INTERPOL Pushes for “Romance Baiting” to Replace “Pig Butchering” in Scam Discourse
Dec 18, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Fraud / Social engineering INTERPOL is calling for a linguistic shift that aims to put to an end to the term…
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Critical Apache Struts Flaw Found, Exploitation Attempts Detected
Dec 18, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Vulnerability Threat actors are attempting to exploit a recently disclosed security flaw impacting Apache Struts that could pave the…
Meta Fined €251 Million for 2018 Data Breach Impacting 29 Million Accounts
Dec 18, 2024Ravie LakshmananData Breach / Privacy Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, has been fined €251 million (around $263…
Attackers Exploit Microsoft Teams and AnyDesk to Deploy DarkGate Malware
Dec 17, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Credential Theft A new social engineering campaign has leveraged Microsoft Teams as a way to facilitate the deployment of a…
Hackers Use Microsoft MSC Files to Deploy Obfuscated Backdoor in Pakistan Attacks
Dec 17, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Malware A new phishing campaign has been observed employing tax-themed lures to deliver a stealthy backdoor payload as part…
Even Great Companies Get Breached — Find Out Why and How to Stop It
Dec 17, 2024The Hacker NewsWebinar / Risk Management Even the best companies with the most advanced tools can still get hacked. It’s a frustrating reality:…
5 Practical Techniques for Effective Cyber Threat Hunting
Addressing cyber threats before they have a chance to strike or inflict serious damage is by far the best security approach any company can embrace.…
Bitter APT Targets Turkish Defense Sector with WmRAT and MiyaRAT Malware
Dec 17, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware A suspected South Asian cyber espionage threat group known as Bitter targeted a Turkish defense sector organization in…
Hackers Exploit Webview2 to Deploy CoinLurker Malware and Evade Security Detection
Bogus software update lures are being used by threat actors to deliver a new stealer malware called CoinLurker. “Written in Go, CoinLurker employs cutting-edge obfuscation…
CISA and FBI Raise Alerts on Exploited Flaws and Expanding HiatusRAT Campaign
Dec 17, 2024Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / IoT Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added two security flaws to its Known…
The Mask APT Resurfaces with Sophisticated Multi-Platform Malware Arsenal
Dec 17, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Mobile Security A little-known cyber espionage actor known as The Mask has been linked to a new set of…
DeceptionAds Delivers 1M+ Daily Impressions via 3,000 Sites, Fake CAPTCHA Pages
Dec 16, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalvertising / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a previously undocumented aspect associated with ClickFix-style attacks that hinge on taking…