Category: TheHackerNews

Ransomware Attacks
18
Sep
2023

Financially Motivated UNC3944 Threat Actor Shifts Focus to Ransomware Attacks

Sep 18, 2023THNThreat Intelligence / Ransomware The financially motivated threat actor known as UNC3944 is pivoting to ransomware deployment as…

Million CoinEx Heist
17
Sep
2023

North Korea’s Lazarus Group Suspected in $31 Million CoinEx Heist

Sep 17, 2023THNCryptocurrency / Cyber Attack The North Korea-affiliated Lazarus Group has stolen nearly $240 million in cryptocurrency since June…

Data Violations
16
Sep
2023

TikTok Faces Massive €345 Million Fine Over Child Data Violations in E.U.

Sep 16, 2023THNPrivacy / Technology The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) slapped TikTok with a €345 million (about $368 million)…

IoT Sparks New DDoS Alert
15
Sep
2023

IoT Sparks New DDoS Alert

The Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming efficiency in various sectors like healthcare and logistics but has also introduced new…

Location-Privacy Lawsuit
15
Sep
2023

Google Agrees to $93 Million Settlement in California’s Location-Privacy Lawsuit

Sep 15, 2023THNPrivacy / Online Security Google has agreed to pay $93 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the…

Automated Threat Intelligence
15
Sep
2023

The Interdependence between Automated Threat Intelligence Collection and Humans

The volume of cybersecurity vulnerabilities is rising, with close to 30% more vulnerabilities found in 2022 vs. 2018. Costs are…

15
Sep
2023

NodeStealer Malware Now Targets Facebook Business Accounts on Multiple Browsers

Sep 15, 2023THNOnline Security / Malware An ongoing campaign is targeting Facebook Business accounts with bogus messages to harvest victims’…

Cybercriminals Combine Phishing and EV Certificates to Deliver Ransomware Payloads
15
Sep
2023

Cybercriminals Combine Phishing and EV Certificates to Deliver Ransomware Payloads

Sep 15, 2023THNRansomware / Cyber Threat The threat actors behind RedLine and Vidar information stealers have been observed pivoting to…

15
Sep
2023

Iranian Nation-State Actors Employ Password Spray Attacks Targeting Multiple Sectors

Sep 15, 2023THNCyber Attack / Password Security Iranian nation-state actors have been conducting password spray attacks against thousands of organizations…

Linux and macOS Systems
14
Sep
2023

Microsoft Uncovers Flaws in ncurses Library Affecting Linux and macOS Systems

Sep 14, 2023THNEndpoint Security / Vulnerability A set of memory corruption flaws have been discovered in the ncurses (short for…

Free Download Manager Site Compromised to Distribute Linux Malware to Users for 3+ Years
14
Sep
2023

Free Download Manager Site Compromised to Distribute Linux Malware to Users for 3+ Years

Sep 14, 2023THNSupply Chain / Malware A download manager site served Linux users malware that stealthily stole passwords and other…

IT Offboarding
14
Sep
2023

Avoid These 5 IT Offboarding Pitfalls

Employee offboarding is no one’s favorite task, yet it is a critical IT process that needs to be executed diligently…