- Iranian MOIS-Linked Hackers Behind Destructive Attacks on Albania and Israelby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 20, 2024 at 4:05 pm
An Iranian threat actor affiliated with the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has been attributed as behind destructive wiping attacks targeting Albania and Israel […]
- Foxit PDF Reader Flaw Exploited by Hackers to Deliver Diverse Malware Arsenalby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 20, 2024 at 12:20 pm
Multiple threat actors are weaponizing a design flaw in Foxit PDF Reader to deliver a variety of malware such as Agent Tesla, AsyncRAT, DCRat, NanoCore RAT, NjRAT, Pony, Remcos […]
- Defending Your Commits From Known CVEs With GitGuardian SCA And Git Hooksby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 20, 2024 at 10:57 am
All developers want to create secure and dependable software. They should feel proud to release their code with the full confidence they did not introduce any weaknesses or […]
- Cyber Criminals Exploit GitHub and FileZilla to Deliver Malware Cocktailby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 20, 2024 at 9:26 am
A “multi-faceted campaign” has been observed abusing legitimate services like GitHub and FileZilla to deliver an array of stealer malware and banking trojans such as Atomic (aka […]
- Latrodectus Malware Loader Emerges as IcedID’s Successor in Phishing Campaignsby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 20, 2024 at 5:47 am
Cybersecurity researchers have observed a spike in email phishing campaigns starting early March 2024 that delivers Latrodectus, a nascent malware loader believed to be the […]
- Chinese Nationals Arrested for Laundering $73 Million in Pig Butchering Crypto Scamby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 19, 2024 at 9:46 am
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged two arrested Chinese nationals for allegedly orchestrating a pig butchering scam that laundered at least $73 million from victims […]
- Grandoreiro Banking Trojan Resurfaces, Targeting Over 1,500 Banks Worldwideby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 19, 2024 at 7:59 am
The threat actors behind the Windows-based Grandoreiro banking trojan have returned in a global campaign since March 2024 following a law enforcement takedown in January. The […]
- Kinsing Hacker Group Exploits More Flaws to Expand Botnet for Cryptojackingby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 17, 2024 at 5:20 pm
The cryptojacking group known as Kinsing has demonstrated an ability to continuously evolve and adapt, proving to be a persistent threat by swiftly integrating newly disclosed […]
- New XM Cyber Research: 80% of Exposures from Misconfigurations, Less Than 1% from CVEsby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 17, 2024 at 11:29 am
A new report from XM Cyber has found – among other insights – a dramatic gap between where most organizations focus their security efforts, and where the most serious […]
- China-Linked Hackers Adopt Two-Stage Infection Tactic to Deploy Deuterbear RATby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 17, 2024 at 11:20 am
Cybersecurity researchers have shed more light on a remote access trojan (RAT) known as Deuterbear used by the China-linked BlackTech hacking group as part of a cyber espionage […]
- Kimsuky APT Deploying Linux Backdoor Gomir in South Korean Cyber Attacksby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 17, 2024 at 8:46 am
The Kimsuky (aka Springtail) advanced persistent threat (APT) group, which is linked to North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), has been observed deploying a Linux […]
- CISA Warns of Actively Exploited D-Link Router Vulnerabilities – Patch Nowby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 17, 2024 at 6:43 am
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added two security flaws impacting D-Link routers to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) […]
- New Wi-Fi Vulnerability Enables Network Eavesdropping via Downgrade Attacksby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 16, 2024 at 4:02 pm
Researchers have discovered a new security vulnerability stemming from a design flaw in the IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi standard that tricks victims into connecting to a less secure […]
- North Korean Hackers Exploit Facebook Messenger in Targeted Malware Campaignby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 16, 2024 at 1:48 pm
The North Korea-linked Kimsuky hacking group has been attributed to a new social engineering attack that employs fictitious Facebook accounts to targets via Messenger and […]
- Researchers Uncover 11 Security Flaws in GE HealthCare Ultrasound Machinesby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 16, 2024 at 10:12 am
Security researchers have disclosed almost a dozen security flaws impacting the GE HealthCare Vivid Ultrasound product family that could be exploited by malicious actors to tamper […]
- Cybercriminals Exploiting Microsoft’s Quick Assist Feature in Ransomware Attacksby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 16, 2024 at 3:16 am
The Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said it has observed a threat actor it tracks under the name Storm-1811 abusing the client management tool Quick Assist to target users in […]
- Google Patches Yet Another Actively Exploited Chrome Zero-Day Vulnerabilityby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 16, 2024 at 3:01 am
Google has rolled out fixes to address a set of nine security issues in its Chrome browser, including a new zero-day that has been exploited in the wild. Assigned the CVE […]
- FBI Seizes BreachForums Again, Urges Users to Report Criminal Activityby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 15, 2024 at 5:52 pm
Law enforcement agencies have officially seized control of the notorious BreachForums platform, an online bazaar known for peddling stolen data, for the second time within a […]
- Google Launches AI-Powered Theft and Data Protection Features for Android Devicesby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 15, 2024 at 5:00 pm
Google has announced a slew of privacy and security features in Android, including a suite of advanced protection features to help secure users’ devices and data in the event of a […]
- Android 15 Rolls Out Advanced Features to Protect Users from Scams and Malicious Appsby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 15, 2024 at 5:00 pm
Google is unveiling a set of new features in Android 15 to prevent malicious apps installed on the device from capturing sensitive data. This constitutes an update to the Play […]
- Turla Group Deploys LunarWeb and LunarMail Backdoors in Diplomatic Missionsby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 15, 2024 at 12:29 pm
An unnamed European Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and its three diplomatic missions in the Middle East were targeted by two previously undocumented backdoors tracked as […]
- (Cyber) Risk = Probability of Occurrence x Damageby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 15, 2024 at 11:38 am
Here’s How to Enhance Your Cyber Resilience with CVSS In late 2023, the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) v4.0 was unveiled, succeeding the eight-year-old CVSS […]
- Ebury Botnet Malware Compromises 400,000 Linux Servers Over Past 14 Yearsby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 15, 2024 at 10:56 am
A malware botnet called Ebury is estimated to have compromised 400,000 Linux servers since 2009, out of which more than 100,000 were still compromised as of late 2023. The […]
- It’s Time to Master the Lift & Shift: Migrating from VMware vSphere to Microsoft Azureby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 15, 2024 at 10:55 am
While cloud adoption has been top of mind for many IT professionals for nearly a decade, it’s only in recent months, with industry changes and announcements from key players, […]
- Dutch Court Sentences Tornado Cash Co-Founder to 5 Years in Prison for Money Launderingby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) (The Hacker News) on May 15, 2024 at 8:28 am
A Dutch court on Tuesday sentenced one of the co-founders of the now-sanctioned Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer service to 5 years and 4 months in prison. While the name of […]