One Missed Threat Per Week: What 25M Alerts Reveal About Low-Severity Risk
The dark secret of enterprise security operations is that defenders have quietly institutionalized the practice of not looking. This is not just anecdotal, but rather…
Category: TheHackerNews
Fake Call History Apps Stole Payments From Users After 7.3 Million Play Store Downloads
Ravie LakshmananMay 08, 2026Android / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered fraudulent apps on the official Google Play Store for Android that falsely claimed to…
TCLBANKER Banking Trojan Targets Financial Platforms via WhatsApp and Outlook Worms
Threat hunters have flagged a previously undocumented Brazilian banking trojan dubbed TCLBANKER that’s capable of targeting 59 banking, fintech, and cryptocurrency platforms. The activity is…
Quasar Linux RAT Steals Developer Credentials for Software Supply Chain Compromise
Ravie LakshmananMay 08, 2026Linux / DevOps A previously undocumented Linux implant codenamed Quasar Linux RAT (QLNX) is targeting developers’ systems to establish a silent foothold…
Linux Kernel Dirty Frag LPE Exploit Enables Root Access Across Major Distributions
Details have emerged about a new, unpatched local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability impacting the Linux kernel. Dubbed Dirty Frag, it has been described as a…
PAN-OS RCE Exploit Under Active Use Enabling Root Access and Espionage
Ravie LakshmananMay 07, 2026Vulnerability / Cyber Espionage Palo Alto Networks has disclosed that threat actors may have attempted to unsuccessfully exploit a recently disclosed critical…
PCPJack Credential Stealer Exploits 5 CVEs to Spread Worm-Like Across Cloud Systems
Ravie LakshmananMay 07, 2026Threat Intelligence / Cloud Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new credential theft framework dubbed PCPJack that targets exposed cloud…
Ivanti EPMM CVE-2026-6973 RCE Under Active Exploitation Grants Admin-Level Access
Ravie LakshmananMay 07, 2026Vulnerability / Network Security Ivanti is warning that a new security flaw impacting Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) has been explored in limited…
One Click, Total Shutdown: The “Patient Zero” Webinar on Killing Stealth Breaches
The Hacker NewsMay 07, 2026Artificial Intelligence / Threat Detection The hardest part of cybersecurity isn’t the technology, it’s the people. Every major breach you’ve read…
PyPI Packages Deliver ZiChatBot Malware via Zulip APIs on Windows and Linux
Ravie LakshmananMay 07, 2026Malware / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have discovered three packages on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that are designed to stealthily…
vm2 Node.js Library Vulnerabilities Enable Sandbox Escape and Arbitrary Code Execution
Ravie LakshmananMay 07, 2026Vulnerability / Software Security A dozen critical security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the vm2 Node.js library that could be exploited by…
Mirai-Based xlabs_v1 Botnet Exploits ADB to Hijack IoT Devices for DDoS Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have exposed a new Mirai-derived botnet that self-identifies as xlabs_v1 and targets internet-exposed devices running Android Debug Bridge (ADB) to enlist them in…