PyPI Implements Mandatory Two-Factor Authentication for Project Owners

The Python Package Index PyPI announced last week that every account that maintains a project on the official third-party software repository will be required to turn on two-factor authentication 2FA by the end of the year. "Between now and the end of the year, PyPI will begin gating access to...

Design/Logic Flaw

Rekor's goals are to provide an immutable tamper resistant ledger of metadata generated within a software projects supply chain. A malformed proposed entry of the intoto/v0.0.2 type can cause a panic on a thread within the Rekor process. The thread is recovered so the client receives a 500 error...

CVE-2023-33199 malformed proposed intoto v0.0.2 entries can cause a panic in Rekor

Rekor's goals are to provide an immutable tamper resistant ledger of metadata generated within a software projects supply chain. A malformed proposed entry of the intoto/v0.0.2 type can cause a panic on a thread within the Rekor process. The thread is recovered so the client receives a 500 error...

CVE-2023-33199 malformed proposed intoto v0.0.2 entries can cause a panic in Rekor

Rekor's goals are to provide an immutable tamper resistant ledger of metadata generated within a software projects supply chain. A malformed proposed entry of the intoto/v0.0.2 type can cause a panic on a thread within the Rekor process. The thread is recovered so the client receives a 500 error...

The Rising Threat of Secrets Sprawl and the Need for Action

The most precious asset in today's information age is the secret safeguarded under lock and key. Regrettably, maintaining secrets has become increasingly challenging, as highlighted by the 2023 State of Secrets Sprawl report, the largest analysis of public GitHub activity. The report shows a 67%...

Hackers Using Golang Variant of Cobalt Strike to Target Apple macOS Systems

A Golang implementation of Cobalt Strike called Geacon is likely to garner the attention of threat actors looking to target Apple macOS systems. That's according to findings from SentinelOne, which observed an increase in the number of Geacon payloads appearing on VirusTotal in recent months...

Malicious code in ipsecurity (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx a051635703d3a602e1b05da35aa26561b2f211a4625fe23054dd6d8f6b44757b Lazarus Group targeting blockchain and cryptocurrency companies by exploiting software supply chains through malicious npm packages and social engineering...

MAL-2023-1555 Malicious code in iputiljs (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx afae793385a3a9bd4042264ed9f4c13109e7e52bd1033d71b4032ebbf6a46a1b Lazarus Group targeting blockchain and cryptocurrency companies by exploiting software supply chains through malicious npm packages and social engineering...

Why Honeytokens Are the Future of Intrusion Detection

A few weeks ago, the 32nd edition of RSA, one of the world's largest cybersecurity conferences, wrapped up in San Francisco. Among the highlights, Kevin Mandia, CEO of Mandiant at Google Cloud, presented a retrospective on the state of cybersecurity. During his keynote, Mandia stated: "There are...

CVE-2023-30551

Rekor is an open source software supply chain transparency log. Rekor prior to version 1.1.1 may crash due to out of memory OOM conditions caused by reading archive metadata files into memory without checking their sizes first. Verification of a JAR file submitted to Rekor can cause an out of...

CVE-2023-30551

Rekor is an open source software supply chain transparency log. Rekor prior to version 1.1.1 may crash due to out of memory OOM conditions caused by reading archive metadata files into memory without checking their sizes first. Verification of a JAR file submitted to Rekor can cause an out of...

CISA Urges Organizations to Incorporate the FCC Covered List Into Risk Management Plans

The Federal Communications Commission FCC maintains a Covered List of communications equipment and services that have been determined by the U.S. government to pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons to national...

Chinese Hackers Using MgBot Malware to Target International NGOs in Mainland China

The advanced persistent threat APT group referred to as Evasive Panda has been observed targeting an international non-governmental organization NGO in Mainland China with malware delivered via update channels of legitimate applications like Tencent QQ. The attack chains are designed to distribut...

N.K. Hackers Employ Matryoshka Doll-Style Cascading Supply Chain Attack on 3CX

The supply chain attack targeting 3CX was the result of a prior supply chain compromise associated with a different company, demonstrating a new level of sophistication with North Korean threat actors. Google-owned Mandiant, which is tracking the attack event under the moniker UNC4736 , said the...

N.K. Hackers Employ Matryoshka Doll-Style Cascading Supply Chain Attack on 3CX

The supply chain attack targeting 3CX was the result of a prior supply chain compromise associated with a different company, demonstrating a new level of sophistication with North Korean threat actors. Google-owned Mandiant, which is tracking the attack event under the moniker UNC4736, said the...

Google Launches New Cybersecurity Initiatives to Strengthen Vulnerability Management

Google on Thursday outlined a set of initiatives aimed at improving the vulnerability management ecosystem and establishing greater transparency measures around exploitation. "While the notoriety of zero-day vulnerabilities typically makes headlines, risks remain even after they're known and fixe...

Hackers Flood NPM with Bogus Packages Causing a DoS Attack

Threat actors flooded the npm open source package repository for Node.js with bogus packages that briefly even resulted in a denial-of-service DoS attack. "The threat actors create malicious websites and publish empty packages with links to those malicious websites, taking advantage of open-sourc...

Malicious Python Package Uses Unicode Trickery to Evade Detection and Steal Data

A malicious Python package on the Python Package Index PyPI repository has been found to use Unicode as a trick to evade detection and deploy an info-stealing malware. The package in question, named onyxproxy, was uploaded to PyPI on March 15, 2023, and comes with capabilities to harvest and...

New research, tooling, and partnerships for more secure AI and machine learning

Today we’re on the verge of a monumental shift in the technology landscape that will forever change the security community. AI and machine learning may embody the most consequential technology advances of our lifetime, bringing huge opportunities to build, discover, and create a better world. Bra...

Malicious code in esqgrandcandyproof (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 3a6f2edabc0c734fdc35d35102e504410e396d7c11d31512aadaa529c4200320 EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...