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Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-4018-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-4018-03 - An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support. Issues addressed include bypass and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

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New North Korean Based Backdoor Packs A Punch

In recent months, North Korean based threat actors have been ramping up attack campaigns in order to achieve a myriad of their objectives, whether it be financial gain or with espionage purposes in mind. The North Korean cluster of attack groups is peculiar seeing there is quite some overlap with one another, and it is not always straightforward to attribute a specific campaign to a specific threat actor. This is no different in what the authors are presenting in this paper today, where they analyze a new threat campaign, initially discovered in late May, featuring multiple layers and which ultimately delivers a seemingly new and previously undocumented backdoor. These actions appear tied to Kimsuky and is specifically focused on Aerospace and Defense companies.

Microsoft PlayReady Data Leak

On June 11, 2024, a Microsoft Engineer posted information about a crash that inadvertently leaked internal data related to PlayReady and Warbird libraries.

Unveiling SpiceRAT: SneakyChef's latest tool targeting EMEA and Asia

The new remote access trojan (RAT) dubbed SpiceRAT was used by the threat actor SneakyChef in a recent campaign targeting government agencies in EMEA and Asia.

SneakyChef espionage group targets government agencies with SugarGh0st and more infection techniques

Cisco Talos recently discovered an ongoing campaign from SneakyChef, a newly discovered threat actor using SugarGh0st malware, as early as August 2023.

SneakyChef espionage group targets government agencies with SugarGh0st and more infection techniques

Cisco Talos recently discovered an ongoing campaign from SneakyChef, a newly discovered threat actor using SugarGh0st malware, as early as August 2023.

Oyster Backdoor Spreading via Trojanized Popular Software Downloads

A malvertising campaign is leveraging trojanized installers for popular software such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Teams to drop a backdoor called Oyster (aka Broomstick and CleanUpLoader). That's according to findings from Rapid7, which identified lookalike websites hosting the malicious payloads that users are redirected to after searching for them on search engines like Google and Bing. The

GHSA-cchp-3rq6-69wj: events2 TYPO3 extension insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerability

An issue was discovered in the events2 (aka Events 2) extension before 8.3.8 and 9.x before 9.0.6 for TYPO3. Missing access checks in the management plugin lead to an insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerability with the potential to activate or delete various events for unauthenticated users.

GHSA-jg62-h7pv-hxgv: FriendlyCaptcha Plugin for TYPO3 Captcha Check Bypass

An issue was discovered in the friendlycaptcha_official (aka Integration of Friendly Captcha) extension before 0.1.4 for TYPO3. The extension fails to check the requirement of the captcha field in submitted form data, allowing a remote user to bypass the captcha check. This only affects the captcha integration for the ext:form extension.

SolarWinds Serv-U Vulnerability Under Active Attack - Patch Immediately

A recently patched high-severity flaw impacting SolarWinds Serv-U file transfer software is being actively exploited by malicious actors in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-28995 (CVSS score: 8.6), concerns a directory transversal bug that could allow attackers to read sensitive files on the host machine. Affecting all versions of the software prior to and including Serv-U 15.4.2