Category: TheHackerNews

Attack Surface Management
11
May
2023

How Attack Surface Management Supports Continuous Threat Exposure Management

May 11, 2023The Hacker News According to Forrester, External Attack Surface Management (EASM) emerged as a market category in 2021…

Andoryu Botnet
11
May
2023

Andoryu Botnet Exploits Critical Ruckus Wireless Flaw for Widespread Attack

May 11, 2023Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Cyber Threat A nascent botnet called Andoryu has been found to exploit a now-patched…

GitHub Push Protection
11
May
2023

GitHub Extends Push Protection to Prevent Accidental Leaks of Keys and Other Secrets

May 11, 2023Ravie Lakshmanan GitHub has announced the general availability of a new security feature called push protection, which aims…

Twitter
11
May
2023

Twitter Finally Rolling Out Encrypted Direct Messages — Starting with Verified Users

May 11, 2023Ravie LakshmananEncryption / Privacy Twitter is officially beginning to roll out support for encrypted direct messages (DMs) on…

Privacy, Safety, and Security
10
May
2023

Google Announces New Privacy, Safety, and Security Features Across Its Services

May 10, 2023Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Safety / Security Google unveiled a slew of new privacy, safety, and security features today…

Zero-Click Windows Vulnerability
10
May
2023

Experts Detail New Zero-Click Windows Vulnerability for NTLM Credential Theft

May 10, 2023Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Windows Cybersecurity researchers have shared details about a now-patched security flaw in Windows MSHTML platform…

DownEx Malware
10
May
2023

Sophisticated DownEx Malware Campaign Targeting Central Asian Governments

May 10, 2023Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Attack Government organizations in Central Asia are the target of a sophisticated espionage campaign…

Intrusion Detection
10
May
2023

Why Honeytokens Are the Future of Intrusion Detection

A few weeks ago, the 32nd edition of RSA, one of the world’s largest cybersecurity conferences, wrapped up in San…

10
May
2023

Mastermind Behind Twitter 2020 Hack Pleads Guilty and Faces up to 70 Years in Prison

May 10, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Crime / Social Media A U.K. national has pleaded guilty in connection with the July 2020…

U.S. Government Neutralizes Russia's Most Sophisticated Snake Cyber Espionage Tool
10
May
2023

U.S. Government Neutralizes Russia’s Most Sophisticated Snake Cyber Espionage Tool

The U.S. government on Tuesday announced the court-authorized disruption of a global network compromised by an advanced malware strain known…

Microsoft May Patch Tuesday
10
May
2023

Microsoft’s May Patch Tuesday Fixes 38 Flaws, Including Active Zero-Day Bug

May 10, 2023Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Vulnerability Microsoft has rolled out Patch Tuesday updates for May 2023 to address 38 security…

DDoS-for-Hire Services
09
May
2023

U.S. Authorities Seize 13 Domains Offering Criminal DDoS-for-Hire Services

May 09, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Crime / DDoS Attack U.S. authorities have announced the seizure of 13 internet domains that offered…