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New Linux Variant of Play Ransomware Targeting VMware ESXi Systems

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Linux variant of a ransomware strain known as Play (aka Balloonfly and PlayCrypt) that's designed to target VMware ESXi environments. "This development suggests that the group could be broadening its attacks across the Linux platform, leading to an expanded victim pool and more successful ransom negotiations," Trend Micro researchers said in a

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GHSA-w36w-948j-xhfw: H2O vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data

The H2O machine learning platform uses "Iced" classes as the primary means of moving Java Objects around the cluster. The Iced format supports inclusion of serialized Java objects. When a model is deserialized, any class is allowed to be deserialized (no class whitelist). An attacker can construct a crafted Iced model that uses Java gadgets and leads to arbitrary code execution when imported to the H2O platform.

GHSA-f8hx-f4xw-c646: Guardrails AI vulnerable to Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

RAIL documents are an XML-based format invented by Guardrails AI to enforce formatting checks on LLM outputs. Guardrails users that consume RAIL documents from external sources are vulnerable to XXE, which may cause leakage of internal file data via the SYSTEM entity.

Cybercriminals Exploit CrowdStrike Update Mishap to Distribute Remcos RAT Malware

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which is facing the heat for causing worldwide IT disruptions by pushing out a flawed update to Windows devices, is now warning that threat actors are exploiting the situation to distribute Remcos RAT to its customers in Latin America under the guise of a providing a hotfix. The attack chains involve distributing a ZIP archive file named "crowdstrike-hotfix.zip,"

The Feds Say These Are the Russian Hackers Who Attacked US Water Utilities

Plus: The FBI unlocks the Trump shooter’s phone, a security researcher gets legal threats for exposing hackable traffic lights, and more.

17-Year-Old Linked to Scattered Spider Cybercrime Syndicate Arrested in U.K.

Law enforcement officials in the U.K. have arrested a 17-year-old boy from Walsall who is suspected to be a member of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime syndicate. The arrest was made "in connection with a global cyber online crime group which has been targeting large organizations with ransomware and gaining access to computer networks," West Midlands police said. "The arrest is part of

Don't Fall for CrowdStrike Outage Scams

Swindlers are spinning up bogus websites in an attempt to dupe people with “CrowdStrike support” scams following the security firm's catastrophic software update.

GHSA-j22r-3rf3-cv25: Calibre-Web Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

In janeczku Calibre-Web 0.6.0 to 0.6.21, the edit_book_comments function is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) due to improper sanitization performed by the clean_string function. The vulnerability arises from the way the clean_string function handles HTML sanitization.

GHSA-r9vw-cjf9-xh4x: ProcessWire Cross Site Request Forgery vulnerability

Cross Site Request Forgery vulnerability in ProcessWire v.3.0.229 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML file to the comments functionality.

GHSA-47mc-qmh2-mqj4: Automad arbitrary file upload vulnerability

An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the image upload function of Automad v2.0.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.