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Researchers Disclose Undocumented Chinese Malware Used in Recent Attacks

Researchers Disclose Undocumented Chinese Malware Used in Recent Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a series of attacks by a threat actor of Chinese origin that has targeted organizations in Russia and Hong Kong with malware — including a previously undocumented backdoor. Attributing the campaign to Winnti (or APT41), Positive Technologies dated the first attack to May 12, 2020, when the

Ongoing Botnet Attack Exploiting Recent Linux Vulnerabilities

Ongoing Botnet Attack Exploiting Recent Linux Vulnerabilities

An ongoing malware campaign has been found exploiting recently disclosed vulnerabilities in network-attached storage (NAS) devices running on Linux systems to co-opt the machines into an IRC botnet for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and mining Monero cryptocurrency. The attacks deploy a new malware variant called “FreakOut” by leveraging critical

Reverse Engineering the source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine

Reverse Engineering the source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine

Welcome! In this post, we’ll be taking a character-by-character look at the source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine. Now, these words may be somewhat jarring – the vaccine is a liquid that gets injected in your arm. How can we talk about source code? This is a

The State of State Machines

The State of State Machines

On January 29, 2019, a serious vulnerability was discovered in Group FaceTime which allowed an attacker to call a target and force the call to connect without user interaction from the target, allowing the attacker to listen to the target’s surroundings without their knowledge or consent. The bug was

How to leave Google and why

How to leave Google and why

You should already know how big tech companies like Google or Facebook are using your private data to make revenue from targeted ads (and sometimes maybe sell it under the hood without your knowledge). There is no secret about data being the most valuable asset on earth now – even exceeding