VirusTotal Data Leak Exposes Some Registered Customers’ Details
Jul 18, 2023THNPrivacy / Malware Data associated with a subset of registered customers of VirusTotal, including their names and email addresses, have leaked on the…
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FIN8 Group Using Modified Sardonic Backdoor for BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
Jul 18, 2023THNRansomware / Cyber Threat The financially motivated threat actor known as FIN8 has been observed using a “revamped” version of a backdoor called…
Cybercriminals Exploiting WooCommerce Payments Plugin Flaw to Hijack Websites
Jul 18, 2023THNServer Security / Vulnerability Threat actors are actively exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw in the WooCommerce Payments WordPress plugin as part…
Owner of BreachForums Pleads Guilty to Cybercrime and Child Pornography Charges
Jul 18, 2023THNCybercrime / Data Breach Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the owner of the now-defunct BreachForums website, has pleaded guilty to charges related to his operation…
JumpCloud Blames ‘Sophisticated Nation-State’ Actor for Security Breach
Jul 18, 2023THNData Security / Cyber Attack A little over a week after JumpCloud reset API keys of customers impacted by a security incident, the…
Hackers Exploit WebAPK to Deceive Android Users into Installing Malicious Apps
Jul 17, 2023THNMobile Security / Malware Threat actors are taking advantage of Android’s WebAPK technology to trick unsuspecting users into installing malicious web apps on…
Malicious USB Drives Targetinging Global Targets with SOGU and SNOWYDRIVE Malware
Jul 17, 2023THNEndpoint Security / Cyber Attack Cyber attacks using infected USB infection drives as an initial access vector have witnessed a three-fold increase in…
These 6 Questions Will Help You Choose the Best Attack Surface Management Platform
Jul 17, 2023The Hacker NewsAttack Surface Management The hype around different security categories can make it difficult to discern features and capabilities from bias when…
Cybercriminals Exploit Microsoft Word Vulnerabilities to Deploy LokiBot Malware
Jul 17, 2023THNMalware / Cyber Threat Microsoft Word documents exploiting known remote code execution flaws are being used as phishing lures to drop malware called…
CERT-UA Uncovers Gamaredon’s Rapid Data Exfiltration Tactics Following Initial Compromise
Jul 17, 2023THNCyber Attack / Data Safety The Russia-linked threat actor known as Gamaredon has been observed conducting data exfiltration activities within an hour of…
New AI Tool Allows Cybercriminals to Launch Sophisticated Cyber Attacks
Jul 15, 2023THNArtificial Intelligence / Cyber Crime With generative artificial intelligence (AI) becoming all the rage these days, it’s perhaps not surprising that the technology…
Microsoft Bug Allowed Hackers to Breach Over Two Dozen Organizations via Forged Azure AD Tokens
Jul 15, 2023THNCyber Attack / Enterprise Security Microsoft on Friday said a validation error in its source code allowed for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)…