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This week, REvil hacker sentenced; ZDI saw possible Ivanti-zero-day; FBI said to strengthen DMARC policies; Okta saw surge in credential stuffing attacks; French

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Multiple software and hardware products saw vulnerabilities this week, notably Ivanti, which has had continued issues the last two months.

On 29 March 2024, an announcement was posted notifying the world that the Open-Source Software (OSS) package "xz-utils," which includes the xz data compression program and a library of software routines called "liblzma" and which is present in most Linux distributions, had been compromised. The insertion of the compromised code was done by "Jia Tan", the official maintainer of the xz-utils package.

The Linux operating system, renowned for its robust security as a pillar of open-source software, has recently faced scrutiny due to a backdoor discovered

A curious Microsoft employee has saved the world from a potential global meltdown as several Linux distros were found vulnerable to an XZ backdoor tracked under CVE-2024-3094 (CVSS score of 10.0).

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The malicious code was introduced by a user that has long-contributed to the open-source ecosystem.

A new and improved variant of the group's malware combines fileless infection, BYOVD, and more to cause havoc in virtual environments.