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Russia-linked Gamaredon APT targets Ukrainian authorities with new malware

Russia-linked threat actor Gamaredon employed new spyware in cyber attacks aimed at public authorities and critical information infrastructure in Ukraine. The State Cyber Protection Centre (SCPC) of Ukraine warns of a new wave of targeted attacks conducted by the Russia-linked APT group Gamaredon (aka Shuckworm, Actinium, Armageddon, Primitive Bear, UAC-0010, and Trident Ursa). The attacks aimed at public authorities and critical information […]

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February 3, 2023
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Cisco fixed command injection bug in IOx Application Hosting Environment

Cisco fixed a high-severity flaw in the IOx application hosting environment that can be exploited in command injection attacks. Cisco has released security updates to address a command injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20076, in the Cisco IOx application hosting environment. “A vulnerability in the Cisco IOx application hosting environment could allow an authenticated, remote attacker […]

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February 3, 2023
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API management (APIM): What It Is and Where It’s Going

Analyzing the concept of API management (APIM), its benefits, and what it will look like as the API landscape continues to evolve. There are two fundamental truths in the API landscape. So, where does this leave businesses that want to leverage the power of APIs? For starters, they need to invest in an API security […]

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February 2, 2023
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A High-severity bug in F5 BIG-IP can lead to code execution and DoS

Experts warn of a high-severity vulnerability that affects F5 BIG-IP that can lead to arbitrary code execution or DoS condition. A high-severity vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP, tracked as CVE-2023-22374, can be exploited to cause a DoS condition and potentially lead to arbitrary code execution. “A format string vulnerability exists in iControl SOAP that allows an […]

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February 2, 2023
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Experts warn of two flaws in popular open-source software ImageMagick

Experts disclosed details of two security flaws in the open-source software ImageMagick that could potentially lead to information disclosure or trigger a DoS condition. Researchers at Metabase Q discovered a couple of security vulnerabilities in the open-source image manipulation software ImageMagick that could potentially lead to information disclosure or trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) condition (CVE-2022-44268, CVE-2022-44267). ImageMagick is […]

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February 2, 2023
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Over 30k Internet-Exposed QNAP NAS hosts impacted by CVE-2022-27596 flaw

Censys found 30,000 internet-facing QNAP appliances potentially impacted by a recently disclosed critical code injection flaw. On January 30, Taiwanese vendor QNAP released QTS and QuTS firmware updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-27596 (CVSS v3 score: 9.8), that affects QNAP NAS devices. A remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability to inject malicious code […]

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February 2, 2023
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Pro-Russia Killnet group hit Dutch and European hospitals

The Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) confirmed that Pro-Russia group Killnet hit websites of national and European hospitals. The Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) reported that the websites of several hospital in the Netherlands and Europe were hit by DDoS attacks carried out by pro-Russia hacking group Killnet. The group of hackers launched […]

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February 1, 2023
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New Prilex PoS Malware evolves to target NFC-enabled credit cards

Authors of the Prolex PoS malware improved their malicious code to target contactless credit card transactions. The threat actors behind the sophisticated point-of-sale (PoS) malware Prilex have have improved its capabilities to block contactless payment transactions. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab discovered three new versions of the PoS malware designed to target credit cards using NFC technology. […]

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February 1, 2023
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New LockBit Green ransomware variant borrows code from Conti ransomware

Lockbit ransomware operators have released a new version of their malware, LockBit Green, that also targets cloud-based services. Lockbit ransomware operators have implemented a new version of their malware, dubbed LockBit Green, which was designed to include cloud-based services among its targets. This is the third version of the ransomware developed by the notorious gang, […]

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February 1, 2023
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TrickGate, a packer used by malware to evade detection since 2016

TrickGate is a shellcode-based packer offered as a service to malware authors to avoid detection, CheckPoint researchers reported. TrickGate is a shellcode-based packer offered as a service, which is used at least since July 2016, to hide malware from defense programs. A packer (aka “Crypter” and “FUD”) implements a series of functionalities to make it harder for […]

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February 1, 2023
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