Tag: security
Hackers are hiding malicious code in Binance Smart Chain contracts
Hackers have been observed hosting malicious code on Binance’s Smart Chain and dropping it to people via smart contracts. This tactic makes the malware campaign infinitely more resilient and tougher to take down, with the researchers who found it – Guardio Labs – describing it as the “next level of…
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Beware of Steam malware – Valve upgrades security following threats, here’s what we know
If you’re a Steam user, beware, as hackers have managed to deliver malware to gamers through the platform. Multiple game developers have had their Valve accounts compromised recently, with the attackers using these accounts to update the games they were distributing through Steam, by adding malicious code. Valve has confirmed…
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This software relic from the CD era could put your entire PC at risk
If, for whatever strange reason, you find yourself in need of running .cue files on a Linux environment with a GNOME desktop, be careful. The files could be marred with malicious code that allows threat actors to execute code on the target endpoint. The warning was issued by GitHub after…
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Malicious NuGet packages with millions of downloads are targeting users everywhere
Cybersecurity researchers from Phylum recently discovered a malware campaign on the NuGet package manager for the .NET Framework, trying to trick people into infecting their endpoints with a remote access trojan (RAT) called SeroXen. The unnamed threat actors updated a malicious package called Pathoschild.Stardew.Mod.Build.Config, a typosquat of a legitimate package…
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Unpatched WS_FTP servers are being targeted to spread ransomware
Organizations that have not yet patched their WS_FTP Server instances are now being targeted by ransomware. This is according to a new report from cybersecurity experts Sophos X-Ops, who recently thwarted one such attempt against one of their clients. A relatively unknown threat actor going by the name Reichsadler Cybercrime…
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Microsoft Defender just got a major security upgrade aimed at quarantining hackers
One of the biggest challenges IT teams face today is identifying when a legitimate user’s account is compromised and stopping it from being used to deploy malware or steal data. With the latest update to Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft wants to help solve that problem. Currently in public preview, Microsoft…
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