Thai Officials Targeted in Yokai Backdoor Campaign Using DLL Side-Loading Techniques
Dec 14, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Threat Thai government officials have emerged as the target of a new campaign that leverages a technique called DLL…
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390,000+ WordPress Credentials Stolen via Malicious GitHub Repository Hosting PoC Exploits
Dec 13, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Malware A now-removed GitHub repository that advertised a WordPress tool to publish posts to the online content management system…
Critical OpenWrt Vulnerability Exposes Devices to Malicious Firmware Injection
Dec 13, 2024The Hacker NewsLinux / Vulnerability A security flaw has been disclosed in OpenWrt’s Attended Sysupgrade (ASU) feature that, if successfully exploited, could have…
DoJ Indicts 14 North Koreans for $88M IT Worker Fraud Scheme Over Six Years
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has indicted 14 nationals belonging to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) for their alleged…
How to Generate a CrowdStrike RFM Report With AI in Tines
Run by the team at orchestration, AI, and automation platform Tines, the Tines library contains pre-built workflows shared by real security practitioners from across the…
Iran-Linked IOCONTROL Malware Targets SCADA and Linux-Based IoT Platforms
Dec 13, 2024The Hacker NewsIoT Security / Operational Technology Iran-affiliated threat actors have been linked to a new custom malware that’s geared toward IoT and…
New Linux Rootkit PUMAKIT Uses Advanced Stealth Techniques to Evade Detection
Dec 13, 2024Ravie LakshmananLinux / Threat Analysis Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new Linux rootkit called PUMAKIT that comes with capabilities to escalate privileges, hide…
FBI Busts Rydox Marketplace with 7,600 PII Sales, Cryptocurrency Worth $225K Seized
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the shutdown of an illicit marketplace called Rydox (“rydox.ru” and “rydox[.]cc”) for selling stolen personal information,…
Gamaredon Deploys Android Spyware “BoneSpy” and “PlainGnome” in Former Soviet States
Dec 12, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Cyber Espionage The Russia-linked state-sponsored threat actor tracked as Gamaredon has been attributed to two new Android spyware tools…
Credentials and API Keys Leaking Online
Dec 12, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Cloud Security Cybersecurity researchers are warning that thousands of servers hosting the Prometheus monitoring and alerting toolkit are at risk…
Researchers Uncover Symlink Exploit Allowing TCC Bypass in iOS and macOS
Dec 12, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Device Security Details have emerged about a now-patched security vulnerability in Apple’s iOS and macOS that, if successfully exploited, could…
WordPress Hunk Companion Plugin Flaw Exploited to Silently Install Vulnerable Plugins
Dec 12, 2024Ravie LakshmananWebsite Security / Vulnerability Malicious actors are exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Hunk Companion plugin for WordPress to install other vulnerable…