Category: TheHackerNews

When is One Vulnerability Scanner Not Enough?
02
May
2024

When is One Vulnerability Scanner Not Enough?

Like antivirus software, vulnerability scans rely on a database of known weaknesses. That’s why websites like VirusTotal exist, to give…

GitLab Password Reset Vulnerability
02
May
2024

CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of Severe GitLab Password Reset Vulnerability

May 02, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Data Breach The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical flaw impacting…

Cuttlefish Malware
02
May
2024

New Cuttlefish Malware Hijacks Router Connections, Sniffs for Cloud Credentials

May 02, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Network Security A new malware called Cuttlefish is targeting small office and home office (SOHO)…

Bitcoin Forensic Analysis Uncovers Money Laundering Clusters and Criminal Proceeds
01
May
2024

Bitcoin Forensic Analysis Uncovers Money Laundering Clusters and Criminal Proceeds

May 01, 2024NewsroomFinancial Crime / Forensic Analysis A forensic analysis of a graph dataset containing transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain…

Android Malware
01
May
2024

Android Malware Wpeeper Uses Compromised WordPress Sites to Hide C2 Servers

May 01, 2024NewsroomMalware / Android Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented malware targeting Android devices that uses compromised WordPress…

ZLoader Malware
01
May
2024

ZLoader Malware Evolves with Anti-Analysis Trick from Zeus Banking Trojan

May 01, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cyber Threat The authors behind the resurfaced ZLoader malware have added a feature that was originally…

Cybersecurity Success
01
May
2024

How to Empower Your Employees for Cybersecurity Success

May 01, 2024The Hacker NewsSecurity Awareness Training There’s a natural human desire to avoid threatening scenarios. The irony, of course,…

U.S. Secrets
01
May
2024

Ex-NSA Employee Sentenced to 22 Years for Trying to Sell U.S. Secrets to Russia

May 01, 2024NewsroomNational Security / Insider Threat A former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has been sentenced…

Docker Hub
30
Apr
2024

Millions of Malicious ‘Imageless’ Containers Planted on Docker Hub Over 5 Years

Apr 30, 2024NewsroomDocker Hub / Supply Chain Attack Cybersecurity researchers have discovered multiple campaigns targeting Docker Hub by planting millions…

AI Security
30
Apr
2024

U.S. Government Releases New AI Security Guidelines for Critical Infrastructure

Apr 30, 2024NewsroomMachine Learning / National Security The U.S. government has unveiled new security guidelines aimed at bolstering critical infrastructure…

Default Passwords
30
Apr
2024

New U.K. Law Bans Default Passwords on Smart Devices Starting April 2024

Apr 30, 2024NewsroomIoT Security / Botnet The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is calling on manufacturers of smart devices…

Malicious Apps in Play Store
29
Apr
2024

Google Prevented 2.28 Million Malicious Apps from Reaching Play Store in 2023

Apr 29, 2024NewsroomMobile Security / Hacking Google on Monday revealed that almost 200,000 app submissions to its Play Store for…