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Bad actors have been observed targeting Docker remote API servers to deploy the SRBMiner crypto miner on compromised instances, according to new findings from Trend Micro. "In this attack, the threat actor used the gRPC protocol over h2c to evade security solutions and execute their crypto mining operations on the Docker host," researchers Abdelrahman Esmail and Sunil Bharti said in a technical

Ubuntu Security Notice 7077-1 - Enrique Nissim and Krzysztof Okupski discovered that some AMD processors did not properly restrict access to the System Management Mode configuration when the SMM Lock was enabled. A privileged local attacker could possibly use this issue to further escalate their privileges and execute arbitrary code within the processor's firmware layer.

Ubuntu Security Notice 7076-1 - Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.

Ubuntu Security Notice 7074-1 - Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.

Ubuntu Security Notice 7073-2 - Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.

Ubuntu Security Notice 7069-2 - Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.

Ubuntu Security Notice 7028-2 - It was discovered that the JFS file system contained an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when printing xattr debug information. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.

Ubuntu Security Notice 7059-2 - USN-7059-1 fixed a vulnerability in OATH Toolkit library. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 24.10. Fabian Vogt discovered that OATH Toolkit incorrectly handled file permissions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite root owned files, leading to a privilege escalation attack.

Cybersecurity researchers have gleaned additional insights into a nascent ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) called Cicada3301 after successfully gaining access to the group's affiliate panel on the dark web. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB said it contacted the threat actor behind the Cicada3301 persona on the RAMP cybercrime forum via the Tox messaging service after the latter put out an

Ubuntu Security Notice 7073-1 - Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.