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Cybercrime Groups Increasingly Adopting Sliver Command-and-Control Framework
Nation-state threat actors are increasingly adopting and integrating the Sliver command-and-control C2 framework in their intrusion campaigns as a replacement for Cobalt Strike. "Given Cobalt Strike's popularity as an attack tool, defenses against it have also improved over time," Microsoft...
TrickBot Gang Shifted its Focus on "Systematically" Targeting Ukraine
In what's being described as an "unprecedented" twist, the operators of the TrickBot malware have resorted to systematically targeting Ukraine since the onset of the war in late February 2022. The group is believed to have orchestrated at least six phishing campaigns aimed at targets that align...
Use This Definitive RFP Template to Effectively Evaluate XDR solutions
A new class of security tools is emerging that promises to significantly improve the effectiveness and efficiency of threat detection and response. Emerging Extended Detection and Response XDR solutions aim to aggregate and correlate telemetry from multiple detection controls and then synthesize...
2 New Mozilla Firefox 0-Day Bugs Under Active Attack — Patch Your Browser ASAP!
Mozilla has pushed out-of-band software updates to its Firefox web browser to contain two high-impact security vulnerabilities, both of which it says are being actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2022-26485 and CVE-2022-26486, the zero-day flaws have been described as use-after-free...
LightBasin Hackers Breach at Least 13 Telecom Service Providers Since 2019
A highly sophisticated adversary named LightBasin has been identified as behind a string of attacks targeting the telecom sector with the goal of collecting "highly specific information" from mobile communication infrastructure, such as subscriber information and call metadata. "The nature of the...
Travis CI Flaw Exposes Secrets of Thousands of Open Source Projects
Continuous integration vendor Travis CI has patched a serious security flaw that exposed API keys, access tokens, and credentials, potentially putting organizations that use public source code repositories at risk of further attacks. The issue — tracked as CVE-2021-41077 — concerns unauthorized...
Cynet Empowers IT Resellers and Service Providers to Become Fully Qualified MSSPs
As cyber incidents increase in scope and impact, more and more organizations come to realize that outsourcing their defenses is the best practice—significantly increasing the Managed Security Service Provider MSSP market opportunities. Until recently, IT integrators, VARs, and MSPs haven't...
Hackers Using Fake Foundations to Target Uyghur Minority in China
The Uyghur community located in China and Pakistan has been the subject of an ongoing espionage campaign aiming to trick the targets into downloading a Windows backdoor to amass sensitive information from their systems. "Considerable effort was put into disguising the payloads, whether by creatin...
New Browser Attack Allows Tracking Users Online With JavaScript Disabled
Researchers have discovered a new side-channel that they say can be reliably exploited to leak information from web browsers that could then be leveraged to track users even when JavaScript is completely disabled. "This is a side-channel attack which doesn't require any JavaScript to run," the...
Cisco Issues Warning Over IOS XR Zero-Day Flaw Being Targeted in the Wild
Cisco has warned of an active zero-day vulnerability in its router software that's being exploited in the wild and could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to carry out memory exhaustion attacks on an affected device. "An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending crafted IGMP...
New Attack Leverages HTTP/2 for Effective Remote Timing Side-Channel Leaks
Security researchers have outlined a new technique that renders a remote timing-based side-channel attack more effective regardless of the network congestion between the adversary and the target server. Remote timing attacks that work over a network connection are predominantly affected by...
Warning: Citrix ShareFile Flaw Could Let Attackers Steal Corporate Secrets
Since the past few weeks, software giant Citrix has privately been rolling out a critical software update to its enterprise customers that patches multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Citrix ShareFile content collaboration platform. The security advisory—about which The Hacker News learned...
Why Businesses Should Consider Managed Cloud-Based WAF Protection
The City of Baltimore was under cyber-attack last year, with hackers demanding $76,000 in ransom. Though the city chose not to pay the ransom, the attack still cost them nearly $18 million in damages, and then the city signed up for a $20 million cyber insurance policy. It's very evident that...
This Bug Could Have Let Anyone Crash WhatsApp Of All Group Members
WhatsApp, the world's most popular end-to-end encrypted messaging application, patched an incredibly frustrating software bug that could have allowed a malicious group member to crash the messaging app for all members of the same group, The Hacker News learned. Just by sending a maliciously craft...
Two Former Twitter Employees Caught Spying On Users For Saudi Arabia
Two former employees of Twitter have been charged with spying on thousands of Twitter user accounts on behalf of the Saudi Arabian government, likely with the purpose of unmasking the identity of dissidents. According to an indictment filed on November 5 and unsealed just yesterday, one of the...
Flaws in Over Half a Million GPS Trackers Expose Children Location Data
What if the tech intended to ensure that your kids, senior citizens, and pets are safe even when they're out of sight inadvertently expose them to stalkers? An estimated 600,000 GPS tracking devices for sale on Amazon and other large online merchants for $25–$50 have been found vulnerable to a...
Android Users Can Now Log in to Google Services Using Fingerprint
If you're using Chrome on Android, you can now sign-in to your Google account and some of the other Google services by simply using your fingerprint, instead of typing in your password every time. Google is rolling out a new feature, called "local user verification," that allows you to log in to...
Bluetooth Flaw Found in Google Titan Security Keys; Get Free Replacement
A team of security researchers at Microsoft discovered a potentially serious vulnerability in the Bluetooth-supported version of Google's Titan Security Keys that could not be patched with a software update. However, users do not need to worry as Google has announced to offer a free replacement f...
Adobe Releases Critical Patches for Flash, Acrobat Reader, and Media Encoder
Adobe today released its monthly software updates to patch a total of 87 security vulnerabilities in its Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Flash Player and Media Encoder, most of which could lead to arbitrary code execution attacks or worse. None of the flaws patched this month in Adobe products has been...
Learn How XDR Can Take Breach Protection Beyond Endpoint Security
How do you know whether an attacker has infiltrated your network? Can you really rely on an Endpoint Detection and Response EDR solution to be your go-to technology for identifying security breaches? Endpoint detection and response EDR platform has been an important technology to detect...
Over 92 Million New Accounts Up for Sale from More Unreported Breaches
All these numbers…. "More than 5 billion records from 6,500 data breaches were exposed in 2018" — a report from Risk Based Security says. "More than 59,000 data breaches have been reported across the European since the GDPR came into force in 2018" — a report from DLA Piper says. …came from data...
Hackers Used Malicious MDM Solution to Spy On 'Highly Targeted' iPhone Users
Security researchers have uncovered a "highly targeted" mobile malware campaign that has been operating since August 2015 and found spying on 13 selected iPhones in India. The attackers, who are also believed to be operating from India, were found abusing mobile device management MDM protocol—a...
Hacker Can Steal Data from Air-Gapped Computers through Power Lines
Do you think it is possible to extract data from a computer using its power cables? If no, then you should definitely read about this technique. Researchers from Israel's Ben Gurion University of the Negev—who majorly focus on finding clever ways to exfiltrate data from an isolated or air-gapped...
A Simple Bug Revealed Admins of Facebook Pages — Find Out How
Facebook Page admins are publicly displayed only if admins have chosen to feature their profiles. However, there are some situations where you might want to contact a Facebook page admin or want to find out who is the owner of a Facebook page. Egyptian security researcher Mohamed A. Baset has...
2-Year-Old Linux Kernel Issue Resurfaces As High-Risk Flaw
A bug in Linux kernel that was discovered two years ago, but was not considered a security threat at that time, has now been recognised as a potential local privilege escalation flaw. Identified as CVE-2017-1000253, the bug was initially discovered by Google researcher Michael Davidson in April...
Microsoft's April Security Update : Patch MS12-027 Now !
This month Microsoft released a total of six new security bulletins, but one in particular deals with a zero-day vulnerability impacting virtually every Microsoft user, which is already being exploited in the wild. Four of the six security bulletins are rated as Critical by Microsoft, with the...
Microsoft Copilot for Word Can Copy Hidden Prompts Into New Documents
Hidden instructions in a Word document can make Microsoft 365 Copilot rewrite figures in a report, then copy the same instructions into the finished file. Håkon Måløy disclosed the technique on July 28, 144 days after reporting it to Microsoft. In his proof of concept, the internally generated fi...
One-Character Linux Kernel Flaw Enables Local Root Access, Exploits Now Public
Security researchers have published a detailed, working exploit for a Linux kernel use-after-free that lets an unprivileged local user escalate to root and break out of a container. The flaw, CVE-2026-23111, sits in the kernel's nftables packet-filtering code and was patched upstream on February ...
Drupal Core SQL Injection Bug Actively Exploited, Added to CISA KEV
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has added a recently patched critical security flaw impacting Drupal Core to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-9082 CVSS score: 6.5, an...
Microsoft Open-Sources RAMPART and Clarity to Secure AI Agents During Development
Microsoft has unveiled two new open-source tools called RAMPART and Clarity to assist developers in better testing the security of artificial intelligence AI agents. RAMPART, short for Risk Assessment and Measurement Platform for Agentic Red Teaming, functions as a Pytest-native safety and securi...
Trapdoor Android Ad Fraud Scheme Hit 659 Million Daily Bid Requests Using 455 Apps
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new ad fraud and malvertising operation dubbed Trapdoor targeting Android device users. The activity, per HUMAN's Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team, encompassed 455 malicious Android apps and 183 threat actor-owned command-and-contr...
Russian Hackers Exploit Microsoft OAuth to Target Ukraine Allies via Signal and WhatsApp
Multiple suspected Russia-linked threat actors are "aggressively" targeting individuals and organizations with ties to Ukraine and human rights with an aim to gain unauthorized access to Microsoft 365 accounts since early March 2025. The highly targeted social engineering operations, per Volexity...
Cybercriminals Exploiting Docker API Servers for SRBMiner Crypto Mining Attacks
Bad actors have been observed targeting Docker remote API servers to deploy the SRBMiner crypto miner on compromised instances, according to new findings from Trend Micro. "In this attack, the threat actor used the gRPC protocol over h2c to evade security solutions and execute their crypto mining...
Cisco Warns of Global Surge in Brute-Force Attacks Targeting VPN and SSH Services
Cisco is warning about a global surge in brute-force attacks targeting various devices, including Virtual Private Network VPN services, web application authentication interfaces, and SSH services, since at least March 18, 2024. "These attacks all appear to be originating from TOR exit nodes and a...
CISA Warns of Actively Exploited JetBrains TeamCity Vulnerability
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Thursday added a critical security flaw impacting JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-27198 CV...
Chinese Hackers Exploiting Ivanti VPN Flaws to Deploy New Malware
At least two different suspected China-linked cyber espionage clusters, tracked as UNC5325 and UNC3886, have been attributed to the exploitation of security flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure VPN appliances. UNC5325 abused CVE-2024-21893 to deliver a wide range of new malware called LITTLELAMB.WOOLTE...
Microsoft Expands Free Logging Capabilities for all U.S. Federal Agencies
Microsoft has expanded free logging capabilities to all U.S. federal agencies using Microsoft Purview Audit irrespective of the license tier, more than six months after a China-linked cyber espionage campaign targeting two dozen organizations came to light. "Microsoft will automatically enable th...
U.S. Government Disrupts Russia-Linked Botnet Engaged in Cyber Espionage
The U.S. government on Thursday said it disrupted a botnet comprising hundreds of small office and home office SOHO routers in the country that was put to use by the Russia-linked APT28 actor to conceal its malicious activities. "These crimes included vast spear-phishing and similar credential...
Hands-on Review: Myrror Security Code-Aware and Attack-Aware SCA
Introduction The modern software supply chain represents an ever-evolving threat landscape, with each package added to the manifest introducing new attack vectors. To meet industry requirements, organizations must maintain a fast-paced development process while staying up-to-date with the latest...
Researchers Uncover How Outlook Vulnerability Could Leak Your NTLM Passwords
A now-patched security flaw in Microsoft Outlook could be exploited by threat actors to access NT LAN Manager NTLM v2 hashed passwords when opening a specially crafted file. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-35636 CVSS score: 6.5, was addressed by the tech giant as part of its Patch Tuesday updates...
AllaKore RAT Malware Targeting Mexican Firms with Financial Fraud Tricks
Mexican financial institutions are under the radar of a new spear-phishing campaign that delivers a modified version of an open-source remote access trojan called AllaKore RAT. The BlackBerry Research and Intelligence Team attributed the activity to an unknown Latin America-based financially...
Microsoft Warns of Widening APT29 Espionage Attacks Targeting Global Orgs
Microsoft on Thursday said the Russian state-sponsored threat actors responsible for a cyber attack on its systems in late November 2023 have been targeting other organizations and that it's currently beginning to notify them. The development comes a day after Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE...
Exposed Secrets are Everywhere. Here's How to Tackle Them
Picture this: you stumble upon a concealed secret within your company's source code. Instantly, a wave of panic hits as you grasp the possible consequences. This one hidden secret has the power to pave the way for unauthorized entry, data breaches, and a damaged reputation. Understanding the secr...
Ukrainian Military Targeted in Phishing Campaign Leveraging Drone Manuals
Ukrainian military entities are the target of a phishing campaign that leverages drone manuals as lures to deliver a Go-based open-source post-exploitation toolkit called Merlin. "Since drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles UAVs have been an integral tool used by the Ukrainian military, malware-lace...
Earth Lusca's New SprySOCKS Linux Backdoor Targets Government Entities
The China-linked threat actor known as Earth Lusca has been observed targeting government entities using a never-before-seen Linux backdoor called SprySOCKS. Earth Lusca was first documented by Trend Micro in January 2022, detailing the adversary's attacks against public and private sector entiti...
Zero-Day Alert: Latest Android Patch Update Includes Fix for Newly Actively Exploited Flaw
Google has rolled out monthly security patches for Android to address a number of flaws, including a zero-day bug that it said may have been exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2023-35674, the high-severity vulnerability is described as a case of privilege escalation impacting the Android...
Hackers Can Exploit Windows Container Isolation Framework to Bypass Endpoint Security
New findings show that malicious actors could leverage a sneaky malware detection evasion technique and bypass endpoint security solutions by manipulating the Windows Container Isolation Framework. The findings were presented by Deep Instinct security researcher Daniel Avinoam at the DEF CON...
Researchers Uncover Publisher Spoofing Bug in Microsoft Visual Studio Installer
Security researchers have warned about an "easily exploitable" flaw in the Microsoft Visual Studio installer that could be abused by a malicious actor to impersonate a legitimate publisher and distribute malicious extensions. "A threat actor could impersonate a popular publisher and issue a...
North Korea's Kimsuky Group Mimics Key Figures in Targeted Cyber Attacks
U.S. and South Korean intelligence agencies have issued a new alert warning of North Korean cyber actors' use of social engineering tactics to strike think tanks, academia, and news media sectors. The "sustained information gathering efforts" have been attributed to a state-sponsored cluster dubb...
CISA Warns of Critical ICS Flaws in Hitachi, mySCADA, ICL, and Nexx Products
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has published eight Industrial Control Systems ICS advisories warning of critical flaws affecting products from Hitachi Energy, mySCADA Technologies, Industrial Control Links, and Nexx. Topping the list is CVE-2022-3682 CVSS score: 9....