The vulnerability of the software component apt-lib.pl in the Webmin hosting control panel allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the software/apt-lib.pl component in the Webmin hosting panel is related to the lack of mechanisms for encoding or shielding output data. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code...

Wordfence Launches Wordfence Intelligence for Hosts and Network Defenders

This morning the Wordfence team is launching Wordfence Intelligence live at Black Hat 2022 in Las Vegas. Our entire team is here in Las Vegas, including our international team members. Id like to tell you more about what were launching and how Wordfence Intelligence will help us go even further t...

Wordfence Intelligence Launching at Black Hat 2022 in Las Vegas Next Week

Wordfence protects over 4 million websites around the world on 12,000 unique networks, and we block over 1.8 billion attacks targeting those websites every month. For years we have had a relationship with our customers that is a virtuous cycle: We receive attack reports from our customers at a ra...

CVE-2022-31185

mprweb is a hosting platform for the makedeb Package Repository. Email addresses were found to not have been hidden, even if a user had clicked the Hide Email Address checkbox on their account page, or during signup. This could lead to an account's email being leaked, which may be problematic if...

Design/Logic Flaw

mprweb is a hosting platform for the makedeb Package Repository. Email addresses were found to not have been hidden, even if a user had clicked the Hide Email Address checkbox on their account page, or during signup. This could lead to an account's email being leaked, which may be problematic if...

CVE-2022-31185

CVE-2022-31185 affects the mprweb hosting platform (makedeb Package Repository). The issue is an information-disclosure where email addresses were not hidden as configured, potentially leaking user emails. The vulnerability is mitigated for official mprweb instances, while self-hosted deployments...

[slackware-security] gnutls

New gnutls packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gnutls-3.7.7-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. libgnutls: Fixed double free during verification of pkcs7 signatures. Reported by Jaak...

Researchers Warns of Increase in Phishing Attacks Using Decentralized IPFS Network

The decentralized file system solution known as IPFS is becoming the new "hotbed" for hosting phishing sites, researchers have warned. Cybersecurity firm Trustwave SpiderLabs, which disclosed specifics of the spam campaigns, said it identified no less than 3,000 emails containing IPFS phishing UR...

EulerOS Virtualization 2.9.0 : openssl (EulerOS-SA-2022-2205)

According to the versions of the openssl packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The BNmodsqrt function, which computes a modular square root, contains a bug that can cause it to loop forever for non-prime...

Messaging Apps Tapped as Platform for Cybercriminal Activity

Cybercriminals are tapping the built-in services of popular messaging apps like Telegram and Discord as ready-made platforms to help them perform their nefarious activity in persistent campaigns that threaten users, researchers have found. Threat actors are tapping the multi-feature nature of...

Why 8kun Went Offline During the January 6 Hearings

The latest Jan. 6 committee hearing on Tuesday examined the role of conspiracy theory communities like 8kun.top and TheDonald.win in helping to organize and galvanize supporters who responded to former President Trumps invitation to "be wild" in Washington, D.C. on that chaotic day. At the same...

Pakistani Hackers Targeting Indian Students in Latest Malware Campaign

The advanced persistent threat APT group known as Transparent Tribe has been attributed to a new ongoing phishing campaign targeting students at various educational institutions in India at least since December 2021. "This new campaign also suggests that the APT is actively expanding its network ...

Transparent Tribe begins targeting education sector in latest campaign

Cisco Talos has been tracking a new malicious campaign operated by the Transparent Tribe APT group. This campaign involves the targeting of educational institutions and students in the Indian subcontinent, a deviation from the adversary's typical focus on government entities. The attacks result i...

HavanaCrypt ransomware spreads through fake google updates

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary HavanaCrypt is a new ransomware that distinguishes itself as a Google software update. It evades detection using a Microsoft web hosting service IP address as the command and control C&C server...

[slackware-security] seamonkey

New seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/seamonkey-2.53.13-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see:...

Brand-New HavanaCrypt Ransomware Poses as Google Software Update App, Uses Microsoft Hosting Service IP Address as C&C Server

We recently found a new ransomware family, which we have dubbed as HavanaCrypt, that disguises itself as a legitimate Google Software Update application and uses a Microsoft web hosting service IP address as its command-and-control C&C server to circumvent detection...

Managed Cloud Hosting vs. Unmanaged Cloud Hosting: What’s the Difference?

By Owais Sultan Before deciding to transfer to the cloud, it is crucial to understand the main difference between managed vs… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Managed Cloud Hosting vs. Unmanaged Cloud Hosting: Whats the Difference?...

CVE-2013-1916

In WordPress Plugin User Photo 0.9.4, when a photo is uploaded, it is only partially validated and it is possible to upload a backdoor on the server hosting WordPress. This backdoor can be called executed even if the photo has not been yet approved...

Malicious Package

Overview argo-hosting-api is a malicious package. The package's name is based on existing repositories, namespaces, or components used by popular companies in an effort to trick employees into downloading it, also known as 'dependency confusion'. Therefore, you're only vulnerable if this package...

DDoS-for-hire service provider jailed

Matthew Gatrel, a 33-year-old man from St. Charles, Illinois, has been sentenced to two years in prison for running websites that provide powerful distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks against internet users and websites. This sentencing resulted in the seizure of his websites, making the...