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Google Releases Android Update to Patch Two Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities

Google Releases Android Update to Patch Two Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities

Apr 08, 2025Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Vulnerability Google has shipped patches for 62 vulnerabilities, two of which it said have been exploited in the wild. The two high-severity vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2024-53150 (CVSS… 

CISA and FBI Warn Fast Flux is Powering Resilient Malware, C2, and Phishing Networks

CISA and FBI Warn Fast Flux is Powering Resilient Malware, C2, and Phishing Networks

Apr 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Network Security Cybersecurity agencies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States have published a joint advisory about the risks associated with a technique called fast flux that has… 

PoisonSeed Exploits CRM Accounts to Launch Cryptocurrency Seed Phrase Poisoning Attacks

PoisonSeed Exploits CRM Accounts to Launch Cryptocurrency Seed Phrase Poisoning Attacks

Apr 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Cryptocurrency A malicious campaign dubbed PoisonSeed is leveraging compromised credentials associated with customer relationship management (CRM) tools and bulk email providers to send spam messages containing cryptocurrency seed phrases… 

Microsoft Credits EncryptHub, Hacker Behind 618+ Breaches, for Disclosing Windows Flaws

Microsoft Credits EncryptHub, Hacker Behind 618+ Breaches, for Disclosing Windows Flaws

A likely lone wolf actor behind the EncryptHub persona was acknowledged by Microsoft for discovering and reporting two security flaws in Windows last month, painting a picture of a “conflicted” individual straddling a legitimate career… 

North Korean Hackers Deploy BeaverTail Malware via 11 Malicious npm Packages

North Korean Hackers Deploy BeaverTail Malware via 11 Malicious npm Packages

Apr 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Supply Chain Attack The North Korean threat actors behind the ongoing Contagious Interview campaign are spreading their tentacles on the npm ecosystem by publishing more malicious packages that deliver the… 

Malicious Python Packages on PyPI Downloaded 39,000+ Times, Steal Sensitive Data

Malicious Python Packages on PyPI Downloaded 39,000+ Times, Steal Sensitive Data

Apr 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Supply Chain Attack Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered malicious libraries in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that are designed to steal sensitive information. Two of the packages, bitcoinlibdbfix and bitcoinlib-dev,… 

SpotBugs Access Token Theft Identified as Root Cause of GitHub Supply Chain Attack

SpotBugs Access Token Theft Identified as Root Cause of GitHub Supply Chain Attack

Apr 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Open Source, The cascading supply chain attack that initially targeted Coinbase before becoming more widespread to single out users of the “tj-actions/changed-files” GitHub Action has been traced further back to…