Cisco Talos Incident Response (CTIR) observed ransomware dominating the threat landscape over the past quarter, according to a new report. Infections involved a wide variety of malware families including LockBit and Maze, among others. Sixty-six percent of all ransomware attacks this quarter involved the red-teaming framework Cobalt Strike, suggesting that ransomware actors are increasingly relying …
The Emotet botnet continues to evolve, and now uses a Microsoft Word template to spread its malware. Known as “Red Dawn,” the new infection method involves the user downloading a Word file, and then the file prompts them to enable macros to read the document. If enabled, the macros then download Emotet onto the victim’s …
Cisco warns of a new zero-day vulnerability impacting the Internetwork Operating System (IOS) that ships with its networking equipment. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-3566, impacts the Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP) feature that ships with the IOS XR version of the operating system. This version of the OS is usually installed on carrier-grade and …
An SQL injection vulnerability exists in ATutor. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the affected system. This module exploits a SQL Injection vulnerability and an authentication weakness vulnerability in ATutor. This essentially means an attacker can bypass authentication and reach the administrator’s interface where they …
Cisco has issued a fix for a critical flaw in its Virtual Wide Area Application Services (vWAAS), software for optimizing WAN on virtual private cloud infrastructure. The flaw (CVE-2020-3446), which has a critical-severity CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10, exists because user accounts for accessing the software contain default passwords. That means an attacker …
A vulnerability was found in VMware ESXi and vCenter Server (Server Management Software) (the affected version is unknown). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Authentication Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is …
ISC has released security advisories that address vulnerabilities affecting multiple versions of ISC Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND). A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause a denial-of-service condition. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review the following ISC advisories for more information and to apply the necessary …
Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Cisco products. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. For updates addressing lower severity vulnerabilities see the Cisco Security Advisories page. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review the following Cisco …
On August 19, 2020, The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) publicly released a Malware Analysis Report (MAR) and associated samples labeled BLINDINGCAN. The information contained in the report is the result of analytic efforts between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI to provide technical …
IBM researchers have discovered a new IoT vulnerability that can be exploited remotely. The manufacturer, Thales, has made a patch available for CVE-2020-15858 to customers and X-Force Red has been working together to ensure users are aware of the patch and taking steps to secure their systems. Thales confirmed that this vulnerability affects other modules …