April 4, 2025 at 10:04AM

■■□□□ Possible zero-day in Juniper product. On Wednesday, SANS Institute’s Johannes Ullrich said he noticed a surge in scans for the username “t128,” which, when accompanied by the password “128tRoutes,” is a well-known default account for Juniper’s Session Smart Networking products. “About 3,000 source IPs took part in these scans,” reported Ullrich, the dean of…

April 3, 2025 at 11:03PM

■□□□□ Even some computer engineers are jobless to write this: Fake shell saying it is root (as if it was privilege escalation). Waste of time to people who have jobs. Content shared by fellow researcher .

April 3, 2025 at 01:03AM

■■■■□ We Smell a (DC)Rat: Revealing a Sophisticated Malware Delivery Chain. The Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) was presented with an interesting threat chain and malware sample for analysis that involved a known cyberthreat along with some interesting twists in targeting and obfuscation. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/we-smell-a-dcrat-revealing-a-sophisticated-malware-delivery-chain/

April 3, 2025 at 12:42AM

■□□□□ GitHub announced updates to its Advanced Security platform after it detected over 39 million leaked secrets in repositories during 2024, including API keys and credentials, exposing users and organizations to serious security risks. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-expands-security-tools-after-39-million-secrets-leaked-in-2024/

April 3, 2025 at 12:40AM

■■□□□ Oracle is being accused of poor incident comms as it reels from two reported data security mishaps over the past fortnight, amid a reluctance to publicly acknowledge all of the events as well as allegedly deleting evidence from the web. https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/02/oracle_breach_disaster_planning/

April 3, 2025 at 12:36AM

■■■■□ Cyber-Attack on Israel: Hackers exploit voicemail to hijack Telegram accounts in Israel, experts warn Cyber campaign, traced to Bangladesh and Indonesia, uses fake profiles and social engineering to breach Telegram accounts; Experts urge Israelis to disable voicemail or change default PINs and activate two-step verification for protection. https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/sya8100kayg