Category: TheHackerNews

Silentbob Botnet
13
Jul
2023

TeamTNT’s Silentbob Botnet Infecting 196 Hosts in Cloud Attack Campaign

Jul 13, 2023THNCloud Security / Cryptocurrency As many as 196 hosts have been infected as part of an aggressive cloud…

PicassoLoader Malware Used in Ongoing Attacks on Ukraine and Poland
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Jul
2023

PicassoLoader Malware Used in Ongoing Attacks on Ukraine and Poland

Jul 13, 2023THNCyber Attack Government entities, military organizations, and civilian users in Ukraine and Poland have been targeted as part…

Linux Kernel Vulnerability
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Jul
2023

Fake PoC for Linux Kernel Vulnerability on GitHub Exposes Researchers to Malware

Jul 13, 2023THNLinux / Vulnerability In a sign that cybersecurity researchers continue to be under the radar of malicious actors,…

Rockwell Automation ControlLogix
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Jul
2023

Rockwell Automation ControlLogix Bugs Expose Industrial Systems to Remote Attacks

Jul 13, 2023THNOT/ICS, SCADA Cybersecurity The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has alerted of two security flaws impacting…

China-Backed Cyber Attack
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Jul
2023

U.S. Government Agencies’ Emails Compromised in China-Backed Cyber Attack

Jul 13, 2023THNCyber Espionage / Email Security An unnamed Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agency in the U.S. detected anomalous…

SonicWall and Fortinet Network Security
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Jul
2023

New Vulnerabilities Disclosed in SonicWall and Fortinet Network Security Products

Jul 13, 2023THNNetwork Security / Vulnerability SonicWall on Wednesday urged customers of Global Management System (GMS) firewall management and Analytics…

Ransomware
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Jul
2023

Ransomware Extortion Skyrockets in 2023, Reaching $449.1 Million and Counting

Jul 12, 2023THNRansomware / Cyber Threat Ransomware has emerged as the only cryptocurrency-based crime to grow in 2023, with cybercriminals…

Chinese Cyber Attack
12
Jul
2023

Microsoft Thwarts Chinese Cyber Attack Targeting Western European Governments

Jul 12, 2023THNThreat Intel / Cyber Espionage Microsoft on Tuesday revealed that it repelled a cyber attack staged by a…

Security risks
12
Jul
2023

The Risks and Preventions of AI in Business: Safeguarding Against Potential Pitfalls

Jul 12, 2023The Hacker NewsDNS Filtering / Network Security Artificial intelligence (AI) holds immense potential for optimizing internal processes within…

12
Jul
2023

Chinese Hackers Deploy Microsoft-Signed Rootkit to Target Gaming Sector

Jul 12, 2023THNCyber Threat / Gaming Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a novel rootkit signed by Microsoft that’s engineered to communicate…

Cryptocurrency Mining
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Jul
2023

Python-Based PyLoose Fileless Attack Targets Cloud Workloads for Cryptocurrency Mining

Jul 12, 2023The Hacker NewsCloud Security / Cryptocurrency A new fileless attack dubbed PyLoose has been observed striking cloud workloads…

Microsoft
12
Jul
2023

Microsoft Releases Patches for 130 Vulnerabilities, Including 6 Under Active Attack

Jul 12, 2023The Hacker NewsVulnerability / Software Security Microsoft on Tuesday released updates to address a total of 130 new…