Category: TheHackerNews

SonicWall
23
Jan
2025

SonicWall Urges Immediate Patch for Critical CVE-2025-23006 Flaw Amid Likely Exploitation

Jan 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security SonicWall is alerting customers of a critical security flaw impacting its Secure Mobile…

How to Eliminate Identity-Based Threats
23
Jan
2025

How to Eliminate Identity-Based Threats

Despite significant investments in advanced technologies and employee training programs, credential and user-based attacks remain alarmingly prevalent, accounting for 50-80%…

BC Malware
23
Jan
2025

QakBot-Linked BC Malware Adds Enhanced DNS Tunneling and Remote Access Features

Jan 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new BackConnect (BC) malware that has…

Cisco Meeting Management
23
Jan
2025

Cisco Fixes Critical Privilege Escalation Flaw in Meeting Management (CVSS 9.9)

Jan 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability Cisco has released software updates to address a critical security flaw impacting Meeting…

Cryptojacking and Ransomware
23
Jan
2025

TRIPLESTRENGTH Hits Cloud for Cryptojacking, On-Premises Systems for Ransomware

Jan 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Cryptojacking Google on Wednesday shed light on a financially motivated threat actor named TRIPLESTRENGTH…

DHS Advisory Committee Memberships
22
Jan
2025

Trump Terminates DHS Advisory Committee Memberships, Disrupting Cybersecurity Review

Jan 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / National Security The new Trump administration has terminated all memberships of advisory committees that report…

AIRASHI DDoS Botnet
22
Jan
2025

Hackers Exploit Zero-Day in cnPilot Routers to Deploy AIRASHI DDoS Botnet

Threat actors are exploiting an unspecified zero-day vulnerability in Cambium Networks cnPilot routers to deploy a variant of the AISURU…

President Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht
22
Jan
2025

President Trump Pardons Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht After 11 Years in Prison

Jan 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananDark Web / Cryptocurrency U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday granted a “full and unconditional pardon” to…

Free Risk Assessment
22
Jan
2025

Free Risk Assessment for GenAI, Identity, Web, and SaaS Risks

Jan 22, 2025The Hacker NewsRisk Assessment / Browser Security As GenAI tools and SaaS platforms become a staple component in…

PlushDaemon APT Targets South Korean VPN Provider in Supply Chain Attack
22
Jan
2025

PlushDaemon APT Targets South Korean VPN Provider in Supply Chain Attack

A previously undocumented China-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) group named PlushDaemon has been linked to a supply chain attack targeting…

Oracle Releases January 2025 Patch to Address 318 Flaws Across Major Products
22
Jan
2025

Oracle Releases January 2025 Patch to Address 318 Flaws Across Major Products

Jan 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Enterprise Security Oracle is urging customers to apply its January 2025 Critical Patch Update (CPU)…

Mirai Botnet
22
Jan
2025

Mirai Botnet Launches Record 5.6 Tbps DDoS Attack with 13,000+ IoT Device

Jan 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananBotnet / Network Security Web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare on Tuesday said it detected and blocked…