Category: TheHackerNews

GravityRAT Android Trojan
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Jun
2023

GravityRAT Android Trojan Steals WhatsApp Backups and Deletes Files

Jun 15, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Privacy An updated version of an Android remote access trojan dubbed GravityRAT has been…

GenAI tools as ChatGPT
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Jun
2023

6% of Employees Paste Sensitive Data into GenAI tools as ChatGPT

Jun 15, 2023The Hacker NewsBrowser Security / Data Security The revolutionary technology of GenAI tools, such as ChatGPT, has brought…

Shuckworm hackers
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Jun
2023

New Report Reveals Shuckworm’s Long-Running Intrusions on Ukrainian Organizations

Jun 15, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber War / Threat Intel The Russian threat actor known as Shuckworm has continued its cyber assault…

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Jun
2023

Microsoft Warns of New Russian State-Sponsored Hacker Group with Destructive Intent

Jun 15, 2023Ravie Lakshmanan Microsoft on Wednesday took the lid off a “novel and distinct Russian threat actor,” which it…

LockBit Ransomware
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Jun
2023

LockBit Ransomware Extorts $91 Million from U.S. Companies

The threat actors behind the LockBit ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme have extorted $91 million following hundreds of attacks against numerous U.S….

Zero-Day
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Jun
2023

Chinese Hackers Exploit VMware Zero-Day to Backdoor Windows and Linux Systems

Jun 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Network Security The Chinese state-sponsored group known as UNC3886 has been found to exploit a…

Severe Vulnerabilities Reported in Microsoft Azure Bastion and Container Registry
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Jun
2023

Severe Vulnerabilities Reported in Microsoft Azure Bastion and Container Registry

Jun 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Vulnerability Two “dangerous” security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Microsoft Azure Bastion and Azure…

Network Security
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Jun
2023

Where from, Where to — The Evolution of Network Security

Jun 14, 2023The Hacker NewsThreat Intel / Network Security For the better part of the 90s and early aughts, the…

New Golang-based Skuld Malware Stealing Discord and Browser Data from Windows PCs
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Jun
2023

New Golang-based Skuld Malware Stealing Discord and Browser Data from Windows PCs

Jun 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Malware A new Golang-based information stealer called Skuld has compromised Windows systems across Europe,…

GitHub Repositories as PoC Exploits
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Jun
2023

Fake Researcher Profiles Spread Malware through GitHub Repositories as PoC Exploits

Jun 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananMalware / Zero-Day At least half of dozen GitHub accounts from fake researchers associated with a fraudulent…

WooCommerce Stripe Gateway
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Jun
2023

Critical Security Vulnerability Discovered in WooCommerce Stripe Gateway Plugin

Jun 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananWebsite Security / Hacking A security flaw has been uncovered in the WooCommerce Stripe Gateway WordPress plugin…

Microsoft
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Jun
2023

Microsoft Releases Updates to Patch Critical Flaws in Windows and Other Software

Jun 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananPatch Tuesday / Vulnerability Microsoft has rolled out fixes for its Windows operating system and other software…