Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new malware campaign that targets publicly exposed Docket API endpoints with the aim of delivering cryptocurrency miners and other payloads.
Included among the tools deployed is a remote access tool that’s cap…

VMware has released updates to address critical flaws impacting Cloud Foundation, vCenter Server, and vSphere ESXi that could be exploited to achieve privilege escalation and remote code execution.
The list of vulnerabilities is as follows –

CVE-2024-…

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has announced the extradition of two men from Malaysia for their alleged involvement in a mobile malware campaign targeting citizens in the country since June 2023.
The unnamed individuals, aged 26 and 47, engaged in sc…

ASUS has shipped software updates to address a critical security flaw impacting its routers that could be exploited by malicious actors to bypass authentication.
Tracked as CVE-2024-3080, the vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum o…

A suspected China-nexus cyber espionage actor has been attributed as behind a prolonged attack against an unnamed organization located in East Asia for a period of about three years, with the adversary establishing persistence using legacy F5 BIG-IP ap…

Traditional application security practices are not effective in the modern DevOps world. When security scans are run only at the end of the software delivery lifecycle (either right before or after a service is deployed), the ensuing process of compili…

Legitimate-but-compromised websites are being used as a conduit to deliver a Windows backdoor dubbed BadSpace under the guise of fake browser updates.
“The threat actor employs a multi-stage attack chain involving an infected website, a command-and-con…

Threat actors have been observed deploying a malware called NiceRAT to co-opt infected devices into a botnet.
The attacks, which target South Korean users, are designed to propagate the malware under the guise of cracked software, such as Microsoft Win…

Law enforcement authorities have allegedly arrested a key member of the notorious cybercrime group called Scattered Spider.
The individual, a 22-year-old man from the United Kingdom, was arrested this week in the Spanish city of Palma de Mallorca as he…

Pakistan has become the latest target of a threat actor called the Smishing Triad, marking the first expansion of its footprint beyond the E.U., Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E., and the U.S.
“The group’s latest tactic involves sending malicious messages on be…