PuTTY and embedders (f.i., filezilla) -- biased RNG with NIST P521/ecdsa-sha2-nistp521 signatures permits recovering private key

Simon Tatham reports: ECDSA signatures using 521-bit keys the NIST P521 curve, otherwise known as ecdsa-sha2-nistp521 were generated with biased random numbers. This permits an attacker in possession of a few dozen signatures to RECOVER THE PRIVATE KEY. Any 521-bit ECDSA private key that PuTTY or...

Over 800 npm Packages Found with Discrepancies, 18 Exploit 'Manifest Confusion'

New research has discovered over 800 packages in the npm registry which have discrepancies from their registry entries, out of which 18 have been found to exploit a technique called manifest confusion. The findings come from cybersecurity firm JFrog, which said the issue could be exploited by...

GitHub Launches AI-Powered Autofix Tool to Assist Devs in Patching Security Flaws

GitHub on Wednesday announced that it's making available a feature called code scanning autofix in public beta for all Advanced Security customers to provide targeted recommendations in an effort to avoid introducing new security issues. "Powered by GitHub Copilot and CodeQL, code scanning autofi...

Evasive Panda China-Linked Cyberespionage Targeting Tibetans

Summary: Evasive Panda, a threat actor associated with China, has masterminded an intricate cyberespionage campaign targeting Tibetan users since at least September 2023. This operation employs both watering hole and supply chain attacks to achieve its objectives. Threat Level - Red | Attack Repo...

Microsoft Confirms Russian Hackers Stole Source Code, Some Customer Secrets

Microsoft on Friday revealed that the Kremlin-backed threat actor known as Midnight Blizzard aka APT29 or Cozy Bear managed to gain access to some of its source code repositories and internal systems following a hack that came to light in January 2024. "In recent weeks, we have seen evidence that...

BIT-GITLAB-2022-2417

Insufficient validation in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.10 prior to 15.0.5, 15.1 prior to 15.1.4, and 15.2 prior to 15.2.1 allows an authenticated and authorised user to import a project that includes branch names which are 40 hexadecimal characters, which could be abused in supply...

New Hugging Face Vulnerability Exposes AI Models to Supply Chain Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have found that it's possible to compromise the Hugging Face Safetensors conversion service to ultimately hijack the models submitted by users and result in supply chain attacks. "It's possible to send malicious pull requests with attacker-controlled data from the Huggin...

Ubuntu 'command-not-found' Tool Could Trick Users into Installing Rogue Packages

Cybersecurity researchers have found that it's possible for threat actors to exploit a well-known utility called command-not-found to recommend their own rogue packages and compromise systems running Ubuntu operating system. "While 'command-not-found' serves as a convenient tool for suggesting...

IR Q4 2023 trends: Significant increase in ransomware activity found in engagements, while education remains one of the most-targeted sectors

First time ransomware was the top threat in 2023, according to Q4 2023 Talos Incident Response report Ransomware, including pre-ransomware activity, was the top observed threat in the fourth quarter of 2023, accounting for 28 percent of engagements, according to Cisco Talos Incident Response Talo...

The Unknown Risks of The Software Supply Chain: A Deep-Dive

In a world where more & more organizations are adopting open-source components as foundational blocks in their application's infrastructure, it's difficult to consider traditional SCAs as complete protection mechanisms against open-source threats. Using open-source libraries saves tons of coding...

TensorFlow CI/CD Flaw Exposed Supply Chain to Poisoning Attacks

Continuous integration and continuous delivery CI/CD misconfigurations discovered in the open-source TensorFlow machine learning framework could have been exploited to orchestrate supply chain attacks. The misconfigurations could be abused by an attacker to "conduct a supply chain compromise of...

Python’s Poisoned Package: Another ‘Blank Grabber’ Malware in PyPI

Python Package Index PyPI is a platform that offers an extensive range of packages to simplify and enhance the development process. Malicious actors regularly upload phishing packages in the platform’s repository aimed at delivering malware to steal the victims information, or more frequently, to...

15,000 Go Module Repositories on GitHub Vulnerable to Repojacking Attack

New research has found that over 15,000 Go module repositories on GitHub are vulnerable to an attack called repojacking. "More than 9,000 repositories are vulnerable to repojacking due to GitHub username changes," Jacob Baines, chief technology officer at VulnCheck, said in a report shared with T...

Kubernetes Secrets of Fortune 500 Companies Exposed in Public Repositories

Cybersecurity researchers are warning of publicly exposed Kubernetes configuration secrets that could put organizations at risk of supply chain attacks. "These encoded Kubernetes configuration secrets were uploaded to public repositories," Aqua security researchers Yakir Kadkoda and Assaf Morag...

Trellix 2024 Threat Predictions

Trellix 2024 Threat Predictions By Trellix · October 30, 2023 Introduction This last year we have seen upheaval across the cybersecurity landscape. The need for effective, worldwide threat intelligence continues to grow as geopolitical and economic developments create an increasingly complicated...

North Korean Actors Behind Active Exploitation of TeamCity Vulnerability

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The North Korean threat actors Lazarus and its subgroup Andariel are actively exploiting the CVE-2023-42793 vulnerability, which is an authentication bypass vulnerability, after successful exploitation, ...

Lazarus Group’s Targeted Attacks on Korean Sectors

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Lazarus a state-sponsored threat group, has been employing sophisticated tactics like spear phishing and supply chain attacks, and utilizing various types of malware for control. To receive real-time...

Supply Chain Attack Targeting Telegram, AWS and Alibaba Cloud Users

By Deeba Ahmed KEY FINDINGS Cybersecurity firm Checkmarx has discovered a new wave of supply chain attacks exploiting bugs in popular… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Supply Chain Attack Targeting Telegram, AWS and Alibaba Cloud Users...

The vulnerability of the Windows Microsoft PC Manager software regarding maintenance, cleaning, and security operations involves an exploit that allows attackers to execute attacks on the supply chain and execute arbitrary code at client endpoints.

The vulnerability of the Windows Microsoft PC Manager software for maintenance, cleaning, and security operations is related to the possibility of bypassing authentication. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute attacks on the supply chain and execute arbitrary code at...

PT-2023-5743

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions JetBrains TeamCity versions prior to 2023.05.4 Description An authentication bypass exists in the server API due to insufficient access control, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain administrative access to the console and guest...