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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. ” The Kinsing malware abuses the resources of the Docker installations to mine cryptocurrency, hackers exploit unprotected open Docker API port to instantiate an Ubuntu container. “The spre.

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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.

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

eSecurity Planet

Multi-factor authentication : Protects stolen credentials against use by requiring more than a simple username and password combination for access to resources. Passwordless authentication : Eliminates passwords in favor of other types of authentication such as passkeys, SSO, biometrics, or email access.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Top 6 Rootkit Threats and How to Protect Yourself

eSecurity Planet

Also known as an “application rootkit,” the user-mode rootkit replaces executables and system libraries and modifies the behavior of application programming interfaces (APIs). using strong authentication. Additionally, removal might cause more damage to the computer if the bootkit has already altered the computer’s boot records.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking APIs

ForAllSecure

And in May of 2021 Researchers disclosed that the Peloton API authentication was broken. Wilde: Now, for me the storyline was interesting right so when it was reported I think in late January, it was completely open right like this is right no authentication at all because well we didn't tell anybody about it. Well, it turns out a lot.