Category: TheHackerNews

Biometric Data
04
Sep
2023

X (Twitter) to Collect Biometric Data from Premium Users to Combat Impersonation

Sep 04, 2023THNPrivacy / Biometrics X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, has updated its privacy policy to…

iMessage Smishing Campaign
04
Sep
2023

Chinese-Speaking Cybercriminals Launch Large-Scale iMessage Smishing Campaign in U.S.

Sep 04, 2023THNFinancial Fraud / Phishing A new large-scale smishing campaign is targeting the U.S. by sending iMessages from compromised…

AI Terminology De-Hyped
04
Sep
2023

Everything You Wanted to Know About AI Security but Were Afraid to Ask

There’s been a great deal of AI hype recently, but that doesn’t mean the robots are here to replace us….

Malvertising
04
Sep
2023

Vietnamese Cybercriminals Targeting Facebook Business Accounts with Malvertising

Malicious actors associated with the Vietnamese cybercrime ecosystem are leveraging advertising-as-a-vector on social media platforms such as Meta-owned Facebook to…

MalDoc in PDF
04
Sep
2023

A New Polyglot Attack Allowing Attackers to Evade Antivirus

Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a new antivirus evasion technique that involves embedding a malicious Microsoft Word file into…

SSH Auth Bypass Vulnerability
03
Sep
2023

PoC Exploit Released for Critical VMware Aria’s SSH Auth Bypass Vulnerability

Sep 03, 2023THNNetwork Security / Vulnerability Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code has been made available for a recently disclosed and patched…

Super Administrator Privileges
02
Sep
2023

Okta Warns of Social Engineering Attacks Targeting Super Administrator Privileges

Sep 02, 2023THNCyber Attack / Social Engineering Identity services provider Okta on Friday warned of social engineering attacks orchestrated by…

Microsoft SQL Servers to Deploy FreeWorld Ransomware
01
Sep
2023

Threat Actors Targeting Microsoft SQL Servers to Deploy FreeWorld Ransomware

Sep 01, 2023THNDatabase Security / Ransomware Threat actors are exploiting poorly secured Microsoft SQL (MS SQL) servers to deliver Cobalt…

01
Sep
2023

It’s a Zero-day? It’s Malware? No! It’s Username and Password

Sep 01, 2023The Hacker NewsUnified Identity Protection As cyber threats continue to evolve, adversaries are deploying a range of tools…

Russian Hackers
01
Sep
2023

Russian State-Backed ‘Infamous Chisel’ Android Malware Targets Ukrainian Military

Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K., and the U.S. on Thursday disclosed details of a…

SuperBear Trojan
01
Sep
2023

New SuperBear Trojan Emerges in Targeted Phishing Attack on South Korean Activists

A new phishing attack likely targeting civil society groups in South Korea has led to the discovery of a novel…

Classiscam Scam-as-a-Service
01
Sep
2023

Classiscam Scam-as-a-Service Raked $64.5 Million During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Classiscam scam-as-a-service program has reaped the criminal actors $64.5 million in illicit earnings since its emergence in 2019. “Classiscam…