Technical Analysis Strings obfuscation The steps for decrypting a Pikabot string are relatively simple. Each string is decrypted only when required (in other words, Pikabot does not decrypt all strings at once). Pikabot follows the steps below to decrypt a string: Pushes on the stack the encrypted string array. Initializes the RC4 encryption algorithm. The […]
Jan 03, 2024NewsroomCyber Threat / Email Security A new exploitation technique called Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) smuggling can be weaponized by threat actors to send spoofed emails with fake sender addresses while bypassing security measures. “Threat actors could abuse vulnerable SMTP servers worldwide to send malicious emails from arbitrary email addresses, allowing targeted phishing […]
Android Game Developer’s Google Drive Misconfiguration Leaks Information on Nearly One Million Users
A simple Google Drive configuration mistake by Japanese game developer Ateam resulted in the potential exposure of sensitive information for nearly one million individuals, highlighting the importance of properly securing cloud services.
Oct 09, 2023The Hacker NewsArtificial Intelligence / “Of course, here’s an example of simple code in the Python programming language that can be associated with the keywords “MyHotKeyHandler,” “Keylogger,” and “macOS,” this is a message from ChatGPT followed by a piece of malicious code and a brief remark not to use it for illegal purposes. […]
Two new security flaws in the popular Simple Membership plugin for WordPress, affecting versions 4.3.4 and below, have been identified, leading to potential privilege escalation issues. With over 50,000 active installations, the plugin developed by smp7 and wp.insider is widely used for custom membership management on WordPress sites. The flaws identified by Patchstack security researchers include […]