CISA Flags 8 Actively Exploited Flaws in Samsung and D-Link Devices
Jul 03, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Network Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has placed a set of eight flaws to the…
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Improve Your Security WordPress Spam Protection With CleanTalk Anti-Spam
Jul 03, 2023The Hacker NewsWebsite Security Tool Every website owner or webmaster grapples with the issue of spam on their website forms. The volume of…
Evasive Meduza Stealer Targets 19 Password Managers and 76 Crypto Wallets
Jul 03, 2023Ravie LakshmananMalware / Hacking In yet another sign of a lucrative crimeware-as-a-service (CaaS) ecosystem, cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Windows-based information stealer…
BlackCat Operators Distributing Ransomware Disguised as WinSCP via Malvertising
Threat actors associated with the BlackCat ransomware have been observed employing malvertising tricks to distribute rogue installers of the WinSCP file transfer application. “Malicious actors…
Hackers Exploiting Unpatched WordPress Plugin Flaw to Create Secret Admin Accounts
Jul 01, 2023Ravie LakshmananWebsite Security / Cyber Threat As many as 200,000 WordPress websites are at risk of ongoing attacks exploiting a critical unpatched security…
New ‘Rustbucket’ Malware Variant Targeting macOS Users
Jul 01, 2023Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Malware Researchers have pulled back the curtain on an updated version of an Apple macOS malware called Rustbucket that…
Iranian Hackers Charming Kitten Utilize POWERSTAR Backdoor in Targeted Espionage Attacks
Jun 30, 2023The Hacker NewsCyber Espionage/ Malware Charming Kitten, the nation-state actor affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has been attributed to a…
3 Reasons SaaS Security is the Imperative First Step to Ensuring Secure AI Usage
Jun 30, 2023The Hacker NewsSaaS Security / Artificial Intelligence, In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, the widespread adoption of AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools is transforming the…
Cybercriminals Hijacking Vulnerable SSH Servers in New Proxyjacking Campaign
Jun 30, 2023Ravie LakshmananServer Security / Cyber Threat An active financially motivated campaign is targeting vulnerable SSH servers to covertly ensnare them into a proxy…
WhatsApp Upgrades Proxy Feature Against Internet Shutdowns
Jun 30, 2023Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Tech Meta’s WhatsApp has rolled out updates to its proxy feature, allowing more flexibility in the kind of content that…
MITRE Unveils Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses of 2023: Are You at Risk?
Jun 30, 2023Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Software Security MITRE has released its annual list of the Top 25 “most dangerous software weaknesses” for the year 2023.…
Iran’s MuddyWater Evolves with a New Cyber Weapon
Jun 29, 2023Ravie Lakshmanan The Iranian state-sponsored group dubbed MuddyWater has been attributed to a previously unseen command-and-control (C2) framework called PhonyC2 that’s been put…