Category: TheHackerNews

Linux Kernel Vulnerability
06
Jul
2023

Researchers Uncover New Linux Kernel ‘StackRot’ Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Jul 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananLinux / Endpoint Security Details have emerged about a newly identified security flaw in the Linux kernel…

DDoS Attack
06
Jul
2023

Gain Insights from Gcore’s 2023 DDoS Attack Statistics

Jul 06, 2023The Hacker News Gcore Radar is a quarterly report prepared by Gcore that provides insights into the current…

INTERPOL
06
Jul
2023

INTERPOL Nabs Hacking Crew OPERA1ER’s Leader Behind $11 Million Cybercrime

Jul 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Crime / Hacking A suspected senior member of a French-speaking hacking crew known as OPERA1ER has…

RedEnergy Stealer-as-a-Ransomware
05
Jul
2023

RedEnergy Stealer-as-a-Ransomware Threat Targeting Energy and Telecom Sectors

Jul 05, 2023Ravie LakshmananCritical Infrastructure Security A sophisticated stealer-as-a-ransomware threat dubbed RedEnergy has been spotted in the wild targeting energy…

Secrets, Secrets Are No Fun. Secrets, Secrets (Stored in Plain Text Files) Hurt Someone
05
Jul
2023

Secrets, Secrets Are No Fun. Secrets, Secrets (Stored in Plain Text Files) Hurt Someone

Secrets are meant to be hidden or, at the very least, only known to a specific and limited set of…

05
Jul
2023

Manifest Confusion Attack Opens Door to Malware

Jul 05, 2023Ravie LakshmananSupply Chain / Software Security The npm registry for the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment is susceptible to…

Privacy Concerns
05
Jul
2023

Instagram’s Twitter Alternative ‘Threads’ Launch Halted in Europe Over Privacy Concerns

Jul 05, 2023Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Social Media Instagram Threads, the upcoming Twitter competitor from Meta, will not be launched in…

Google Analytics Data Protection
04
Jul
2023

Swedish Data Protection Authority Warns Companies Against Google Analytics Use

Jul 04, 2023Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Online Security The Swedish data protection watchdog has warned companies against using Google Analytics due…

DDoSia Attack Tool
04
Jul
2023

DDoSia Attack Tool Evolves with Encryption, Targeting Multiple Sectors

The threat actors behind the DDoSia attack tool have come up with a new version that incorporates a new mechanism…

Android Malware
04
Jul
2023

Mexico-Based Hacker Targets Global Banks with Android Malware

Jul 04, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Crime / Mobile Security An e-crime actor of Mexican provenance has been linked to an Android…

FortiGate Firewall Exploit
04
Jul
2023

330,000 FortiGate Firewalls Still Unpatched to CVE-2023-27997 RCE Flaw

Jul 04, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Exploit No less than 330000 FortiGate firewalls are still unpatched and vulnerable to CVE-2023-27997,…

HTML Smuggling
03
Jul
2023

Chinese Hackers Use HTML Smuggling to Infiltrate European Ministries with PlugX

Jul 03, 2023Ravie LakshmananMalware Attack / Cyberespionage A Chinese nation-state group has been observed targeting Foreign Affairs ministries and embassies…