Tag: security
This sneaky Android malware has an all-new way to avoid being detected
Cybersecurity researchers have found a new version of a well-known Android banking trojan malware which sports quite a creative method of hiding in plain sight. PixPirate targets mostly Brazilian consumers with accounts on the Pix instant payment platform, which allegedly counts more than 140 million customers, and services transactions north…
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A Kubernetes security issue could have allowed full-blown Microsoft Windows node takeovers
Default installations of Kubernetes were vulnerable to a high-severity flaw, which allowed threat actors to remotely execute code with elevated privileges. Researchers from Akamai discovered the flaw, which has since been patched, uncovering what’s now known as “insufficient input sanitization in in-tree storage plugin”, a flaw that’s tracked as CVE-2023-5588. …
Read MoreA Kubernetes security issue could have allowed full-blown Microsoft Windows node takeovers
Default installations of Kubernetes were vulnerable to a high-severity flaw, which allowed threat actors to remotely execute code with elevated privileges. Researchers from Akamai discovered the flaw, which has since been patched, uncovering what’s now known as “insufficient input sanitization in in-tree storage plugin”, a flaw that’s tracked as CVE-2023-5588. …
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More security flaws found in popular AI chatbots — and they could mean hackers can learn all your secrets
If a hacker can monitor the internet traffic between their target and the target’s cloud-based AI assistant, they could easily pick up on the conversation. And if that conversation contained sensitive information – that information would end up in the attackers’ hands, as well. This is according to a new…
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A new version of the most widely-used ransomware today has been spotted — and it’s even better at avoiding detection
The StopCrypt ransomware variant just received its first major update in a long time, and given its status as the world’s most distributed ransomware, that could be a big deal. The warning comes from a new report from security researchers SonicWall, which say that the operation now comes in multiple…
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Hackers exploit another Windows security flaw to drop DarkGate malware
Microsoft recently patched a vulnerability in Windows SmartScreen, but not before hackers abused it as a zero-day to drop the DarkGate malware. A report from cybersecurity researchers Trend Micro detailed a new campaign that included phishing emails with malicious PDF files, open redirects via Google DoubleClick Digital Marketing (DDM), and…
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