Category: TheHackerNews

Cyber Attacks
19
Mar
2024

AI’s Expanding Role in Cyber Attacks

Mar 19, 2024NewsroomGenerative AI / Incident Response Large language models (LLMs) powering artificial intelligence (AI) tools today could be exploited…

Data-Wiping Malware
19
Mar
2024

Suspected Russian Data-Wiping ‘AcidPour’ Malware Targeting Linux x86 Devices

Mar 19, 2024NewsroomLinux / Cyber Espionage A new variant of a data wiping malware called AcidRain has been detected in…

Phishing Attacks
19
Mar
2024

Hackers Exploiting Popular Document Publishing Sites for Phishing Attacks

Mar 19, 2024NewsroomEmail Security / Social Engineering Threat actors are leveraging digital document publishing (DDP) sites hosted on platforms like…

Cybersecurity Strategy
19
Mar
2024

Crafting and Communicating Your Cybersecurity Strategy for Board Buy-In

In an era where digital transformation drives business across sectors, cybersecurity has transcended its traditional operational role to become a…

E-Root Marketplace
19
Mar
2024

E-Root Marketplace Admin Sentenced to 42 Months for Selling 350K Stolen Credentials

Mar 19, 2024NewsroomThreat Intel / Cybercrime A 31-year-old Moldovan national has been sentenced to 42 months in prison in the…

NetSupport RAT
19
Mar
2024

New Phishing Attack Uses Clever Microsoft Office Trick to Deploy NetSupport RAT

Mar 19, 2024NewsroomSocial Engineering / Email Security A new phishing campaign is targeting U.S. organizations with the intent to deploy…

Malware
18
Mar
2024

New DEEP#GOSU Malware Campaign Targets Windows Users with Advanced Tactics

A new elaborate attack campaign has been observed employing PowerShell and VBScript malware to infect Windows systems and harvest sensitive…

HTML Smuggling
18
Mar
2024

Hackers Using Sneaky HTML Smuggling to Deliver Malware via Fake Google Sites

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware campaign that leverages bogus Google Sites pages and HTML smuggling to distribute a…

RCE Vulnerability
18
Mar
2024

Fortra Patches Critical RCE Vulnerability in FileCatalyst Transfer Tool

Mar 18, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Threat Mitigation Fortra has released details of a now-patched critical security flaw impacting its FileCatalyst file…

WordPress miniOrange Plugins
18
Mar
2024

WordPress Admins Urged to Remove miniOrange Plugins Due to Critical Flaw

Mar 18, 2024NewsroomWebsite Security / Vulnerability WordPress users of miniOrange’s Malware Scanner and Web Application Firewall plugins are being urged…

Widespread Phishing Scheme
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Mar
2024

APT28 Hacker Group Targeting Europe, Americas, Asia in Widespread Phishing Scheme

Mar 18, 2024NewsroomCyber Warfare / Malware The Russia-linked threat actor known as APT28 has been linked to multiple ongoing phishing…

Cracked Software on GitHub
16
Mar
2024

Hackers Using Cracked Software on GitHub to Spread RisePro Info Stealer

Mar 16, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cybercrime Cybersecurity researchers have found a number of GitHub repositories offering cracked software that are used…