Hackers Exploiting NFCGate to Steal Funds via Mobile Payments
Nov 20, 2024Ravie LakshmananPayment Security / Cybercrime Threat actors are increasingly banking on a new technique that leverages near-field communication (NFC) to cash out victim’s…
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Microsoft Launches Windows Resiliency Initiative to Boost Security and System Integrity
Nov 20, 2024Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / AI Research Microsoft has announced a new Windows Resiliency Initiative as a way to improve security and reliability, as…
NHIs Are the Future of Cybersecurity: Meet NHIDR
Nov 20, 2024The Hacker NewsIdentity Security / Cyber Defense The frequency and sophistication of modern cyberattacks are surging, making it increasingly challenging for organizations to…
Decades-Old Security Vulnerabilities Found in Ubuntu’s Needrestart Package
Nov 20, 2024Ravie LakshmananLinux / Vulnerability Multiple decade-old security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the needrestart package installed by default in Ubuntu Server (since version…
China-Backed Hackers Leverage SIGTRAN, GSM Protocols to Infiltrate Telecom Networks
Nov 20, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Telecom Security A new China-linked cyber espionage group has been attributed as behind a series of targeted cyber attacks…
Oracle Warns of Agile PLM Vulnerability Currently Under Active Exploitation
Nov 20, 2024Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Vulnerability Oracle is warning that a high-severity security flaw impacting the Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Framework has been…
Apple Releases Urgent Updates to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
Nov 20, 2024Ravie LakshmananZero Day / Vulnerability Apple has released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, visionOS, and its Safari web browser to address two…
Hackers Hijack Unsecured Jupyter Notebooks to Stream Illegal Sports Broadcasts
Nov 19, 2024Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Piracy Malicious actors are exploiting misconfigured JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebooks to conduct stream ripping and enable sports piracy using…
Ngioweb Botnet Fuels NSOCKS Residential Proxy Network Exploiting IoT Devices
The malware known as Ngioweb has been used to fuel a notorious residential proxy service called NSOCKS, as well as by other services such as…
Why Privileged Access Security Must Be a Top Priority
Nov 19, 2024The Hacker NewsInsider Threat / Credential Security Privileged accounts are well-known gateways for potential security threats. However, many organizations focus solely on managing…
New ‘Helldown’ Ransomware Variant Expands Attacks to VMware and Linux Systems
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a Linux variant of a relatively new ransomware strain called Helldown, suggesting that the threat actors are broadening their…
Chinese Hackers Exploit T-Mobile and Other U.S. Telecoms in Broader Espionage Campaign
U.S. telecoms giant T-Mobile has confirmed that it was also among the companies that were targeted by Chinese threat actors to gain access to valuable…