Category: TheHackerNews

New Malware Campaign Uses Cracked Software to Spread Lumma and ACR Stealer
24
Feb
2025

New Malware Campaign Uses Cracked Software to Spread Lumma and ACR Stealer

Feb 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a new campaign that leverages cracked versions of…

Google Cloud KMS Adds Quantum-Safe Digital Signatures to Defend Against Future Threats
24
Feb
2025

Google Cloud KMS Adds Quantum-Safe Digital Signatures to Defend Against Future Threats

Feb 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Encryption Google Cloud has announced quantum-safe digital signatures in Google Cloud Key Management Service…

Australia Bans Kaspersky Software Over National Security and Espionage Concerns
24
Feb
2025

Australia Bans Kaspersky Software Over National Security and Espionage Concerns

Feb 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Data Protection Australia has become the latest country to ban the installation of security…

Bybit Confirms Record-Breaking $1.46 Billion Crypto Heist in Sophisticated Cold Wallet Attack
22
Feb
2025

Bybit Confirms Record-Breaking $1.46 Billion Crypto Heist in Sophisticated Cold Wallet Attack

Feb 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananFinancial Crime / Cryptocurrency Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit on Friday revealed that a “sophisticated” attack led to the…

ChatGPT for Surveillance and Influence Campaigns
22
Feb
2025

OpenAI Bans Accounts Misusing ChatGPT for Surveillance and Influence Campaigns

Feb 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananDisinformation / Artificial Intelligence OpenAI on Friday revealed that it banned a set of accounts that used…

Data Leak Exposes TopSec's Role in China's Censorship-as-a-Service Operations
21
Feb
2025

Data Leak Exposes TopSec’s Role in China’s Censorship-as-a-Service Operations

Feb 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananSurveillance / Content Monitoring An analysis of a data leak from a Chinese cybersecurity company TopSec has…

Apple Drops iCloud's Advanced Data Protection in the U.K. Amid Encryption Backdoor Demands
21
Feb
2025

Apple Drops iCloud’s Advanced Data Protection in the U.K. Amid Encryption Backdoor Demands

Feb 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Protection / Encryption Apple is removing its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature for iCloud from the…

Darcula PhaaS v3
21
Feb
2025

Cybercriminals Can Now Clone Any Brand’s Site in Minutes Using Darcula PhaaS v3

Feb 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananDark Web / Cybercrime The threat actors behind the Darcula phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform appear to be readying…

Learn How to Identify High-Risk Identity Gaps and Slash Security Debt in 2025
21
Feb
2025

Learn How to Identify High-Risk Identity Gaps and Slash Security Debt in 2025

Feb 21, 2025The Hacker NewsIdentity Security / Threat Prevention In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, weak identity security isn’t just…

AI-Powered Deception is a Menace to Our Societies
21
Feb
2025

AI-Powered Deception is a Menace to Our Societies

Wherever there’s been conflict in the world, propaganda has never been far away. Travel back in time to 515 BC…

Craft CMS Vulnerability
21
Feb
2025

CISA Flags Craft CMS Vulnerability CVE-2025-23209 Amid Active Attacks

Feb 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananWeb Security / Vulnerability A high-severity security flaw impacting the Craft content management system (CMS) has been…

Cisco Confirms Salt Typhoon Exploited CVE-2018-0171 to Target U.S. Telecom Networks
21
Feb
2025

Cisco Confirms Salt Typhoon Exploited CVE-2018-0171 to Target U.S. Telecom Networks

Feb 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability Cisco has confirmed that a Chinese threat actor known as Salt Typhoon gained…