Russian malware dev behind NLBrute hacking tool extradited to US
A Russian malware developer accused of creating and selling the NLBrute password-cracking tool was extradited to the United States after being arrested in the Republic…
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Fruit giant Dole suffers ransomware attack impacting operations
Dole Food Company, one of the world’ largest producers and distributors of fresh fruit and vegetables, has announced that it is dealing with a ransomware attack that…
What is the Best Pen Testing Schedule for Your Development Cycle?
Pen testing is an essential part of secure application development; it helps find vulnerabilities before they can be exploited, ensures the resilience of web applications,…
Hydrochasma hackers target medical research labs, shipping firms
A previously unknown threat actor named Hydrochasma has been targeting shipping and medical laboratories involved in COVID-19 vaccine development and treatments. The hackers’s goal appears to…
Hackers now exploit critical Fortinet bug to backdoor servers
Threat actors are targeting Internet-exposed Fortinet appliances with exploits targeting CVE-2022-39952, an unauthenticated file path manipulation vulnerability in the FortiNAC webserver that can be abused…
Google paid $12 million in bug bounties to security researchers
Google last year paid its highest bug bounty ever through the Vulnerability Reward Program for a critical exploit chain report that the company valued at…
NSA shares guidance on how to secure your home network
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has issued guidance to help remote workers secure their home networks and defend their devices from attacks. The guide…
Hackers use fake ChatGPT apps to push Windows, Android malware
Threat actors are exploiting the popularity of OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot to distribute malware for Windows and Android, or direct unsuspecting vitims to phishing pages. ChatGPT gained…
Google investigates Gmail IMAP sync issues affecting Outlook users
Google is investigating a service outage affecting Gmail users worldwide that causes issues when syncing emails with Microsoft servers via the Internet Message Access Protocol…
New S1deload Stealer malware hijacks Youtube, Facebook accounts
An ongoing malware campaign targets YouTube and Facebook users, infecting their computers with a new information stealer that will hijack their social media accounts and…
VMware warns admins of critical Carbon Black App Control flaw
VMware has released a critical security upgrade to address a critical injection vulnerability that impacts several versions of Carbon Black App Control for Windows. The…
Google will boost Android security through firmware hardening
Google has started working to harden the security of Android at the firmware level, a component of the software stack that interacts directly with the…