New Cuttlefish Malware Hijacks Router Connections, Sniffs for Cloud Credentials
May 02, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Network Security A new malware called Cuttlefish is targeting small office and home office (SOHO) routers with the goal of…
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Bitcoin Forensic Analysis Uncovers Money Laundering Clusters and Criminal Proceeds
May 01, 2024NewsroomFinancial Crime / Forensic Analysis A forensic analysis of a graph dataset containing transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain has revealed clusters associated with…
Android Malware Wpeeper Uses Compromised WordPress Sites to Hide C2 Servers
May 01, 2024NewsroomMalware / Android Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented malware targeting Android devices that uses compromised WordPress sites as relays for its…
ZLoader Malware Evolves with Anti-Analysis Trick from Zeus Banking Trojan
May 01, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cyber Threat The authors behind the resurfaced ZLoader malware have added a feature that was originally present in the Zeus banking…
How to Empower Your Employees for Cybersecurity Success
May 01, 2024The Hacker NewsSecurity Awareness Training There’s a natural human desire to avoid threatening scenarios. The irony, of course, is if you hope to…
Ex-NSA Employee Sentenced to 22 Years for Trying to Sell U.S. Secrets to Russia
May 01, 2024NewsroomNational Security / Insider Threat A former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has been sentenced to nearly 22 years (262…
Millions of Malicious ‘Imageless’ Containers Planted on Docker Hub Over 5 Years
Apr 30, 2024NewsroomDocker Hub / Supply Chain Attack Cybersecurity researchers have discovered multiple campaigns targeting Docker Hub by planting millions of malicious “imageless” containers over…
U.S. Government Releases New AI Security Guidelines for Critical Infrastructure
Apr 30, 2024NewsroomMachine Learning / National Security The U.S. government has unveiled new security guidelines aimed at bolstering critical infrastructure against artificial intelligence (AI)-related threats.…
New U.K. Law Bans Default Passwords on Smart Devices Starting April 2024
Apr 30, 2024NewsroomIoT Security / Botnet The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is calling on manufacturers of smart devices to comply with new legislation…
Google Prevented 2.28 Million Malicious Apps from Reaching Play Store in 2023
Apr 29, 2024NewsroomMobile Security / Hacking Google on Monday revealed that almost 200,000 app submissions to its Play Store for Android were either rejected or…
New R Programming Vulnerability Exposes Projects to Supply Chain Attacks
Apr 29, 2024NewsroomProgramming / Supply Chain A security vulnerability has been discovered in the R programming language that could be exploited by a threat actor…
China-Linked ‘Muddling Meerkat’ Hijacks DNS to Map Internet on Global Scale
Apr 29, 2024NewsroomDNS Security / Cyber Espionage A previously undocumented cyber threat dubbed Muddling Meerkat has been observed undertaking sophisticated domain name system (DNS) activities…