How to abuse GitHub Codespaces to deliver malicious content

Researchers demonstrated how to abuse a feature in GitHub Codespaces to deliver malware to victim systems. Trend Micro researchers reported that it is possible to abuse a legitimate feature in the development environment GitHub Codespaces to deliver malware to victim systems. Users can customize their project for GitHub Codespaces by committing configuration files to their repository, which […]

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January 17, 2023
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Fortinet observed three rogue PyPI packages spreading malware

Researchers discovered three malicious packages that have been uploaded to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository by Lolip0p group. FortiGuard Labs researchers discovered three malicious PyPI packages (called ‘colorslib’, ‘httpslib’, and “libhttps”) on the PyPI repository that were uploaded by the same actor, Lolip0p. The packages were discovered on January 10, 2023, the packages “colorslib” and […]

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January 17, 2023
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Avast researchers released a free BianLian ransomware decryptor for some variants of the malware

Antivirus firm Avast released a free decryptor for the BianLian ransomware family that allows victims to recover locked files. Security firm Avast has released a free decryptor for the BianLian ransomware to allow victims of the malware to recover locked files. The BianLian ransomware emerged in August 2022, the malware was employed in attacks against organizations in […]

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January 16, 2023
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Experts spotted a backdoor that borrows code from CIA’s Hive malware

Netlab 360 observed unidentified threat actors using a new backdoor based on the US CIA’s Project Hive malware suite. Researchers from Qihoo Netlab 360 reported that unidentified threat actors using a new backdoor based on the US CIA’s Project Hive malware suite. “Hive provides a covert communications platform for a whole range of CIA malware to send exfiltrated […]

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January 16, 2023
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