Category: TheHackerNews

Weaponized Word Documents
27
May
2025

Russia-Linked Hackers Target Tajikistan Government with Weaponized Word Documents

May 27, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence The Russia-aligned threat actor known as TAG-110 has been observed conducting a spear-phishing…

Malicious npm and VS Code Packages
26
May
2025

Over 70 Malicious npm and VS Code Packages Found Stealing Data and Crypto

As many as 60 malicious npm packages have been discovered in the package registry with malicious functionality to harvest hostnames,…

CISO's Guide To Web Privacy Validation And Why It's Important
26
May
2025

CISO’s Guide To Web Privacy Validation And Why It’s Important

May 26, 2025The Hacker NewsData Privacy / Web Security Are your web privacy controls protecting your users, or just a…

Winos 4.0 Malware
25
May
2025

Hackers Use Fake VPN and Browser NSIS Installers to Deliver Winos 4.0 Malware

May 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Software Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a malware campaign that uses fake software installers…

Hackers Use TikTok Videos to Distribute Vidar and StealC Malware via ClickFix Technique
23
May
2025

Hackers Use TikTok Videos to Distribute Vidar and StealC Malware via ClickFix Technique

The malware known as Latrodectus has become the latest to embrace the widely-used social engineering technique called ClickFix as a…

ViciousTrap Uses Cisco Flaw to Build Global Honeypot from 5,300 Compromised Devices
23
May
2025

ViciousTrap Uses Cisco Flaw to Build Global Honeypot from 5,300 Compromised Devices

May 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Network Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed that a threat actor codenamed ViciousTrap has compromised…

Ransomware Networks Worldwide
23
May
2025

300 Servers and €3.5M Seized as Europol Strikes Ransomware Networks Worldwide

May 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Dark Web As part of the latest “season” of Operation Endgame, a coalition of law…

Open Source Web Application Firewall
23
May
2025

Open Source Web Application Firewall with Zero-Day Detection and Bot Protection

From zero-day exploits to large-scale bot attacks — the demand for a powerful, self-hosted, and user-friendly web application security solution…

U.S. Dismantles DanaBot Malware Network, Charges 16 in $50M Global Cybercrime Operation
23
May
2025

U.S. Dismantles DanaBot Malware Network, Charges 16 in $50M Global Cybercrime Operation

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the disruption of the online infrastructure associated with DanaBot (aka DanaTools)…

GitLab Duo Vulnerability
23
May
2025

GitLab Duo Vulnerability Enabled Attackers to Hijack AI Responses with Hidden Prompts

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an indirect prompt injection flaw in GitLab’s artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Duo that could have allowed…

Broader SaaS Attacks
23
May
2025

CISA Warns of Suspected Broader SaaS Attacks Exploiting App Secrets and Cloud Misconfigs

May 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday revealed that Commvault…

Chinese Hackers Exploit Trimble Cityworks Flaw
22
May
2025

Chinese Hackers Exploit Trimble Cityworks Flaw to Infiltrate U.S. Government Networks

May 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Threat Intelligence A Chinese-speaking threat actor tracked as UAT-6382 has been linked to the exploitation…