As many as 34 unique vulnerable Windows Driver Model (WDM) and Windows Driver Frameworks (WDF) drivers could be exploited by non-privileged threat actors to gain full control of the devices and execute arbitrary code on the underlying systems. “By exploiting the drivers, an attacker without privilege may erase/alter firmware, and/or elevate [operating system] privileges,” Takahiro
Read MoreA relatively new threat actor known as YoroTrooper is likely made up of operators originating from Kazakhstan. The assessment, which comes from Cisco Talos, is based on their fluency in Kazakh and Russian, use of Tenge to pay for operating infrastructure, and very limited targeting of Kazakhstani entities, barring the government’s Anti-Corruption Agency. “YoroTrooper attempts to obfuscate
Read MoreUsers of Mirth Connect, an open-source data integration platform from NextGen HealthCare, are being urged to update to the latest version following the discovery of an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability. Tracked as CVE-2023-43208, the vulnerability has been addressed in version 4.4.1 released on October 6, 2023. “This is an easily exploitable, unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability,” Horizon3.ai’s Naveen
Read MoreThe Iranian threat actor known as Tortoiseshell has been attributed to a new wave of watering hole attacks that are designed to deploy a malware dubbed IMAPLoader. “IMAPLoader is a .NET malware that has the ability to fingerprint victim systems using native Windows utilities and acts as a downloader for further payloads,” the PwC Threat Intelligence team said in
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