Hacker-Attacking Developers Using Weaponized MS Visual Studio

Recent reports suggest that threat actors have been spreading malicious Microsoft Visual Studio, a highly familiar Integrated Development Environment (IDE) used by several developers worldwide. Recently, cybercriminals have been targeting the familiar …

Cryptojacking soars as cyberattacks increase, diversify

Digital threat actors are adopting evolving tactical behaviors, opting for different types of malicious attacks compared to previous years, according to SonicWall. Overall intrusion attempts were up, led by the highest year on record for global cryptoj…

[SANS ISC] Suspicious IP Addresses Avoided by Malware Samples

Today, I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “Suspicious IP Addresses Avoided by Malware Samples“: Modern malware samples implement a lot of anti-debugging and anti-analysis techniques. The idea is to slow down the malware analyst’s job or, more simply, to bypass security solutions like sandboxes. These days, I see more and more malware

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Experts warn of OSS supply chain attacks against the banking sector

Checkmark researchers have uncovered the first known targeted OSS supply chain attacks against the banking sector. In the first half of 2023, Checkmarx researchers detected multiple open-source software supply chain attacks aimed at the banking sector. These attacks targeted specific components in web assets used by banks, according to the experts the attackers used advanced techniques. […]

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 429 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Multiple DDoS botnets were observed targeting Zyxel devices CISA warns of attacks against Citrix NetScaler ADC […]

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Multiple DDoS botnets were observed targeting Zyxel devices

Researchers warn of several DDoS botnets exploiting a critical flaw tracked as CVE-2023-28771 in Zyxel devices. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers warned of multiple DDoS botnets exploiting a vulnerability impacting multiple Zyxel firewalls. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-28771 (CVSS score: 9.8), is a command injection issue that could potentially allow an unauthorized attacker to execute arbitrary […]

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