Developers Beware: Malicious Rust Libraries Caught Transmitting OS Info to Telegram Channel

In yet another sign that developers continue to be targets of software supply chain attacks, a number of malicious packages have been discovered on the Rust programming language's crate registry. The libraries, uploaded between August 14 and 16, 2023, were published by a user named "amaperf,"...

Carderbee Attacks: Hong Kong Organizations Targeted via Malicious Software Updates

A previously undocumented threat cluster has been linked to a software supply chain attack targeting organizations primarily located in Hong Kong and other regions in Asia. The Symantec Threat Hunter Team, part of Broadcom, is tracking the activity under its insect-themed moniker Carderbee. The...

New Supply Chain Attack Hit Close to 100 Victims—and Clues Point to China

The hackers, who mostly targeted victims in Hong Kong, also hijacked Microsoft’s trust model to make their malware harder to detect...

China-Linked Bronze Starlight Group Targeting Gambling Sector with Cobalt Strike Beacons

An ongoing cyber attack campaign originating from China is targeting the Southeast Asian gambling sector to deploy Cobalt Strike beacons on compromised systems. Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne said the tactics, techniques, and procedures point to the involvement of a threat actor tracked as Bronze...

Internet Bug Bounty: Cargo not respecting umask when extracting crate archives

Cargo did not respect the umask when extracting crate archives on UNIX-like systems, potentially allowing a local attacker to modify the source code compiled and executed by the current user...

Supply chain attacks disrupt emergency services communications

A supply chain attack rendered two ambulance trusts incapable of accessing electronic patient records in the UK. The two services, which operate in a region of 12 million people, were not targeted directly. Instead, the attack was aimed at a third-party technology provider used by both the South...

Malicious Package

This package has been identified as malicious. Attackers are using these packages in an ongoing supply chain attack to execute arbitrary code, likely when they are installed. Please read the references for more information...

Google fixes "Bad.Build" Cloud Build flaw, researchers say it's not enough

Researchers at Orca Security have found a design flaw in the Google Cloud Build service. Attackers would have been able to gain Privilege Escalation resulting in unauthorized access to code repositories in Googles Artifact Registry. The researchers dubbed the vulnerability Bad.Build and say it...

Bad.Build Flaw in Google Cloud Build Raises Concerns of Privilege Escalation

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in Google Cloud that could enable malicious actors tamper with application images and infect users, leading to supply chain attacks. The issue, dubbed Bad.Build, is rooted in the Google Cloud Build service, according to...

Pakistani Entities Targeted in Sophisticated Attack Deploying ShadowPad Malware

An unidentified threat actor compromised an application used by multiple entities in Pakistan to deliver ShadowPad, a successor to the PlugX backdoor that's commonly associated with Chinese hacking crews. Targets included a Pakistan government entity, a public sector bank, and a telecommunication...

Supply-Chain Attack Targeting Pakistani Government Delivers Shadowpad

We recently found that an MSI installer built by the National Information Technology Board NITB, a Pakistani government entity, delivered a Shadowpad sample, suggesting a possible supply-chain attack...

Possible Supply-Chain Attack Targeting Pakistani Government Delivers Shadowpad

We recently found that a modified installer of the E-Office app used by the Pakistani government delivered a Shadowpad sample, suggesting a possible supply-chain attack...

Node.js Users Beware: Manifest Confusion Attack Opens Door to Malware

The npm registry for the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment is susceptible to what's called a manifest confusion attack that could potentially allow threat actors to conceal malware in project dependencies or perform arbitrary script execution during installation. "A npm package's manifest is...

Node.js Users Beware: Manifest Confusion Attack Opens Door to Malware

The npm registry for the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment is susceptible to what's called a manifest confusion attack that could potentially allow threat actors to conceal malware in project dependencies or perform arbitrary script execution during installation. "A npm package's manifest is...

Malicious code in binance-prices (npm)

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Alert: Million of GitHub Repositories Likely Vulnerable to RepoJacking Attack

Millions of software repositories on GitHub are likely vulnerable to an attack called RepoJacking , a new study has revealed. This includes repositories from organizations such as Google, Lyft, and several others, Massachusetts-based cloud-native security firm Aqua said in a Wednesday report. The...

Supply Chain Attack: Abandoned S3 Buckets Used for Malicious Payloads

By Deeba Ahmed Threat actors have been taking over abandoned S3 buckets to launch malicious binaries, steal login credentials and more. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Supply Chain Attack: Abandoned S3 Buckets Used for Malicious Payloads...

New Supply Chain Attack Exploits Abandoned S3 Buckets to Distribute Malicious Binaries

In what's a new kind of software supply chain attack aimed at open source projects, it has emerged that threat actors could seize control of expired Amazon S3 buckets to serve rogue binaries without altering the modules themselves. "Malicious binaries steal the user IDs, passwords, local machine...

Malicious code in vue-gws (npm)

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Malicious code in ttf-metadata (npm)

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