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Backdoor infecting VPNs used “magic packets” for stealth and security

When threat actors use backdoor malware to gain access to a network, they want to make sure all their hard work can’t be leveraged by...

Code found online exploits LogoFAIL to install Bootkitty Linux backdoor

Normally, Secure Boot prevents the UEFI from running all subsequent files unless they bear a digital signature certifying those files are trusted by the device...

Spies hack Wi-Fi networks in far-off land to launch attack on target next door

While stalking its target, GruesomeLarch performed credential-stuffing attacks that compromised the passwords of several accounts on a web service platform used by the organization's employees....

Law enforcement operation takes down 22,000 malicious IP addresses worldwide

An international coalition of police agencies has taken a major whack at criminals accused of running a host of online scams, including phishing, the stealing...

Hundreds of code libraries posted to NPM try to install malware on dev machines

The IP address returned by a package Phylum analyzed was: hxxp://193.233.20121:3001. While the method was likely intended to conceal the source of second-stage infections, it...

Thousands of hacked TP-Link routers used in years-long account takeover attacks

Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government are using a botnet of thousands of routers, cameras, and other Internet-connected devices to perform highly evasive...

Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.

Both operating systems will display a list of apps and whether they are permitted access always, never, only while the app is in use, or...

Two accused of DDoSing some of the world’s biggest tech companies

Federal authorities have charged two Sudanese nationals with running an operation that performed tens of thousands of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against some...

Archive.org, a repository storing the entire history of the Internet, has a data breach

Archive.org, possibly one of the only entities to preserve the entire history of the Internet, was recently compromised in a hack that revealed data of...

Thousands of Linux systems infected by stealthy malware since 2021

This Reddit comment posted to the CentOS subreddit is typical. An admin noticed that two servers were infected with a cryptocurrency hijacker with the names...

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