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Ultralytics AI model hijacked to infect thousands with cryptominer
The popular Ultralytics YOLO11 AI model was compromised in a supply chain attack to deploy cryptominers on devices running versions 8.3.41 and 8.3.42 from the Python Package Index (PyPI) Ultralytics is a software development company specializing in computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI), specifically in object detection and image processing. It’s best known for its “YOLO” (You Only Look Once)…
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BootKitty UEFI malware exploits LogoFAIL to infect Linux systems
The recently uncovered ‘Bootkitty’ Linux UEFI bootkit exploits the LogoFAIL flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-40238, to target computers running on vulnerable firmware. This is confirmed by firmware security firm Binarly, which discovered LogoFAIL in November 2023 and warned about its potential to be used in actual attacks. Bootkitty and LogoFAIL connection Bootkitty was discovered by ESET, who published a report last…
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Hackers abuse popular Godot game engine to infect thousands of PCs
Hackers have used new GodLoader malware exploiting the capabilities of the widely used Godot game engine to evade detection and infect over 17,000 systems in just three months. As Check Point Research found while investigating the attacks, threat actors can use this malware loader to target gamers across all major platforms, including Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. It’s also…
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Fake AI video generators infect Windows, macOS with infostealers
Fake AI image and video generators infect Windows and macOS with the Lumma Stealer and AMOS information-stealing malware, used to steal credentials and cryptocurrency wallets from infected devices. Lumma Stealer is a Windows malware and AMOS is for macOS, but both steal cryptocurrency wallets and cookies, credentials, passwords, credit cards, and browsing history from Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and…
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Malware exploits 5-year-old zero-day to infect end-of-life IP cameras
Image: Midjourney The Corona Mirai-based malware botnet is spreading through a 5-year-old remote code execution (RCE) zero-day in AVTECH IP cameras, which have been discontinued for years and will not receive a patch. The flaw, discovered by Akamai’s Aline Eliovich, is tracked as CVE-2024-7029 and is a high-severity (CVSS v4 score: 8.7) issue in the “brightness” function of the cameras,…
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