Category: TheHackerNews

Xenomorph Android Banking Trojan
10
Mar
2023

Xenomorph Android Banking Trojan Returns with a New and More Powerful Variant

Mar 10, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Android A new variant of the Android banking trojan named Xenomorph has surfaced in…

North Korean Hackers
10
Mar
2023

North Korean UNC2970 Hackers Expands Operations with New Malware Families

Mar 10, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Malware A North Korean espionage group tracked as UNC2970 has been observed employing previously…

Human Rights and Middle East Politics
09
Mar
2023

Iranian Hackers Target Women Involved in Human Rights and Middle East Politics

Mar 09, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage Iranian state-sponsored actors are continuing to engage in social engineering campaigns targeting researchers by impersonating…

IceFire Ransomware
09
Mar
2023

IceFire Ransomware Exploits IBM Aspera Faspex to Attack Linux-Powered Enterprise Networks

Mar 09, 2023Ravie LakshmananLinux / Endpoint Security A previously known Windows-based ransomware strain known as IceFire has expanded its focus…

Remote Desktop Software
09
Mar
2023

Hackers Exploiting Remote Desktop Software Flaws to Deploy PlugX Malware

Mar 09, 2023Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Malware Security vulnerabilities in remote desktop programs such as Sunlogin and AweSun are being…

Vishing
09
Mar
2023

Does Your Help Desk Know Who’s Calling?

Mar 09, 2023The Hacker NewsPassword Security / Enterprise Security Phishing, the theft of users’ credentials or sensitive data using social…

ScrubCrypt Crypter
09
Mar
2023

New ScrubCrypt Crypter Used in Cryptojacking Attacks Targeting Oracle WebLogic

Mar 09, 2023Ravie LakshmananCryptojacking / Threat Detection, The infamous cryptocurrency miner group called 8220 Gang has been observed using a…

New Critical Flaw in FortiOS and FortiProxy Could Give Hackers Remote Access
09
Mar
2023

New Critical Flaw in FortiOS and FortiProxy Could Give Hackers Remote Access

Mar 09, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Firewall Fortinet has released fixes to address 15 security flaws, including one critical vulnerability…

Jenkins Security Alert
08
Mar
2023

New Security Flaws Could Allow Code Execution Attacks

Mar 08, 2023Ravie Lakshmanan A pair of severe security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the Jenkins open source automation server…

Syxsense Unified Security and Endpoint Management
08
Mar
2023

Unified Security and Endpoint Management

As threats grow and attack surfaces get more complex, companies continue to struggle with the multitude of tools they utilize…

08
Mar
2023

Lazarus Group Exploits Zero-Day Vulnerability to Hack South Korean Financial Entity

Mar 08, 2023Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / BYOVD Attack The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been observed weaponizing flaws in an undisclosed…

Sharp Panda Hackers
08
Mar
2023

Sharp Panda Using New Soul Framework Version to Target Southeast Asian Governments

Mar 08, 2023Ravie LakshmananAdvanced Persistent Threat High-profile government entities in Southeast Asia are the target of a cyber espionage campaign…