French Authorities Launch Operation to Remove PlugX Malware from Infected Systems

French judicial authorities, in collaboration with Europol, have launched a so-called "disinfection operation" to rid compromised hosts of a known malware called PlugX. The Paris Prosecutor's Office, Parquet de Paris, said the initiative was launched on July 18 and that it's expected to continue...

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Tenda FH1201 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CNVD-2025-12008)

The Tenda FH1201 is a wireless router from Tenda China. The Tenda FH1201 suffers from a buffer overflow vulnerability that originates from a page parameter in ip/goform/NatStaticSetting, and no details of the vulnerability are provided at this time...

Patchwork Hackers Target Bhutan with Advanced Brute Ratel C4 Tool

The threat actor known as Patchwork has been linked to a cyber attack targeting entities with ties to Bhutan to deliver the Brute Ratel C4 framework and an updated version of a backdoor called PGoShell. The development marks the first time the adversary has been observed using the red teaming...

Chinese Hackers Target Taiwan and US NGO with MgBot Malware

Organizations in Taiwan and a U.S. non-governmental organization NGO based in China have been targeted by a Beijing-affiliated state-sponsored hacking group called Daggerfly using an upgraded set of malware tools. The campaign is a sign that the group "also engages in internal espionage,"...

APT41 Infiltrates Networks in Italy, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, and the U.K.

Several organizations operating within global shipping and logistics, media and entertainment, technology, and automotive sectors in Italy, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the U.K. have become the target of a "sustained campaign" by the prolific China-based APT41 hacking group. "APT41...

Foxit PDF Reader Memory Misreference Vulnerability (CNVD-2024-33837)

Foxit PDF Reader is China Foxit Foxit company a PDF reader. A memory misreference vulnerability exists in Foxit PDF Reader, which can be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code...

China-linked APT17 Targets Italian Companies with 9002 RAT Malware

A China-linked threat actor called APT17 has been observed targeting Italian companies and government entities using a variant of a known malware referred to as 9002 RAT. The two targeted attacks took place on June 24 and July 2, 2024, Italian cybersecurity company TG Soft said in an analysis...

D-Link DAP-1360 Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CNVD-2024-33382)

The D-Link DAP-1360 is a router from China-based AUO D-Link. The D-Link DAP-1360 suffers from a stack buffer overflow vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code...

Chinese APT41 Upgrades Malware Arsenal with DodgeBox and MoonWalk

The China-linked advanced persistent threat APT group codenamed APT41 is suspected to be using an "advanced and upgraded version" of a known malware called StealthVector to deliver a previously undocumented backdoor dubbed MoonWalk. The new variant of StealthVector – which is also referred to as...

Cybersecurity Agencies Warn of China-linked APT40's Rapid Exploit Adaptation

Cybersecurity agencies from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the U.K., and the U.S. have released a joint advisory about a China-linked cyber espionage group called APT40, warning about its ability to co-opt exploits for newly disclosed security flaws within hours or...

People’s Republic of China (PRC) Ministry of State Security APT40 Tradecraft in Action

Overview Background This advisory, authored by the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre ASD’s ACSC, the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, the United States National Security Agency NSA, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigati...

Critical Unpatched Flaws Disclosed in Popular Gogs Open-Source Git Service

Four unpatched security flaws, including three critical ones, have been disclosed in the Gogs open-source, self-hosted Git service that could enable an authenticated attacker to breach susceptible instances, steal or wipe source code, and even plant backdoors. The vulnerabilities, according to...

Friday Squid Blogging: Newly Discovered Vampire Squid

A new vampire squid species was discovered in the South China Sea. Blog moderation policy...

Maipu MyPower VC8100 Security Vulnerability

Maipu MyPower VC8100 is a core softswitch control platform from Maipu, China. A security vulnerability exists in Maipu MyPower VC8100 version V100R001C00B030, which originates from a Read Arbitrary File via Component vulnerability...

Linux kernel security vulnerabilities

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...

China-linked Hackers Exploit Cisco NX-OS as Zero-Day

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UNISOC Chipsets Security Vulnerability

UNISOC Chipsets is a chipset from China's Purple Spreadtrum UNISOC. A security vulnerability exists in UNISOC Chipsets that stems from a lack of boundary checking, resulting in out-of-bounds writes...

Chinese and N. Korean Hackers Target Global Infrastructure with Ransomware

Threat actors with suspected ties to China and North Korea have been linked to ransomware and data encryption attacks targeting government and critical infrastructure sectors across the world between 2021 and 2023. While one cluster of activity has been associated with the ChamelGang aka CamoFei,...

skycaiji Security Breach

Skycaiji Blue Sky Collector is a free data collection and publishing crawler software from China Nanchang ZhuoLan Technology Co., Ltd, which is developed by php+mysql and can be deployed on cloud servers. A security vulnerability exists in skycaiji version 2.8, which stems from a cross-site...