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Shared through the Multi-State (MS)-ISAC: A vulnerability have been discovered in Google Chrome, which could result in arbitrary code execution. Google Chrome is a web browser used to access the Internet. This vulnerability can be exploited if a user visits, or is redirected to, a specially crafted web page. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the browser. Depending on the privileges associated with this ap
Huawei Technologies and its 5G network construction work around the world have created concern in many quarters. The chief cause for this con cern is the perception that Huawei networks have a unique potential for exploitation by Chinese intelligence services.
A Wapack Labs review to determine the scale of this problem showed that Huawei is in fact involved in 5G infrastructure development in many countries. Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, and Canada have been using Huawei equipment to set u
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APT-C-36 or Blind Eagle (BE) is an APT group that is believed to originate from South America. BE has been carrying out attacks against Colombian government institutions, to include the financial sector, petroleum industry and professional manufacturing. BE has been active since April 2018. Affected targets include Ecopetrol (Colombian Oil Company), Banco Agrario (State Financial Institution) and IMSA (Colombian Wheel Manufacturer). It is possible BE is involved in recent geopolitica
The Network Systems Department (NSD) of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Strategic Support Force, created in December 2015, appears to be the entity where military cyber operations are now based. It is a challenging collection target and many aspects of this PLA organization are still unknown.
The NSD is very rarely mentioned in open sources by its actual name. Instead, new data confirms that it uses the cover designator “32069 Unit.” Using this as a search term, some new information was di
New Exploit Threatens Over 9,000 Hackable Cisco RV320/RV325 Routers Worldwide
If your company uses Cisco RV320 or RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN routers, then technicians should immediately install the latest firmware update released by the Cisco last week.
Cyber attackers have actively been exploiting two newly patched high-severity router vulnerabilities, after a security researcher released their proof-of-concept exploit code on the Internet last weekend. The vulnerabilities in question are a co
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China’s Tencent Games is the developer of the mobile version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, a vastly popular game that Wapack Labs has identified as being used to create botnets for conducting industrial fraud. This report examines the relationship between Tencent and the Chinese government to explore the question of whether Tencent is a witting participant in this activity or being used by malicious actors in the government.
Tencent dominates the Chinese online world. Tencent’s tex
Report Date: January 14, 2019
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Players Unknown Battleground (PUBG) has been identified by Wapack Labs as a large-scale proxy participant in major fraud. It is unclear whether PUBG is a witting or unwitting participant, but it is clear that the PUBG network has been abused for fraudulent purposes.
Wapack Labs has yet to identify the specific malware component that is responsible for recruiting PUBG gamers into various botnets. However, the
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Information regarding a group of Chinese APT cyber actors stealing high value information from commercial and governmental victims in the US and abroad was recently collected and analyzed by US federal authorities. This Chinese APT group is known within private sector reporting as APT10, Cloud Hopper, menuPass, Stone Panda, Red Apollo, CVNX and POTASSIUM. This group heavily targets managed service providers (MSP) who offer cloud computing services; commercial and governmental clients
2019 Cyber Security Threat and Vulnerability Predictions
This report outlines our predictions regarding cyber threats and vulnerabilities for 2019. We base those on the trends Wapack Labs were observing during 2018. The main topics are artificial intelligence, IoT and mobile, cryptocurrency cybercrime, APT activity, and eCommerce targeting.
- Smarter Computing: Swarm, AI and Quantum
Quantum Computing
IBM-Q allows access to its quantum computer for research and testing. Quantum computing will revolut
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China has long exerted control over Internet content and access by its citizens. The censorship regime known as the Great Firewall of China has been used to eliminate unwanted content such as criticism of Communist Party leadership. Since Xi Jinping’s became president in 2013, that regime has been tightening up in many ways.
China’s right to control its own portion of the Internet has been defended by the government through its promotion of the concept of “cyber sovereignty.” They e
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US federal authorities are assessing cyber criminals are likely using Internet query (IQY) files in their phishing campaign emails targeting US businesses, indicating a new tactic, technique, and procedure (TTP). IQY files are a specific file format used to import data from external sources such as remote servers into Excel spreadsheets, where it is then executed on the computers. In cybercriminal phishing attempts, a malicious web server URL was put into the IQY file attached to the em
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Meng Wanzhou, the Chief Financial Officer of Huawei Technologies, was arrested at the Vancouver Airport on 1 December 2018 at the request of US authorities. The US seeks her extradition so that she can face charges of US sanction violations in America court. After being held for ten days, Meng was released on bail and is staying in Vancouver while the extradition request is adjudicated by the Canadian government.
The Chinese government has reacted strongly to her arrest and has deploye
Below is the Executive Summary regarding the recent email bomb threats sent internationally. Our good friends from Global Guardian shared their threat assessment for situational awareness.
Summary - On 13 December 2018, hundreds of businesses, law enforcement agencies and public services across the United States and Canada received email threats demanding a bitcoin payment of $20,000 in the early afternoon, prompting evacuations, building sweeps and overloading police call centers. What’s more,
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Wapack Labs SOC identified JexBoss exploit attempts against an HVAC Controller, a NetScaler device, and the CEO of the company. This exploit is known to be a delivery mechanism of SamSam ransomware --and it would have been the second time this company would have suffered a large scale ramsomware attack.
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Wapack Labs observed multiple attempts to exploit JBoss Application Servers using the JexBoss Exploit Tool staring in November of 2018. Research into these incidents shows
In a recent blog by Nitzan Daube, CTO of NanoLock¸ he provides an explanation regarding the importance of security focus on both IT hardware, physical security and cyber security consequences. Wapack Labs agrees whole heartedly, and is providing solutions.
Wapack Labs participated in a recent lecture at the October 2018 ASIS Conference, held in Las Vegas NV. Our joint lecture specifically addressed hardware compromise, adherence to physical security and the psychology of insider threats. Rece
