Android Malware Wpeeper Uses Compromised WordPress Sites to Hide C2 Servers

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented malware targeting Android devices that uses compromised WordPress sites as relays for its actual command-and-control C2 servers for detection evasion. The malware, codenamed Wpeeper, is an ELF binary that leverages the HTTPS...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: file security update

An update for file is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE...

Migo Targets Redis Servers for Cryptojacking Attacks

Summary: A new campaign has been uncovered that mines cryptocurrencies on Redis servers running Linux hosts by means of a malicious programme known as "Migo." Migo is distributed as a Golang ELF binary that can persist on Linux hosts and is obfuscated at compile time. The malware uses a variety o...

New Migo Malware Targeting Redis Servers for Cryptocurrency Mining

A novel malware campaign has been observed targeting Redis servers for initial access with the ultimate goal of mining cryptocurrency on compromised Linux hosts. "This particular campaign involves the use of a number of novel system weakening techniques against the data store itself," Cado securi...

Cryptominers Targeting Misconfigured Apache Hadoop and Flink with Rootkit in New Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new attack that exploits misconfigurations in Apache Hadoop and Flink to deploy cryptocurrency miners within targeted environments. "This attack is particularly intriguing due to the attacker's use of packers and rootkits to conceal the malware," Aqua...

Beware: 3 Malicious PyPI Packages Found Targeting Linux with Crypto Miners

Three new malicious packages have been discovered in the Python Package Index PyPI open-source repository with capabilities to deploy a cryptocurrency miner on affected Linux devices. The three harmful packages, named modularseven, driftme, and catme, attracted a total of 431 downloads over the...

SideCopy Exploiting WinRAR Flaw in Attacks Targeting Indian Government Entities

The Pakistan-linked threat actor known as SideCopy has been observed leveraging the recent WinRAR security vulnerability in its attacks targeting Indian government entities to deliver various remote access trojans such as AllaKore RAT, Ares RAT, and DRat. Enterprise security firm SEQRITE describe...

TeamTNT's Cloud Credential Stealing Campaign Now Targets Azure and Google Cloud

A malicious actor has been linked to a cloud credential stealing campaign in June 2023 that's focused on Azure and Google Cloud Platform GCP services, marking the adversary's expansion in targeting beyond Amazon Web Services AWS. The findings come from SentinelOne and Permiso, which said the...

Predator Android Spyware: Researchers Uncover New Data Theft Capabilities

Security researchers have detailed the inner workings of the commercial Android spyware called Predator, which is marketed by the Israeli company Intellexa previously Cytrox. Predator was first documented by Google's Threat Analysis Group TAG in May 2022 as part of attacks leveraging five differe...

The vulnerability of the fill_files_note() function (fs/binfmt_elf.c) in the Linux kernel’s file system support subsystem, which allows a attacker to cause a service failure

The vulnerability of the fillfilesnote function fs/binfmtelf.c in the Linux kernel’s file system support subsystem is related to the use of memory after it is freed. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

SUSE CVE-2004-1070

The loadelfbinary function in the binfmtelf loader binfmtelf.c in Linux kernel 2.4.x up to 2.4.27, and 2.6.x up to 2.6.8, does not properly check return values from calls to the kernelread function, which may allow local users to modify sensitive memory in a setuid program and execute arbitrary...

SUSE CVE-2004-1234

loadelfbinary in Linux before 2.4.26 allows local users to cause a denial of service system crash via an ELF binary in which the interpreter is NULL...

SUSE CVE-2017-1000253

Linux distributions that have not patched their long-term kernels with https://git.kernel.org/linus/a87938b2e246b81b4fb713edb371a9fa3c5c3c86 committed on April 14, 2015. This kernel vulnerability was fixed in April 2015 by commit a87938b2e246b81b4fb713edb371a9fa3c5c3c86 backported to Linux 3.10.7...

PT-2022-35441 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux Kernel versions prior to v5.10.153 Description: A memory leak was discovered in the load elf binary function. The issue was introduced in version v5.7 and is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.10.153. Recommendations: For Linux Kernel...

PT-2022-34919 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux Kernel versions prior to v6.0.7 Description: A memory leak was discovered in the load elf binary function. The issue was introduced in version v5.7 and is fixed in Linux Kernel version v6.0.7. Recommendations: For Linux Kernel versions...

Hackers Targeting Unpatched Atlassian Confluence Servers to Deploy Crypto Miners

A now-patched critical security flaw affecting Atlassian Confluence Server that came to light a few months ago is being actively exploited for illicit cryptocurrency mining on unpatched installations. "If left unremedied and successfully exploited, this vulnerability could be used for multiple an...

Manjusaka – Cybercriminal’s new attack framework weapon

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Manjusaka is a new attack framework that mimics Cobalt Strike and Sliver. The new malware family implants are written in the Rust programming language and are compatible with Windows and Linux. The command and...

The vulnerability of the `load_elf_binary()` function in the Linux operating system’s kernel allows a hacker to bypass the ASLR protection and expose the protected information.

The vulnerability of the loadelfbinary function in the Linux operating system’s kernel arises due to synchronization errors when using a shared resource. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism and disclose the protected information...

[ASA-202204-4] rizin: multiple issues

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202204-4 ========================================= Severity: Medium Date : 2022-04-04 CVE-ID : CVE-2021-4022 CVE-2021-43814 Package : rizin Type : multiple issues Remote : No Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2590 Summary ======= The package rizin before...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2015-0030)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...