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Horizon3 security researchers have released proof-of-concept code for a VMware vRealize Log Insight vulnerability chain that allows attackers to gain remote code execution on unpatched appliances. Earlier today, Horizon3 published the PoC exploit and explained that the RCE exploit "Abuses the various Thrift RPC endpoints to achieve an arbitrary file write."
Microsoft has disabled multiple fraudulent, verified Microsoft Partner Network accounts for creating malicious OAuth applications that breached organizations' cloud environments to steal email. In a joint announcement between Microsoft and Proofpoint, Microsoft says the threat actors posed as legitimate companies to enroll and successfully be verified as that company in the MCPP. The threat actors used these accounts to register verified OAuth apps in Azure AD for consent phishing attacks targeting corporate users in the UK and Ireland.
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Malicious third-party OAuth apps with an evident "Publisher identity verified" badge have been used by unknown attackers to target organizations in the UK and Ireland, Microsoft has shared. Targets in these organizations who have fallen for the trick effectively allowed these rogue apps to access to their O365 email accounts and infiltrate organizations' cloud environments.
Webinar If your IT team is making new year resolutions, one of them might be to ramp up safeguarding measures for the increasing amount of unstructured data being captured by businesses and organizations. According to Forbes Magazine, unstructured data volumes are increasing by 65 percent a year and present a growing security risk.
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Ransomware attackers extorted at least $456.8 million from victims in 2022, down from $765.6 million the year before. As always, we have to caveat these findings by noting that the true totals are much higher, as there are cryptocurrency addresses controlled by ransomware attackers that have yet to be identified on the blockchain and incorporated into our data.
The Russia-affiliated Sandworm used yet another wiper malware strain dubbed NikoWiper as part of an attack that took place in October 2022 targeting an energy sector company in Ukraine. The use of SDelete is notable, as it suggests that Sandworm has been experimenting with the utility as a wiper in at least two different instances to cause irrevocable damage to the targeted organizations in Ukraine.
A shellcode-based packer dubbed TrickGate has been successfully operating without attracting notice for over six years, while enabling threat actors to deploy a wide range of malware such as TrickBot, Emotet, AZORult, Agent Tesla, FormBook, Cerber, Maze, and REvil over the years. "TrickGate managed to stay under the radar for years because it is transformative - it undergoes changes periodically," Check Point Research's Arie Olshtein said, calling it a "Master of disguises."