Prajeet Nair

New Delhi

Assistant Editor, Global News Desk at Information Security Media Group (ISMG)

Assistant Editor - Global News Desk at Information Security Media Group. Anything related to Cybersecurity? PLEASE DM. Tweets are personal. From Amarkantak.

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Linux Crash Dump Flaws Expose Passwords, Encryption Keys

1 week ago | thetechstreetnow.com | Prajeet Nair

25 minutes ago bankinfosecurity Race-Condition Bugs in Ubuntu and Red Hat Tools Could Leak Sensitive Memory Data Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • May 30, 2025 Hackers could exploit a tool that stores crashed system data in older Linux operating systems to obtain passwords and encryption keys, say researchers.
Linux Crash Dump Flaws Expose Passwords, Encryption Keys

1 week ago | bankinfosecurity.com | Prajeet Nair

Race-Condition Bugs in Ubuntu and Red Hat Tools Could Leak Sensitive Memory Data Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • May 30, 2025 Image: Shutterstock Hackers could exploit a tool that stores crashed system data in older Linux operating systems to obtain passwords and encryption keys, say researchers.
Linux Crash Dump Flaws Expose Passwords, Encryption Keys

1 week ago | inforisktoday.com | Prajeet Nair

Attack Surface Management , Security Operations Race-Condition Bugs in Ubuntu and Red Hat Tools Could Leak Sensitive Memory Data Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • May 30, 2025 Image: Shutterstock Hackers could exploit a tool that stores crashed system data in older Linux operating systems to obtain passwords and encryption keys, say researchers.
Thousands of ASUS Routers Hit by Persistent Backdoor

1 week ago | bankinfosecurity.com | Prajeet Nair

Endpoint Security , Internet of Things Security Persistent Attack Grants Remote SSH Access via Exploit Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • May 29, 2025 Image: Tada Images/Shutterstock Someone - possibly nation-state hackers - appears to be constructing a botnet from thousands of Asus routers in hacking that survives a firmware patch and reboots. Nearly 9,000 routers have been compromised and the number is growing, say researchers.
PumaBot Malware Targets Linux IoT Devices

1 week ago | bankinfosecurity.com | Prajeet Nair

Endpoint Security , Internet of Things Security Stealthy Malware Installs Cryptomining Software Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • May 28, 2025 A puma photographed in captivity in Goias, Brazil. (Image: Leonardo Mercon/Shutterstock) A botnet targeting Internet of Things devices running on the Linux operating system works by brute forcing credentials and downloading cryptomining software.
Popular Industrial Power Monitors Had Remote Hacking Flaws

1 week ago | bankinfosecurity.com | Prajeet Nair

Researchers Uncover Critical Flaws Enable Remote Device Takeover Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • May 28, 2025 Image: Rockwell Automation / Shutterstock A ubiquitous industrial power monitoring device contains three critical vulnerabilities in its firmware that could allow attackers to disrupt operations by remotely crashing them or executing unwanted code.
PumaBot Malware Targets Linux IoT Devices

1 week ago | thetechstreetnow.com | Prajeet Nair

5 minutes ago bankinfosecurity Stealthy Malware Installs Cryptomining Software Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • May 28, 2025 A botnet targeting Internet of Things devices running on the Linux operating system works by brute forcing credentials and downloading cryptomining software.
Reconnaissance Campaign Active on NPM Repository

2 weeks ago | bankinfosecurity.com | Prajeet Nair

3rd Party Risk Management , Governance & Risk Management Malicious Packages Hide Scripts for Mapping Enterprise Networks Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • May 24, 2025 Image: Shutterstock A hacking campaign is spreading malicious reconnaissance scripts already downloaded more than 3,000 times from the JavaScript runtime environment npm repository, warn researchers.
Scammers Troll DNS Records for Abandoned Cloud Accounts

2 weeks ago | bankinfosecurity.com | Prajeet Nair

'Hazy Hawk' Behind a Rash of Domain Hijackings Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • May 21, 2025 Image: Shutterstock A hacking group with apparent access to a commercial domain name system archiving service is on the hunt for misconfigured records of high-reputation organizations in order to blast out links to scammy domains.
Windows Server Flaw a Shortcut to Privilege Escalation

2 weeks ago | bankinfosecurity.com | Prajeet Nair

Akamai Researchers Flag 'BadSucessor' in Windows Server 2025 Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • May 21, 2025 Image: Microsoft An unpatched flaw in Windows Server 2025 that is "trivial" to exploit and present in the default configuration is a shortcut to privilege escalation and full domain compromise, warns new research from Akamai.