Category: TheHackerNews

18
Feb
2023

Twitter Limits SMS-Based 2-Factor Authentication to Blue Subscribers Only

Feb 18, 2023Ravie LakshmananAuthentication / Online Security Twitter has announced that it’s limiting the use of SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA)…

GoDaddy Discloses Multi-Year Security Breach Causing Malware Installations and Source Code Theft
18
Feb
2023

GoDaddy Discloses Multi-Year Security Breach Causing Malware Installations and Source Code Theft

Feb 18, 2023Ravie LakshmananServer Security / Malware Web hosting services provider GoDaddy on Friday disclosed a multi-year security breach that…

RambleOn Android Malware
17
Feb
2023

Experts Warn of RambleOn Android Malware Targeting South Korean Journalists

Feb 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Cyber Threat Suspected North Korean nation-state actors targeted a journalist in South Korea with…

Cybersecurity Newsletter
17
Feb
2023

⚡Top Cybersecurity News Stories This Week — Cybersecurity Newsletter

Hey 👋 there, cyber friends! Welcome to this week’s cybersecurity newsletter, where we aim to keep you informed and empowered…

OxtaRAT Spying Tool
17
Feb
2023

Armenian Entities Hit by New Version of OxtaRAT Spying Tool

Feb 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Surveillanceware Entities in Armenia have come under a cyber attack using an updated version…

17
Feb
2023

New Mirai Botnet Variant ‘V3G4’ Exploiting 13 Flaws to Target Linux and IoT Devices

Feb 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananIoT Security / Cyber Attack A new variant of the notorious Mirai botnet has been found leveraging…

ClamAV Open-Source Antivirus Software
17
Feb
2023

Critical RCE Vulnerability Discovered in ClamAV Open-Source Antivirus Software

Feb 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananSysadmin / Endpoint Security Cisco has rolled out security updates to address a critical flaw reported in…

SideWinder Group
16
Feb
2023

Researchers Link SideWinder Group to Dozens of Targeted Attacks in Multiple Countries

Feb 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananAdvanced Persistent Threat The prolific SideWinder group has been attributed as the nation-state actor behind attempted attacks…

NPM Package
16
Feb
2023

Researchers Hijack Popular NPM Package with Millions of Downloads

Feb 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananSupply Chain / Software Security A popular npm package with more than 3.5 million weekly downloads has…

16
Feb
2023

New Threat Actor WIP26 Targeting Telecom Service Providers in the Middle East

Feb 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Cyber Threat Telecommunication service providers in the Middle East are being targeted by a…

Satori automated data security platform
16
Feb
2023

Breaking the Security “Black Box” in DBs, Data Warehouses and Data Lakes

Security teams typically have great visibility over most areas, for example, the corporate network, endpoints, servers, and cloud infrastructure. They…

FatalRAT Malware
16
Feb
2023

Hackers Using Google Ads to Spread FatalRAT Malware Disguised as Popular Apps

Feb 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananAd Fraud / Malware Chinese-speaking individuals in Southeast and East Asia are the targets of a new…