Category: TheHackerNews

Biometric Data Collection
31
Jul
2024

Meta Settles for $1.4 Billion with Texas Over Illegal Biometric Data Collection

Jul 31, 2024Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Social Media Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, agreed to a record…

Dark Cybercriminal Underground
30
Jul
2024

Illuminating the Deep, Dark Cybercriminal Underground

Jul 30, 2024The Hacker NewsDark Web Intelligence Learn about critical threats that can impact your organization and the bad actors…

The Power and Peril of RMM Tools
30
Jul
2024

The Power and Peril of RMM Tools

As more people work remotely, IT departments must manage devices distributed over different cities and countries relying on VPNs and…

Mandrake Spyware
30
Jul
2024

New Mandrake Spyware Found in Google Play Store Apps After Two Years

Jul 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Spyware A new iteration of a sophisticated Android spyware called Mandrake has been discovered…

Agent Tesla and Formbook Malware
30
Jul
2024

Cybercriminals Target Polish Businesses with Agent Tesla and Formbook Malware

Jul 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Threat Cybersecurity researchers have detailed widespread phishing campaigns targeting small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs)…

Maritime Facilities
30
Jul
2024

New SideWinder Cyber Attacks Target Maritime Facilities in Multiple Countries

Jul 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware The nation-state threat actor known as SideWinder has been attributed to a new…

PowerShell Script
30
Jul
2024

OneDrive Phishing Scam Tricks Users into Running Malicious PowerShell Script

Jul 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Email Security Cybersecurity researchers are warning about a new phishing campaign that targets Microsoft OneDrive…

VMware ESXi
30
Jul
2024

VMware ESXi Flaw Exploited by Ransomware Groups for Admin Access

A recently patched security flaw impacting VMware ESXi hypervisors has been actively exploited by “several” ransomware groups to gain elevated…

Acronis Cyber Infrastructure
29
Jul
2024

Critical Flaw in Acronis Cyber Infrastructure Exploited in the Wild

Jul 29, 2024Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / Data Protection Cybersecurity company Acronis is warning that a now-patched critical security flaw impacting…

Spoofed Phishing Emails
29
Jul
2024

Proofpoint Email Routing Flaw Exploited to Send Millions of Spoofed Phishing Emails

An unknown threat actor has been linked to a massive scam campaign that exploited an email routing misconfiguration in email…

Data Security Game
29
Jul
2024

How Searchable Encryption Changes the Data Security Game

Searchable Encryption has long been a mystery. An oxymoron. An unattainable dream of cybersecurity professionals everywhere. Organizations know they must…

GitHub Accounts for Malware Spread
29
Jul
2024

‘Stargazer Goblin’ Creates 3,000 Fake GitHub Accounts for Malware Spread

A threat actor known as Stargazer Goblin has set up a network of inauthentic GitHub accounts to fuel a Distribution-as-a-Service…