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Bank Info Security 1 year, 9 months ago

Rockwell Automation PLC Software Contains RCE Flaw

Attackers Could Shut Down Operations Or Cause Physical DamageA severe vulnerability in Rockwell Automation software used to configure programmable logic controllers could allow attackers to remotely execute malicious code. The vulnerability is rated 8.8 on the CVSS v4 scale. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency advised immediate patching.

Krebs on Security 2 years, 2 months ago

How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

Last week, the United States joined the U.K. and Australia in sanctioning and charging a Russian man named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as the leader of the infamous LockBit ransomware group. LockBit's leader "LockBitSupp" claims the feds named the wrong guy, saying the charges don't explain how they connected him to Khoroshev. This post examines the activities of Khoroshev's many alter egos on the cybercrime forums, and tracks the career of a gifted malware author who has written and sold malicious code for the past 14 years.

Bank Info Security 2 years, 3 months ago

Steganography Campaign Targets Global Enterprises

Financially Motivated Threat Group Embeds Malicious Code in ImagesFinancially motivated hackers are using the oldie-but-goodie technique of hiding malicious code in digital images to target businesses in Latin America, say security researchers. One image containing a PowerShell script results in Agent Tesla being loaded on the victim computer.

The financially motivated threat actors behind the Casbaneiro banking malware family have been observed making use of a User Account Control (UAC) bypass technique to gain full administrative privileges on a machine, a sign that the threat actor is evolving their tactics to avoid detection and execute malicious code on compromised assets