New Agenda Ransomware Variant, Written in Rust, Aiming at Critical Infrastructure
Dec 19, 2022Ravie LakshmananData Security / Endpoint Security A Rust variant of a ransomware strain known as Agenda has been observed in the wild, making…
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The Week in Ransomware – December 23rd 2022
Reports this week illustrate how threat actors consider Microsoft Exchange as a prime target for gaining initial access to corporate networks to steal data and…
JSON syntax hack allowed SQL injection payloads to be smuggled past WAFs
John Leyden 09 December 2022 at 13:17 UTC Updated: 15 December 2022 at 17:06 UTC Five vendors act to thwart generic hack Security researchers have…
Log4j’s Log4Shell Vulnerability: One Year Later, It’s Still Lurking
Apache had to scramble at the beginning of December 2021 to be ready to release patches for Log4Shell when it publicly disclosed the situation on…
Cybercrime (and Security) Predictions for 2023
Dec 19, 2022The Hacker NewsPassword Policy / Data Security Threat actors continue to adapt to the latest technologies, practices, and even data privacy laws—and it’s…
New info-stealer malware infects software pirates via fake cracks sites
A new information-stealing malware named ‘RisePro’ is being distributed through fake cracks sites operated by the PrivateLoader pay-per-install (PPI) malware distribution service. RisePro is designed…
ChatGPT bid for bogus bug bounty is thwarted
Improving large language models offer ‘just one more way to attack code, and one more way to defend code’ A supposed security researcher has tried…
Attackers Keep Targeting the US Electric Grid
We at WIRED have written plenty about the threat that cyberattacks pose to power grids worldwide. But lately, the most significant attacks on electrical systems…
Glupteba Botnet Continues to Thrive Despite Google’s Attempts to Disrupt It
Dec 19, 2022Ravie LakshmananBlockchain / Botnet The operators of the Glupteba botnet resurfaced in June 2022 as part of a renewed and “upscaled” campaign, months…
Hacker claims to be selling Twitter data of 400 million users
A threat actor claims to be selling public and private data of 400 million Twitter users scraped in 2021 using a now-fixed API vulnerability. They’re…
Black Hat Europe 2022: Hacking tools showcased at annual security conference
Aids and techniques demonstrated at this year’s arsenal track Tools to enable the work of security researchers, pen testers, and bug bounty hunters were demonstrated…
Why the US Is Primed for Radicalization
“What you find is people are most vulnerable to authoritarianism and extremist impulses when they don’t know what they’re supposed to do,” Berger says. “They…