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Context On June 7, 2022, researchers at Zimperium reported technical details of an adware campaign targeting Russian gaming, social media, and ecommerce site users. The campaign uses more than 350 variations of malicious browser extensions using the Google Translate extension ID to trick victims into downloading the malicious files. Researchers named the extension group “ABCsoup.”…

Context On June 28, 2022, ReversingLABS researchers reported a phishing campaign using malicious Microsoft Office files to distribute the new 2.0 version of the AstraLocker ransomware. Researchers assess that the threat actors behind the campaign likely obtained the AstraLocker 2.0 code from the Babuk leak in September of 2021, based on shared code and campaign…

Context On June 28, 2022, Palo Alto Unit 42 researchers reported technical details and a proof of concept (PoC) exploit code for CVE-2022-30137, which they have designated FabricScape. CVE-2022-30137 is rated at 6.7 or medium severity, and affects Microsoft Service Fabric. Service Fabric is commonly used with Azure and hosts over one million applications daily. Microsoft released a patch…

Summary The Common Weakness Enumeration (CEV) organization has released their 2022 Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses list. This list demonstrates the most common and impactful software weaknesses occurring during the year of 2022. To create the list, the CWE Team leveraged Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) data found within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability…

Context On June 9, 2022, SentinelLabs disclosed technical details of a new Chinese-speaking cyberespionage group designated Aoqin Dragon. According to researchers at SentinelLabs, the group has been operating a cyberespionage campaign against government, education, and telecommunication organizations in Southeast Asia and Australia from at least 2013 to the present. SentinelLabs researchers also assessed with moderate…