Category: TheHackerNews

LightSpy iOS Spyware
15
Apr
2024

Chinese-Linked LightSpy iOS Spyware Targets South Asian iPhone Users

Apr 15, 2024NewsroomSpyware / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a “renewed” cyber espionage campaign targeting users in South Asia…

PAN-OS Vulnerability
15
Apr
2024

Palo Alto Networks Releases Urgent Fixes for Exploited PAN-OS Vulnerability

Apr 15, 2024NewsroomFirewall Security / Vulnerability Palo Alto Networks has released hotfixes to address a maximum-severity security flaw impacting PAN-OS…

Cyber Influence Operations
13
Apr
2024

U.S. Treasury Hamas Spokesperson for Cyber Influence Operations

Apr 13, 2024NewsroomCyber influence / Warfare The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Friday announced sanctions…

Crypto Exchange Thefts
13
Apr
2024

Ex-Security Engineer Jailed 3 Years for $12.3 Million Crypto Exchange Thefts

Apr 13, 2024NewsroomCryptocurrency / Regulatory Compliance A former security engineer has been sentenced to three years in prison in the…

Palo Alto Zero-Day Attacks
13
Apr
2024

Hackers Deploy Python Backdoor in Palo Alto Zero-Day Attack

Apr 13, 2024Newsroom Threat actors have been exploiting the newly disclosed zero-day flaw in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software dating…

XZ Utils Backdoor
12
Apr
2024

Popular Rust Crate liblzma-sys Compromised with XZ Utils Backdoor Files

“Test files” associated with the XZ Utils backdoor have made their way to a Rust crate known as liblzma-sys, new…

Identity Management
12
Apr
2024

Code Keepers: Mastering Non-Human Identity Management

Apr 12, 2024The Hacker NewsDevSecOps / Identity Management Identities now transcend human boundaries. Within each line of code and every…

PAN-OS Flaw
12
Apr
2024

Critical Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Flaw Under Active Attack

Apr 12, 2024NewsroomNetwork Security / Zero-Day Palo Alto Networks is warning that a critical flaw impacting its PAN-OS software used…

Iranian MuddyWater Hackers
12
Apr
2024

Iranian MuddyWater Hackers Adopt New C2 Tool ‘DarkBeatC2’ in Latest Campaign

The Iranian threat actor known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a new command-and-control (C2) infrastructure called DarkBeatC2, becoming the…

PyPI Secrets
12
Apr
2024

Python’s PyPI Reveals Its Secrets

Apr 11, 2024The Hacker NewsSoftware Security / Programming GitGuardian is famous for its annual State of Secrets Sprawl report. In…

Credit Card Skimmer
12
Apr
2024

Sneaky Credit Card Skimmer Disguised as Harmless Facebook Tracker

Apr 12, 2024NewsroomWeb Security / WordPress Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a credit card skimmer that’s concealed within a fake Meta…

Microsoft Breach
12
Apr
2024

U.S. Federal Agencies Ordered to Hunt for Signs of Microsoft Breach and Mitigate Risks

Apr 12, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Data Breach The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday issued an emergency…