GoldenJackal Target Embassies and Air-Gapped Systems Using Malware Toolsets
Oct 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Malware A little-known threat actor tracked as GoldenJackal has been linked to a series of cyber attacks targeting embassies…
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Pro-Ukrainian Hackers Strike Russian State TV on Putin’s Birthday
Ukraine has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack that targeted Russia state media company VGTRK and disrupted its operations, according to reports from Bloomberg and…
Qualcomm Urges OEMs to Patch Critical DSP and WLAN Flaws Amid Active Exploits
Oct 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Privacy Qualcomm has rolled out security updates to address nearly two dozen flaws spanning proprietary and open-source components, including…
New Gorilla Botnet Launches Over 300,000 DDoS Attacks Across 100 Countries
Oct 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananIoT Security / Botnet Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new botnet malware family called Gorilla (aka GorillaBot) that is a variant of…
Vulnerable APIs and Bot Attacks Costing Businesses Up to $186 Billion Annually
Organizations are losing between $94 – $186 billion annually to vulnerable or insecure APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) and automated abuse by bots. That’s according to…
Webinar on MFA, Passwords, and the Shift to Passwordless
Oct 07, 2024The Hacker NewsPassword Security / Data Security The interest in passwordless authentication has increased due to the rise of hybrid work environments and…
Critical Apache Avro SDK Flaw Allows Remote Code Execution in Java Applications
Oct 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananOpen Source / Software Security A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the Apache Avro Java Software Development Kit (SDK) that,…
E.U. Court Limits Meta’s Use of Personal Facebook Data for Targeted Ads
Oct 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananData Privacy / Advertising Europe’s top court has ruled that Meta Platforms must restrict the use of personal data harvested from Facebook…
Apple Releases Critical iOS and iPadOS Updates to Fix VoiceOver Password Vulnerability
Oct 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananData Privacy / Mobile Security Apple has released iOS and iPadOS updates to address two security issues, one of which could have…
U.S. and Microsoft Seize 107 Russian Domains in Major Cyber Fraud Crackdown
Oct 04, 2024Ravie LakshmananPhishing Attack / Cybercrime Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the seizure of 107 internet domains used…
WordPress LiteSpeed Cache Plugin Security Flaw Exposes Sites to XSS Attacks
Oct 04, 2024Ravie LakshmananWebsite Security / Vulnerability A new high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that could enable…
Cloudflare Thwarts Largest-Ever 3.8 Tbps DDoS Attack Targeting Global Sectors
Cloudflare has disclosed that it mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 3.8 terabits per second (Tbps) and lasted 65 seconds. The…