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Threat Roundup for September 22 to September 29

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Sept. 22 and Sept. 29. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key

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CVE-2023-44173: projectworlds | Free Projects and Free Learnings

Online Movie Ticket Booking System v1.0 is vulnerable to an authenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.

Red Cross-Themed Phishing Attacks Distributing DangerAds and AtlasAgent Backdoors

A new threat actor known as AtlasCross has been observed leveraging Red Cross-themed phishing lures to deliver two previously undocumented backdoors named DangerAds and AtlasAgent. NSFOCUS Security Labs described the adversary as having a "high technical level and cautious attack attitude," adding that "the phishing attack activity captured this time is part of the attacker's targeted strike on

CVE-2023-43642: Missing upper bound check on chunk length in snappy-java can lead to Denial of Service (DoS) impact

snappy-java is a Java port of the snappy, a fast C++ compresser/decompresser developed by Google. The SnappyInputStream was found to be vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) attacks when decompressing data with a too large chunk size. Due to missing upper bound check on chunk length, an unrecoverable fatal error can occur. All versions of snappy-java including the latest released version 1.1.10.3 are vulnerable to this issue. A fix has been introduced in commit `9f8c3cf74` which will be included in the 1.1.10.4 release. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should only accept compressed data from trusted sources.

Journey Down Under: How Rocco Became Australia’s Premier Hacker

Fun facts about Rocco: Microsoft MVR: Rocco is a 2023 Microsoft Most Valuable Researcher. Fitness fanatic: Inspired by old-school body building and countless hours of chopping and carrying wood in the mountains during his youth, Rocco remains a fitness enthusiast, setting himself challenges and pushing his limits. Old-school cinema enthusiast: Rocco’s favorite movies are the “Rocky” series, especially “Rocky 2,” and he also has a deep appreciation for the mafia film series “The Godfather.

CVE-2023-43338: Function Pointer Hijack mjs/mjs.c in mjs_execute · Issue #250 · cesanta/mjs

Cesanta mjs v2.20.0 was discovered to contain a function pointer hijacking vulnerability via the function mjs_get_ptr(). This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted input.

CVE-2023-43771: Fix a bug whereby a maliciously-crafted packet received on the contro… · mikebrady/nqptp@b247899

In nqptp-message-handlers.c in nqptp before 1.2.3, crafted packets received on the control port could crash the program.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-5249-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-5249-01 - The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization. The ncurses packages contain support utilities including a terminfo compiler tic, a decompiler infocmp, clear, tput, tset, and a termcap conversion tool captoinfo.

Fresh Wave of Malicious npm Packages Threaten Kubernetes Configs and SSH Keys

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a fresh batch of malicious packages in the npm package registry that are designed to exfiltrate Kubernetes configurations and SSH keys from compromised machines to a remote server. Sonatype said it has discovered 14 different npm packages so far: @am-fe/hooks, @am-fe/provider, @am-fe/request, @am-fe/utils, @am-fe/watermark, @am-fe/watermark-core,

Sophisticated Phishing Campaign Targeting Chinese Users with ValleyRAT and Gh0st RAT

Chinese-language speakers have been increasingly targeted as part of multiple email phishing campaigns that aim to distribute various malware families such as Sainbox RAT, Purple Fox, and a new trojan called ValleyRAT. "Campaigns include Chinese-language lures and malware typically associated with Chinese cybercrime activity," enterprise security firm Proofpoint said in a report shared with The