VMware Issues Patches for Cloud Foundation, vCenter Server, and vSphere ESXi

VMware has released updates to address critical flaws impacting Cloud Foundation, vCenter Server, and vSphere ESXi that could be exploited to achieve privilege escalation and remote code execution. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows - CVE-2024-37079 & CVE-2024-37080 CVSS scores: 9.8 -...

Critical Vulnerabilities Exposing Chinese Biometric Readers to Unauthorized Access

Is your fingerprint scanner safe? New research reveals 24 vulnerabilities in ZKTeco biometric access systems. This exposes critical facilities and businesses to a range of security risks. Learn how to protect yourself from unauthorized access, data theft, and system manipulation...

Tecno Mobile Applications Security Vulnerability

Tecno Mobile Applications is a simple application from Tecno Mobile, a Chinese company. A security vulnerability exists in Tecno Mobile Applications that stems from improperly set permissions...

curl: Incorrect Encoding Conversion in hostname results in indeterminate SSRF vulnerabilities

Vulnerability description not provided...

ZKTeco Biometric System Found Vulnerable to 24 Critical Security Flaws

An analysis of a hybrid biometric access system from Chinese manufacturer ZKTeco has uncovered two dozen security flaws that could be used by attackers to defeat authentication, steal biometric data, and even deploy malicious backdoors. "By adding random user data to the database or using a fake ...

New Cross-Platform Malware 'Noodle RAT' Targets Windows and Linux Systems

A previously undocumented cross-platform malware codenamed Noodle RAT has been put to use by Chinese-speaking threat actors either for espionage or cybercrime for years. While this backdoor was previously categorized as a variant of Gh0st RAT and Rekoobe, Trend Micro security researcher Hara...

Chinese Actor SecShow Conducts Massive DNS Probing on Global Scale

Cybersecurity researchers have shed more light on a Chinese actor codenamed SecShow that has been observed conducting Domain Name System DNS on a global scale since at least June 2023. The adversary, according to Infoblox security researchers Dr. Renée Burton and Dave Mitchell, operates from the...

Noodle RAT: Reviewing the Backdoor Used by Chinese-Speaking Groups

This blog entry provides an analysis of the Noodle RAT backdoor, which is likely being used by multiple Chinese-speaking groups engaged in espionage and other types of cybercrime...

Noodle RAT: Reviewing the New Backdoor Used by Chinese-Speaking Groups

This blog entry provides an analysis of the Noodle RAT backdoor, which is likely being used by multiple Chinese-speaking groups engaged in espionage and other types of cybercrime...

Crimson Palace: Chinese Hackers Steal Military Secrets Over 2 Years

Sophos uncovers "Operation Crimson Palace, a long-term cyberespionage effort targeting a Southeast Asian government. Learn how attackers used…...

Chinese State-Backed Cyber Espionage Targets Southeast Asian Government

An unnamed high-profile government organization in Southeast Asia emerged as the target of a "complex, long-running" Chinese state-sponsored cyber espionage operation codenamed Crimson Palace. "The overall goal behind the campaign was to maintain access to the target network for cyberespionage in...

The Unusual Espionage Act Case Against a Drone Photographer

In seemingly the first case of its kind, the US Justice Department has charged a Chinese national with using a drone to photograph a Virginia shipyard where the US Navy was assembling nuclear submarines...

‘Largest Botnet Ever’ Tied to Billions in Stolen Covid-19 Relief Funds

The US says a Chinese national operated the “911 S5” botnet, which included computers worldwide and was used to file hundreds of thousands of fraudulent Covid claims and distribute CSAM, among other crimes...

glibc: Out of bounds write in iconv may lead to remote code execution

An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the ISO-2022-CN-EXT plugin for glibc's iconv library. When converting from UCS4 charset, adding certain escape charterers is required to indicate where the charset was changed to the library. During this process, iconv improperly checks the boundaries of...

Inside Operation Diplomatic Specter: Chinese APT Group's Stealthy Tactics Exposed

Governmental entities in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia are the target of a Chinese advanced persistent threat APT group as part of an ongoing cyber espionage campaign dubbed Operation Diplomatic Specter since at least late 2022. "An analysis of this threat actor's activity reveals long-term...

Exploit for CVE-2024-2961

CVE-2024-2961 CVE-2024–2961 Security Issue Mitigation Script...

Chinese Nationals Arrested for Laundering $73 Million in Pig Butchering Crypto Scam

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ has charged two arrested Chinese nationals for allegedly orchestrating a pig butchering scam that laundered at least $73 million from victims through shell companies. The individuals, Daren Li, 41, and Yicheng Zhang, 38, were arrested in Atlanta and Los Angeles ...

Linux kernel 安全漏洞

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in Linux kernel. No information about this vulnerability is available at this time, so stay tuned to CNNVD or vendor announcements...

Linux kernel 安全漏洞

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in Linux kernel. No information about this vulnerability is available at this time, please stay tuned to CNNVD or the vendor announcement...

TikTok comes one step closer to a US ban

The US Senate has approved a bill that would effectively ban TikTok from the US unless Chinese owner ByteDance gives up its share of the immensely popular app. Social video platform TikTok has experienced explosive growth since it first appeared in 2017, and is now said to have well over 1.5...