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The Gitpaste-12 botnet uses GitHub and Pastebin to host component code and has at least 12 active attack modules.

A weekly vulnerability digest.

Over the weekend the researchers detected a campaign, which was using a chain of Powershell obfuscated scripts to download Cobalt Strike.

The Ragnar Locker gang claims to have stolen 2 TB of unencrypted files during the attack and demands a $15 million ransom.

The group combines script-kiddie messages and advanced deployment and targeting techniques in attacks.

The incident involved an unauthorized access carried out by a third party, the company said.

The malware was put up for auction, with a starting price of $6,500.

The malicious code discovered in the tainted Twilio library opened a TCP reverse shell on all machines where the library was downloaded.

The vulnerability is being used to bypass authentication procedures and install a backdoor dubbed SLAPSTICK on internet-exposed Solaris servers.

A separate zero-day bug has been fixed in Chrome for Android.