Category: TheHackerNews

Ransomware Attack
08
Apr
2023

Taiwanese PC Company MSI Falls Victim to Ransomware Attack

Apr 08, 2023Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Attack Taiwanese PC company MSI (short for Micro-Star International) officially confirmed it was the…

Iran-Based Hackers
08
Apr
2023

Iran-Based Hackers Caught Carrying Out Destructive Attacks Under Ransomware Guise

Apr 08, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber War / Cyber Threat The Iranian nation-state group known as MuddyWater has been observed carrying out…

vm2 Sandbox Library
08
Apr
2023

Researchers Discover Critical Remote Code Execution Flaw in vm2 Sandbox Library

Apr 08, 2023Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Software The maintainers of the vm2 JavaScript sandbox module have shipped a patch to address…

Apple Zero-Day
08
Apr
2023

Apple Releases Updates to Address Zero-Day Flaws in iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari

Apr 08, 2023Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Endpoint Security Apple on Friday released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari web…

Phishing Kit Market on Telegram
07
Apr
2023

Researchers Uncover Thriving Phishing Kit Market on Telegram Channels

Apr 07, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Online Security In yet another sign that Telegram is increasingly becoming a thriving hub…

Source Code Leak
07
Apr
2023

Are Source Code Leaks the New Threat Software vendors Should Care About?

Less than a month ago, Twitter indirectly acknowledged that some of its source code had been leaked on the code-sharing…

Cobalt Strike
07
Apr
2023

Microsoft Takes Legal Action to Disrupt Cybercriminals’ Illegal Use of Cobalt Strike Tool

Apr 07, 2023Ravie Lakshmanan Microsoft said it teamed up with Fortra and Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC) to…

Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories
07
Apr
2023

CISA Warns of Critical ICS Flaws in Hitachi, mySCADA, ICL, and Nexx Products

Apr 07, 2023Ravie LakshmananIndustrial Control System The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published eight Industrial Control Systems…

Supply Chain Attacks
06
Apr
2023

How CISA Helps Secure a Nation’s Crown Jewels

Critical infrastructure attacks are a preferred target for cyber criminals. Here’s why and what’s being done to protect them. What…

Cybercrime Crackdown
06
Apr
2023

119 Arrested in Cybercrime Crackdown

A coordinated international law enforcement operation has dismantled Genesis Market, an illegal online marketplace that specialized in the sale of…

Android Account Deletion
06
Apr
2023

Google Mandates Android Apps to Offer Easy Account Deletion In-App and Online

Apr 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Mobile Security Google is enacting a new data deletion policy for Android apps that allow…

Clipper Malware
05
Apr
2023

New Clipper Malware Targeting Portuguese Cryptocurrency Users

Apr 05, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Malware Portuguese users are being targeted by a new malware codenamed CryptoClippy that’s capable…