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New Chinese Surveillance Tool Attack Android Users Since 2017

Wuhan Chinasoft Token Information Technology Co., Ltd. developed EagleMsgSpy, a surveillance tool operational since 2017, which, installed as an APK, secretly collects extensive user data, including chat messages, screen recordings, audio, call logs, contacts, SMS, location, and network activity.  Because…

Malicious ESLint Package Let Attackers Steal Data And Inject Remote Code

Cybercriminals exploited typosquatting to deploy a malicious npm package, `@typescript_eslinter/eslint`, targeting developers seeking the legitimate TypeScript ESLint plugin, which was designed to mimic the genuine plugin, compromised systems by monitoring keystrokes, clipboard data, and executing remote commands.  They leveraged a…

Cleo 0-day Vulnerability Exploited to Deploy Malichus Malware

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated exploitation campaign involving a zero-day (0-day) vulnerability in Cleo file transfer software platforms. This campaign has been used to deliver a newly identified malware family, now dubbed “Malichus.” The threat, recently analyzed by Huntress…

GitLab Security Update, Patch for Critical Vulnerabilities

GitLab announced the release of critical security patches for its Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). The newly released versions 17.6.2, 17.5.4, and 17.4.6 address several high-severity vulnerabilities, and GitLab strongly recommends that all self-managed installations be upgraded immediately.…

BadRAM Attack Breaches AMD Secure VMs with $10 Device

Researchers have uncovered a vulnerability that allows attackers to compromise AMD’s Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) technology using a $10 device. This breakthrough exposes a previously underexplored weakness in memory module security, specifically in cloud computing environments where SEV is widely…

Splunk RCE Vulnerability Let Attackers Execute Remote Code

Splunk, the data analysis and monitoring platform, is grappling with a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability. This flaw, identified as CVE-2024-53247, affects several versions of Splunk Enterprise and the Splunk Secure Gateway app on the Splunk Cloud Platform. The vulnerability…