The malicious code planted in xz Utils has been circulating for over a month. Researchers discovered a malicious backdoor in a compression tool, which infiltrated widely utilized Linux distributions, including those offered by Red Hat and Debian. According to developer Andres Freund who discovered it, the compression utility, known as xz Utils, introduced the malicious […]
Cybercriminals are actively exploiting a two-year-old VMware vulnerability as part of a ransomware campaign targeting thousands of organizations worldwide. Admins, hosting providers, and the French Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-FR) warn that attackers actively target VMware ESXi servers unpatched against a two-year-old remote code execution vulnerability to deploy a new ESXiArgs ransomware. The security vulnerability […]