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added 2019/11/19 1:35 p.m.85 views

Louisiana State Government Hit by Ransomware Attack Forcing Server Shutdowns

Targeted ransomware attacks on banking and finance, government, healthcare, and critical infrastructure are on the rise, with the latest victim being the state government of Louisiana. The state government of Louisiana was hit by a large-scale coordinated ransomware attack yesterday, which forced...

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added 2018/09/11 3:43 p.m.85 views

Apple Removes Several Trend Micro Apps For Collecting MacOS Users' Data

Apple has removed almost all popular security apps offered by well-known cyber-security vendor Trend Micro from its official Mac App Store after they were caught stealing users' sensitive data without their consent. The controversial apps in question include Dr Cleaner, Dr Cleaner Pro, Dr...

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added 2018/08/13 4:19 p.m.85 views

ex-NSA Hacker Discloses macOS High Sierra Zero-Day Vulnerability

Your Mac computer running the Apple's latest High Sierra operating system can be hacked by tweaking just two lines of code, a researcher demonstrated at the Def Con security conference on Sunday. Patrick Wardle, an ex-NSA hacker and now Chief Research Officer of Digita Security, uncovered a...

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added 2018/07/05 10:28 a.m.85 views

Password-Guessing Was Used to Hack Gentoo Linux Github Account

Maintainers of the Gentoo Linux distribution have now revealed the impact and "root cause" of the attack that saw unknown hackers taking control of its GitHub account last week and modifying the content of its repositories and pages. The hackers not only managed to change the content in compromis...

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added 2018/06/19 8:02 p.m.85 views

Email Phishers Using A Simple Way to Bypass MS Office 365 Protection

Security researchers have been warning about a simple technique that cyber criminals and email scammers are using in the wild to bypass most AI-powered phishing detection mechanisms implemented by widely used email services and web security scanners. Dubbed ZeroFont, the technique involves...

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added 2025/12/19 8:25 a.m.84 views

New UEFI Flaw Enables Early-Boot DMA Attacks on ASRock, ASUS, GIGABYTE, MSI Motherboards

Certain motherboard models from vendors like ASRock, ASUSTeK Computer, GIGABYTE, and MSI are affected by a security vulnerability that leaves them susceptible to early-boot direct memory access DMA attacks across architectures that implement a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI and...

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added 2024/06/08 7:35 a.m.84 views

New PHP Vulnerability Exposes Windows Servers to Remote Code Execution

Details have emerged about a new critical security flaw impacting PHP that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution under certain circumstances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-4577, has been described as a CGI argument injection vulnerability affecting all versions of PHP...

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added 2024/03/05 4:18 p.m.84 views

Hackers Exploit ConnectWise ScreenConnect Flaws to Deploy TODDLERSHARK Malware

North Korean threat actors have exploited the recently disclosed security flaws in ConnectWise ScreenConnect to deploy a new malware called TODDLERSHARK. According to a report shared by Kroll with The Hacker News, TODDLERSHARK overlaps with known Kimsuky malware such as BabyShark and ReconShark...

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added 2023/09/29 6:15 a.m.84 views

Progress Software Releases Urgent Hotfixes for Multiple Security Flaws in WS_FTP Server

Progress Software has released hotfixes for a critical security vulnerability, alongside seven other flaws, in the WSFTP Server Ad hoc Transfer Module and in the WSFTP Server manager interface. Tracked as CVE-2023-40044, the flaw has a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity. All versions...

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The Hacker News
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added 2023/09/08 11:27 a.m.85 views

Apple Rushes to Patch Zero-Day Flaws Exploited for Pegasus Spyware on iPhones

Apple on Thursday released emergency security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS to address two zero-day flaws that have been exploited in the wild to deliver NSO Group's Pegasus mercenary spyware. The issues are described as below - CVE-2023-41061 - A validation issue in Wallet that...

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added 2023/08/24 11:12 a.m.84 views

WinRAR Security Flaw Exploited in Zero-Day Attacks to Target Traders

A recently patched security flaw in the popular WinRAR archiving software has been exploited as a zero-day since April 2023, new findings from Group-IB reveal. The vulnerability, cataloged as CVE-2023-38831, allows threat actors to spoof file extensions, thereby making it possible to launch...

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added 2023/08/22 3:36 a.m.84 views

Critical Adobe ColdFusion Flaw Added to CISA's Exploited Vulnerability Catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has added a critical security flaw in Adobe ColdFusion to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, cataloged as CVE-2023-26359 CVSS score: 9.8, relates to a...

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added 2023/08/11 3:38 a.m.84 views

CISA Adds Microsoft .NET Vulnerability to KEV Catalog Due to Active Exploitation

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has added a recently patched security flaw in Microsoft's .NET and Visual Studio products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2023-38180 CVSS score: 7.5, the...

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added 2023/04/25 1:26 p.m.84 views

New SLP Vulnerability Could Let Attackers Launch 2200x Powerful DDoS Attacks

Details have emerged about a high-severity security vulnerability impacting Service Location Protocol SLP that could be weaponized to launch volumetric denial-of-service attacks against targets. "Attackers exploiting this vulnerability could leverage vulnerable instances to launch massive...

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added 2023/04/18 7:10 a.m.84 views

LockBit Ransomware Now Targeting Apple macOS Devices

Threat actors behind the LockBit ransomware operation have developed new artifacts that can encrypt files on devices running Apple's macOS operating system. The development, which was reported by the MalwareHunterTeam over the weekend, appears to be the first time a big-game ransomware crew has...

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added 2023/01/14 8:11 a.m.84 views

Cacti Servers Under Attack as Majority Fail to Patch Critical Vulnerability

A majority of internet-exposed Cacti servers have not been patched against a recently patched critical security vulnerability that has come under active exploitation in the wild. That's according to attack surface management platform Censys, which found only 26 out of a total of 6,427 servers to ...

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added 2022/12/14 4:40 a.m.84 views

Hackers Actively Exploiting Citrix ADC and Gateway Zero-Day Vulnerability

The U.S. National Security Agency NSA on Tuesday said a threat actor tracked as APT5 has been actively exploiting a zero-day flaw in Citrix Application Delivery Controller ADC and Gateway to take over affected systems. The critical remote code execution vulnerability, identified as CVE-2022-27518...

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The Hacker News
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added 2022/09/28 5:03 a.m.84 views

Critical WhatsApp Bugs Could Have Let Attackers Hack Devices Remotely

WhatsApp has released security updates to address two flaws in its messaging app for Android and iOS that could lead to remote code execution on vulnerable devices. One of them concerns CVE-2022-36934 CVSS score: 9.8, a critical integer overflow vulnerability in WhatsApp that results in the...

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The Hacker News
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added 2022/03/09 1:26 p.m.84 views

Hackers Abuse Mitel Devices to Amplify DDoS Attacks by 4 Billion Times

Threat actors have been observed abusing a high-impact reflection/amplification method to stage sustained distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks for up to 14 hours with a record-breaking amplification ratio of 4,294,967,296 to 1. The attack vector – dubbed TP240PhoneHome CVE-2022-26143 – has...

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added 2021/07/17 12:09 p.m.84 views

CloudFlare CDNJS Bug Could Have Led to Widespread Supply-Chain Attacks

Web infrastructure and website security company Cloudflare last month fixed a critical vulnerability in its CDNJS library that's used by 12.7% of all websites on the internet. CDNJS is a free and open-source content delivery network CDN that serves about 4,041 JavaScript and CSS libraries, making...

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added 2021/06/10 10:51 a.m.84 views

Emerging Ransomware Targets Dozens of Businesses Worldwide

An emerging ransomware strain in the threat landscape claims to have breached 30 organizations in just four months since it went operational by riding on the coattails of a notorious ransomware syndicate. First observed in February 2021, "Prometheus" is an offshoot of another well-known ransomwar...

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added 2021/06/01 8:41 a.m.84 views

Report: Danish Secret Service Helped NSA Spy On European Politicians

The U.S. National Security Agency NSA used a partnership with Denmark's foreign and military intelligence service to eavesdrop on top politicians and high-ranking officials in Germany, Sweden, Norway, and France by tapping into Danish underwater internet cables between 2012 and 2014. Details of t...

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added 2021/04/24 8:09 a.m.84 views

Passwordstate Password Manager Update Hijacked to Install Backdoor on Thousands of PCs

Click Studios, the Australian software company behind the Passwordstate password management application, has notified customers to reset their passwords following a supply chain attack. The Adelaide-based firm said a bad actor used sophisticated techniques to compromise the software's update...

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added 2021/04/19 10:21 a.m.84 views

Malware That Spreads Via Xcode Projects Now Targeting Apple's M1-based Macs

A Mac malware campaign targeting Xcode developers has been retooled to add support for Apple's new M1 chips and expand its features to steal confidential information from cryptocurrency apps. XCSSET came into the spotlight in August 2020 after it was found to spread via modified Xcode IDE project...

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added 2020/11/25 7:14 a.m.84 views

2-Factor Authentication Bypass Flaw Reported in cPanel and WHM Software

cPanel, a provider of popular administrative tools to manage web hosting, has patched a security vulnerability that could have allowed remote attackers with access to valid credentials to bypass two-factor authentication 2FA protection on an account. The issue, tracked as "SEC-575" and discovered...

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The Hacker News
added 2019/12/13 10:21 a.m.84 views

Flaw in Elementor and Beaver Addons Let Anyone Hack WordPress Sites

Attention WordPress users! Your website could easily get hacked if you are using "Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder," or "Ultimate Addons for Elementor" and haven't recently updated them to the latest available versions. Security researchers have discovered a critical yet easy-to-exploit...

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added 2019/12/06 8:47 a.m.84 views

Facebook Sued Hong Kong Firm for Hacking Users and Ad Fraud Scheme

Following its efforts to take legal action against those misusing its social media platform, Facebook has now filed a new lawsuit against a Hong Kong-based advertising company and two Chinese individuals for allegedly abusing its ad platform to distribute malware and Ad fraud. Facebook filed the...

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The Hacker News
added 2019/09/11 7:41 a.m.84 views

Mozilla Launches 'Firefox Private Network' VPN Service as a Browser Extension

Mozilla has officially launched a new privacy-focused VPN service, called Firefox Private Network, as a browser extension that aims to encrypt your online activity and limit what websites and advertisers know about you. Firefox Private Network service is currently in beta and available only to...

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added 2019/06/19 9:00 p.m.84 views

Gain the Trust of Your Business Customers With SOC 2 Compliance

In today's business environment, data is what matters most. It matters to organizations that monetize it into operational insights and optimisations, and it matters the threat actors that relentlessly seek to achieve similar monetisation by compromising it. In the very common scenario in which...

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The Hacker News
added 2019/04/01 3:07 p.m.84 views

How Endpoint Management Can Keep Workplace IT Secure

Workplaces have become highly connected. Even a small business could have dozens of devices in the form of desktops, mobile devices, routers, and even smart appliances as part of its IT infrastructure. Unfortunately, each of these endpoints can now be a weak link that hackers could exploit. Hacke...

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The Hacker News
added 2019/01/16 10:56 a.m.84 views

Fortnite Flaws Allowed Hackers to Takeover Gamers' Accounts

Check Point researchers have discovered multiple security vulnerabilities in Fortnite, a massively popular online battle game, one of which could have allowed remote attackers to completely takeover player accounts just by tricking users into clicking an unsuspectable link. The reported Fortnite...

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added 2018/08/06 7:09 a.m.84 views

iPhone Chip Supplier TSMC Stops Production After Computer Virus Attack

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company TSMC—Apple's sole supplier of SoC components for iPhones and iPads, and Qualcomm's major manufacturing partner—shut down several of its chip-fabrication factories Friday night after being hit by a computer virus. The world's largest makers of...

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added 2018/07/30 4:49 p.m.84 views

Boys Town Healthcare Data Breach Exposed Personal Details of Patients

Another day, Another data breach! This time-sensitive and personal data of hundreds of thousands of people at Boys Town National Research Hospital have been exposed in what appears to be the largest ever reported breach by a pediatric care provider or children's hospital. According to the U.S...

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added 2018/06/11 10:15 a.m.84 views

Hackers Stole Over $20 Million in Ethereum from Insecurely Configured Clients

Security researchers have been warning about cybercriminals who have made over 20 million dollars in just past few months by hijacking insecurely configured Ethereum nodes exposed on the Internet. Qihoo 360 Netlab in March tweeted about a group of cybercriminals who were scanning the Internet for...

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added 2025/02/10 5:14 a.m.83 views

XE Hacker Group Exploits VeraCore Zero-Day to Deploy Persistent Web Shells

Threat actors have been observed exploiting multiple security flaws in various software products, including Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX and Advantive VeraCore, to drop reverse shells and web shells, and maintain persistent remote access to compromised systems. The zero-day exploitation o...

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added 2024/10/28 3:44 p.m.83 views

THN Cybersecurity Recap: Top Threats, Tools and News (Oct 21 - Oct 27)

Cybersecurity news can sometimes feel like a never-ending horror movie, can't it? Just when you think the villains are locked up, a new threat emerges from the shadows. This week is no exception, with tales of exploited flaws, international espionage, and AI shenanigans that could make your head...

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added 2024/10/10 5:44 a.m.83 views

CISA Warns of Critical Fortinet Flaw as Palo Alto and Cisco Issue Urgent Security Patches

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Wednesday added a critical security flaw impacting Fortinet products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-23113 CVSS score: 9.8, relates ...

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added 2024/09/03 1:29 p.m.83 views

Hacktivists Exploits WinRAR Vulnerability in Attacks Against Russia and Belarus

A hacktivist group known as Head Mare has been linked to cyber attacks that exclusively target organizations located in Russia and Belarus. "Head Mare uses more up-to-date methods for obtaining initial access," Kaspersky said in a Monday analysis of the group's tactics and tools. "For instance, t...

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added 2024/05/22 3:45 a.m.83 views

Critical Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Flaw Allows Authentication Bypass

Users of Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager are being urged to update to the latest version following the discovery of a critical security flaw that could permit an adversary to bypass authentication protections. Tracked as CVE-2024-29849 CVSS score: 9.8, the vulnerability could allow an...

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added 2024/02/26 4:57 a.m.83 views

LockBit Ransomware Group Resurfaces After Law Enforcement Takedown

The threat actors behind the LockBit ransomware operation have resurfaced on the dark web using new infrastructure, days after an international law enforcement exercise seized control of its servers. To that end, the notorious group has moved its data leak portal to a new .onion address on the TO...

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added 2023/11/14 6:03 a.m.83 views

CISA Sets a Deadline - Patch Juniper Junos OS Flaws Before November 17

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has given a November 17, 2023, deadline for federal agencies and organizations to apply mitigations to secure against a number of security flaws in Juniper Junos OS that came to light in August. The agency on Monday added five...

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Nation State Hackers Exploiting Zero-Day in Roundcube Webmail Software

The threat actor known as Winter Vivern has been observed exploiting a zero-day flaw in Roundcube webmail software on October 11, 2023, to harvest email messages from victims' accounts. "Winter Vivern has stepped up its operations by using a zero-day vulnerability in Roundcube," ESET security...

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added 2023/09/04 8:40 a.m.83 views

Vietnamese Cybercriminals Targeting Facebook Business Accounts with Malvertising

Malicious actors associated with the Vietnamese cybercrime ecosystem are leveraging advertising-as-a-vector on social media platforms such as Meta-owned Facebook to distribute malware. "Threat actors have long used fraudulent ads as a vector to target victims with scams, malvertising, and more,"...

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added 2023/04/06 9:01 a.m.83 views

FBI Cracks Down on Genesis Market: 119 Arrested in Cybercrime Operation

A joint international law enforcement operation has dismantled Genesis Market, an illegal online marketplace that specialized in the sale of stolen credentials associated with email, bank accounts, and social media platforms. Coinciding with the infrastructure seizure, the major crackdown, which...

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added 2022/08/23 2:50 p.m.83 views

Google Uncovers Tool Used by Iranian Hackers to Steal Data from Email Accounts

The Iranian government-backed actor known as Charming Kitten has added a new tool to its malware arsenal that allows it to retrieve user data from Gmail, Yahoo!, and Microsoft Outlook accounts. Dubbed HYPERSCRAPE by Google Threat Analysis Group TAG, the actively in-development malicious software ...

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added 2021/08/06 7:12 a.m.83 views

VMware Issues Patches to Fix Critical Bugs Affecting Multiple Products

VMware has released security updates for multiple products to address a critical vulnerability that could be exploited to gain access to confidential information. Tracked as CVE-2021-22002 CVSS score: 8.6 and CVE-2021-22003 CVSS score: 3.7, the flaws affect VMware Workspace One Access Access,...

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added 2021/03/27 9:14 a.m.83 views

Watch Out! That Android System Update May Contain A Powerful Spyware

Researchers have discovered a new information-stealing trojan, which targets Android devices with an onslaught of data-exfiltration capabilities — from collecting browser searches to recording audio and phone calls. While malware on Android has previously taken the guise of copycat apps, which go...

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added 2020/12/03 10:59 a.m.83 views

TrickBot Malware Gets UEFI/BIOS Bootkit Feature to Remain Undetected

TrickBot, one of the most notorious and adaptable malware botnets in the world, is expanding its toolset to set its sights on firmware vulnerabilities to potentially deploy bootkits and take complete control of an infected system. The new functionality, dubbed "TrickBoot" by Advanced Intelligence...

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added 2020/04/09 10:17 a.m.83 views

7 Ways Hackers and Scammers Are Exploiting Coronavirus Panic

In our previous stories, you might have already read about various campaigns warning how threat actors are capitalizing on the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in an attempt to infect your computers and mobile devices with malware or scam you out of your money. Unfortunately, to some extent, it's...

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added 2020/03/06 8:43 p.m.83 views

This Unpatchable Flaw Affects All Intel CPUs Released in Last 5 Years

All Intel processors released in the past 5 years contain an unpatchable vulnerability that could allow hackers to compromise almost every hardware-enabled security technology that are otherwise designed to shield sensitive data of users even when a system gets compromised. The vulnerability,...

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