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β€ŠCISA adds 7 vulnerabilities to list of bugs exploited by hackers

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added seven vulnerabilities to its list of bugs actively exploited by hackers, with the new flaws disclosed by Apple. Microsoft, SAP, and Google. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-adds-7-vulnerabilities-to-list-of-bugs-exploited-by-hackers/
β€Š241 npm and PyPI packages caught dropping Linux cryptominers

More than 200 malicious packages were discovered infiltrating the PyPI and npm open source registries this week. These packages are largely typosquats of widely used libraries and each one of them downloads a Bash script on Linux systems that run cryptominers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/241-npm-and-pypi-packages-caught-dropping-linux-cryptominers/
β€ŠThe Week in Ransomware - August 19th 2022 - Evolving extortion tactics

Bringing you the latest ransomware news, including new research, tactics, and cyberattacks. We also saw the return of the BlackByte ransomware operation, who has started to use new extortion tactics. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-august-19th-2022-evolving-extortion-tactics/
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New tool checks if a mobile app's browser is a privacy risk

A new online tool named 'InAppBrowser' lets you analyze the behavior of in-app browsers embedded within mobile apps and determine if they inject privacy-threatening JavaScript into websites you visit. [...]
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241 npm and PyPI packages caught dropping Linux cryptominers

More than 200 malicious packages were discovered infiltrating the PyPI and npm open source registries this week. These packages are largely typosquats of widely used libraries and each one of them downloads a Bash script on Linux systems that run cryptominers. [...]
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β€ŠAn encrypted ZIP file can have two correct passwords β€” here's why

Password-protected ZIP archives are common means of compressing and sharing sets of filesβ€”from sensitive documents to malware samples to even malware (phishing "invoices" in emails). But, did you know it is possible for an encrypted ZIP file to have two correct passwords, with both producing the same outcome on extraction? [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/an-encrypted-zip-file-can-have-two-correct-passwords-heres-why/
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