Malicious NPM Packages Caught Running Cryptominer On Windows, Linux, macOS Devices

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Three JavaScript libraries uploaded to the official NPM package repository have been unmasked as crypto-mining malware, once again demonstrating how open-source software package repositories are becoming a lucrative target for executing an array of attacks on Windows, macOS, and Linux …

Two Eastern Europeans Sentenced for Providing Bulletproof Hosting to Cyber Criminals

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Two Eastern European nationals have been sentenced in the U.S. for offering “bulletproof hosting” services to cybercriminals, who used the technical infrastructure to distribute malware and attack financial institutions across the country between 2009 to 2015. Pavel Stassi, 30, of …

OWASP’s 2021 List Shuffle: A New Battle Plan and Primary Foe

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Code injection attacks, the infamous king of vulnerabilities, have lost the top spot to broken access control as the worst of the worst, and developers need to take notice. In this increasingly chaotic world, there have always been a few …

Researchers Break Intel SGX With New ‘SmashEx’ CPU Attack Technique

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A newly disclosed vulnerability affecting Intel processors could be abused by an adversary to gain access to sensitive information stored within enclaves and even run arbitrary code on vulnerable systems. The vulnerability (CVE-2021-0186, CVSS score: 8.2) was discovered by a …

LightBasin Hackers Breach at Least 13 Telecom Service Providers Since 2019

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A highly sophisticated adversary named LightBasin has been identified as behind a string of attacks targeting the telecom sector with the goal of collecting “highly specific information” from mobile communication infrastructure, such as subscriber information and call metadata.  “The nature …

Microsoft Warns of New Security Flaw Affecting Surface Pro 3 Devices

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Microsoft has published a new advisory warning of a security bypass vulnerability affecting Surface Pro 3 convertible laptops that could be exploited by an adversary to introduce malicious devices within enterprise networks and defeat the device attestation mechanism. Tracked as CVE-2021-42299 (CVSS …

Squirrel Engine Bug Could Let Attackers Hack Games and Cloud Services

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Researchers have disclosed an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Squirrel programming language that can be abused by attackers to break out of the sandbox restrictions and execute arbitrary code within a SquirrelVM, thus giving a malicious actor complete access to …

A New Variant of FlawedGrace Spreading Through Mass Email Campaigns

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Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday took the wraps off a mass volume email attack staged by a prolific cybercriminal gang affecting a wide range of industries, with one of its region-specific operations notably targeting Germany and Austria. Enterprise security firm Proofpoint …

Cybersecurity Experts Warn of a Rise in Lyceum Hacker Group Activities in Tunisia

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A threat actor, previously known for striking organizations in the energy and telecommunications sectors across the Middle East as early as April 2018, has evolved its malware arsenal to strike two entities in Tunisia. Security researchers at Kaspersky, who presented …

Why Database Patching Best Practice Just Doesn’t Work and How to Fix It

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Patching really, really matters – patching is what keeps technology solutions from becoming like big blocks of Swiss cheese, with endless security vulnerabilities punching hole after hole into critical solutions. But anyone who’s spent any amount of time maintaining systems …