Researchers Warn of Facefish Backdoor Spreading Linux Rootkits

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Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new backdoor program capable of stealing user login credentials, device information and executing arbitrary commands on Linux systems. The malware dropper has been dubbed “Facefish” …

Malvertising Campaign On Google Distributed Trojanized AnyDesk Installer

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Cybersecurity researchers on Wednesday publicized the disruption of a “clever” malvertising network targeting AnyDesk that delivered a weaponized installer of the remote desktop software via rogue Google ads that appeared …

Chinese Cyber Espionage Hackers Continue to Target Pulse Secure VPN Devices

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Cybersecurity researchers from FireEye unmasked additional tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) adopted by Chinese threat actors who were recently found abusing Pulse Secure VPN devices to drop malicious web shells …

Newly Discovered Bugs in VSCode Extensions Could Lead to Supply Chain Attacks

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Severe security flaws uncovered in popular Visual Studio Code extensions could enable attackers to compromise local machines as well as build and deployment systems through a developer’s integrated development environment …

Data Wiper Malware Disguised As Ransomware Targets Israeli Entities

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Researchers on Tuesday disclosed a new espionage campaign that resorts to destructive data-wiping attacks targeting Israeli entities at least since December 2020 that camouflage the malicious activity as ransomware extortions. …