Microsoft Defender Thwarts Large-Scale Akira Ransomware Attack
Oct 12, 2023NewsroomThreat Intelligence / Microsoft on Wednesday said that a user containment feature in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint helped thwart a “large-scale remote encryption…
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ShellBot Uses Hex IPs to Evade Detection in Attacks on Linux SSH Servers
Oct 12, 2023Newsroom The threat actors behind ShellBot are leveraging IP addresses transformed into its hexadecimal notation to infiltrate poorly managed Linux SSH servers and…
How to Guard Your Data from Exposure in ChatGPT
Oct 12, 2023The Hacker NewsData Security / Artificial Intelligence ChatGPT has transformed the way businesses generate textual content, which can potentially result in a quantum…
Researchers Uncover Malware Posing as WordPress Caching Plugin
Oct 12, 2023NewsroomWebsite Security / WordPress Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new sophisticated strain of malware that masquerades a WordPress plugin to stealthily…
Researchers Uncover Ongoing Attacks Targeting Asian Governments and Telecom Giants
Oct 12, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Malware High-profile government and telecom entities in Asia have been targeted as part of an ongoing campaign since 2021 that’s…
Two High-Risk Security Flaws Discovered in Curl Library
Oct 12, 2023NewsroomVulnerability / Software Security Patches have been released for two security flaws impacting the Curl data transfer library, the most severe of which…
Take an Offensive Approach to Password Security by Continuously Monitoring for Breached Passwords
Oct 11, 2023The Hacker NewsPassword Security / Data Safety Passwords are at the core of securing access to an organization’s data. However, they also come…
U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Warns of Actively Exploited Adobe Acrobat Reader Vulnerability
Oct 11, 2023NewsroomVulnerability / Exploit The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a high-severity flaw in Adobe Acrobat Reader to its…
Over 17,000 WordPress Sites Compromised by Balada Injector in September 2023
Oct 11, 2023NewsroomWebsite Security / Hacking More than 17,000 WordPress websites have been compromised in the month of September 2023 with malware known as Balada…
Microsoft Releases October 2023 Patches for 103 Flaws, Including 2 Active Exploits
Oct 11, 2023NewsroomVulnerability / Endpoint Security Microsoft has released its Patch Tuesday updates for October 2023, addressing a total of 103 flaws in its software,…
Microsoft Warns of Nation-State Hackers Exploiting Critical Atlassian Confluence Vulnerability
Oct 11, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Vulnerability Microsoft has linked the exploitation of a recently disclosed critical flaw in Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server to…
HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited to Launch Record DDoS Attacks
Oct 10, 2023NewsroomServer Security / Vulnerability Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloudflare, and Google on Tuesday said they took steps to mitigate record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)…