Top 10 Best Practices for Effective Data Protection
Data is the lifeblood of productivity, and protecting sensitive data is more critical than ever. With cyber threats evolving rapidly and data privacy regulations tightening,…
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Researchers Expose New Intel CPU Flaws Enabling Memory Leaks and Spectre v2 Attacks
May 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananHardware Security / Vulnerability Researchers at ETH Zürich have discovered yet another security flaw that they say impacts all modern Intel CPUs…
Fileless Remcos RAT Delivered via LNK Files and MSHTA in PowerShell-Based Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new malware campaign that makes use of a PowerShell-based shellcode loader to deploy a remote access trojan called…
Learn a Smarter Way to Defend Modern Applications
May 16, 2025The Hacker NewsDevSecOps / Threat Detection Modern apps move fast—faster than most security teams can keep up. As businesses rush to build in…
Meta to Train AI on E.U. User Data From May 27 Without Consent; Noyb Threatens Lawsuit
May 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananAI Training / Data Protection Austrian privacy non-profit noyb (none of your business) has sent Meta’s Irish headquarters a cease-and-desist letter, threatening…
Coinbase Agents Bribed, Data of ~1% Users Leaked; $20M Extortion Attempt Fails
May 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Threat Intelligence Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has disclosed that unknown cyber actors broke into its systems and stole account data for…
Malicious npm Package Leverages Unicode Steganography, Google Calendar as C2 Dropper
May 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package named “os-info-checker-es6” that disguises itself as an operating system information utility…
Russia-Linked APT28 Exploited MDaemon Zero-Day to Hack Government Webmail Servers
A Russia-linked threat actor has been attributed to a cyber espionage operation targeting webmail servers such as Roundcube, Horde, MDaemon, and Zimbra via cross-site scripting…
Pen Testing for Compliance Only? It’s Time to Change Your Approach
May 15, 2025The Hacker NewsCompliance / Penetration Testing Imagine this: Your organization completed its annual penetration test in January, earning high marks for security compliance.…
5 BCDR Essentials for Effective Ransomware Defense
Ransomware has evolved into a deceptive, highly coordinated and dangerously sophisticated threat capable of crippling organizations of any size. Cybercriminals now exploit even legitimate IT…
New Chrome Vulnerability Enables Cross-Origin Data Leak via Loader Referrer Policy
May 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Web Security Google on Wednesday released updates to address four security issues in its Chrome web browser, including one…
BianLian and RansomExx Exploit SAP NetWeaver Flaw to Deploy PipeMagic Trojan
May 14, 2025Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Vulnerability At least two different cybercrime groups BianLian and RansomExx are said to have exploited a recently disclosed security flaw…