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GoTrim botnet actively brute forces WordPress and OpenCart sites

Security Affairs

The analysis also revealed that the bot does not maintain persistence in the infected system. C2 communications are encrypted using the Advanced Encryption Standard in Galois Counter Mode (AES-GCM) with a key derived from a passphrase embedded in the malware binary. ” continues the report. ” concludes the report.

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Crooks use hidden directories of compromised HTTPS sites to deliver malware

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of the popular CMS that are affected by a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) flaw that resides in the comment section of WordPress that is enabled by defaul t. According to the experts, the cybercriminals targeted websites running outdated CMS plugins and themes or server-side software. ” reads the analysis from Zscaler.

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Gootkit delivery platform Gootloader used to deliver additional payloads

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” reads the analysis published by researchers Gabor Szappanos and Andrew Brandt from Sophos. ” continues the analysis. ” Many of the hacked sites employed in the attacks observed by Sophos were serving the fake message board and were running a well-known CMS. “This.js

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Dacls RAT, the first Lazarus malware that targets Linux devices

Security Affairs

And our analysis shows that this is a fully functional, covert and RAT program targeting both Windows and Linux platforms, and the samples share some key characters being used by Lazarus Group.” ” reads the analysis published by Qihoo 360 Netlab. com /cms/ wp -content/uploads/2015/12/. ” continues the analysis.

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The Long Run of Shade Ransomware

Security Affairs

Technical analysis. This file acts as downloader in the infection chain, using a series of hard-coded server addresses, It heavily rely on obfuscation and encryption to avoid the antimalware detection. Shade encrypts all the user files using an AES encryption scheme. References to an Oil-Gas company.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 13 – 19 November 2023

IT Governance

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Incident details: SEI, an online payment service provider, has notified customers that its systems has been accessed by an unknown individual who copied an encrypted database.