Researchers Uncover New Linux Kernel ‘StackRot’ Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Jul 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananLinux / Endpoint Security Details have emerged about a newly identified security flaw in the Linux kernel that could allow a user…
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Gain Insights from Gcore’s 2023 DDoS Attack Statistics
Jul 06, 2023The Hacker News Gcore Radar is a quarterly report prepared by Gcore that provides insights into the current state of the DDoS protection…
INTERPOL Nabs Hacking Crew OPERA1ER’s Leader Behind $11 Million Cybercrime
Jul 06, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Crime / Hacking A suspected senior member of a French-speaking hacking crew known as OPERA1ER has been arrested as part of…
RedEnergy Stealer-as-a-Ransomware Threat Targeting Energy and Telecom Sectors
Jul 05, 2023Ravie LakshmananCritical Infrastructure Security A sophisticated stealer-as-a-ransomware threat dubbed RedEnergy has been spotted in the wild targeting energy utilities, oil, gas, telecom, and…
Secrets, Secrets Are No Fun. Secrets, Secrets (Stored in Plain Text Files) Hurt Someone
Secrets are meant to be hidden or, at the very least, only known to a specific and limited set of individuals (or systems). Otherwise, they…
Manifest Confusion Attack Opens Door to Malware
Jul 05, 2023Ravie LakshmananSupply Chain / Software Security The npm registry for the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment is susceptible to what’s called a manifest confusion…
Instagram’s Twitter Alternative ‘Threads’ Launch Halted in Europe Over Privacy Concerns
Jul 05, 2023Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Social Media Instagram Threads, the upcoming Twitter competitor from Meta, will not be launched in the European Union due to…
Swedish Data Protection Authority Warns Companies Against Google Analytics Use
Jul 04, 2023Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Online Security The Swedish data protection watchdog has warned companies against using Google Analytics due to risks posed by U.S.…
DDoSia Attack Tool Evolves with Encryption, Targeting Multiple Sectors
The threat actors behind the DDoSia attack tool have come up with a new version that incorporates a new mechanism to retrieve the list of…
Mexico-Based Hacker Targets Global Banks with Android Malware
Jul 04, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Crime / Mobile Security An e-crime actor of Mexican provenance has been linked to an Android mobile malware campaign targeting financial…
330,000 FortiGate Firewalls Still Unpatched to CVE-2023-27997 RCE Flaw
Jul 04, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Exploit No less than 330000 FortiGate firewalls are still unpatched and vulnerable to CVE-2023-27997, a critical security flaw affecting…
Chinese Hackers Use HTML Smuggling to Infiltrate European Ministries with PlugX
Jul 03, 2023Ravie LakshmananMalware Attack / Cyberespionage A Chinese nation-state group has been observed targeting Foreign Affairs ministries and embassies in Europe using HTML smuggling…