Category: TheHackerNews

Microsoft
11
Nov
2023

Microsoft Warns of Fake Skills Assessment Portals Targeting IT Job Seekers

Nov 11, 2023NewsroomThreat Intelligence / Cybercrime A sub-cluster within the infamous Lazarus Group has established new infrastructure that impersonates skills…

Power Outage in Ukraine
10
Nov
2023

Russian Hackers Sandworm Cause Power Outage in Ukraine Amidst Missile Strikes

Nov 10, 2023NewsroomCyber Warfare / Network Security The notorious Russian hackers known as Sandworm targeted an electrical substation in Ukraine…

Atlassian Confluence Servers
10
Nov
2023

‘Effluence’ Backdoor Persists Despite Patching Atlassian Confluence Servers

Nov 10, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a stealthy backdoor named Effluence that’s deployed following the…

SecOps
10
Nov
2023

Customize Where it Matters, Automate the Rest

Nov 10, 2023The Hacker NewsThreat Intelligence / SecOps There is a seemingly never-ending quest to find the right security tools…

Iran-Linked Imperial Kitten Cyber Group
10
Nov
2023

Iran-Linked Imperial Kitten Cyber Group Targeting Middle East’s Tech Sectors

Nov 10, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Cyber Threat A group with links to Iran targeted transportation, logistics, and technology sectors in…

Kamran Spyware
10
Nov
2023

Stealthy Kamran Spyware Targeting Urdu-speaking Users in Gilgit-Baltistan

Nov 10, 2023NewsroomPrivacy / Cyber Espionage Urdu-speaking readers of a regional news website that caters to the Gilgit-Baltistan region have…

SysAid IT Support Software Vulnerability
09
Nov
2023

Lace Tempest Exploits SysAid IT Support Software Vulnerability

Nov 09, 2023NewsroomVulnerability / Zero Day The threat actor known as Lace Tempest has been linked to the exploitation of…

Malvertising
09
Nov
2023

New Malvertising Campaign Uses Fake Windows News Portal to Distribute Malicious Installers

Nov 09, 2023NewsroomEndpoint Security / Malware A new malvertising campaign has been found to employ fake sites that masquerade as…

Iranian Hackers
09
Nov
2023

New C2 Framework Iranian Hackers Using Against Israel

Nov 09, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Malware Iranian nation-state actors have been observed using a previously undocumented command-and-control (C2) framework called…

SaaS Security
09
Nov
2023

When Email Security Meets SaaS Security: Uncovering Risky Auto-Forwarding Rules

Nov 09, 2023The Hacker NewsEmail Security / SaaS Security While intended for convenience and efficient communication, email auto-forwarding rules can…

SLP Vulnerability
09
Nov
2023

High-Severity SLP Vulnerability Now Under Active Exploitation

Nov 09, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a high-severity flaw…

Protect IP Address in WhatsApp Calls
08
Nov
2023

WhatsApp Introduces New Privacy Feature to Protect IP Address in Calls

Nov 08, 2023NewsroomPrivacy / Data Security Meta-owned WhatsApp is officially rolling out a new privacy feature in its messaging service…