Category: TheHackerNews

SaaS Security
09
Jan
2023

Why Do User Permissions Matter for SaaS Security?

Jan 09, 2023The Hacker NewsSaaS Security / SSPM Solution Earlier this year, threat actors infiltrated Mailchimp, the popular SaaS email…

Russian Turla Hackers Hijack Decade-Old Malware Infrastructure to Deploy New Backdoors
08
Jan
2023

Russian Turla Hackers Hijack Decade-Old Malware Infrastructure to Deploy New Backdoors

Jan 08, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyberespionage / Threat Analysis The Russian cyberespionage group known as Turla has been observed piggybacking on attack…

Freejacking Campaign
06
Jan
2023

Hackers Using CAPTCHA Bypass Tactics in Freejacking Campaign on GitHub

Jan 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / GitHub A South Africa-based threat actor known as Automated Libra has been observed employing CAPTCHA…

Dridex Malware Now Attacking macOS Systems with Novel Infection Method
06
Jan
2023

Dridex Malware Now Attacking macOS Systems with Novel Infection Method

Jan 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananUnited States A variant of the infamous Dridex banking malware has set its sights on Apple’s macOS…

Ransomware Families Targeting macOS
06
Jan
2023

Microsoft Reveals Tactics Used by 4 Ransomware Families Targeting macOS

Jan 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Cyber Threat Microsoft has shed light on four different ransomware families – KeRanger, FileCoder,…

WhatsApp Introduces Proxy Support to Help Users Bypass Internet Censorship
06
Jan
2023

WhatsApp Introduces Proxy Support to Help Users Bypass Internet Censorship

Jan 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananOnline Safety / Privacy Popular instant messaging service WhatsApp has launched support for proxy servers in the…

Play Ransomware
06
Jan
2023

Rackspace Confirms Play Ransomware Gang Responsible for Recent Breach

Jan 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Cyber Threat Cloud services provider Rackspace on Thursday confirmed that the ransomware gang known…

Facebook Targeted Ads
06
Jan
2023

Irish Regulators Fine Facebook $414 Million for Forcing Users to Accept Targeted Ads

Jan 05, 2023Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Data Protection The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta Platforms €390 million (roughly…

Phishing Emails to Social Media
06
Jan
2023

From Phishing Emails to Social Media

Jan 05, 2023Ravie LakshmananData Security / Malware The notorious information-stealer known as Vidar is continuing to leverage popular social media…

CircleCI
06
Jan
2023

CircleCI Urges Customers to Rotate Secrets Following Security Incident

Jan 05, 2023Ravie LakshmananDevOps / Security Breach DevOps platform CircleCI on Wednesday urged its customers to rotate all their secrets…

LastPass Attack Surface
05
Jan
2023

Mitigate the LastPass Attack Surface in Your Environment with this Free Tool

Jan 05, 2023The Hacker NewsPassword Management / IT Breach The latest breach announced by LastPass is a major cause for…

Android Spyware
05
Jan
2023

Android Spyware Targeting Financial Institutions

Jan 05, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Surveillance Financial institutions are being targeted by a new version of Android malware called…