January 29 2024 Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing
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The Latest Cybersecurity News & Insights From Around The World
January 2024
CVE-2024-0204: Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Fortra GoAnywhere MFT
An authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-0204, was discovered in Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT versions prior to 7.4.1 and allows an unauthorized user to create an admin user via the administration portal. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 with a high potential for exploitation, which we expect to see in the short term due to a proof of concept (PoC) being available. Fortra informed customers on December 4, 2023, of the flaw via an internal forum post.
January 22 2024 Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing
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Two Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Exploited in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway
Two vulnerabilities have been detected in in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway. These vulnerabilities are being tracked as CVE-2023-6549 and CVE-2023-6548 with CVSS scores of 8.2 and 5.5 respectively. They are under active exploitation, affecting the following product versions.
Open the DARKGATE - Brute Forcing DARKGATE Encodings
DARKGATE is Windows-based malware that is sold on the dark web. DARKGATE is a fully functional backdoor that can steal browser information, drop additional payloads, and steal keystrokes. Kroll previously noted DARKGATE’s distribution via Teams. When the DARKGATE payload runs on a victim system, it creates a randomly named folder within C:\ProgramData that contains encoded files. Within the randomly named folder is a short configuration file and the output of keystrokes logged on the system.
Two Critical Vulnerabilities Impacting GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition
GitLab has addressed two critical vulnerabilities in the GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition that require immediate attention.
How to Use: MITRE ATT&CK Detection Maturity Assessment Tool
Bharath Kashyap helped create a lightweight, programmatic approach to performing a maturity assessment using free MITRE tools (like ATT&CK framework, D3FEND, and MITRE Centre for Threat Informed Defense (CTID)) to provide a starting point for you to understand your organization’s coverage against the framework, identify areas for improvement and prioritize them for implementation. In this video, Bharath walks through a few ways to make the assessment tool work for your organization.
January 16 2024 Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing
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Two Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Impacting Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure Gateways
Note: These vulnerabilities remain under active exploitation, and Kroll experts are investigating. If further details are uncovered by our team, updates will be made to the Kroll Cyber Risk blog. Two zero-day vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS), formerly known as Pulse Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways.
CVE-2023-39336: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Found in Ivanti EPM
Ivanti released a patch for a critical vulnerability discovered in Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) that could allow for remote code execution (RCE). This vulnerability is being tracked as CVE-2023-39336 with a CVSS score of 9.6 (Critical), which is not yet actively exploited. All versions of Ivanti EPM prior to Service Update 5 are impacted. Ivanti credits security researcher hir0t for the responsible disclosure.
SYSTEMBC Command and Control Server Demonstration
Throughout Q2 and Q3 2023, we observed an increased use of the malicious “SYSTEMBC” tool to maintain access in a compromised network. In this video, Kroll Threat Intelligence expert, Dave Truman, provides an initial walkthrough of our research into SYSTEMBC, focusing in its C2 server.
January 3 2024 Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing
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