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XMLRPC npm Library Turns Malicious, Steals Data, Deploys Crypto Miner

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a software supply chain attack that has remained active for over a year on the npm package registry by starting off as an innocuous library and later adding malicious code to steal sensitive data and mine cryptocurrency on infected systems. The package, named @0xengine/xmlrpc, was originally published on October 2, 2023 […]

Cybercriminals Exploit Popular Game Engine Godot to Distribute Cross-Platform Malware

A popular open-source game engine called Godot Engine is being misused as part of a new GodLoader malware campaign, infecting over 17,000 systems since at least June 2024. “Cybercriminals have been taking advantage of Godot Engine to execute crafted GDScript code which triggers malicious commands and delivers malware,” Check Point said in a new analysis […]

Critical Flaw in ProjectSend Under Active Exploitation Against Public-Facing Servers

A critical security flaw impacting the ProjectSend open-source file-sharing application has likely come under active exploitation in the wild, according to findings from VulnCheck. The vulnerability, originally patched over a year-and-a-half ago as part of a commit pushed in May 2023 , was not officially made available until August 2024 with the release of version […]

U.S. Telecom Giant T-Mobile Detects Network Intrusion Attempts from Wireline Provider

U.S. telecom service provider T-Mobile said it recently detected attempts made by bad actors to infiltrate its systems in recent weeks but noted that no sensitive data was accessed. These intrusion attempts “originated from a wireline provider’s network that was connected to ours,” Jeff Simon, chief security officer at T-Mobile, said in a statement. “We […]