Amazon agrees to $25 million fine for Alexa children privacy violations
The U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Amazon has agreed to pay a $25 million fine to settle alleged children’s…
Month: July 2023
Fake Update Page Deliver NetSupport RAT
Threat actors deliver NetSupport RAT through a new campaign called Fake SG which could rival with SocGholish. This campaign utilizes hacked WordPress websites to display…
Local Governments Targeted for Ransomware – How to Prevent Falling Victim
Jul 21, 2023The Hacker NewsPassword Security / Cybersecurity Regardless of the country, local government is essential in most citizens’ lives. It provides many day-to-day services…
Generative AI Application Scams Flourish On Facebook
Who would have thought that an individual’s interest in generative AI applications could lead them into a trap? While artificial intelligence chatbots such as ChatGPT…
OpenMeetings Flaws Allow Hackers to Hijack Instances, Execute Code on Servers
Three vulnerabilities in Apache OpenMeetings potentially expose organizations to remote code execution attacks, cybersecurity firm Sonar warns. A web conferencing application, OpenMeetings is used for…
Citrix RCE bug exploited to breach critical infrastructure org
Threat actors have breached the network of a U.S. organization in the critical infrastructure sector after exploiting a zero-day RCE vulnerability currently identified as CVE-2023-3519,…
Operationalizing Zero Trust Architecture – Cyber Defense Magazine
By Chaim Mazal, Chief Security Officer, Gigamon Over the last few years, organizations have been hearing about a Zero Trust architecture (ZTA) as a means…
Sophisticated BundleBot Malware Disguised as Google AI Chatbot and Utilities
Jul 21, 2023THNCyber Threat / Malware A new malware strain known as BundleBot has been stealthily operating under the radar by taking advantage of .NET…
WhatsApp Outage Impacted Over 2 Million Users: Downdetector
The WhatsApp outage on July 19 that lasted for about an hour impacted services and was reported by over 2 million users, Downdetector told The…
VirusTotal Provides Clarifications on Data Leak Affecting Premium Accounts
VirusTotal on Friday provided clarifications on the recent data leak that resulted in the exposure of information on 5,600 of the threat analysis service’s customers.…
Phishing Kit: New Frontier of Hacker Attacks within Everyone’s Reach
By Lorenzo Asuni, CMO, Ermes Cyber Security The Phishing phenomenon is growing exponentially, and unlike the most common forms of scam, it is much more…
Securing Communications for Operational Military Success
By Nicole Allen, Senior Marketing Executive at Salt Communications. The significance in having Secure Communications for Military Operations. Thanks to expertly planned operational communications, military…