Category: TheHackerNews

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…

Malicious PyPI package
26
Dec
2022

Researchers Discover Malicious PyPI Package Posing as SentinelOne SDK to Steal Data

Dec 19, 2022Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Supply Chain Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malicious package on the Python Package…

Gatekeeper Bypass Vulnerability
26
Dec
2022

Microsoft Details Gatekeeper Bypass Vulnerability in Apple macOS Systems

Dec 20, 2022Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Vulnerability Microsoft has disclosed details of a now-patched security flaw in Apple macOS that…

Fortnite Maker Epic Games
26
Dec
2022

FTC Fines Fortnite Maker Epic Games $275 Million for Violating Children’s Privacy Law

Dec 20, 2022Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Data Security Epic Games has reached a $520 million settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade…

Brave open-source web browser
26
Dec
2022

New Privacy-Focused Database Querying System

Dec 23, 2022Ravie LakshmananEncryption / Privacy / Browser The developers behind the Brave open-source web browser have revealed a new…

PyPI Packages
26
Dec
2022

W4SP Stealer Discovered in Multiple PyPI Packages Under Various Names

Dec 24, 2022Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Supply Chain Threat actors have published yet another round of malicious packages to Python…

Cyber Threats
26
Dec
2022

2022 Top Five Immediate Threats in Geopolitical Context

As we are nearing the end of 2022, looking at the most concerning threats of this turbulent year in terms…

GuLoader Malware
26
Dec
2022

GuLoader Malware Utilizing New Techniques to Evade Security Software

Dec 26, 2022Ravie LakshmananReverse Engineering Cybersecurity researchers have exposed a wide variety of techniques adopted by an advanced malware downloader…