Source Code of New ‘CodeRAT’ Backdoor Published Online

The developer of the new ‘CodeRAT’ backdoor has released their malware’s source code online after being confronted by security researchers, cybersecurity firm SafeBreach reports.

The new remote access trojan (RAT) was seen being deployed via a malicious Word document carrying a Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) exploit.  

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Atlassian Ships Urgent Patch for Critical Bitbucket Vulnerability

Atlassian’s security response team has issued an urgent advisory to warn of a critical command injection flaw in its Bitbucket Server and Data Center product.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS severity score of 9.9 out of 10 and can be exploited remotely to launch code execution attacks, Atlassian said.

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New ‘Agenda’ Ransomware Customized for Each Victim

Cybersecurity company Trend Micro is raising the alarm on a new ransomware family called Agenda, which has been used in attacks on organizations in Asia and Africa.

Written in the Golang (Go) cross-platform programming language, the threat has the ability to reboot systems in safe mode and to stop server-specific processes and services.

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