Category: TheHackerNews

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Updates
15
Mar
2023

Microsoft Rolls Out Patches for 80 New Security Flaws — Two Under Active Attack

Mar 15, 2023Ravie LakshmananPatch Tuesday / Software Update Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday update for March 2023 is rolling out with remediations…

LockBit Ransomware
14
Mar
2023

The Prolificacy of LockBit Ransomware

Today, the LockBit ransomware is the most active and successful cybercrime organization in the world. Attributed to a Russian Threat…

Golang-Based Malware
14
Mar
2023

New Golang-Based Malware Breaches Web Servers Via Brute-Force Attacks

Mar 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Botnet A new Golang-based malware dubbed GoBruteforcer has been found targeting web servers running…

Microsoft Warns of Large-Scale Use of Phishing Kits to Send Millions of Emails Daily
14
Mar
2023

Microsoft Warns of Large-Scale Use of Phishing Kits to Send Millions of Emails Daily

Mar 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Cyber Attack An open source adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing kit has found a number of…

Fortinet FortiOS
14
Mar
2023

Fortinet FortiOS Flaw Exploited in Targeted Cyberattacks on Government Entities

Mar 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Cyber Attack Government entities and large organizations have been targeted by an unknown threat…

13
Mar
2023

AI-generated YouTube Video Tutorials Spreading Infostealer Malware

Mar 13, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Social Engineering Threat actors have been increasingly observed using AI-generated YouTube Videos to spread…

Large-scale Cyber Attack Hijacks East Asian Websites for Adult Content Redirects
13
Mar
2023

Large-scale Cyber Attack Hijacks East Asian Websites for Adult Content Redirects

Mar 13, 2023Ravie LakshmananWeb Security / Cyber Threat A widespread malicious cyber operation has hijacked thousands of websites aimed at…

Adaptive Shield NIST compliance
13
Mar
2023

How to Apply NIST Principles to SaaS in 2023

Mar 13, 2023The Hacker NewsNIST / SaaS Security The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is one of the…

ChatGPT Chrome Extension
13
Mar
2023

Fake ChatGPT Chrome Extension Hijacking Facebook Accounts for Malicious Advertising

Mar 13, 2023Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Artificial Intelligence A fake ChatGPT-branded Chrome browser extension has been found to come with…

KamiKakaBot Malware
13
Mar
2023

KamiKakaBot Malware Used in Latest Dark Pink APT Attacks on Southeast Asian Targets

Mar 13, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Malware The Dark Pink advanced persistent threat (APT) actor has been linked to a…

Akuvox E11 Smart Intercom
13
Mar
2023

Researchers Uncover Over a Dozen Security Flaws in Akuvox E11 Smart Intercom

Mar 13, 2023Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / Privacy More than a dozen security flaws have been disclosed in E11, a smart…

BATLOADER Malware
11
Mar
2023

BATLOADER Malware Uses Google Ads to Deliver Vidar Stealer and Ursnif Payloads

Mar 11, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat Intelligence The malware downloader known as BATLOADER has been observed abusing Google Ads to deliver…