New Mirai Variant Exploiting 13 RCE Flaws to Target Linux and IoT Devices

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[Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [New Mirai Botnet Variant 'V3G4' Exploiting 13 Flaws to Target Linux and IoT Devices]( A new variant of the notorious Mirai botnet has been found leveraging several security vulnerabilities to propagate itself to Linux and IoT devices. Observed during the second half of 2022, the new version has been dubbed V3G4 by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, which identified three different campaigns likely conducted by the same threat actor. "Once the vulnerable devices are compromised, ... [Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Critical RCE Vulnerability Discovered in ClamAV Open Source Antivirus Software]( Cisco has rolled out security updates to address a critical flaw reported in the ClamAV open source antivirus engine that could lead to remote code execution on susceptible devices. Tracked as CVE-2023-20032 (CVSS score: 9.8), the issue relates to a case of remote code execution residing in the HFS+ file parser component. The flaw affects versions 1.0.0 and earlier, 0.105.1 and earlier, ... [Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Researchers Hijack Popular NPM Package with Millions of Downloads]( A popular npm package with more than 3.5 million weekly downloads has been found vulnerable to an account takeover attack. "The package can be taken over by recovering an expired domain name for one of its maintainers and resetting the password," software supply chain security company Illustria said in a report. While npm's security protections limit users to have only one active email ... [Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Researchers Link SideWinder Group to Dozens of Targeted Attacks in Multiple Countries]( The prolific SideWinder group has been attributed as the nation-state actor behind attempted attacks against 61 entities in Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka between June and November 2021. Targets included government, military, law enforcement, banks, and other organizations, according to an exhaustive report published by Group-IB, which also found links between the ... [Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Hackers Using Google Ads to Spread FatalRAT Malware Disguised as Popular Apps]( Chinese-speaking individuals in Southeast and East Asia are the targets of a new rogue Google Ads campaign that delivers remote access trojans such as FatalRAT to compromised machines. The attacks involve purchasing ad slots to appear in Google search results and direct users looking for popular applications to rogue websites hosting trojanized installers, ESET said in a report published ... [Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Researchers Warn of Critical Security Bugs in Schneider Electric Modicon PLCs]( Security researchers have disclosed two new vulnerabilities affecting Schneider Electric Modicon programmable logic controllers (PLCs) that could allow for authentication bypass and remote code execution. The flaws, tracked as CVE-2022-45788 (CVSS score: 7.5) and CVE-2022-45789 (CVSS score: 8.1), are part of a broader collection of security defects tracked by Forescout as OT:ICEFALL. ... [Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Breaking the Security "Black Box" in DBs, Data Warehouses and Data Lakes]( Security teams typically have great visibility over most areas, for example, the corporate network, endpoints, servers, and cloud infrastructure. They use this visibility to enforce the necessary security and compliance requirements. 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