The repository has already amassed over 15,000 reports of malicious packages, drawing data from various sources, including the OpenSSF Package Analysis project, Checkmarx security, and exports of malicious packages tracked by GitHub. In a bid to counter the increasing threat of malicious open source packages, the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) has introduced a new […]
Recently, the cybersecurity landscape has been confronted with a daunting new reality – the rise of malicious Generative AI, like FraudGPT and WormGPT. These rogue creations, lurking in the dark corners of the internet, pose a distinctive threat to the world of digital security. In this article, we will look at the nature of Generative […]
Oct 16, 2023NewsroomBlockchain / Malware Threat actors have been observed serving malicious code by utilizing Binance’s Smart Chain (BSC) contracts in what has been described as the “next level of bulletproof hosting.” The campaign, detected two months ago, has been codenamed EtherHiding by Guardio Labs. The novel twist marks the latest iteration in an ongoing […]
A malicious package hosted on the NuGet package manager for the .NET Framework has been found to deliver a remote access trojan called SeroXen RAT. The package, named Pathoschild.Stardew.Mod.Build.Config and published by a user named Disti, is a typosquat of a legitimate package called Pathoschild.Stardew.ModBuildConfig, software supply chain security firm Phylum said in a report […]
76% of cybersecurity professionals believe the world is very close to encountering malicious AI that can bypass most known cybersecurity measures, according to Enea. 26% see this happening within the next year, and 50% in the next 5 years. Worries about rogue AI among security professionals In addition to the concern about offensive AI outpacing […]
Mozilla issued a warning this week over malicious websites offering Thunderbird downloads after a ransomware group was caught using this technique to deliver malware. Cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs reported last week that a website where the Snatch ransomware group names victims had been leaking data, including visitor IPs and information on internal operations. According to […]
ReversingLabs researchers have identified a new, malicious supply chain attack affecting the npm platform. The “typosquatting” campaign first appeared in August and pushed a malicious package, node-hide-console-windows, which downloaded a Discord bot that facilitated the planting of an open source rootkit, r77. This is the first time ReversingLabs researchers have discovered a malicious open source […]
Experts Discover Multiple Malicious npm Packages | Cyware Alerts – Hacker News The world of open-source software offers countless benefits to developers worldwide. However, with opportunities also come risks. The FortiGuard Labs team recently uncovered numerous malicious packages within npm, the most extensive software registry for JavaScript. This article delves deep into these packages, unveiling […]
Sep 28, 2023THNSupply Chain / Malware A new malicious campaign has been observed hijacking GitHub accounts and committing malicious code disguised as Dependabot contributions with an aim to steal passwords from developers. “The malicious code exfiltrates the GitHub project’s defined secrets to a malicious C2 server and modify any existing javascript files in the attacked […]