> TODAY'S SUMMARY (13 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights significant threats and trends. A vulnerability under attack, traced to a China-hosted IP, underscores the need for robust bug-hunting tools like Anthropic's Mythos. The Warlock group, also linked to China, is exploiting Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities to deploy ransomware, while the Technical University of Denmark has suffered a breach exposing data for 200,000 users. Additionally, critical vulnerabilities in Fortra's BoKS and GitLab's AI Gateway have been patched, emphasizing ongoing security challenges. New developments in AI, such as doxx.net's platform to prevent AI misadventures, indicate a growing focus on managing AI risks.
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Subject Access Requests experiencing significant delays
Many are operating under a false sense of security
La Commission des valeurs mobilières de Hong Kong (SFC) a blâmé et sanctionné Six Fook Securities (ou Luk Fook Securities) pour des lacunes importantes dans ses mesures de cybersécurité. L'incident, une attaque par ransomware survenue en septembre 2022, a causé des perturbations majeures aux infrast...
Chinese network targeting US mid-terms also closed down
They claimed responsibility for the attack and said they had deleted the stolen data
All about the new look for Hacking The Cloud v2.
The new attacks would be a new instance of a campaign spotted by ESET and Malwarebytes in August
Most phishing attack vectors observed involved clicking a direct link to a phishing page
On a network and need credentials? Try password spraying the domain controller directly.
A few years ago, I wrote this password spray tool called gospray that was used succesfully in a couple of engagements since. It does an LDAP bind directly against the domain controller to validate credentials. T...
Siloed systems appear to be holding back teams
Social network failed to protect kids, says ICO
In October 2019, a security researcher found a devastating vulnerability in Tornado.cash, a decentralized, non-custodial mixer on the Ethereum network. Tornado.cash uses zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) to allow its users to privately deposit and withdraw funds. The proofs are supposed to guarantee that...
Kremlin set to intensify attacks on critical infrastructure
Users will have the option to log in using their Fitbit account for as long as it is supported
En septembre 2022, Toulouse INP a été victime d'une cyberattaque avec le ransomware AvosLocker. L'attaque a été déclenchée via un compte étudiant compromis et a bloqué l'annuaire, les mécanismes d'authentification et les capacités d'accès physique aux bâtiments. Des mesures ont été prises pour rétab...
The victims of the plot were users of Mastercard, Visa, and American Express, among others
The websites are often related to crack, keygen and activators for illegal software
This week I learned about a design flaw with pip download, which allows an adversary to run arbitrary code.
I assumed that running pip install means anything could happen, but pip download seems a bit surprising.
Both seem useful for red teaming though.
Background This post from Yehuda Gelb named Au...
Concerning signs of escalation in tactics
Each face a maximum term of five years behind bars