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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.…
The Patchwork APT group, identified in December 2015 but probably active since 2009, is a cyber espionage entity suspected to be based in India. It targets a variety of high-profile entities, including government, defense, and diplomatic organizations, primarily in South and Southeast Asia, but has also expanded its operations to other regions.…
Morphisec Threat Labs recently discovered multiple indicators of attacks leading to threat actor, UAC-0184. This discovery sheds light on the notorious IDAT loader delivering the Remcos Remote Access Trojan (RAT) to a Ukrainian entity based in Finland. …
On February 19, 2024, ConnectWise released a security patch addressing two vulnerabilities in the ScreenConnect software, potentially leading to Remote Code Execution (RCE). These vulnerabilities, identified as CVE-2024-1709 and CVE-2024-1708, allow attackers to bypass authentication and perform path traversal, respectively, enabling unauthorized access and administrative privilege escalation.…
DarkVNC is a hidden utility based on the Virtual Network Computing (VNC) technology, initially promoted on an Exploit forum in 2016. The primary distinction between hVNC and VNC lies in their intended usage and the degree of transparency: VNC can serve as a legitimate tool for remote desktop sharing, while hVNC is associated with stealthy or potentially malicious activities, often operating without the user’s knowledge or consent.…
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Executive SummaryDynamic-link library (DLL) hijacking is one of the oldest techniques that both threat actors and offensive security professionals continue to use today. DLL hijacking is popular because it grants threat actors a stealthy way to run malware that can be very effective at evading detection.…
Scattered Spider (aka UNC3944, Scatter Swine, Muddled Libra, Octo Tempest, Oktapus, StarFraud) is a lucrative intrusion set active since at least May 2022, primarily engaged in social engineering, ransomware, extortion campaigns and other advanced techniques.
The intrusion set employs state-of-the-art techniques, particularly related to social engineering, such as impersonation of IT personnel to deceive employees for targeted phishing, SIM swapping, leverage of MFA fatigue, and contact with victims’ support teams.…
MITRE ATT&CK® is a globally-accessible knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques based on real-world observations. The ATT&CK knowledge base is used as a foundation for the development of specific threat models and methodologies in the private sector, in government, and in the cybersecurity product and service community.…
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According to BleepingComputer, a ransomware attack that occurred starting 0n February 11 forced 100 hospitals across Romania to take their systems offline. BackMyData ransomware, which took credit for it, belongs to the Phobos family. The malware embedded an AES key that is used to decrypt its configuration containing whitelisted extensions, files, and directories, a public RSA key that is used to encrypt AES keys used for files’ encryption, and other information.…