March 14, 2024

AndroxGh0st Malware Targets Laravel Apps to Steal Cloud Credentials

AndroxGh0st is a Python-based malware designed to target Laravel applications. It scans and extracts critical information from .env files, revealing login details for AWS and Twilio. As an SMTP cracker, it exploits SMTP using various strategies, including credential exploitation, web shell deployment, and vulnerability scanning. The ability of the program to generate AWS suggests the possibility of brute force attacks. […]
March 14, 2024

DarkGate Malware Leveraged Newly Patched Microsoft Vulnerability in Zero-Day Exploit

An underground campaign called Dark Gate was discovered by the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) in mid-January 2024 that exploited CVE-2024-21412 by using fake software installers. As part of this campaign, users were lured by PDFs that contained Google DoubleClick Digital Marketing (DDM) open redirects, causing them to navigate to compromised websites that contained the malicious Microsoft Windows SmartScreen bypass CVE-2024-21412 […]
March 13, 2024

Researchers Uncover Kubernetes Flaw allowing Full Control of Windows Nodes

There is a vulnerability that allows remote code execution with SYSTEM privileges on all Windows machines within a Kubernetes cluster. Tracked as CVE-2023-5528 (CVSS score: 7.2), the shortcoming affects all versions of Kubelet, both prior to and after version 1.8.0. A successful exploit of the vulnerability could result in the complete takeover of all Windows nodes in a cluster, and it […]
March 5, 2024

New WogRAT malware abuses online notepad service to store malware

A new malware dubbed ‘WogRAT’ targets both Windows and Linux in attacks abusing an online notepad platform named ‘aNotepad’ as a covert channel for storing and retrieving malicious code. aNotepad isn’t blocklisted or treated suspiciously by security tools, which helps make the infection chain stealthier. When the malware is first executed on the victim’s machine, it is unlikely to be […]
March 4, 2024

NTLM authentication hashes are stolen during phishing attacks by hackers

As a result of a recent shift in tactics, the hacking group known as TA577 has employed phishing emails to steal the authentication hashes of NT LAN Manager (NTLM) accounts in order to use them for account hijackings. The NTLM hash is a key component of Windows authentication and session security and can be used for offline password cracking to […]

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