Category: TheHackerNews

Twitter Brute-Force Attack
11
Jan
2024

Mandiant’s X Account Was Hacked Using Brute-Force Attack

Jan 11, 2024NewsroomOnline Security / Cryptocurrency The compromise of Mandiant’s X (formerly Twitter) account last week was likely the result…

Zero-Day Flaws in Ivanti
11
Jan
2024

Chinese Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure

Jan 11, 2024NewsroomCybersecurity / Zero-Day A pair of zero-day flaws identified in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) and Policy Secure have…

Mirai-Based Botnet
10
Jan
2024

Latest Mirai-Based Botnet Targeting SSH Servers for Crypto Mining

Jan 10, 2024NewsroomServer Security / Cryptocurrency A new Mirai-based botnet called NoaBot is being used by threat actors as part…

Free Ransomware Decryptor
10
Jan
2024

Free Decryptor Released for Black Basta and Babuk’s Tortilla Ransomware Victims

Jan 10, 2024NewsroomRansomware / Data Security A decryptor for the Tortilla variant of the Babuk ransomware has been released by…

Attack Surface
10
Jan
2024

Getting off the Attack Surface Hamster Wheel: Identity Can Help

IT professionals have developed a sophisticated understanding of the enterprise attack surface – what it is, how to quantify it…

Sensitive Location Data
10
Jan
2024

FTC Bans Outlogic (X-Mode) From Selling Sensitive Location Data

Jan 10, 2024NewsroomPrivacy / Regulatory Compliance The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday prohibited data broker Outlogic, which was…

Windows Update
10
Jan
2024

Microsoft’s January 2024 Windows Update Patches 48 New Vulnerabilities

Jan 10, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Windows Security Microsoft has addressed a total of 48 security flaws spanning its software as part…

CISA Flags 6 Vulnerabilities
10
Jan
2024

CISA Flags 6 Vulnerabilities – Apple, Apache, Adobe , D-Link, Joomla Under Attack

Jan 10, 2024NewsroomPatch Management / Threat Intelligence The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added six security flaws…

PikaBot Loader Malware
09
Jan
2024

Water Curupira Hackers Actively Distributing PikaBot Loader Malware

Jan 09, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cyber Threat A threat actor called Water Curupira has been observed actively distributing the PikaBot loader…

Turkish Hackers
09
Jan
2024

Turkish Hackers Exploiting Poorly Secured MS SQL Servers Across the Globe

Jan 09, 2024NewsroomData Security / Cyber Attack Poorly secured Microsoft SQL (MS SQL) servers are being targeted in the U.S.,…

SaaS Attack Surface
09
Jan
2024

Why Public Links Expose Your SaaS Attack Surface

Jan 09, 2024The Hacker NewsSaaS Security / Data Security Collaboration is a powerful selling point for SaaS applications. Microsoft, Github,…

QNAP and Kyocera Device Manager
09
Jan
2024

New Vulnerabilities Discovered in QNAP and Kyocera Device Manager

Jan 09, 2024NewsroomNetwork Security / Data Protection A security flaw has been disclosed in Kyocera’s Device Manager product that could…