Malicious code in red-bull-venue-tools (npm)

The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 3b5fe5829b1fbc9d863be9bad876998565a13ebc95fecc9ccc5600f92ecd423b package.json declares preinstall=node index.js, which fires automatically ...

[SECURITY] Fedora 42 Update: udisks2-2.10.90-3.fc42

The Udisks project provides a daemon, tools and libraries to access and manipulate disks, storage devices and technologies...

Beyond Laplace and Gaussian: Exploring the Generalized Gaussian Mechanism for Private Machine Learning

Differential privacy DP is obtained by randomizing a data analysis algorithm, which necessarily introduces a tradeoff between its utility and privacy. Many DP mechanisms are built upon one of two underlying tools: Laplace and Gaussian additive noise mechanisms. We expand the search space of...

SoK: Automated Vulnerability Repair: Methods, Tools, and Assessments

The increasing complexity of software has led to the steady growth of vulnerabilities. Vulnerability repair investigates how to fix software vulnerabilities. Manual vulnerability repair is labor-intensive and time-consuming because it relies on human experts, highlighting the importance of...

Explain First, Trust Later: LLM-Augmented Explanations for Graph-Based Crypto Anomaly Detection

The decentralized finance DeFi community has grown rapidly in recent years, pushed forward by cryptocurrency enthusiasts interested in the vast untapped potential of new markets. The surge in popularity of cryptocurrency has ushered in a new era of financial crime. Unfortunately, the novelty of t...

Understanding Content Moderation Policies and User Experiences in Generative AI Products

While recent research has focused on developing safeguards for generative AI GAI model-level content safety, little is known about how content moderation to prevent malicious content performs for end-users in real-world GAI products. To bridge this gap, we investigated content moderation policies...

CLSA-2025-1750444475 open-vm-tools: Fix of 2 CVEs

CVE-2023-34058: don't accept tokens with unrelated certs - CVE-2023-34059: fix file descriptor vuln by moving privilege drop from suidWrapper to vmtoolsd...

Surveillance in the US

Good article from 404 Media on the cozy surveillance relationship between local Oregon police and ICE: In the email thread, crime analysts from several local police departments and the FBI introduced themselves to each other and made lists of surveillance tools and tactics they have access to and...

6 Steps to 24/7 In-House SOC Success

Hackers never sleep, so why should enterprise defenses? Threat actors prefer to target businesses during off-hours. That's when they can count on fewer security personnel monitoring systems, delaying response and remediation. When retail giant Marks & Spencer experienced a security event over...

200+ Trojanized GitHub Repositories Found in Campaign Targeting Gamers and Developers

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new campaign in which the threat actors have published more than 67 GitHub repositories that claim to offer Python-based hacking tools, but deliver trojanized payloads instead. The activity, codenamed Banana Squad by ReversingLabs, is assessed to be a...

Towards Effective Complementary Security Analysis Using Large Language Models

A key challenge in security analysis is the manual evaluation of potential security weaknesses generated by static application security testing SAST tools. Numerous false positives FPs in these reports reduce the effectiveness of security analysis. We propose using Large Language Models LLMs to...

Moderate: open-vm-tools security update

The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines. Security Fixes: open-vm-tools:A malicious actor with non-administrative...

ALSA-2025:A002 Moderate: open-vm-tools security update

The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines. Security Fixes: open-vm-tools:A malicious actor with non-administrative...

ALSA-2025:A003 Moderate: open-vm-tools security update

The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines. Security Fixes: open-vm-tools:A malicious actor with non-administrative...

ALSA-2025:A001 Moderate: open-vm-tools security update

The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines. Security Fixes: open-vm-tools:A malicious actor with non-administrative...

PYSEC-2025-68

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Upsonic up to 0.55.6. This issue affects the function cloudpickle.loads of the file /tools/addtool of the component Pickle Handler. The manipulation leads to deserialization. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may ...

Banana Squad Hides Data-Stealing Malware in Fake GitHub Repositories

Banana Squad hid data-stealing malware in fake GitHub repos posing as Python tools, tricking users and targeting sensitive info like browser and wallet data...

N. Korean Hackers Use PylangGhost Malware in Fake Crypto Job Scam

North Korean hackers deploy PylangGhost malware through fake crypto job interviews targeting blockchain professionals with phishing and remote access tools...

Secure Vibe Coding: The Complete New Guide

DALL-E for coders? That's the promise behind vibe coding, a term describing the use of natural language to create software. While this ushers in a new era of AI-generated code, it introduces "silent killer" vulnerabilities: exploitable flaws that evade traditional security tools despite perfect...

Uncover LOTS Attacks Hiding in Trusted Tools — Learn How in This Free Expert Session

Most cyberattacks today don't start with loud alarms or broken firewalls. They start quietly—inside tools and websites your business already trusts. It's called "Living Off Trusted Sites" LOTS—and it's the new favorite strategy of modern attackers. Instead of breaking in, they blend in. Hackers a...