Category: TheHackerNews

A New Security Category Addresses Web-borne Threats
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Mar
2023

A New Security Category Addresses Web-borne Threats

Mar 17, 2023The Hacker NewsBrowser Security / Endpoint Protection In the modern corporate IT environment, which relies on cloud connectivity,…

HinataBot
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Mar
2023

New GoLang-Based HinataBot Exploiting Router and Server Flaws for DDoS Attacks

Mar 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Botnet A new Golang-based botnet dubbed HinataBot has been observed to leverage known flaws to…

Secure Your Identity Perimeter
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Mar
2023

3 Research-Backed Ways to Secure Your Identity Perimeter

Mar 17, 2023The Hacker NewsZero Trust / Access Control Think of the typical portrayal of a cyberattack. Bad guy pounding…

Cryptocurrency Stealing Malware
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Mar
2023

Lookalike Telegram and WhatsApp Websites Distributing Cryptocurrency Stealing Malware

Mar 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Mobile Security Copycat websites for instant messaging apps like Telegram and WhatApp are being used…

Samsung Exynos
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Mar
2023

Google Uncovers 18 Severe Security Vulnerabilities in Samsung Exynos Chips

Mar 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Firmware Google is calling attention to a set of severe security flaws in Samsung’s…

APT Group
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Mar
2023

Winter Vivern APT Group Targeting Indian, Lithuanian, Slovakian, and Vatican Officials

The advanced persistent threat known as Winter Vivern has been linked to campaigns targeting government officials in India, Lithuania, Slovakia,…

SILKLOADER Malware
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Mar
2023

Chinese and Russian Hackers Using SILKLOADER Malware to Evade Detection

Threat activity clusters affiliated with the Chinese and Russian cybercriminal ecosystems have been observed using a new piece of malware…

Cryptojacking Group TeamTNT Suspected of Using Decoy Miner to Conceal Data Exfiltration
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Mar
2023

Cryptojacking Group TeamTNT Suspected of Using Decoy Miner to Conceal Data Exfiltration

Mar 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananCryptojacking / Cyber Attack The cryptojacking group known as TeamTNT is suspected to be behind a previously…

ChipMixer Crypto Platform
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Mar
2023

Authorities Shut Down ChipMixer Platform Tied to Crypto Laundering Scheme

Mar 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Crime / Cryptocurrency A coalition of law enforcement agencies across Europe and the U.S. announced the…

Cybersecurity for Manufacturing Industry
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Mar
2023

What’s Wrong with Manufacturing?

In last year’s edition of the Security Navigator we noted that the Manufacturing Industry appeared to be totally over-represented in…

Vulnerability
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Mar
2023

Multiple Hacker Groups Exploit 3-Year-Old Vulnerability to Breach U.S. Federal Agency

Mar 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Vulnerability Multiple threat actors, including a nation-state group, exploited a critical three-year-old security flaw…

Adobe ColdFusion Vulnerability
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Mar
2023

Adobe ColdFusion Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

Mar 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on March 15 added a security…