Malicious code in env-local (npm)

Source: amazon-inspector ac368f7cba943b89781656da7f45ac393cf8b105eaa54a29c42a78622a2fde0b env-local impersonates the popular dotenv package: package.json points at motdotla/dotenv and main.js is a near-verbatim dotenv clone with an added require"./tui-options". On require, lib/tui-options.js...

USN-6785-1 gnome-remote-desktop vulnerability

Matthias Gerstner discovered that GNOME Remote Desktop incorrectly performed certain user validation checks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information, or take control of remote desktop connections...

Remote code execution

In ApexPro Telemetry Server Versions 4.2 and prior, CARESCAPE Telemetry Server v4.2 & prior, Clinical Information Center CIC Versions 4.X and 5.X, CARESCAPE Central Station CSCS Versions 1.X, the affected products utilize a weak encryption scheme for remote desktop control, which may allow an...

Threat Analysis Unit (TAU) Threat Intelligence Notification: njRAT

njRAT is a Remote Access Trojan RAT that will silently collect and steal sensitive information such as login credentials. It can also perform keylogger monitoring, remote desktop control, installing additional malicious software, and many other malicious activities on the victim’s computer. In...

How employees evade IT security controls

Prior to January of 2007, I had very little exposure to the vast array of applications that employees use while at work. Sure, I used IM, webmail and listened to music online, but I was being paid to do a job, not entertain myself. After joining Palo Alto Networks, and analyzing 18 months worth o...