GoBruteforcer: New Golang-Based Malware Breaches Web Servers Via Brute-Force Attacks

A new Golang-based malware dubbed GoBruteforcer has been found targeting web servers running phpMyAdmin, MySQL, FTP, and Postgres to corral the devices into a botnet.
"GoBruteforcer chose a Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) block for scanning the network during the attack, and it targeted all IP addresses within that CIDR range," Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers said.
"The threat actor

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VW raises spending to $193B to boost EV, software efforts

<p>More than two-thirds of the automaker's new investment budget is allocated toward EVs and software as the group, whose brands include Porsche, Audi, Bentley, VW and Skoda, seeks to catch up with Tesla.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/automakers-supp...re-efforts

Honda to move Accord production to Indiana as part of EV shift

<p>Honda's U.S. unit said it would move production of its Accord sedan to Indiana in 2025 after assembling the model in Marysville, Ohio for more than 40 years, as part of its shift to EV production. Marysville will be Honda's first U.S. auto plant to transition to making EVs.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/automakers-supp...t-ev-shift

Back seat safety: Ford, Subaru, Tesla score highest in IIHS crash test

<p>The institute updated its moderate overlap front crash test, adding a rear passenger behind the driver to examine rear passenger protection.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/regulation-safe...crash-test

Fox Motors buys Subaru, Buick-GMC Detroit-area dealerships

<p>West Michigan's Fox Motors bolstered its Detroit area footprint with the acquisition of a Subaru dealership and a Buick-GMC store.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/dealers/fox-mot...ealerships

Microsoft Warns of Large-Scale Use of Phishing Kits to Send Millions of Emails Daily

An open source adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing kit has found a number of takers in the cybercrime world for its ability to orchestrate attacks at scale.
Microsoft Threat Intelligence is tracking the threat actor behind the development of the kit under its emerging moniker DEV-1101.
An AiTM phishing attack typically involves a threat actor attempting to steal and intercept a target's

https://thehackernews.com/2023/03/micros...se-of.html

VW raises spending to $193B to boost EV, software efforts

<p>More than two-thirds of the automaker's new investment budget is allocated toward EVs and software as the group, whose brands include Porsche, Audi, Bentley, VW and Skoda.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/automakers-supp...re-efforts

Volkswagen Group’s solid financial performance lays basis for profitable growth i

Volkswagen Group’s solid financial performance lays basis for profitable growth in key markets...

https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/news/202...rkets.html

Fortinet FortiOS Flaw Exploited in Targeted Cyberattacks on Government Entities

Government entities and large organizations have been targeted by an unknown threat actor by exploiting a security flaw in Fortinet FortiOS software to result in data loss and OS and file corruption.
"The complexity of the exploit suggests an advanced actor and that it is highly targeted at governmental or government-related targets," Fortinet researchers Guillaume Lovet and Alex Kong said in an

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