Automation Is Redefining Pentest Delivery
Aug 22, 2025The Hacker NewsPenetration Testing / Security Operations Pentesting remains one of the most effective ways to identify real-world security weaknesses before adversaries do.…
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Ex-Developer Jailed Four Years for Sabotaging Ohio Employer with Kill-Switch Malware
Aug 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Malware A 55-year-old Chinese national has been sentenced to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for…
Pre-Auth Exploit Chains Found in Commvault Could Enable Remote Code Execution Attacks
Aug 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Software Security Commvault has released updates to address four security gaps that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution…
Hackers Using New QuirkyLoader Malware to Spread Agent Tesla, AsyncRAT and Snake Keylogger
Aug 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Email Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malware loader called QuirkyLoader that’s being used to deliver via…
Cybercriminals Deploy CORNFLAKE.V3 Backdoor via ClickFix Tactic and Fake CAPTCHA Pages
Aug 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cryptocurrency Threat actors have been observed leveraging the deceptive social engineering tactic known as ClickFix to deploy a versatile backdoor…
Key Findings from the Blue Report 2025
As security professionals, it’s easy to get caught up in a race to counter the latest advanced adversary techniques. Yet the most impactful attacks often…
Scattered Spider Hacker Gets 10 Years, $13M Restitution for SIM Swapping Crypto Theft
Aug 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Breach / Cybercrime A 20-year-old member of the notorious cybercrime gang known as Scattered Spider has been sentenced to ten years…
Apple Patches CVE-2025-43300 Zero-Day in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Exploited in Targeted Attacks
Aug 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Zero-Day Apple has released security updates to address a security flaw impacting iOS, iPadOS, and macOS that it said has…
FBI Warns FSB-Linked Hackers Exploiting Unpatched Cisco Devices for Cyber Espionage
Aug 20, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Vulnerability A Russian state-sponsored cyber espionage group known as Static Tundra has been observed actively exploiting a seven-year-old security…
DOM-Based Extension Clickjacking Exposes Popular Password Managers to Credential and Data Theft
Aug 20, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Browser Security Popular password manager plugins for web browsers have been found susceptible to clickjacking security vulnerabilities that could be…
Experts Find AI Browsers Can Be Tricked by PromptFix Exploit to Run Malicious Hidden Prompts
Cybersecurity researchers have demonstrated a new prompt injection technique called PromptFix that tricks a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) model into carrying out intended actions by…
Discover and Control Shadow AI Agents in Your Enterprise Before Hackers Do
Aug 20, 2025The Hacker NewsArtificial Intelligence / Enterprise Security Do you know how many AI agents are running inside your business right now? If the…