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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Aug. 19 and Aug. 26. 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 behavioral characteristics, indicators of compromise, and discussing how our customers are automatically protected from these threats. As a reminder, the information provided for the following threats in this post is non-exhaustive and current as of the date of publication. Additionally, please keep in mind that IOC searching is only one part of threat hunting. Spotting a single IOC does not necessarily indicate maliciousness. Detection and coverage for the following threats is subject to updates, pending additional threat or vulnerability analysis. For the most current information, please refer to your Firepower Management Center, Snort.org, or ClamAV.net. For each threat described below, this blog post only lists 2...

It was discovered that an internal Prosody library to load XML based on libexpat does not properly restrict the XML features allowed in parsed XML data. Given suitable attacker input, this results in expansion of recursive entity references from DTDs (CWE-776). In addition, depending on the libexpat version used, it may also allow injections using XML External Entity References (CWE-611).

Categories: Android Categories: News A PDF reader found on Google Play with over one million downloads is aggressively displaying full screen ads, even when the app is not in use. (Read more...) The post Adware found on Google Play — PDF Reader servicing up full screen ads appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Microsoft and others say they have observed nation-state actors, ransomware purveyors, and assorted cybercriminals pivoting to an open source attack-emulation tool in recent campaigns.

Insecure permissions in cskefu v7.0.1 allows unauthenticated attackers to arbitrarily add administrator accounts.

Consumers gain control of their data while companies build better relationships with their customers — but third-party ad-tech firms will likely continue to stand in the way.

An floating point exception was discovered in the elf_lookup function in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 4.0.0 via a crafted Mach-O file.

A heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the get_le64 function in bele.h in UPX 4.0.0 via a crafted Mach-O file.

A heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the invert_pt_dynamic function in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 4.0.0 via a crafted Mach-O file.

A heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the acc_ua_get_be32 function in miniacc.h in UPX 4.0.0 via a crafted Mach-O file.