Category: TheHackerNews

Malverposting
01
May
2023

Vietnamese Threat Actor Infects 500,000 Devices Using ‘Malverposting’ Tactics

May 01, 2023Ravie LakshmananMalverposting / Scam A Vietnamese threat actor has been attributed as behind a “malverposting” campaign on social…

Windows Update
01
May
2023

APT28 Targets Ukrainian Government Entities with Fake “Windows Update” Emails

May 01, 2023Ravie LakshmananThreat Analysis / Cyber Attack The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of cyber…

Google
01
May
2023

Google Blocks 1.43 Million Malicious Apps, Bans 73,000 Bad Accounts in 2022

May 01, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Android Google disclosed that its improved security features and app review processes helped it…

ChatGPT
29
Apr
2023

ChatGPT is Back in Italy After Addressing Data Privacy Concerns

Apr 29, 2023Ravie LakshmananData Safety / Privacy / AI OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has officially made a return to…

DNA Sequencing Instruments
29
Apr
2023

CISA Warns of Critical Flaws in Illumina’s DNA Sequencing Instruments

Apr 29, 2023Ravie LakshmananHealthcare / Cybersecurity The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released an Industrial Control Systems…

Zyxel Firewall
28
Apr
2023

Zyxel Firewall Devices Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution Attacks — Patch Now

Apr 28, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability Networking equipment maker Zyxel has released patches for a critical security flaw in…

endpoint security
28
Apr
2023

Why Your Detection-First Security Approach Isn’t Working

Stopping new and evasive threats is one of the greatest challenges in cybersecurity. This is among the biggest reasons why…

New Atomic macOS Malware Steals Keychain Passwords and Crypto Wallets
28
Apr
2023

New Atomic macOS Malware Steals Keychain Passwords and Crypto Wallets

Apr 28, 2023Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Cryptocurrency Threat actors are advertising a new information stealer for the Apple macOS operating…

ViperSoftX InfoStealer
28
Apr
2023

ViperSoftX InfoStealer Adopts Sophisticated Techniques to Avoid Detection

Apr 28, 2023Ravie LakshmananData Security / Malware A significant number of victims in the consumer and enterprise sectors located across…

Magecart
28
Apr
2023

Don’t Be Fooled by Their Sleek, Modern Looks — It’s Magecart!

Apr 28, 2023Ravie LakshmananOnline Security / Website Hacking An ongoing Magecart campaign has attracted the attention of cybersecurity researchers for…

Anti-Malware
28
Apr
2023

Tonto Team Uses Anti-Malware File to Launch Attacks on South Korean Institutions

Apr 28, 2023Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Threat South Korean education, construction, diplomatic, and political institutions are at the receiving end…

CryptBot
27
Apr
2023

Google Gets Court Order to Take Down CryptBot That Infected Over 670,000 Computers

Apr 27, 2023Ravie LakshmananBotnet / Cyber Crime Google on Wednesday said it obtained a temporary court order in the U.S….