Category: TheHackerNews

DDoS Attack
22
Feb
2023

Gcore Thwarts Massive 650 Gbps DDoS Attack on Free Plan Client

Feb 22, 2023The Hacker NewsServer Security / DDoS Attack At the beginning of January, Gcore faced an incident involving several…

Havoc Framework for Post-Exploitation
22
Feb
2023

Threat Actors Adopt Havoc Framework for Post-Exploitation in Targeted Attacks

Feb 22, 2023Ravie LakshmananExploitation Framework / Cyber Threat An open source command-and-control (C2) framework known as Havoc is being adopted…

CISA KEV Catalog
22
Feb
2023

U.S. Cybersecurity Agency CISA Adds Three New Vulnerabilities in KEV Catalog

Feb 22, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Risk / Patch Management The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added three…

VMware Patches Critical Vulnerability in Carbon Black App Control Product
22
Feb
2023

VMware Patches Critical Vulnerability in Carbon Black App Control Product

Feb 22, 2023Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Enterprise Security VMware on Tuesday released patches to address a critical security vulnerability affecting its…

MyloBot Botnet
21
Feb
2023

Infecting Over 50,000 Devices Daily

Feb 21, 2023Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Botnet A sophisticated botnet known as MyloBot has compromised thousands of systems, with most…

Predictive Analytics and ML-Driven Solutions
21
Feb
2023

Predictive Analytics and ML-Driven Solutions

Feb 21, 2023The Hacker NewsNetwork Security / Machine Learning As the digital age evolves and continues to shape the business…

Coinbase
21
Feb
2023

Coinbase Employee Falls for SMS Scam in Cyber Attack, Limited Data Exposed

Feb 21, 2023Ravie LakshmananSocial Engineering / Cryptocurrency Popular cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase disclosed that it experienced a cybersecurity attack that…

Information Stealer
21
Feb
2023

Researchers Discover Dozens Samples of Information Stealer ‘Stealc’ in the Wild

Feb 21, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat Intelligence A new information stealer called Stealc that’s being advertised on the dark web could…

Researchers Warn of ReverseRAT Backdoor Targeting Indian Government Agencies
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Feb
2023

Researchers Warn of ReverseRAT Backdoor Targeting Indian Government Agencies

Feb 21, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Cyber Attack A spear-phishing campaign targeting Indian government entities aims to deploy an updated…

Cyber Espionage
20
Feb
2023

Cyber Espionage Group Earth Kitsune Deploys WhiskerSpy Backdoor in Latest Attacks

The cyber espionage threat actor tracked as Earth Kitsune has been observed deploying a new backdoor called WhiskerSpy as part…

Russian Cyber Attacks Against Ukraine
20
Feb
2023

Google Reveals Alarming Surge in Russian Cyber Attacks Against Ukraine

Feb 20, 2023Ravie LakshmananThreat Analysis / Cyber Attack Russia’s cyber attacks against Ukraine surged by 250% in 2022 when compared…

Cryptocurrency
20
Feb
2023

Norway Seizes $5.84 Million in Cryptocurrency Stolen by Lazarus Hackers

Norwegian police agency Økokrim has announced the seizure of 60 million NOK (about $5.84 million) worth of cryptocurrency stolen by…