U.S. Treasury Hamas Spokesperson for Cyber Influence Operations
Apr 13, 2024NewsroomCyber influence / Warfare The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Friday announced sanctions against an official associated with…
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Ex-Security Engineer Jailed 3 Years for $12.3 Million Crypto Exchange Thefts
Apr 13, 2024NewsroomCryptocurrency / Regulatory Compliance A former security engineer has been sentenced to three years in prison in the U.S. for charges relating to…
Hackers Deploy Python Backdoor in Palo Alto Zero-Day Attack
Apr 13, 2024Newsroom Threat actors have been exploiting the newly disclosed zero-day flaw in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software dating back to March 26, 2024,…
Popular Rust Crate liblzma-sys Compromised with XZ Utils Backdoor Files
“Test files” associated with the XZ Utils backdoor have made their way to a Rust crate known as liblzma-sys, new findings from Phylum reveal. liblzma-sys,…
Code Keepers: Mastering Non-Human Identity Management
Apr 12, 2024The Hacker NewsDevSecOps / Identity Management Identities now transcend human boundaries. Within each line of code and every API call lies a non-human…
Critical Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Flaw Under Active Attack
Apr 12, 2024NewsroomNetwork Security / Zero-Day Palo Alto Networks is warning that a critical flaw impacting its PAN-OS software used in its GlobalProtect gateways is…
Iranian MuddyWater Hackers Adopt New C2 Tool ‘DarkBeatC2’ in Latest Campaign
The Iranian threat actor known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a new command-and-control (C2) infrastructure called DarkBeatC2, becoming the latest such tool in its…
Python’s PyPI Reveals Its Secrets
Apr 11, 2024The Hacker NewsSoftware Security / Programming GitGuardian is famous for its annual State of Secrets Sprawl report. In their 2023 report, they found…
Sneaky Credit Card Skimmer Disguised as Harmless Facebook Tracker
Apr 12, 2024NewsroomWeb Security / WordPress Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a credit card skimmer that’s concealed within a fake Meta Pixel tracker script in an…
U.S. Federal Agencies Ordered to Hunt for Signs of Microsoft Breach and Mitigate Risks
Apr 12, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Data Breach The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday issued an emergency directive (ED 24-02) urging federal…
Python’s PyPI Reveals Its Secrets
Apr 11, 2024The Hacker NewsSoftware Security / Programming GitGuardian is famous for its annual State of Secrets Sprawl report. In their 2023 report, they found…
TA547 Phishing Attack Hits German Firms with Rhadamanthys Stealer
Apr 11, 2024NewsroomEndpoint Security / Ransomware A threat actor tracked as TA547 has targeted dozens of German organizations with an information stealer called Rhadamanthys as…