Finally Real in Consumer Apps?
Sep 29, 2023The Hacker NewsQuantum Computing / Network Security Most people are barely thinking about basic cybersecurity, let alone post-quantum cryptography. But the impact of…
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Microsoft’s AI-Powered Bing Chat Ads May Lead Users to Malware-Distributing Sites
Sep 29, 2023THNArtificial Intelligence / Malware Malicious ads served inside Microsoft Bing’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot are being used to distribute malware when searching for…
Progress Software Releases Urgent Hotfixes for Multiple Security Flaws in WS_FTP Server
Sep 29, 2023THNServer Security / Vulnerability Progress Software has released hotfixes for a critical security vulnerability, alongside seven other flaws, in the WS_FTP Server Ad…
Cisco Warns of Vulnerability in IOS and IOS XE Software After Exploitation Attempts
Sep 29, 2023THNVulnerability / Network Security Cisco is warning of attempted exploitation of a security flaw in its IOS Software and IOS XE Software that…
GitHub Repositories Hit by Password-Stealing Commits Disguised as Dependabot Contributions
Sep 28, 2023THNSupply Chain / Malware A new malicious campaign has been observed hijacking GitHub accounts and committing malicious code disguised as Dependabot contributions with…
China’s BlackTech Hacking Group Exploited Routers to Target U.S. and Japanese Companies
Cybersecurity agencies from Japan and the U.S. have warned of attacks mounted by a state-backed hacking group from China to stealthily tamper with branch routers…
The Dark Side of Browser Isolation – and the Next Generation Browser Security Technologies
Sep 28, 2023The Hacker NewsBrowser Security / Cybersecurity The landscape of browser security has undergone significant changes over the past decade. While Browser Isolation was…
China-Linked Budworm Targeting Middle Eastern Telco and Asian Government Agencies
Sep 28, 2023THNMalware / Cyber Threat Government and telecom entities have been subjected to a new wave of attacks by a China-linked threat actor tracked…
Google Releases Patch for Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability
Sep 28, 2023THNZero Day / Vulnerability Google on Wednesday rolled out fixes to address a new actively exploited zero-day in the Chrome browser. Tracked as…
Red Cross-Themed Phishing Attacks Distributing DangerAds and AtlasAgent Backdoors
Sep 27, 2023THNMalware / Cyber Attack A new threat actor known as AtlasCross has been observed leveraging Red Cross-themed phishing lures to deliver two previously…
Researchers Uncover New GPU Side-Channel Vulnerability Leaking Sensitive Data
Sep 27, 2023THNVulnerability / Endpoint Security A novel side-channel attack called GPU.zip renders virtually all modern graphics processing units (GPU) vulnerable to information leakage. “This…
New Survey Uncovers How Companies Are Confronting Data Security Challenges Head-On
Data security is in the headlines often, and it’s almost never for a positive reason. Major breaches, new ways to hack into an organization’s supposedly…