Using Google Search to Find Software Can Be Risky

Google continues to struggle with cybercriminals running malicious ads on its search platform to trick people into downloading booby-trapped copies of popular free software applications. The malicious ads, which appear above organic search results and often precede links to legitimate sources of...

Warning: ASUS Software Update Server Hacked to Distribute Malware

Remember the CCleaner hack? CCleaner hack was one of the largest supply chain attacks that infected more than 2.3 million users with a backdoored version of the software in September 2017. Security researchers today revealed another massive supply chain attack that compromised over 1 million...

tcpwrapper-backdoor.txt

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 11:38:17 -0500 From: Wietse Venema To: [email protected] Subject: backdoored tcp wrapper source code TCP Wrappers is a widely-used security tool to protect UNIX systems against intrusion. In has an estimated installed base of millions. Today someone replaced the tcp...