RVTools Official Site Hacked to Deliver Bumblebee Malware via Trojanized Installer
May 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Supply Chain Attack The official site for RVTools has been hacked to serve a compromised installer for the popular VMware…
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Ransomware Gangs Use Skitnet Malware for Stealthy Data Theft and Remote Access
May 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Malware Several ransomware actors are using a malware called Skitnet as part of their post-exploitation efforts to steal sensitive data…
Firefox Patches 2 Zero-Days Exploited at Pwn2Own Berlin with $100K in Rewards
May 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Vulnerability Mozilla has released security updates to address two critical security flaws in its Firefox browser that could be…
Why CTEM is the Winning Bet for CISOs in 2025
Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) has moved from concept to cornerstone, solidifying its role as a strategic enabler for CISOs. No longer a theoretical framework,…
New HTTPBot Botnet Launches 200+ Precision DDoS Attacks on Gaming and Tech Sectors
May 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananUnited States Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new botnet malware called HTTPBot that has been used to primarily single out…
Top 10 Best Practices for Effective Data Protection
Data is the lifeblood of productivity, and protecting sensitive data is more critical than ever. With cyber threats evolving rapidly and data privacy regulations tightening,…
Researchers Expose New Intel CPU Flaws Enabling Memory Leaks and Spectre v2 Attacks
May 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananHardware Security / Vulnerability Researchers at ETH Zürich have discovered yet another security flaw that they say impacts all modern Intel CPUs…
Fileless Remcos RAT Delivered via LNK Files and MSHTA in PowerShell-Based Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new malware campaign that makes use of a PowerShell-based shellcode loader to deploy a remote access trojan called…
Learn a Smarter Way to Defend Modern Applications
May 16, 2025The Hacker NewsDevSecOps / Threat Detection Modern apps move fast—faster than most security teams can keep up. As businesses rush to build in…
Meta to Train AI on E.U. User Data From May 27 Without Consent; Noyb Threatens Lawsuit
May 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananAI Training / Data Protection Austrian privacy non-profit noyb (none of your business) has sent Meta’s Irish headquarters a cease-and-desist letter, threatening…
Coinbase Agents Bribed, Data of ~1% Users Leaked; $20M Extortion Attempt Fails
May 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Threat Intelligence Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has disclosed that unknown cyber actors broke into its systems and stole account data for…
Malicious npm Package Leverages Unicode Steganography, Google Calendar as C2 Dropper
May 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package named “os-info-checker-es6” that disguises itself as an operating system information utility…