Harsh Chawla

Security Researcher

Harsh is a Security Researcher at F5 Networks and primarily focuses on threat campaigns in the wild. Prior to joining F5 Networks, Harsh worked as a cybersecurity consultant helping companies solve their security and privacy problems.

Research by Harsh Chawla (13)

Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malware Driving Attack Campaigns in December 2019

Article | Jan 31, 2020

Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malware Driving Attack Campaigns in December 2019

Threat campaign activity in December 2019 doubled from the previous month.

8 min read

Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malware Driving Attack Campaigns in November 2019

Article | Dec 24, 2019

Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malware Driving Attack Campaigns in November 2019

New campaign activity for remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities disclosed this year picked up in the month of November.

12 min read

Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malware Driving Attack Campaigns in October 2019

Article | Nov 26, 2019

Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malware Driving Attack Campaigns in October 2019

Vulnerable web servers are the top target for threat actors, who continue to exploit known vulnerabilities with the goal of running commands remotely.

8 min read

Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malware Driving Attack Campaigns in September 2019

Article | Oct 30, 2019

Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malware Driving Attack Campaigns in September 2019

Threat actors shift focus away from cryptominers and back to remote code execution—this month with a new zero-day exploits.

9 min read

Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malware Driving Attack Campaigns in August 2019

Article | Sep 24, 2019

Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malware Driving Attack Campaigns in August 2019

August 2019 was slowest month on record F5 researchers have seen in new threat activity. But while active exploitation slowed, new reconnaissance campaigns grew.

9 min read

Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malware Driving Attack Campaigns in July 2019

Article | Aug 28, 2019

Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malware Driving Attack Campaigns in July 2019

In July, vulnerable web servers continued to be the target of threat actors attempting to install cryptominers.

11 min read

Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malware Driving Attack Campaigns in June 2019

Article | Jul 31, 2019

Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malware Driving Attack Campaigns in June 2019

Similar to April and May, threat actors in June continued targeting the deserialization vulnerabilities found in Oracle WebLogic to mine cryptocurrency.

7 min read

New Golang Malware is Spreading via Multiple Exploits to Mine Monero

Article | Jul 2, 2019

New Golang Malware is Spreading via Multiple Exploits to Mine Monero

A newcomer to the malware scene, Golang-based malware has been seen installing cryptominers specifically targeting Moreno cryptocurrency.

11 min read

Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malware Driving Attack Campaigns in May 2019

Article | Jun 27, 2019

Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malware Driving Attack Campaigns in May 2019

Similar to April, threat actors in May continued targeting the deserialization vulnerabilities found in Oracle WebLogic to mine cryptocurrency.

7 min read

Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malware Driving Attack Campaigns in April 2019

Article | May 14, 2019

Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malware Driving Attack Campaigns in April 2019

In April, threat actors focused on targeting vulnerabilities that had the highest impact: this month it was a recently released deserialization vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic Server.

8 min read

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