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Backdoor Malware Found on WordPress Website Disguised as Legitimate Plugin

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Backdoor Malware Found on WordPress Website Disguised as Legitimate Plugin 12/10/2023 at 17:50 By Ionut Arghire A backdoor deployed on a compromised WordPress website poses as a legitimate plugin to hide its presence. The post Backdoor Malware Found on WordPress Website Disguised as Legitimate Plugin appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from […]

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Android Devices With Backdoored Firmware Found in US Schools

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Android Devices With Backdoored Firmware Found in US Schools 06/10/2023 at 18:03 By Ionut Arghire A global cybercriminal operation called BadBox has infected the firmware of more than 70,000 Android smartphones, CTV boxes, and tablets with the Triada malware. The post Android Devices With Backdoored Firmware Found in US Schools appeared first on SecurityWeek. This […]

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Are executives adequately guarding their gadgets?

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Are executives adequately guarding their gadgets? 06/10/2023 at 07:02 By Help Net Security Today, individual citizens, rather than businesses or governmental bodies, are the main entry points for cyberattacks. However, security solutions haven’t evolved sufficiently to guard public figures and leaders as they do for large corporate entities. In this Help Net Security video, Amir […]

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Backdoored Android phones, TVs used for ad fraud – and worse!

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Backdoored Android phones, TVs used for ad fraud – and worse! 04/10/2023 at 19:46 By Help Net Security A key monetization mechanism of a sophisticated series of cybercriminal operations involving backdoored off-brand mobile and CTV Android devices has been disrupted, Human Security has announced. The company’s Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team observed more than […]

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Lazarus impersonated Meta recruiter to breach Spanish aerospace firm

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Lazarus impersonated Meta recruiter to breach Spanish aerospace firm 02/10/2023 at 11:48 By Help Net Security Operators of the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT obtained initial access to the network of an aerospace company in Spain last year after a successful spearphishing campaign, by masquerading as a recruiter for Meta — the company behind Facebook, Instagram, […]

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The rise and evolution of supply chain attacks

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The rise and evolution of supply chain attacks 13/09/2023 at 07:03 By Help Net Security A supply chain attack is a cyberattack that focuses on a third-party supplier providing essential services or software to the supply chain. In this Help Net Security video, Dick O’Brien, Principal Intelligence Analyst in the Symantec Threat Hunter team, discusses […]

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(Re)check your patched NetScaler ADC and Gateway appliances for signs of compromise

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(Re)check your patched NetScaler ADC and Gateway appliances for signs of compromise 16/08/2023 at 13:49 By Zeljka Zorz Administrators of Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway appliances should check for evidence of installed webshells even if they implemented fixes for CVE-2023-3519 quickly: A recent internet scan by Fox-IT researchers has revealed over 1,800 backdoored NetScaler devices, […]

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North Korean hackers breached Russian missile development firm

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North Korean hackers breached Russian missile development firm 08/08/2023 at 16:46 By Helga Labus North Korean state-sponsored hackers have breached Russian missile maker NPO Mashinostroyeniya, according to SentinelLabs researchers. North Korean hackers discovered The researchers came across leaked email communication between NPO Mashinostroyeniya’s IT staff that contained information about a possible cyber intrusion first detected […]

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New persistent backdoor used in attacks on Barracuda ESG appliances

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New persistent backdoor used in attacks on Barracuda ESG appliances 31/07/2023 at 13:32 By Helga Labus The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has published an analysis report on the backdoors dropped by attackers exploiting CVE-2023-2868, a remote command injection vulnerability in Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances. Barracuda ESG zero-day exploit and backdoors In late […]

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Microsoft Exchange servers compromised by Turla APT

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Microsoft Exchange servers compromised by Turla APT 20/07/2023 at 15:17 By Helga Labus Turla has been targeting defense sector organizations in Ukraine and Eastern Europe with DeliveryCheck and Kazuar backdoors / infostealers and has been using compromised Microsoft Exchange servers to control them. Turla APT Turla (aka Secret Blizzard, Snake, UAC-0003) is a sophisticated and […]

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Compromised Linux SSH servers engage in DDoS attacks, cryptomining

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Compromised Linux SSH servers engage in DDoS attacks, cryptomining 20/06/2023 at 13:36 By Helga Labus Poorly managed Linux SSH servers are getting compromised by unknown attackers and instructed to engage in DDoS attacks while simultaneously mining cryptocurrency in the background. The Tsunami DDoS bot Tsunami, also known as Kaiten, is a type of DDoS bot […]

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SharpPanda APT Campaign Expands its Arsenal Targeting G20 Nations

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SharpPanda APT Campaign Expands its Arsenal Targeting G20 Nations 01/06/2023 at 08:36 By cybleinc Cyble analyzes SharpPanda, a highly sophisticated APT group utilizing spear-phishing tactics to launch cyberattacks on G20 Nation officials. The post SharpPanda APT Campaign Expands its Arsenal Targeting G20 Nations appeared first on Cyble. This article is an excerpt from Cyble View […]

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Organizations Warned of Backdoor Feature in Hundreds of Gigabyte Motherboards

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Organizations Warned of Backdoor Feature in Hundreds of Gigabyte Motherboards 31/05/2023 at 18:34 By Eduard Kovacs A backdoor feature found in hundreds of Gigabyte motherboard models can pose a significant supply chain risk to organizations. The post Organizations Warned of Backdoor Feature in Hundreds of Gigabyte Motherboards appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an […]

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Attackers hacked Barracuda ESG appliances via zero-day since October 2022

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Attackers hacked Barracuda ESG appliances via zero-day since October 2022 30/05/2023 at 20:10 By Zeljka Zorz Barracuda says that the recently discovered compromise of some of it clients’ ESG appliances via a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-2868) resulted in the deployment of three types of malware and data exfiltration. The company did not say how many organizations […]

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TP-Link routers implanted with malicious firmware in state-sponsored attacks

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TP-Link routers implanted with malicious firmware in state-sponsored attacks 17/05/2023 at 16:44 By Helga Labus A Chinese state-sponsored APT group implanted malicious firmware into TP-Link routers as part of attack campaigns aimed at European foreign affairs entities, say Check Point researchers. Custom malicious firmware for TP-Link routers The malicious firmware was exclusively created for TP-Link […]

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