Category: TheHackerNews

GitHub Secret Scanning
27
Dec
2022

GitHub Announces Free Secret Scanning for All Public Repositories

Dec 16, 2022Ravie LakshmananSecure Coding / Code Hosting GitHub on Thursday said it is making available its secret scanning service…

Bypass Windows MotW Protection
27
Dec
2022

BlueNoroff APT Hackers Using New Ways to Bypass Windows MotW Protection

Dec 27, 2022Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Windows Security BlueNoroff, a subcluster of the notorious Lazarus Group, has been observed adopting…

server-security
27
Dec
2022

Cyber Security Is Not a Losing Game – If You Start Right Now

Reality has a way of asserting itself, irrespective of any personal or commercial choices we make, good or bad. For…

Twitter
27
Dec
2022

Ex-Twitter employee Gets 3.5 Years Jail for Spying on Behalf of Saudi Arabia

Dec 16, 2022Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Privacy A former Twitter employee who was found guilty of spying on behalf of…

Windows 10 Installer
27
Dec
2022

Trojanized Windows 10 Installer Used in Cyberattacks Against Ukrainian Government Entities

Government entities in Ukraine have been breached as part of a new campaign that leveraged trojanized versions of Windows 10…

27
Dec
2022

Samba Issues Security Updates to Patch Multiple High-Severity Vulnerabilities

Samba has released software updates to remediate multiple vulnerabilities that, if successfully exploited, could allow an attacker to take control…

gmail Client-Side Encryption
27
Dec
2022

Google Takes Gmail Security to the Next Level with Client-Side Encryption

Dec 18, 2022Ravie LakshmananEncryption / Email Security Google on Friday announced that its client-side encryption for Gmail is in beta…

Cambridge Analytica Data Leak
27
Dec
2022

Facebook to Pay $725 Million to settle Lawsuit Over Cambridge Analytica Data Leak

Dec 27, 2022Ravie LakshmananData Security / Privacy Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has agreed to…

27
Dec
2022

Facebook Cracks Down on Spyware Vendors from U.S., China, Russia, Israel, and India

Meta Platforms disclosed that it took down no less than 200 covert influence operations since 2017 spanning roughly 70 countries…

agenda ransomware
27
Dec
2022

New Agenda Ransomware Variant, Written in Rust, Aiming at Critical Infrastructure

Dec 19, 2022Ravie LakshmananData Security / Endpoint Security A Rust variant of a ransomware strain known as Agenda has been…

2023 Cybersecurity Predictions
27
Dec
2022

Cybercrime (and Security) Predictions for 2023

Dec 19, 2022The Hacker NewsPassword Policy / Data Security Threat actors continue to adapt to the latest technologies, practices, and…

Glupteba Botnet
26
Dec
2022

Glupteba Botnet Continues to Thrive Despite Google’s Attempts to Disrupt It

Dec 19, 2022Ravie LakshmananBlockchain / Botnet The operators of the Glupteba botnet resurfaced in June 2022 as part of a…