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Novel Worm-Like Malware P2Pinfect Targets Redis Deployments

Cado Security said the malware acts as a botnet and is compatibille with both Windows and Linux

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  • August 1, 2023

CISA: ‘Submarine’ Backdoor Torpedoes Barracuda Email Security

A China-nexus cyber espionage campaign rages on with the fourth backdoor to surface in the wild that takes advantage of the CVE-2023-2868 zero-day security bug — with severe threat of lateral movement, CISA warns.

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  • August 1, 2023

Lessons Not Learned From Software Supply Chain Attacks

Businesses that develop business-, mission-, or safety-critical software must learn from previous victims of software supply chain attacks.

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  • August 1, 2023

‘DarkBERT’ GPT-Based Malware Trains Up on the Entire Dark Web

The DarkBART and DarkBERT cybercriminal chatbots, based on Google Bard, represent a major leap ahead for adversarial AI, including Google Lens integration for images and instant access to the whole of the cyber-underground knowledge base.

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  • August 1, 2023

Apple Users Open to Remote Control via Tricky macOS Malware

The Hidden Virtual Network Computing (hVNC) malware infests Macs and silently executes complete takeovers, with no user permission needed. It also sports persistence through reboots.

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  • August 1, 2023

Firefox fixes a flurry of flaws in the first of two releases this month

No zero-days, but some interesting patches with their very own “teachable moments”.

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