Chinese Hackers Target VMware Horizon Servers with Log4Shell to Deploy Rootkit

Chinese Hackers Target VMware Horizon Servers with Log4Shell to Deploy Rootkit,

A Chinese advanced persistent threat tracked as Deep Panda has been observed exploiting the Log4Shell vulnerability in VMware Horizon servers to deploy a backdoor and a novel rootkit on infected machines with the goal of stealing sensitive data.
« The nature of targeting was opportunistic insofar that multiple infections in several countries and various sectors occurred on the same dates, » said 

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A Chinese advanced persistent threat tracked as Deep Panda has been observed exploiting the Log4Shell vulnerability in VMware Horizon servers to deploy a backdoor and a novel rootkit on infected machines with the goal of stealing sensitive data.
« The nature of targeting was opportunistic insofar that multiple infections in several countries and various sectors occurred on the same dates, » said 

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https://thehackernews.com/2022/04/chinese-hackers-target-vmware-horizon.html

Results Overview: 2022 MITRE ATT&CK Evaluation – Wizard Spider and Sandworm Edition

Results Overview: 2022 MITRE ATT&CK Evaluation – Wizard Spider and Sandworm Edition

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Threat actor groups like Wizard Spider and Sandworm have been wreaking havoc over the past few years – developing and deploying cybercrime tools like Conti, Trickbot, and Ryuk ransomware. Most recently, Sandworm (suspected to be a Russian cyber-military unit) unleashed cyberattacks against Ukranian infrastructure targets.
To ensure cybersecurity providers are battle ready, MITRE Engenuity uses

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Threat actor groups like Wizard Spider and Sandworm have been wreaking havoc over the past few years – developing and deploying cybercrime tools like Conti, Trickbot, and Ryuk ransomware. Most recently, Sandworm (suspected to be a Russian cyber-military unit) unleashed cyberattacks against Ukranian infrastructure targets.
To ensure cybersecurity providers are battle ready, MITRE Engenuity uses

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https://thehackernews.com/2022/04/results-overview-2022-mitre-att.html

North Korean Hackers Distributing Trojanized DeFi Wallet Apps to Steal Victims’ Crypto

North Korean Hackers Distributing Trojanized DeFi Wallet Apps to Steal Victims’ Crypto

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The North Korean state-backed hacking crew, otherwise known as the Lazarus Group, has been attributed to yet another financially motivated campaign that leverages a trojanized decentralized finance (DeFi) wallet app to distribute a fully-featured backdoor onto compromised Windows systems.
The app, which is equipped with functionalities to save and manage a cryptocurrency wallet, is also designed

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The North Korean state-backed hacking crew, otherwise known as the Lazarus Group, has been attributed to yet another financially motivated campaign that leverages a trojanized decentralized finance (DeFi) wallet app to distribute a fully-featured backdoor onto compromised Windows systems.
The app, which is equipped with functionalities to save and manage a cryptocurrency wallet, is also designed

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https://thehackernews.com/2022/04/north-korean-hackers-distributing.html

Zyxel Releases Patches for Critical Bug Affecting Business Firewall and VPN Devices

Zyxel Releases Patches for Critical Bug Affecting Business Firewall and VPN Devices,

Networking equipment maker Zyxel has pushed security updates for a critical vulnerability affecting some of its business firewall and VPN products that could enable an attacker to take control of the devices.
« An authentication bypass vulnerability caused by the lack of a proper access control mechanism has been found in the CGI program of some firewall versions, » the company said in an advisory

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Networking equipment maker Zyxel has pushed security updates for a critical vulnerability affecting some of its business firewall and VPN products that could enable an attacker to take control of the devices.
« An authentication bypass vulnerability caused by the lack of a proper access control mechanism has been found in the CGI program of some firewall versions, » the company said in an advisory

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https://thehackernews.com/2022/03/zyxel-releases-patches-for-critical-bug.html

Apple Issues Patches for 2 Actively Exploited Zero-Days in iPhone, iPad and Mac Devices

Apple Issues Patches for 2 Actively Exploited Zero-Days in iPhone, iPad and Mac Devices,

Apple on Thursday rolled out emergency patches to address two zero-day flaws in its mobile and desktop operating systems that it said may have been exploited in the wild.
The shortcomings have been fixed as part of updates to iOS and iPadOS 15.4.1, macOS Monterey 12.3.1, tvOS 15.4.1, and watchOS 8.5.1. Both the vulnerabilities have been reported to Apple anonymously.
Tracked as CVE-2022-22675,

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Apple on Thursday rolled out emergency patches to address two zero-day flaws in its mobile and desktop operating systems that it said may have been exploited in the wild.
The shortcomings have been fixed as part of updates to iOS and iPadOS 15.4.1, macOS Monterey 12.3.1, tvOS 15.4.1, and watchOS 8.5.1. Both the vulnerabilities have been reported to Apple anonymously.
Tracked as CVE-2022-22675,

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https://thehackernews.com/2022/03/apple-issues-patches-for-2-actively.html

Security Patch Releases for Critical Zero-Day Bug in Java Spring Framework

Security Patch Releases for Critical Zero-Day Bug in Java Spring Framework,

The maintainers of Spring Framework have released an emergency patch to address a newly disclosed remote code execution flaw that, if successfully exploited, could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of a targeted system.
Tracked as CVE-2022-22965, the high-severity flaw impacts Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 to 5.3.17, 5.2.0 to 5.2.19, and other older, unsupported versions. Users

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The maintainers of Spring Framework have released an emergency patch to address a newly disclosed remote code execution flaw that, if successfully exploited, could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of a targeted system.
Tracked as CVE-2022-22965, the high-severity flaw impacts Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 to 5.3.17, 5.2.0 to 5.2.19, and other older, unsupported versions. Users

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https://thehackernews.com/2022/03/security-patch-releases-for-critical.html

Bugs in Wyze Cams Could Let Attackers Takeover Devices and Access Video Feeds

Bugs in Wyze Cams Could Let Attackers Takeover Devices and Access Video Feeds,

Three security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the popular Wyze Cam devices that grant malicious actors to execute arbitrary code and access camera feeds as well as unauthorizedly read the SD cards, the latter of which remained unresolved for nearly three years after the initial discovery.
The security flaws relate to an authentication bypass (CVE-2019-9564), a remote code execution bug

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Three security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the popular Wyze Cam devices that grant malicious actors to execute arbitrary code and access camera feeds as well as unauthorizedly read the SD cards, the latter of which remained unresolved for nearly three years after the initial discovery.
The security flaws relate to an authentication bypass (CVE-2019-9564), a remote code execution bug

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https://thehackernews.com/2022/03/bugs-in-wyze-cams-could-let-attackers.html

New Python-based Ransomware Targeting JupyterLab Web Notebooks

New Python-based Ransomware Targeting JupyterLab Web Notebooks,

Researchers have disclosed what they say is the first-ever Python-based ransomware strain specifically designed to target exposed Jupyter notebooks, a web-based interactive computing platform that allows editing and running programs via a browser.
« The attackers gained initial access via misconfigured environments, then ran a ransomware script that encrypts every file on a given path on the

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Researchers have disclosed what they say is the first-ever Python-based ransomware strain specifically designed to target exposed Jupyter notebooks, a web-based interactive computing platform that allows editing and running programs via a browser.
« The attackers gained initial access via misconfigured environments, then ran a ransomware script that encrypts every file on a given path on the

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https://thehackernews.com/2022/03/new-python-based-ransomware-targeting.html

Hackers Increasingly Using ‘Browser-in-the-Browser’ Technique in Ukraine Related Attacks

Hackers Increasingly Using ‘Browser-in-the-Browser’ Technique in Ukraine Related Attacks

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A Belarusian threat actor known as Ghostwriter (aka UNC1151) has been spotted leveraging the recently disclosed browser-in-the-browser (BitB) technique as part of their credential phishing campaigns exploiting the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian conflict.
The method, which masquerades as a legitimate domain by simulating a browser window within the browser, makes it possible to mount convincing social

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A Belarusian threat actor known as Ghostwriter (aka UNC1151) has been spotted leveraging the recently disclosed browser-in-the-browser (BitB) technique as part of their credential phishing campaigns exploiting the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian conflict.
The method, which masquerades as a legitimate domain by simulating a browser window within the browser, makes it possible to mount convincing social

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https://thehackernews.com/2022/03/hackers-increasingly-using-browser-in.html

Unpatched Java Spring Framework 0-Day RCE Bug Threatens Enterprise Web Apps Security

Unpatched Java Spring Framework 0-Day RCE Bug Threatens Enterprise Web Apps Security,

A zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability has come to light in the Spring framework shortly after a Chinese security researcher briefly leaked a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit on GitHub before deleting their account.
According to cybersecurity firm Praetorian, the unpatched flaw impacts Spring Core on Java Development Kit (JDK) versions 9 and later and is a bypass for another

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A zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability has come to light in the Spring framework shortly after a Chinese security researcher briefly leaked a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit on GitHub before deleting their account.
According to cybersecurity firm Praetorian, the unpatched flaw impacts Spring Core on Java Development Kit (JDK) versions 9 and later and is a bypass for another

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https://thehackernews.com/2022/03/unpatched-java-spring-framework-0-day.html