Category: TheHackerNews

Azure HDInsight Spark, Kafka, and Hadoop Services
06
Feb
2024

Experts Detail New Flaws in Azure HDInsight Spark, Kafka, and Hadoop Services

Feb 06, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Cloud Security Three new security vulnerabilities have been discovered in Azure HDInsight’s Apache Hadoop, Kafka, and…

Crypto and Credentials
06
Feb
2024

Fake Facebook Job Ads Spreading ‘Ov3r_Stealer’ to Steal Crypto and Credentials

Feb 06, 2024NewsroomSocial Engineering / Malvertising Threat actors are leveraging bogus Facebook job advertisements as a lure to trick prospective…

SaaS Security Posture
06
Feb
2024

How a $10B Enterprise Customer Drastically Increased their SaaS Security Posture with 201% ROI by Using SSPM

SaaS applications are the darlings of the software world. They enable work from anywhere, facilitate collaboration, and offer a cost-effective…

Job Seekers
06
Feb
2024

Hackers Exploit Job Boards in APAC, Steal Data of Millions of Job Seekers

Feb 06, 2024NewsroomDark Web / Cybercrime Employment agencies and retail companies chiefly located in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region have been…

Ivanti VPN Products
06
Feb
2024

Recent SSRF Flaw in Ivanti VPN Products Undergoes Mass Exploitation

Feb 06, 2024NewsroomCybersecurity / Vulnerability A recently disclosed server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability impacting Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure…

Illegal Spyware Surveillance
06
Feb
2024

U.S. Imposes Visa Restrictions on those Involved in Illegal Spyware Surveillance

Feb 06, 2024NewsroomSurveillance / Privacy The U.S. State Department said it’s implementing a new policy that imposes visa restrictions on…

Crypto Money Laundering
05
Feb
2024

Belarusian National Linked to BTC-e Faces 25 Years for $4 Billion Crypto Money Laundering

Feb 05, 2024NewsroomCryptocurrency / Financial Fraud A 42-year-old Belarusian and Cypriot national with alleged connections to the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange…

VajraSpy Malware
05
Feb
2024

Patchwork Using Romance Scam Lures to Infect Android Devices with VajraSpy Malware

Feb 05, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Cyber Extortion The threat actor known as Patchwork likely used romance scam lures to trap…

Risk Management
05
Feb
2024

Combined Security Practices Changing the Game for Risk Management

Feb 05, 2024The Hacker NewsData Protection / Threat Intelligence A significant challenge within cyber security at present is that there…

iPhones
05
Feb
2024

Pegasus Spyware Targeted iPhones of Journalists and Activists in Jordan

Feb 05, 2024NewsroomSpyware / Surveillance The iPhones belonging to nearly three dozen journalists, activists, human rights lawyers, and civil society…

Mispadu Banking Trojan
05
Feb
2024

New Mispadu Banking Trojan Exploiting Windows SmartScreen Flaw

Feb 05, 2024NewsroomMalware / Financial Security The threat actors behind the Mispadu banking Trojan have become the latest to exploit…

Critical Infrastructure Cyber Attacks
03
Feb
2024

U.S. Sanctions 6 Iranian Officials for Critical Infrastructure Cyber Attacks

Feb 03, 2024NewsroomIntelligence Agency / Cyber Security The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against…