Category: TheHackerNews

AI-Powered Disinformation Campaigns
31
May
2024

OpenAI, Meta, TikTok Disrupt Multiple AI-Powered Disinformation Campaigns

OpenAI on Thursday disclosed that it took steps to cut off five covert influence operations (IO) originating from China, Iran,…

Linux Kernel Flaw
30
May
2024

CISA Alerts Federal Agencies to Patch Actively Exploited Linux Kernel Flaw

May 30, 2024NewsroomLinux / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a security flaw impacting…

WinRAR Vulnerability
30
May
2024

FlyingYeti Exploits WinRAR Vulnerability to Deliver COOKBOX Malware in Ukraine

May 30, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Malware Cloudflare on Thursday said it took steps to disrupt a month-long phishing campaign orchestrated…

LilacSquid Targets IT, Energy, and Pharma Sectors
30
May
2024

LilacSquid Targets IT, Energy, and Pharma Sectors

May 30, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence A previously undocumented cyber espionage-focused threat actor named LilacSquid has been linked to…

Palo Alto Networks Firewall Vulnerability
30
May
2024

RedTail Crypto-Mining Malware Exploiting Palo Alto Networks Firewall Vulnerability

May 30, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Cryptocurrency The threat actors behind the RedTail cryptocurrency mining malware have added a recently disclosed security…

WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
30
May
2024

Researchers Uncover Active Exploitation of WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

May 30, 2024NewsroomWordPress / Website Security Cybersecurity researchers have warned that multiple high-severity security vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins are being…

Europol
30
May
2024

Europol Shuts Down 100+ Servers Linked to IcedID, TrickBot, and Other Malware

May 30, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cyber Crime Europol on Thursday said it shut down the infrastructure associated with several malware loader…

Autonomous SOC Strategy
30
May
2024

How to Build Your Autonomous SOC Strategy

Security leaders are in a tricky position trying to discern how much new AI-driven cybersecurity tools could actually benefit a…

U.S. Dismantles World's Largest 911 S5 Botnet, with 19 Million Infected Devices
30
May
2024

U.S. Dismantles World’s Largest 911 S5 Botnet, with 19 Million Infected Devices

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday said it dismantled what it described as “likely the world’s largest botnet…

Okta Warns of Credential Stuffing Attacks Targeting Customer Identity Cloud
30
May
2024

Okta Warns of Credential Stuffing Attacks Targeting Customer Identity Cloud

May 30, 2024NewsroomCredential Stuffing / Incident Response Okta is warning that a cross-origin authentication feature in Customer Identity Cloud (CIC)…

Python Package
29
May
2024

Cybercriminals Abuse StackOverflow to Promote Malicious Python Package

May 29, 2024NewsroomSoftware Security / Supply Chain Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a new malicious Python package that has been…

VPN Gateway Products
29
May
2024

Check Point Warns of Zero-Day Attacks on its VPN Gateway Products

May 29, 2024NewsroomEnterprise Security / Vulnerability Check Point is warning of a zero-day vulnerability in its Network Security gateway products…