Category: TheHackerNews

Hackers using RMM Software
26
Jan
2023

U.S. Federal Agencies Fall Victim to Cyber Attack Utilizing Legitimate RMM Software

Jan 26, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Phishing At least two federal agencies in the U.S. fell victim to a “widespread…

WordPress Hacking
25
Jan
2023

Over 4,500 WordPress Sites Hacked to Redirect Visitors to Sketchy Ad Pages

Jan 25, 2023Ravie LakshmananWebsite Security / WordPress A massive campaign has infected over 4,500 WordPress websites as part of a…

Browser Security Checklist
25
Jan
2023

The Definitive Browser Security Checklist

Security stakeholders have come to realize that the prominent role the browser has in the modern corporate environment requires a…

Credential Harvesting
25
Jan
2023

North Korean Hackers Turn to Credential Harvesting in Latest Wave of Cyberattacks

Jan 25, 2023Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Malware A North Korean nation-state group notorious for crypto heists has been attributed to a…

vRealize Log Insight Software
25
Jan
2023

VMware Releases Patches for Critical vRealize Log Insight Software Vulnerabilities

Jan 25, 2023Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / VMware VMware on Tuesday released software to remediate four security vulnerabilities affecting vRealize Log…

GoTo Suffers Data Breach
25
Jan
2023

LastPass Parent Company GoTo Suffers Data Breach, Customers’ Backups Compromised

Jan 25, 2023Ravie LakshmananData Breach / Remote Work Tool LastPass-owner GoTo (formerly LogMeIn) on Tuesday disclosed that unidentified threat actors…

Emotet Malware
24
Jan
2023

Emotet Malware Makes a Comeback with New Evasion Techniques

Jan 24, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Cyber Crime The Emotet malware operation has continued to refine its tactics in an…

Golang Malware in DragonSpark Attacks
24
Jan
2023

Chinese Hackers Utilize Golang Malware in DragonSpark Attacks to Evade Detection

Jan 24, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Golang Organizations in East Asia are being targeted by a likely Chinese-speaking actor dubbed…

Some Vulnerabilities Date Back to the Last Millennium
24
Jan
2023

Some Vulnerabilities Date Back to the Last Millennium

Vulnerability analysis results in Orange Cyberdefenses’ Security Navigator show that some vulnerabilities first discovered in 1999 are still found in…

Horizon Bridge Crypto Theft
24
Jan
2023

FBI Says North Korean Hackers Behind $100 Million Horizon Bridge Crypto Theft

Jan 24, 2023Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Cyber Crime The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday confirmed that North Korean…

Apple Actively Exploited Vulnerability
24
Jan
2023

Apple Issues Updates for Older Devices to Fix Actively Exploited Vulnerability

Jan 24, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / 0-Day Attack Apple has backported fixes for a recently disclosed critical security flaw affecting…

End-to-End Encrypted Messenger App
24
Jan
2023

Facebook Introduces New Features for End-to-End Encrypted Messenger App

Jan 24, 2023Ravie LakshmananEncryption / Privacy Meta Platforms on Monday announced that it has started to expand global testing of…