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The Russian group known as APT28 and Fancy Bear used a recently documented backdoor to dwell in the networks of two defense contractors and a law enforcement agency in two NATO allies, researchers said.

An attacker used a contributor's GitHub account to replace the download archives on five existing releases of OVHcloud's command-line tool on Monday, October 19. The account had been hijacked, and the new files were a build designed to steal secrets stored on the disk of any machine that runs it, the cloud provider says. They were live on GitHub for up to 94 minutes, from 12:47 to 14:21 UTC,

Kaspersky experts explain the security issues affecting warehouse environments. We break down initial access vectors specific to warehouses, and discuss the impact of a compromise.

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a ClickFix delivery platform called ROMULUS that's being used to distribute malware such as Legion Loader. According to Forescout Research - Vedere Labs, ROMULUS is akin to a malware delivery service that employs ClickFix-style lures on bogus landing pages to trick unsuspecting users into running malicious commands and infecting their own

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Some downloads of the Rank Math PRO WordPress plugin from the vendor's official website carried malware that planted hidden backdoors in a supply-chain attack last week. [...]

Spyware vendors are exploiting targeted ad bidding in the digital ecosystem to identify and track individuals and organizations of interest.

Hackers reportedly compromised AOMEI's servers to distribute malware through a built-in promotional feature in its backup software, briefly tampering with configuration files before restoring them to their original state to hide the attacks.a [...]

Attackers exploit Plex2Shell flaws to install crypto miners and proxy software. Admins should update their Plex Media Server. Plex Media Server is designed to make movies, music, and other media available across devices. But when a server is exposed to the internet and runs vulnerable software, it can become an entry point for attackers who […]

Terra finds sharp rise in GitHub security fixes reported broken within 90 days

Attackers paired a genuine, signed copy of Siemens Software Center with malicious DLLs to infect Windows PCs via ClickFix lures. The post Siemens Software Center Vulnerability Exploited in ClickFix Malware Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Threat actors have begun to exploit a chain of vulnerabilities in Plex Media Server to deploy cryptocurrency miners and reverse proxy software, a day after a proof-of-concept (PoC) went public. According to a researcher who goes by the online alias boredhackerblog, the exploitation activity involves chaining four different vulnerabilities, collectively called Plex2Shell. The vulnerabilities

Copies of Rank Math PRO, the paid version of the Rank Math SEO plugin for WordPress, that were downloaded from rankmath.com or delivered as updates between 20:02 UTC on October 15 and 07:12 UTC on October 16 contained malware, Rank Math said in a security notice published on October 16. Any site that installed and activated one of those copies should be treated as compromised, and the

Critical flaws impact the Entity List and Field UI modules, and exploit paths exist with contributed modules. The post Drupal Warns of Fast Exploitation Risk for Critical Core RCE Flaw appeared first on SecurityWeek.

The order cites national security concerns, including sending data to servers in China, the potential malware and the overall risk to federal IT systems. The post DHS to ban DeepSeek from federal civilian agencies appeared first on CyberScoop.

Hackers injected malware into Rank Math PRO version 3.0.123 packages distributed between October 15 and October 16. The post Rank Math PRO WordPress Plugin Compromised in Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Copyright takedown requests tied to OnlyFans and other adult content creators are revealing how attackers exploit vulnerable university and government websites to manipulate search results. UpGuard's Greg Pollock explains what universities, government websites, and security teams need to think about next.

Attackers tampered with AOMEI Backupper’s update system to deliver malware that could give them remote access to users’ PCs.