Persistent npm Campaign Shipping Trojanized jQuery

Approximately 68 malicious packages were created between May 26 and June 23, 2024, with deceptive names like cdnjquery and jquertyi. These packages were manually crafted, unlike automated attacks, allowing the threat actor to steal website form data.

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Unsecured Database Exposed 39 Million Sensitive Legal Records Online

Millions of Legal Documents Exposed Online! Sensitive data leak raises security concerns for the legal industry. Learn how…

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Hackers Target WordPress Calendar Plugin Used by 150,000 Sites

Hackers are targeting a vulnerability in the Modern Events Calendar WordPress plugin found on over 150,000 websites to upload files and execute code remotely. The plugin by Webnus is used to manage events.

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Google Is Adding Passkey Support for Its Most Vulnerable Users

Google is bringing the password-killing “passkey” tech to its Advanced Protection Program users more than a year after rolling them out broadly.

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Google Targets Passkey Support to High-Risk Execs, Civil Society

The tech giant has rolled out passkey support for account authentication within its Advanced Protection Program to complement existing compatibility with FIDO2 hardware keys.

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Crypto Analysts Expose HuiOne Guarantee’s $11 Billion Cybercrime Transactions

Cryptocurrency analysts have shed light on an online marketplace called HuiOne Guarantee that’s widely used by cybercriminals in Southeast Asia, particularly those linked to pig butchering scams.
“Merchants on the platform offer technology, data, and money laundering services, and have engaged in transactions totaling at least $11 billion,” Elliptic said in a report shared with The Hacker News.

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The $11 Billion Marketplace Enabling the Crypto Scam Economy

Deepfake scam services. Victim data. Electrified shackles for human trafficking. Crypto tracing firm Elliptic found all were available for sale on an online marketplace linked to Cambodia’s ruling family.

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ViperSoftX Malware Disguises as eBooks on Torrents to Spread Stealthy Attacks

The sophisticated malware known as ViperSoftX has been observed being distributed as eBooks over torrents.
“A notable aspect of the current variant of ViperSoftX is that it uses the Common Language Runtime (CLR) to dynamically load and run PowerShell commands, thereby creating a PowerShell environment within AutoIt for operations,” Trellix security researchers Mathanraj Thangaraju and Sijo Jacob

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New OpenSSH Vulnerability Discovered: Potential Remote Code Execution Risk

Select versions of the OpenSSH secure networking suite are susceptible to a new vulnerability that can trigger remote code execution (RCE).
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-6409 (CVSS score: 7.0), is distinct from CVE-2024-6387 (aka RegreSSHion) and relates to a case of code execution in the privsep child process due to a race condition in signal handling. It only impacts versions 8.7p1

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Houthi-Aligned APT Targets Mideast Militaries With ‘GuardZoo’ Spyware

Simple malware and simple TTPs play against a backdrop of complex geopolitical conflict in the Arab world.

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