Category: TheHackerNews

Android Kernel Vulnerability
06
Aug
2024

Google Patches New Android Kernel Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

Aug 06, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Vulnerability Google has addressed a high-severity security flaw impacting the Android kernel that it…

New Zero-Day Flaw in Apache OFBiz ERP Allows Remote Code Execution
06
Aug
2024

New Zero-Day Flaw in Apache OFBiz ERP Allows Remote Code Execution

Aug 06, 2024Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / Vulnerability A new zero-day pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability has been disclosed in the…

Cyber Attacks
05
Aug
2024

Kazakh Organizations Targeted by ‘Bloody Wolf’ Cyber Attacks

Aug 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Threat Intelligence Organizations in Kazakhstan are the target of a threat activity cluster dubbed…

Smart App Control and SmartScreen
05
Aug
2024

Researchers Uncover Flaws in Windows Smart App Control and SmartScreen

Aug 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered design weaknesses in Microsoft’s Windows Smart App Control and…

Cybersecurity Law
05
Aug
2024

How it Impacts Cybersecurity Law

Aug 05, 2024The Hacker NewsCybersecurity Law / Data Privacy The Loper Bright decision has yielded impactful results: the Supreme Court…

Wazuh
05
Aug
2024

Enhancing Incident Response Readiness with Wazuh

Incident response is a structured approach to managing and addressing security breaches or cyber-attacks. Security teams must overcome challenges such…

Malicious Software Updates
05
Aug
2024

China-Linked Hackers Compromise ISP to Deploy Malicious Software Updates

Aug 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Windows Security The China-linked threat actor known as Evasive Panda compromised an unnamed internet…

Rockwell Automation
05
Aug
2024

Critical Flaw in Rockwell Automation Devices Allows Unauthorized Access

Aug 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability A high-severity security bypass vulnerability has been disclosed in Rockwell Automation ControlLogix 1756…

Android Trojan
05
Aug
2024

New Android Trojan “BlankBot” Targets Turkish Users’ Financial Data

Aug 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Financial Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Android banking trojan called BlankBot targeting…

Privacy / Data Protection
03
Aug
2024

DOJ and FTC Sue TikTok for Violating Children’s Privacy Laws

Aug 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Data Protection The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC),…

Minecraft DDoS Tool
03
Aug
2024

Hackers Exploit Misconfigured Jupyter Notebooks with Repurposed Minecraft DDoS Tool

Aug 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananDDoS Attack / Server Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack…

APT28 Targets Diplomats with HeadLace Malware via Car Sale Phishing Lure
02
Aug
2024

APT28 Targets Diplomats with HeadLace Malware via Car Sale Phishing Lure

Aug 02, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware A Russia-linked threat actor has been linked to a new campaign that employed…