Category: TheHackerNews

New Cross-Platform Malware KTLVdoor Discovered in Attack on Chinese Trading Firm
05
Sep
2024

New Cross-Platform Malware KTLVdoor Discovered in Attack on Chinese Trading Firm

Sep 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Malware The Chinese-speaking threat actor known as Earth Lusca has been observed using a…

Cisco Fixes Two Critical Flaws in Smart Licensing Utility to Prevent Remote Attacks
05
Sep
2024

Cisco Fixes Two Critical Flaws in Smart Licensing Utility to Prevent Remote Attacks

Sep 05, 2024Ravie Lakshmanan Cisco has released security updates for two critical security flaws impacting its Smart Licensing Utility that…

North Korean Hackers Targets Job Seekers with Fake FreeConference App
04
Sep
2024

North Korean Hackers Targets Job Seekers with Fake FreeConference App

North Korean threat actors have leveraged a fake Windows video conferencing application impersonating FreeConference.com to backdoor developer systems as part…

Google Confirms CVE-2024-32896 Exploited in the Wild, Releases Android Security Patch
04
Sep
2024

Google Confirms CVE-2024-32896 Exploited in the Wild, Releases Android Security Patch

Sep 04, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Mobile Security Google has released its monthly security updates for the Android operating system to…

Hackers Hijack 22,000 Removed PyPI Packages, Spreading Malicious Code to Developers
04
Sep
2024

Hackers Hijack 22,000 Removed PyPI Packages, Spreading Malicious Code to Developers

Sep 04, 2024Ravie Lakshmanan A new supply chain attack technique targeting the Python Package Index (PyPI) registry has been exploited…

Zyxel Patches Critical OS Command Injection Flaw in Access Points and Routers
04
Sep
2024

Zyxel Patches Critical OS Command Injection Flaw in Access Points and Routers

Sep 04, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security Zyxel has released software updates to address a critical security flaw impacting certain…

Prevent Account Takeovers
04
Sep
2024

The New Effective Way to Prevent Account Takeovers

Sep 04, 2024The Hacker NewsSaaS Security / Browser Security Account takeover attacks have emerged as one of the most persistent…

Clearview AI Faces €30.5M Fine for Building Illegal Facial Recognition Database
04
Sep
2024

Clearview AI Faces €30.5M Fine for Building Illegal Facial Recognition Database

Sep 04, 2024Ravie LakshmananGDPR / Privacy The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) has imposed a fine of €30.5 million…

Hackers Use Fake GlobalProtect VPN Software in New WikiLoader Malware Attack
04
Sep
2024

Hackers Use Fake GlobalProtect VPN Software in New WikiLoader Malware Attack

Sep 04, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Network Security A new malware campaign is spoofing Palo Alto Networks’ GlobalProtect VPN software to…

Rust-Based Ransomware
03
Sep
2024

New Rust-Based Ransomware Cicada3301 Targets Windows and Linux Systems

Sep 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have unpacked the inner workings of a new ransomware variant called…

Hacktivists Exploits WinRAR Vulnerability
03
Sep
2024

Hacktivists Exploits WinRAR Vulnerability in Attacks Against Russia and Belarus

Sep 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Malware A hacktivist group known as Head Mare has been linked to cyber attacks that…

Rocinante Trojan Poses as Banking Apps to Steal Sensitive Data from Brazilian Android Users
03
Sep
2024

Rocinante Trojan Poses as Banking Apps to Steal Sensitive Data from Brazilian Android Users

Mobile users in Brazil are the target of a new malware campaign that delivers a new Android banking trojan named…