In this video Chris Astacio of Websense describes a malware attack that’s spreading through an infected module found in many Wordpress themes named TimThumb.php.
found in many WordPress themes
Two security vulnerabilities — one a privilege-escalation problem and the other a stored XSS bug — afflict a WordPress plugin with 40,000 installs.
Researchers have spotted notable code overlap between the Sunburst backdoor and a known Turla weapon.
Researchers at Recorded Future report a rise in cracked Cobalt Strike and other open-source adversarial tools with easy-to-use interfaces.
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