Category: TheHackerNews

Cyber Trust Mark
08
Jan
2025

FCC Launches ‘Cyber Trust Mark’ for IoT Devices to Certify Security Compliance

Jan 08, 2025Ravie LakshmananIoT Security / Compliance The U.S. government on Tuesday announced the launch of the U.S. Cyber Trust…

CISA Flags Critical Flaws in Mitel and Oracle Systems Amid Active Exploitation
08
Jan
2025

CISA Flags Critical Flaws in Mitel and Oracle Systems Amid Active Exploitation

Jan 08, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added three flaws…

DNA Sequencers
07
Jan
2025

Researchers Uncover Major Security Flaw in Illumina iSeq 100 DNA Sequencers

Jan 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananFirmware Security / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered firmware security vulnerabilities in the Illumina iSeq 100 DNA…

The Cybersecurity Stars We Lost Last Year
07
Jan
2025

The Cybersecurity Stars We Lost Last Year

It’s time once again to pay our respects to the once-famous cybersecurity solutions whose usefulness died in the past year….

Treasury Cyberattack
07
Jan
2025

No Wider Federal Impact from Treasury Cyber Attack, Investigation Ongoing

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday said there are no indications that the cyber attack targeting…

Advanced Backdoor Capabilities
07
Jan
2025

New EAGERBEE Variant Targets ISPs and Governments with Advanced Backdoor Capabilities

Jan 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Hacking Internet service providers (ISPs) and governmental entities in the Middle East have been…

Moxa Alerts Users to High-Severity Vulnerabilities in Cellular and Secure Routers
07
Jan
2025

Moxa Alerts Users to High-Severity Vulnerabilities in Cellular and Secure Routers

Jan 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security Taiwan-based Moxa has warned of two security vulnerabilities impacting its cellular routers, secure…

India Proposes Digital Data Rules with Tough Penalties and Cybersecurity Requirements
06
Jan
2025

India Proposes Digital Data Rules with Tough Penalties and Cybersecurity Requirements

Jan 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananRegulatory Compliance / Data Privacy The Indian government has published a draft version of the Digital Personal…

Ethereum Devs
06
Jan
2025

Cybercriminals Target Ethereum Developers with Fake Hardhat npm Packages

Jan 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananBlockchain / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have revealed several malicious packages on the npm registry that have been…

Researchers Uncover Nuclei Vulnerability Enabling Signature Bypass and Code Execution
04
Jan
2025

Researchers Uncover Nuclei Vulnerability Enabling Signature Bypass and Code Execution

Jan 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Software Security A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in ProjectDiscovery’s Nuclei, a widely-used open-source…

Trojanized VPN Apps
04
Jan
2025

PLAYFULGHOST Delivered via Phishing and SEO Poisoning in Trojanized VPN Apps

Jan 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / VPN Security Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware called PLAYFULGHOST that comes with a…

Cybersecurity Firm
04
Jan
2025

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Beijing Cybersecurity Firm for State-Backed Hacking Campaigns

Jan 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / IoT Botnet The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Friday…