Multiple WordPress plugins have been backdoored to inject malicious code that makes it possible to create rogue administrator accounts with the aim of performing arbitrary actions.
“The injected malware attempts to create a new administrative user account and then sends those details back to the attacker-controlled server,” Wordfence security researcher Chloe Chamberland said in a Monday alert.
In the latest breaches, threat groups compromised telecommunications firms in at least two Asian nations, installing backdoors and possibly eavesdropping or pre-positioning for a future attack.
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Assange will plead guilty to an Espionage Act charge of conspiring to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified national defense information, the Justice Department said.
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Daily operations at some 15,000 automotive dealers remain impacted as CDK works to restore its dealer management system, following what appears to be a ransomware attack last week.
AppSec is hard for traditional software development, let alone citizen developers. So how did two people resolve 70,000 vulnerabilities in three months?
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A suspected Chinese state-sponsored hacking group has stepped up its targeting of Taiwanese organizations, particularly those in sectors such as government, education, technology and diplomacy.
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In an incident with direct parallels to the recent Ticketmaster compromise, an Aussie live events giant says it was breached via a third-party cloud provider, as ShinyHunters takes credit.
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Google has developed a new framework called Project Naptime that it says enables a large language model (LLM) to carry out vulnerability research with an aim to improve automated discovery approaches.
“The Naptime architecture is centered around the interaction between an AI agent and a target codebase,” Google Project Zero researchers Sergei Glazunov and Mark Brand said. “The agent is provided
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Multiple WordPress Plugins Compromised: Hackers Create Rogue Admin Accounts
/in General NewsMultiple WordPress plugins have been backdoored to inject malicious code that makes it possible to create rogue administrator accounts with the aim of performing arbitrary actions.
“The injected malware attempts to create a new administrative user account and then sends those details back to the attacker-controlled server,” Wordfence security researcher Chloe Chamberland said in a Monday alert.
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China-Linked Cyber-Espionage Teams Target Asian Telecoms
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Hacker Claims TEG Ticket Vendor Breach: 30M User Records for Sale
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/in General NewsA suspected Chinese state-sponsored hacking group has stepped up its targeting of Taiwanese organizations, particularly those in sectors such as government, education, technology and diplomacy.
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30M Potentially Affected in Tickettek Australia Cloud Breach
/in General NewsIn an incident with direct parallels to the recent Ticketmaster compromise, an Aussie live events giant says it was breached via a third-party cloud provider, as ShinyHunters takes credit.
darkreading – Read More
Google Introduces Project Naptime for AI-Powered Vulnerability Research
/in General NewsGoogle has developed a new framework called Project Naptime that it says enables a large language model (LLM) to carry out vulnerability research with an aim to improve automated discovery approaches.
“The Naptime architecture is centered around the interaction between an AI agent and a target codebase,” Google Project Zero researchers Sergei Glazunov and Mark Brand said. “The agent is provided
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