New Telegram Bot “Telekopye” Powering Large-scale Phishing Scams from Russia
Aug 24, 2023THNCyber Threat / Phishing A new financially motivated operation is leveraging a malicious Telegram bot to help threat actors scam their victims. Dubbed…
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New “Whiffy Recon” Malware Triangulates Infected Device Location via Wi-Fi Every Minute
Aug 24, 2023THNMalware / Privacy The SmokeLoader malware is being used to deliver a new Wi-Fi scanning malware strain called Whiffy Recon on compromised Windows…
The Hidden Dangers of Public Wi-Fi
Aug 24, 2023The Hacker News Public Wi-Fi, which has long since become the norm, poses threats to not only individual users but also businesses. With…
Thousands of Unpatched Openfire XMPP Servers Still Exposed to High-Severity Flaw
Aug 24, 2023THNCyber Attack / Vulnerability Thousands of Openfire XMPP servers are unpatched against a recently disclosed high-severity flaw and are susceptible to a new…
Tornado Cash Founders Charged in Billion-Dollar Crypto Laundering Scandal
Aug 24, 2023THNCyber Crime / Cryptocurrency The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) on Wednesday unsealed an indictment against two founders of the now-sanctioned Tornado Cash cryptocurrency…
Meta Set to Enable Default End-to-End Encryption on Messenger by Year End
Aug 23, 2023THNEncryption / Privacy Meta has once again reaffirmed its plans to roll out support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default for one-to-one friends…
North Korean Affiliates Suspected in $40M Cryptocurrency Heist, FBI Warns
Aug 23, 2023THNCryptocurrency / Cyber Attack The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Tuesday warned that threat actors affiliated with North Korea may attempt…
Syrian Threat Actor EVLF Unmasked as Creator of CypherRAT and CraxsRAT Android Malware
Aug 23, 2023THNMobile Security / Cyber Crime A Syrian threat actor named EVLF has been outed as the creator of malware families CypherRAT and CraxsRAT.…
Spacecolon Toolset Fuels Global Surge in Scarab Ransomware Attacks
Aug 23, 2023THNRansomware / Malware A malicious toolset dubbed Spacecolon is being deployed as part of an ongoing campaign to spread variants of the Scarab…
Over a Dozen Malicious npm Packages Target Roblox Game Developers
Aug 23, 2023THNSoftware Security / Malware More than a dozen malicious packages have been discovered on the npm package repository since the start of August…
CISOs Tout SaaS Cybersecurity Confidence, But 79% Admit to SaaS Incidents, New Report Finds
A new State of SaaS Security Posture Management Report from SaaS cybersecurity provider AppOmni indicates that Cybersecurity, IT, and business leaders alike recognize SaaS cybersecurity…
Hong Kong Organizations Targeted via Malicious Software Updates
Aug 22, 2023THNSoftware Supply Chain / Malware A previously undocumented threat cluster has been linked to a software supply chain attack targeting organizations primarily located…