Category: TheHackerNews

22
Aug
2025

Automation Is Redefining Pentest Delivery

Aug 22, 2025The Hacker NewsPenetration Testing / Security Operations Pentesting remains one of the most effective ways to identify real-world…

Kill-Switch Malware
22
Aug
2025

Ex-Developer Jailed Four Years for Sabotaging Ohio Employer with Kill-Switch Malware

Aug 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Malware A 55-year-old Chinese national has been sentenced to four years in prison and three…

Pre-Auth Exploit Chains Found in Commvault Could Enable Remote Code Execution Attacks
21
Aug
2025

Pre-Auth Exploit Chains Found in Commvault Could Enable Remote Code Execution Attacks

Aug 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Software Security Commvault has released updates to address four security gaps that could be exploited…

Hackers Using New QuirkyLoader Malware to Spread Agent Tesla, AsyncRAT and Snake Keylogger
21
Aug
2025

Hackers Using New QuirkyLoader Malware to Spread Agent Tesla, AsyncRAT and Snake Keylogger

Aug 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Email Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malware loader called QuirkyLoader that’s…

Fake CAPTCHA Pages
21
Aug
2025

Cybercriminals Deploy CORNFLAKE.V3 Backdoor via ClickFix Tactic and Fake CAPTCHA Pages

Aug 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cryptocurrency Threat actors have been observed leveraging the deceptive social engineering tactic known as ClickFix…

Key Findings from the Blue Report 2025
21
Aug
2025

Key Findings from the Blue Report 2025

As security professionals, it’s easy to get caught up in a race to counter the latest advanced adversary techniques. Yet…

Scattered Spider Hacker Gets 10 Years, $13M Restitution for SIM Swapping Crypto Theft
21
Aug
2025

Scattered Spider Hacker Gets 10 Years, $13M Restitution for SIM Swapping Crypto Theft

Aug 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Breach / Cybercrime A 20-year-old member of the notorious cybercrime gang known as Scattered Spider has…

Apple Patches CVE-2025-43300 Zero-Day in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Exploited in Targeted Attacks
21
Aug
2025

Apple Patches CVE-2025-43300 Zero-Day in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Exploited in Targeted Attacks

Aug 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Zero-Day Apple has released security updates to address a security flaw impacting iOS, iPadOS, and…

FBI Warns FSB-Linked Hackers Exploiting Unpatched Cisco Devices for Cyber Espionage
20
Aug
2025

FBI Warns FSB-Linked Hackers Exploiting Unpatched Cisco Devices for Cyber Espionage

Aug 20, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Vulnerability A Russian state-sponsored cyber espionage group known as Static Tundra has been observed…

DOM-Based Extension Clickjacking Exposes Popular Password Managers to Credential and Data Theft
20
Aug
2025

DOM-Based Extension Clickjacking Exposes Popular Password Managers to Credential and Data Theft

Aug 20, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Browser Security Popular password manager plugins for web browsers have been found susceptible to clickjacking…

Comet AI Browser
20
Aug
2025

Experts Find AI Browsers Can Be Tricked by PromptFix Exploit to Run Malicious Hidden Prompts

Cybersecurity researchers have demonstrated a new prompt injection technique called PromptFix that tricks a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) model into…

20
Aug
2025

Experts Find AI Browsers Can Be Tricked by PromptFix Exploit to Run Malicious Hidden Prompts

Cybersecurity researchers have demonstrated a new prompt injection technique called PromptFix that tricks a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) model into…