Thousands of servers infected with new Lilocked (Lilu) ransomware
Researchers have identified a new strain of ransomware (Lilu) targeting Linux-based servers. Get the details in this article:
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Do VPNs Have a Place in Container Security?
Learn about the critical role that VPNs can play in container security in this informative Container Journal article:
NCSC in DNS Warning as Hijackers Focus on Home Routers
Have you heard that the NCSC has warned about DNS hijacking threats focusing on home routers? These attacks aim to modify the settings on home routers, potentially via cross-site request forgery (CSRF) web-based attacks, so that they use rogue DNS servers. The end goal is to secretly redirect the user to a phishing page or one capable of installing malware on their machine.
New Brute-Force Botnet Targeting Over 1.5 Million RDP Servers Worldwide
Security researchers have discovered an ongoing sophisticated botnet campaign that is currently brute-forcing more than 1.5 million publicly accessible Windows RDP servers on the Internet.
Vulnerabilities in Astaro Security Linux
Several serious theoretical and practical security vulnerabilities, alleged GPL license violations, and more were found in Astaro "secure" Linux. Joerg Luebbert writes, "Some of the vulnerabilities might be local and some might argue about that Astaro Security Linux is a Firewall and no server... but as it uses SSHD it could always be that the "loginuser" account might have been compromised and shell access granted.". . .
Russian Nation-State Group Employs Custom Backdoor for Microsoft Exchange Server
A well-known Russian nation-state hacking group has been infiltrating the Microsoft Exchange email servers of its targeted victims since at least 2014 via a custom backdoor.
