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‘Milestone’ Ursnif Variant Sheds Banking Trojan Features
Ursnif's newest variant, LDR4, has been reconstructed from a banking trojan into a generic backdoor.
Security Remains a ‘Living, Breathing Task’ Long After Incidents
A panel of CISOs from companies like SolarWinds and Kaseya discussed their efforts to rebuild company culture with security in mind on the heels of massive security incidents at their organizations.
With Attacks Underway, Fortinet Urges Customers to Patch CVE-2022-40684
Fortinet said many of its customers still have not updated to fix CVE-2022-40684, which has been under active attack for two weeks.
Critical-Severity Flaw in Apache Commons Text Library Fixed
Details about the severity and scope of the vulnerability are still emerging, including the detection of any examples of real-world applications using vulnerable configurations of the impacted library.
Prestige Ransomware Hits Targets in Ukraine and Poland
A new ransomware called Prestige has hit organizations in Poland and Ukraine using a variety of deployment methods.
Black Basta Uses Qakbot, Brute Ratel in Ransomware Attacks
Researchers said the attack kill chain is the first time they observed Brute Ratel being used as a second-stage payload via a Qakbot infection.
Attackers Exploiting Critical Fortinet Authentication Bypass
Mass exploitation of a new Fortinet authentication bypass flaw (CVE-2022-40684) is ongoing and proof of concept exploits are available.
Decipher Podcast: Source Code 10/14
Welcome back to Source Code, Decipher’s weekly news wrap podcast.
Budworm Threat Group Attacks Reveal ‘Change in Focus’
The Budworm espionage group leveraged the Log4j flaw to target a number of high-value organizations worldwide, including an unnamed U.S.-based state legislature.
Google Rolls Out Support for Passkeys in Android and Chrome
Google is rolling out support for passkeys in Android and Chrome in a significant step toward passwordless authentication.
New Alchimist C2 Framework Emerges
Researchers at Cisco Talos have uncovered a new all-in-one C2 framework called Alchimist that has implants called Insekt for Windows and Linux.
Decipher Podcast: David Agranovich
David Agranovich, director of threat disruption with Meta, discusses how threat groups are evolving their targeting of social media platforms in malware and espionage campaigns.
Microsoft Fixes Actively Exploited Windows Privilege-Escalation Bug
Meanwhile, two exploited Exchange flaws that publicly emerged two weeks ago were not addressed in Microsoft’s update.
Hardcoded Private Key Leads to Full Control of Some Siemens PLCs
A newly discovered flaw (CVE-2022-38465) in some Siemens S7 PLCs can allow an attacker to extract the hardcoded private key of the controller and gain complete control.
Caffeine: A ‘Readily Accessible’ Phishing-as-a-Service Platform
Researchers said a new phishing-as-a-service platform features an entirely open registration process that makes it easier for cybercriminals to leverage.