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'Vortax' Meeting Software Builds Elaborate Branding, Spreads Infostealers

The "Markopolo" threat actors built a convincing brand and Web presence for fake software to deliver the dangerous Atomic macOS stealer, among other malware, to carry out cryptocurrency heists.

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New Rust-based Fickle Malware Uses PowerShell for UAC Bypass and Data Exfiltration

A new Rust-based information stealer malware called Fickle Stealer has been observed being delivered via multiple attack chains with the goal of harvesting sensitive information from compromised hosts. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs said it's aware of four different distribution methods -- namely VBA dropper, VBA downloader, link downloader, and executable downloader -- with some of them using a

Chinese Cyber Espionage Group Exploits Fortinet, Ivanti and VMware Zero-Days

The China-nexus cyber espionage actor linked to the zero-day exploitation of security flaws in Fortinet, Ivanti, and VMware devices has been observed utilizing multiple persistence mechanisms in order to maintain unfettered access to compromised environments. "Persistence mechanisms encompassed network devices, hypervisors, and virtual machines, ensuring alternative channels remain available

Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine

A WIRED investigation shows that the AI-powered search startup Forbes has accused of stealing its content is surreptitiously scraping—and making things up out of thin air.

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6818-4

Ubuntu Security Notice 6818-4 - Alon Zahavi discovered that the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate H2C PDU data, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. It was discovered that the Intel Data Streaming and Intel Analytics Accelerator drivers in the Linux kernel allowed direct access to the devices for unprivileged users and virtual machines. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.

User Registration And Management System 3.2 SQL Injection

User Registration and Management System version 3.2 suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability that allows for authentication bypass.

Warning: Markopolo's Scam Targeting Crypto Users via Fake Meeting Software

A threat actor who goes by alias markopolo has been identified as behind a large-scale cross-platform scam that targets digital currency users on social media with information stealer malware and carries out cryptocurrency theft. The attack chains involve the use of a purported virtual meeting software named Vortax (and 23 other apps) that are used as a conduit to deliver Rhadamanthys, StealC,

CHERI Alliance Aims to Secure Hardware Memory

The consortium of private companies and academia will focus on ways to protect hardware memory from attacks.

Critical VMware Bugs Open Swaths of VMs to RCE, Data Theft

A trio of bugs could allow hackers to escalate privileges and remotely execute code on virtual machines deployed across cloud environments.

Cut & Paste Tactics Import Malware to Unwitting Victims

"ClearFake" and "ClickFix" attackers are tricking people into cutting and pasting malicious PowerShell scripts to infect their own machines with RATs and infostealers.