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Several companies operating in the cryptocurrency sector are the target of a newly discovered Apple macOS backdoor codenamed RustDoor. RustDoor was first documented by Bitdefender last week, describing it as a Rust-based malware capable of harvesting and uploading files, as well as gathering information about the infected machines. It's distributed by masquerading itself as a Visual

There was about a 24-hour period where many news outlets reported on a reported DDoS attack that involved a botnet made up of thousands of internet-connected toothbrushes.

Ubuntu Security Notice 6639-1 - It was discovered that a race condition existed in the ATM subsystem of the Linux kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the AppleTalk networking subsystem of the Linux kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

By Deeba Ahmed This is the first instance of an iOS trojan that has been found stealing facial data from victims. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New iOS Trojan “GoldPickaxe” Steals Facial Recognition Data

Adapt CMS version 3.0.3 suffers from persistent cross site scripting and remote shell upload vulnerabilities.

XoopsCore25 version 2.5.11 suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability.

Complaint Management System version 2.0 suffers from multiple remote SQL injection vulnerabilities.

A list of topics we covered in the week of February 5 to February 11 of 2024

Apple macOS users are the target of a new Rust-based backdoor that has been operating under the radar since November 2023. The backdoor, codenamed RustDoor by Bitdefender, has been found to impersonate an update for Microsoft Visual Studio and target both Intel and Arm architectures. The exact initial access pathway used to propagate the implant is currently not known, although

Debian Linux Security Advisory 5618-1 - Vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WebKitGTK web engine. An anonymous researcher discovered that a maliciously crafted webpage may be able to fingerprint the user. Wangtaiyu discovered that processing web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited.