Malicious Package

learninglib is a malicious package. The package is installed as dependency of one of the typosquat of the legitimate Python plotting software matplotlib from PyPI and is designed to infiltrate the PyPI repository that secretly pull in cryptominers on the affected machines...

Malicious Package

mplatlib is a malicious package. The package is a typosquat of the legitimate Python plotting software matplotlib from PyPI and is designed to infiltrate the PyPI repository that secretly pull in cryptominers on the affected machines...

Malicious Package

matplatlibplus is a malicious package. The package is a typosquat of the legitimate Python plotting software matplotlib from PyPI and is designed to infiltrate the PyPI repository that secretly pull in cryptominers on the affected machines...

Malicious Package

mllearnlib is a malicious package. The package is a typosquat of the legitimate Python plotting software matplotlib from PyPI and is designed to infiltrate the PyPI repository that secretly pull in cryptominers on the affected machines...

Malicious Typosquatting

maratlib1 is a malicious package. The package is a typosquat of the legitimate Python plotting software matplotlib from PyPI and is designed to infiltrate the PyPI repository that secretly pull in cryptominers on the affected machines...

Malicious Package

maratlib is a malicious package. The package is a typosquat of the legitimate Python plotting software matplotlib from PyPI and is designed to infiltrate the PyPI repository that secretly pull in cryptominers on the affected machines...

Cryptominers Slither into Python Projects in Supply-Chain Campaign

A group of cryptominers was found to have infiltrated the Python Package Index PyPI, which is a repository of software code created in the Python programming language. Similar to other repositories like GitHub, npm and RubyGems, PyPI is part of the software supply chain. It offers a place where...

Black Kingdom Ransomware Hunting Unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers

More than a week after Microsoft released a one-click mitigation tool to mitigate cyberattacks targeting on-premises Exchange servers, the company disclosed that patches have been applied to 92% of all internet-facing servers affected by the ProxyLogon vulnerabilities. The development, a 43%...

Podcast: Microsoft Exchange Server Attack Onslaught Continues

Weeks after the disclosure around the ProxyLogon group of security bugs, exploitation attempts against unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers have skyrocketed. Derek Manky Derek Manky, Chief of Security Insights & Global Threat Alliances at Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs, said that last week researcher...

Various Malware Lurks in Discord App to Target Gamers

A rise in online gaming, tied to pandemic-mandated social distancing, has led to a spike in criminals targeting the demographic. The latest effort to exploit the trend is malicious files planted inside the Discord platform designed to trick users into downloading malware-laced files. Researchers...

CrimeOps of the KashmirBlack Botnet – Part I

Introduction Being in a research team exposes us to a variety of attacks on different platforms, of different types, scope, and volume. It also gives us the opportunity to select particularly interesting attacks that target our customers and to analyze them. This blog will give you a taste of the...

PT-2020-4570

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Oracle WebLogic Server versions 10.3.6.0.0 through 14.1.1.0.0 Description The issue is related to insufficient input validation in the Console component of Oracle WebLogic Server, allowing a remote attacker to gain full control over the...

Rapid7 Releases Q2 2020 Quarterly Threat Report

It’s hard to believe it’s already the end of September, and with it comes Rapid7’s Q2 2020 Quarterly Threat Report. As in previous quarters, our Rapid7 research team produced this report by analyzing the data from our internet telemetry-gathering systems Project Sonar and Project Heisenberg, as...

TeamTNT Gains Full Remote Takeover of Cloud Instances

The TeamTNT cybercrime gang is back, attacking Docker and Kubernetes cloud instances by abusing a legitimate cloud-monitoring tool called Weave Scope, according to researchers. The open-source Weave Scope “provides a top down view into your app as well as your entire infrastructure, and allows yo...

Detect FritzFrog and Other Malware Infections with Inventory Data

Recently, Guardicore researchers discovered a new type of malware called “FritzFrog,” which targets multiple industry verticals, including government, finance, and healthcare. It employs brute-forcing SSH credentials as an initial attack vector, uses a proprietary P2P protocol to efficiently...

Hackers compromise Supercomputers across Europe with cryptominers

By Deeba Ahmed Supercomputers in Switzerland, Germany, Spain, and the UK were hacked in the attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers compromise Supercomputers across Europe with cryptominers...

The Vollgar Campaign: MS-SQL Servers Under Attack

Guardicore Labs uncovers an attack campaign that’s been under the radar for almost two years, breaching MS-SQL servers and infecting them with remote-access tools and cryptominers...

WARNING: Hackers Install Secret Backdoor on Thousands of Microsoft SQL Servers

Cybersecurity researchers today uncovered a sustained malicious campaign dating back to May 2018 that targets Windows machines running MS-SQL servers to deploy backdoors and other kinds of malware, including multi-functional remote access tools RATs and cryptominers. Named "Vollgar" after the...

Firefox 69 Now Blocks 3rd-Party Tracking Cookies and Cryptominers By Default

Mozilla has finally enabled the "Enhanced Tracking Protection" feature for all of its web browser users worldwide by default with the official launch of Firefox 69 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The company enabled the "Enhanced Tracking Protection" setting by default for its browser in Ju...

Firefox 69 Now Blocks 3rd-Party Tracking Cookies and Cryptominers By Default

Mozilla has finally enabled the "Enhanced Tracking Protection" feature for all of its web browser users worldwide by default with the official launch of Firefox 69 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The company enabled the "Enhanced Tracking Protection" setting by default for its browser in Ju...