Three Password Cracking Techniques and How to Defend Against Them
Feb 26, 2025The Hacker NewsIdentity Protection / Password Security Passwords are rarely appreciated until a security breach occurs; suffice to say, the importance of a…
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New Linux Malware ‘Auto-Color’ Grants Hackers Full Remote Access to Compromised Systems
Feb 26, 2025Ravie LakshmananLinux / Endpoint Security Universities and government organizations in North America and Asia have been targeted by a previously undocumented Linux malware…
Leaked Black Basta Chat Logs Reveal $107M Ransom Earnings and Internal Power Struggles
More than a year’s worth of internal chat logs from a ransomware gang known as Black Basta have been published online in a leak that…
Belarus-Linked Ghostwriter Uses Macropack-Obfuscated Excel Macros to Deploy Malware
Feb 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Espionage Opposition activists in Belarus as well as Ukrainian military and government organizations are the target of a new…
LightSpy Expands to 100+ Commands, Increasing Control Over Windows, macOS, Linux, and Mobile
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged an updated version of the LightSpy implant that comes equipped with an expanded set of data collection features to extract information…
GitVenom Malware Steals $456K in Bitcoin Using Fake GitHub Projects to Hijack Wallets
Feb 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananGaming / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to an ongoing campaign that’s targeting gamers and cryptocurrency investors under the guise…
2,500+ Truesight.sys Driver Variants Exploited to Bypass EDR and Deploy HiddenGh0st RAT
Feb 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananWindows Security / Vulnerability A large-scale malware campaign has been found leveraging a vulnerable Windows driver associated with Adlice’s product suite to…
FatalRAT Phishing Attacks Target APAC Industries Using Chinese Cloud Services
Various industrial organizations in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region have been targeted as part of phishing attacks designed to deliver a known malware called FatalRAT. “The…
Two Actively Exploited Security Flaws in Adobe and Oracle Products Flagged by CISA
Feb 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two security flaws impacting Adobe ColdFusion and Oracle…
New Malware Campaign Uses Cracked Software to Spread Lumma and ACR Stealer
Feb 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a new campaign that leverages cracked versions of software as a lure to…
Google Cloud KMS Adds Quantum-Safe Digital Signatures to Defend Against Future Threats
Feb 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Encryption Google Cloud has announced quantum-safe digital signatures in Google Cloud Key Management Service (Cloud KMS) for software-based keys…
Australia Bans Kaspersky Software Over National Security and Espionage Concerns
Feb 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Data Protection Australia has become the latest country to ban the installation of security software from Russian company Kaspersky,…