Power Generator in South Africa hit with DroxiDat and Cobalt Strike
Threat actors employed a new variant of the SystemBC malware, named DroxiDat, in attacks aimed at African critical infrastructure. Researchers…
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Friday Squid Blogging: NIWA Annual Squid Survey
Results from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited annual squid survey: This year, the team unearthed spectacular…
The Evolution of API: From Commerce to Cloud
API (or Application Programming Interface) is a ubiquitous term in the tech community today, and it’s one with a long…
The Inability to Simultaneously Verify Sentience, Location, and Identity
Really interesting “systematization of knowledge” paper: “SoK: The Ghost Trilemma” Abstract: Trolls, bots, and sybils distort online discourse and compromise…
Gafgyt botnet is targeting EoL Zyxel routers
Researchers warn that the Gafgyt botnet is actively exploiting a vulnerability impacting the end-of-life Zyxel P660HN-T1A router. A variant of…
Charming Kitten APT is targeting Iranian dissidents in Germany
Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) warns that the Charming Kitten APT group targeted Iranian dissidents…
Statc Stealer, a new sophisticated info-stealing malware
Experts warn that a new info-stealer named Statc Stealer is infecting Windows devices to steal a broad range of sensitive…
CISA discovered a new backdoor, named Whirlpool, used in Barracuda ESG attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) observed a new backdoor, named Whirlpool, in attacks on Barracuda ESG appliances.…
Cryptographic Flaw in Libbitcoin Explorer Cryptocurrency Wallet
Cryptographic flaws still matter. Here’s a flaw in the random-number generator used to create private keys. The seed has only…