An analysis from Google TAG shows that Android zero-day exploits were packaged and sold for state-backed surveillance.

The PyPI “pymafka” package is the latest example of growing attacker interest in abusing widely used open source software repositories.

Analysts have seen a massive spike in malicious activity by the XorDdos trojan in the last six months, against Linux cloud and IoT infrastructures .

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This report includes an analysis of the ISaGRAF framework, its architecture, the IXL and SNCP protocols and the description of several vulnerabilities the Kaspersky ICS CERT team had identified.

Containers revolutionized the development process, acting as a cornerstone for DevOps initiatives, but containers bring complex security risks that are not always obvious. Organizations that dont mitigate these risks are vulnerable to attack. In this article, we outline how containers contributed to agile development, which unique security risks containers bring into the picture and what

Fronton, a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet that came to light in March 2020, is much more powerful than previously thought, per the latest research. “Fronton is a system developed for coordinated inauthentic behavior on a massive scale,” threat intelligence firm Nisos said in areportpublished last week. “This system includes a web-based dashboard known as SANA that enables a user

A security researcher disclosed details of a clickjacking attack demonstrated against PayPal that could be exploited to steal victims’ account balances in a single click. Clickjacking, also calledUI redressing, refers to a technique wherein an unwitting user is tricked into clicking seemingly innocuous webpage elements like buttons with the goal of downloading malware, redirecting to malicious

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Multiple versions of a WordPress plugin by the name of “School Management Pro” harbored a backdoor that could grant an adversary complete control over vulnerable websites. The issue, spotted in premium versions before 9.9.7, has been assigned the CVE identifierCVE-2022-1609and is rated 10 out of 10 for severity. The backdoor, which is believed to have existed since version 8.9, enables “an

Cisco on Friday rolled out fixes for a medium-severity vulnerability affecting IOS XR Software that it said has been exploited in real-world attacks. Tracked as CVE-2022-20821 (CVSS score: 6.5), the issue relates to an open port vulnerability that could be abused by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to connect to a Redis instance and achieve code execution. “A successful exploit could allow

In a new phishing tactic, faux chatbots establish a conversation with victims to guide them to malicious links, researchers say.

Organizations that deploy updates only after a vulnerability is disclosed apply far fewer updates and do so at a lower cost than those that stay up to date on all of their software, university researchers say.

New versions of QKD use separate wavelengths on the same fiber, improving cost and efficiency, but distance is still a challenge.

Two of Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates need a do-over after causing certificate-based authentication errors.

The Capitol uprising of January 6, 2021 led to intensified discussions regarding the rise of disinformation. John Scott-Railton, Ron Deibert, and Gabrielle Lim comment on the Citizen Labs mission to track technological threats against civil society.

To succeed against dynamic cybercriminals, organizations must go multiple steps further and build a learning system that evolves over time to keep up with attacker tactics.

Hexa and IDQL allows organizations using cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform to apply consistent access policy across all applications, regardless of environment.

A Linux botnet malware known as XorDdos has witnessed a 254% surge in activity over the last six months, according to latest research from Microsoft. The trojan, so named for carrying out denial-of-service attacks on Linux systems and its use of XOR-based encryption for communications with its command-and-control (C2) server, isknownto have beenactivesince at least 2014. “XorDdos’ modular

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) on Thursday pointed fingers at a North Macedonian spyware developer named Cytrox for developing exploits against five zero-day (aka 0-day) flaws, four in Chrome and one in Android, to target Android users. “The 0-day exploits were used alongside n-day exploits as the developers took advantage of the time difference between when some critical bugs were patched

A case of software supply chain attack has been observed in the Rust programming language’scrate registrythat leveraged typosquatting techniques to publish a rogue library containing malware. Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne dubbed the attack “CrateDepression.” Typosquatting attackstake placewhen an adversary mimics the name of a popular package on a public registry in hopes that developers

The North Korea-backed Lazarus Group has been observed leveraging theLog4Shell vulnerabilityin VMware Horizon servers to deploy the NukeSped (aka Manuscrypt) implant against targets located in its southern counterpart. “The attacker used the Log4j vulnerability on VMware Horizon products that were not applied with the security patch,” AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center (ASEC)saidin a

Fraudulent domains masquerading as Microsoft’s Windows 11 download portal are attempting to trick users into deploying trojanized installation files to infect systems with the Vidar information stealer malware. “The spoofed sites were created to distribute malicious ISO files which lead to a Vidar info-stealer infection on the endpoint,” Zscalersaidin a report. “These variants of Vidar malware

New professional certification program establishes a pathway into the workforce for students and career changers by demonstrating their foundational knowledge, skills and abilities to employers.

QNAP is urging customers of its NAS products to update QTS and avoid exposing the devices to the Internet.

Taiwanese network-attached storage (NAS) devices maker QNAP on Thursday warned its customers of a fresh wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks. The intrusions are said to have targeted TS-x51 series and TS-x53 series appliances running on QTS 4.3.6 and QTS 4.4.1, according to its product security incident response team. “QNAP urges all NAS users to check and update QTS to the latest version as

In the three months since the war started, Russian operatives and those allied with the nation’s interests have unleashed a deluge of disinformation and fake news to try and sow fear and confusion in Ukraine, security vendor says.

Revised policy means security analysts won’t be charged under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

Shadowserver Foundation researchers find 380,000 open Kubernetes API servers.

CrowdStrike and CyberArk invest in Dig’s seed round, which was led by Team8, alongside Merlin Ventures and chairs of MongoDB and Exabeam.

New research from Google’s Threat Analysis Group outlines the risks Android users face from the surveillance-for-hire industry.

Mobile attacks have been going on for many years, but the threat is rapidly evolving as more sophisticated malware families with novel features enter the scene.

For the first time in a year, security incidents involving email compromises surpassed ransomware incidents, a new analysis shows.

We consistently found that Bing censors politically sensitive Chinese names over time, that their censorship spans multiple Chinese political topics, consists of at least two languagesEnglish and Chineseand applies to different world regions, including China, the United States, and Canada.

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