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New Android Banking Malware 'ToxicPanda' Targets Users with Fraudulent Money Transfers

Over 1,500 Android devices have been infected by a new strain of Android banking malware called ToxicPanda that allows threat actors to conduct fraudulent banking transactions. "ToxicPanda's main goal is to initiate money transfers from compromised devices via account takeover (ATO) using a well-known technique called on-device fraud (ODF)," Cleafy researchers Michele Roviello, Alessandro Strino

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Leveraging Wazuh for Zero Trust security

Zero Trust security changes how organizations handle security by doing away with implicit trust while continuously analyzing and validating access requests. Contrary to perimeter-based security, users within an environment are not automatically trusted upon gaining access. Zero Trust security encourages continuous monitoring of every device and user, which ensures sustained protection after

Synology Urges Patch for Critical Zero-Click RCE Flaw Affecting Millions of NAS Devices

Taiwanese network-attached storage (NAS) appliance maker Synology has addressed a critical security flaw impacting DiskStation and BeePhotos that could lead to remote code execution. Tracked as CVE-2024-10443 and dubbed RISK:STATION by Midnight Blue, the zero-day flaw was demonstrated at the Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 hacking contest by security researcher Rick de Jager. RISK:STATION is an "

Iranian APT Group Targets IP Cameras, Extends Attacks Beyond Israel

The Iran-linked group Emennet Pasargad aims to undermine public confidence in Israeli and Western nations by using hack-and-leak campaigns and disrupting government services, including elections.

Malware Campaign Uses Ethereum Smart Contracts to Control npm Typosquat Packages

An ongoing campaign is targeting npm developers with hundreds of typosquat versions of their legitimate counterparts in an attempt to trick them into running cross-platform malware. The attack is notable for utilizing Ethereum smart contracts for command-and-control (C2) server address distribution, according to independent findings from Checkmarx, Phylum, and Socket published over the past few

Canadian Suspect Arrested Over Snowflake Data Breach and Extortion Attacks

Canadian law enforcement authorities have arrested an individual who is suspected to have conducted a series of hacks stemming from the breach of cloud data warehousing platform Snowflake earlier this year. The individual in question, Alexander "Connor" Moucka (aka Judische and Waifu), was apprehended on October 30, 2024, on the basis of a provisional arrest warrant, following a request by the

Google Warns of Actively Exploited CVE-2024-43093 Vulnerability in Android System

Google has warned that a security flaw impacting its Android operating system has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-43093, has been described as a privilege escalation flaw in the Android Framework component that could result in unauthorized access to "Android/data," "Android/obb," and "Android/sandbox" directories and its sub-directories,

GHSA-3gf9-wv65-gwh9: gradio Server Side Request Forgery vulnerability

In gradio <=4.42.0, the gr.DownloadButton function has a hidden server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability. The reason is that within the save_url_to_cache function, there are no restrictions on the URL, which allows access to local target resources. This can lead to the download of local resources and sensitive information.

GHSA-ghx4-cgxw-7h9p: LocalAI Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

localai <=2.20.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS). When calling the delete model API and passing inappropriate parameters, it can cause a one-time storage XSS, which will trigger the payload when a user accesses the homepage.

GHSA-6p55-qr3j-mpgq: AgentScope uses `eval`

In agentscope <=v0.0.4, the file `agentscope\web\workstation\workflow_utils.py` has the function `is_callable_expression`. Within this function, the line `result = eval(s)` poses a security risk as it can directly execute user-provided commands.