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A backdoor mechanism found in tens of Ruby libraries

Security Affairs

Maintainers of the RubyGems package repository have removed 18 malicious versions of 11 Ruby libraries that contained a backdoor. Maintainers of the RubyGems package repository have discovered a backdoor mechanism in 18 malicious versions of 11 Ruby libraries. It overloaded the #authenticate method on the Identity class.

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Hackers target Docker servers to deploy the new Kinsing cryptocurrency miner

Security Affairs

Experts uncovered a hacking campaign that is breaching Docker clusters to deploy a new crypto-mining malware tracked as Kinsing. Cloud security firm Aqua Security uncovered a hacking campaign carried out during the past months, hackers are scanning the Internet for Docker servers running API ports exposed without a password.

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XMR crypto miner switches from arm IoT devices to X86/I686 Intel servers

Security Affairs

“I suspect it’s probably a derivate of other IoT crypto mining botnets,” Cashdollar told The Register. “The malware is uploaded as gzip compressed tarball archives of binaries, scripts, and libraries. “This one seems to target enterprise systems.” ” wrote Cashdollar. ” Cashdollar concludes.

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

As is now traditional, I’ve installed myself in the porter’s chair next to the fire in the library, ready to recap some of the year’s more newsworthy information security events. that the crooks were only able to mine a paltry $24 – which Coinhive refused to pay out anyway. Users were encouraged to change their passwords.

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2024 State of Cybersecurity: Reports of More Threats & Prioritization Issues

eSecurity Planet

Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches. 583% increase in Kerberoasting [password hash cracking] attacks. 64% of managers and higher admit to poor password practices.