I’m done preparing the slides for my talk about Vulristics at PHDays

I 'm done preparing the slides for my talk about Vulristics at PHDays. I'll be speaking on the last day of the festival - Saturday, May 24, at 16:00 in Popov Hall 25. If you're there at that time, I'd be glad to see you. If not - join online! I'll have an hour to dive into Vulristics, vulnerabili...

MAL-2025-3957 Malicious code in vscode-oja (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ossf-package-analysis 222332856f685e334465b24346da36177ea57028e903aaf5c7b6fc845f1e601a The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'vscode-oja' @ 100.0.2 npm as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package...

MAL-2025-3949 Malicious code in evo-web (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ossf-package-analysis 1963187cd4dc65fd86ae4bdae898bd2fea39e8e6a8464b3b00e2a83f5dcbb95b The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'evo-web' @ 100.0.2 npm as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package executes...

An In-Kernel Forensics Engine for Investigating Evasive Attacks

Over the years, adversarial attempts against critical services have become more effective and sophisticated in launching low-profile attacks. This trend has always been concerning. However, an even more alarming trend is the increasing difficulty of collecting relevant evidence about these attack...

Malicious code in reload-nucleus-views-on-compile (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ossf-package-analysis 9b7dc180514fc1e38349d2d05cf314d0a6cd4de47cb4a7bd092edc29f24982b6 The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'reload-nucleus-views-on-compile' @ 10.10.10 npm as malicious. It is considered malicious becaus...

MAL-2025-3929 Malicious code in apilogicserver (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ossf-package-analysis 8beaeb43103672154062bf9b44734e305dad9ba1e9bbc6453d539cefa3e29f62 The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'apilogicserver' @ 14.5.0 pypi as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package...

MalVis: a Large-Scale Image-Based Framework and Dataset for Advancing Android Malware Classification

As technology advances, Android malware continues to pose significant threats to devices and sensitive data. The open-source nature of the Android OS and the availability of its SDK contribute to this rapid growth. Traditional malware detection techniques, such as signature-based, static, and...

Coded Robust Aggregation for Distributed Learning under Byzantine Attacks

In this paper, we investigate the problem of distributed learning DL in the presence of Byzantine attacks. For this problem, various robust bounded aggregation RBA rules have been proposed at the central server to mitigate the impact of Byzantine attacks. However, current DL methods apply RBA rul...

MAL-2025-3865 Malicious code in mfe-react-bridge (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 4f7835d0f6b232544302030371ac74d4c595860a04736a2ef54259a32993f9c8 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

WordPress Magic Responsive Slider and Carousel WordPress plugin < 1.6 - SQL Injection Vulnerability

SQL Injection Vulnerability discovered by Tran Nguyen Bao Khanh VCI - VNPT Cyber Immunity in WordPress Plugin Magic Responsive Slider and Carousel WordPress versions 1.6...

Forensics of Error Rates of Quantum Hardware

There has been a rise in third-party cloud providers offering quantum hardware as a service to improve performance at lower cost. Although these providers provide flexibility to the users to choose from several qubit technologies, quantum hardware, and coupling maps; the actual execution of the...

GoLeash: Mitigating Golang Software Supply Chain Attacks with Runtime Policy Enforcement

Modern software supply chain attacks consist of introducing new, malicious capabilities into trusted third-party software components, in order to propagate to a victim through a package dependency chain. These attacks are especially concerning for the Go language ecosystem, which is extensively...

On the Security Risks of ML-Based Malware Detection Systems: a Survey

Malware presents a persistent threat to user privacy and data integrity. To combat this, machine learning-based ML-based malware detection MD systems have been developed. However, these systems have increasingly been attacked in recent years, undermining their effectiveness in practice. While the...

Optimal Allocation of Privacy Budget on Hierarchical Data Release

Releasing useful information from datasets with hierarchical structures while preserving individual privacy presents a significant challenge. Standard privacy-preserving mechanisms, and in particular Differential Privacy, often require careful allocation of a finite privacy budget across differen...

MAL-2025-3804 Malicious code in pog-ui-landings-library (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 958b647cd78bfe4822d3c9b88bb93606783f6f5c4f46fb06c118181cc545fe5f Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

CVE-2025-0688

CVE-2025-0688 affects the WordPress plugin Spiritual Gifts Survey (and S.H.A.P.E. survey) versions ≤ 0.9.10. The vulnerability arises because a parameter is not sanitized/escaped before being echoed in the page, producing a reflected XSS. Exploitation could impact unauthenticated users and is des...

MAL-2025-3803 Malicious code in @tribal-worldwide-london/fa-api-service (npm)

The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware a7abb29beb3adf2fde080d372cbc17b456eb664ce599ea06f814aec289841241 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered...

MAL-2025-3948 Malicious code in developer-bridge (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ossf-package-analysis 13d76633d0e28457718da249adad23171e53973864ef3e53406c78ced005d3af The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'developer-bridge' @ 2.0.0 npm as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package...

MAL-2025-3956 Malicious code in qlkube-docs (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ossf-package-analysis f3dbf8b78dfd8c62a064365429aad674f445926ed19a43a3ac031b864d3fe2c1 The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'qlkube-docs' @ 3.0.0 npm as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package execut...

AutoPentest: Enhancing Vulnerability Management with Autonomous LLM Agents

A recent area of increasing research is the use of Large Language Models LLMs in penetration testing, which promises to reduce costs and thus allow for higher frequency. We conduct a review of related work, identifying best practices and common evaluation issues. We then present AutoPentest, an...