NDSS 2025 – Secure Data Analytics

Session 10A: Confidential Computing 2 Authors, Creators & Presenters: Byeongwook Kim (Seoul National University), Jaewon Hur (Seoul National University), Adil Ahmad (Arizona State University), Byoungyoung Lee (Seoul National University) PAPER Secure Data Analytics in Apache Spark with Fine-grained Policy Enforcement…

Attackers Leveraging telnetd Exploit for Root Privileges After PoC Goes Public

The threat actors have begun actively exploiting a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in GNU InetUtils telnetd immediately after proof-of-concept code became publicly available. The flaw allows remote attackers to gain root access without authentication, triggering widespread exploitation attempts across internet-exposed…

Researchers Uncover Multi-Stage AiTM Attack Using SharePoint to Bypass Security Controls

Microsoft Defender researchers have exposed a sophisticated adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing campaign targeting energy sector organizations, leveraging SharePoint file-sharing services to bypass traditional email security controls and compromise multiple user accounts. SharePoint Abuse for Initial Access The attack began with a…