months after being informed that the flaw was being exploited as a zero-day.
Tracked as CVE-2024-21338, the security flaw was found by Avast Senior Malware Researcher Jan Vojtěšek in the appid.sys Windows AppLocker driver and reported to Microsoft last August as an actively exploited zero-day.…
On February 29, 2024, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) which disseminates known Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) and Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) associated with the Phobos Ransomware variants observed as recently as February 2024.…
Note: This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) is part of an ongoing #StopRansomware effort to publish advisories for network defenders that detail various ransomware variants and ransomware threat actors. These #StopRansomware advisories include recently and historically observed tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) to help organizations protect against ransomware.…
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the following partners (hereafter referred to as the authoring organizations) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory to warn that cyber threat actors are exploiting previously identified vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways. CISA and authoring organizations appreciate the cooperation of Volexity, Ivanti, Mandiant and other industry partners in the development of this advisory and ongoing incident response activities.…
Bitdefender Labs recently helped with an investigation that unfortunately aligns with two key predictions we made for 2024: the rapid rise of opportunistic ransomware and the growing risk of coordinated attacks. This ransomware attack was coordinated and impacted two separate companies simultaneously.…
Mandiant and Ivanti’s investigations into widespread Ivanti zero-day exploitation have continued across a variety of industry verticals, including the U.S. defense industrial base sector. Following the initial publication on Jan. 10, 2024, Mandiant observed mass attempts to exploit these vulnerabilities by a small number of China-nexus threat actors, and development of a mitigation bypass exploit targeting CVE-2024-21893 used by UNC5325, which we introduced in our “Cutting Edge, Part 2” blog post. …
This advisory details recent tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) of the group commonly known as APT29, also known as Midnight Blizzard, the Dukes, or Cozy Bear.
The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and international partners assess that APT29 is a cyber espionage group, almost certainly part of the SVR, an element of the Russian intelligence services.…
This blog entry gives a detailed analysis of these recent ScreenConnect vulnerabilities. We also discuss our discovery of threat actor groups, including Black Basta and Bl00dy Ransomware gangs, that are actively exploiting CVE-2024-1708 and CVE-2024-1709 based on our telemetry.
On February 19, 2024, ConnectWise disclosed significant vulnerabilities within its ScreenConnect software (CVE-2024-1708 and CVE-2024-1709), which specifically targeted versions 23.9.7 and earlier.…