A New Linux Malware Targeting High-Performance Computing Clusters

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High-performance computing clusters belonging to university networks as well as servers associated with government agencies, endpoint security vendors, and internet service providers have been targeted by a newly discovered backdoor …

Data Breach Exposes 1.6 Million Jobless Claims Filed in the Washington State

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The Office of the Washington State Auditor (SAO) on Monday said it’s investigating a security incident that resulted in the compromise of personal information of more than 1.6 million people …

Agent Tesla Malware Spotted Using New Delivery & Evasion Techniques

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Security researchers on Tuesday uncovered new delivery and evasion techniques adopted by Agent Tesla remote access trojan (RAT) to get around defense barriers and monitor its victims. Typically spread through social …

Hackers Exploiting Critical Zero-Day Bug in SonicWall SMA 100 Devices

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SonicWall on Monday warned of active exploitation attempts against a zero-day vulnerability in its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series devices. The flaw, which affects both physical and virtual SMA …

A New Software Supply‑Chain Attack Targeted Millions With Spyware

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Cybersecurity researchers today disclosed a new supply chain attack targeting online gamers by compromising the update mechanism of NoxPlayer, a free Android emulator for PCs and Macs. Dubbed “Operation NightScout” …

New Cryptojacking Malware Targeting Apache, Oracle, Redis Servers

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A financially-motivated threat actor notorious for its cryptojacking attacks has leveraged a revised version of their malware to target cloud infrastructures using vulnerabilities in web server technologies, according to new …

Google Discloses Severe Bug in Libgcrypt Encryption Library—Impacting Many Projects

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A “severe” vulnerability in GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG)’s Libgcrypt encryption software could have allowed an attacker to write arbitrary data to the target machine, potentially leading to remote code execution. The …