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Hive Ransomware Upgrades to Rust for More Sophisticated Encryption Method
The operators of the Hive ransomware-as-a-service RaaS scheme have overhauled their file-encrypting software to fully migrate to Rust and adopt a more sophisticated encryption method. "With its latest variant carrying several major upgrades, Hive also proves it's one of the fastest evolving...
Researchers Find New Malware Attacks Targeting Russian Government Entities
An unknown advanced persistent threat APT group has been linked to a series of spear-phishing attacks targeting Russian government entities since the onset of the Russo-Ukrainian war in late February 2022. "The campaigns ... are designed to implant a Remote Access Trojan RAT that can be used to...
Yes, Containers Are Terrific, But Watch the Security Risks
Containers revolutionized the development process, acting as a cornerstone for DevOps initiatives, but containers bring complex security risks that are not always obvious. Organizations that don't mitigate these risks are vulnerable to attack. In this article, we outline how containers contribute...
Critical Bugs in Rockwell PLC Could Allow Hackers to Implant Malicious Code
Two new security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Rockwell Automation's programmable logic controllers PLCs and engineering workstation software that could be exploited by an attacker to inject malicious code on affected systems and stealthily modify automation processes. The flaws have the...
New Blacksmith Exploit Bypasses Current Rowhammer Attack Defenses
Cybersecurity researchers have demonstrated yet another variation of the Rowhammer attack affecting all DRAM dynamic random-access memory chips that bypasses currently deployed mitigations, thereby effectively compromising the security of the devices. The new technique — dubbed "Blacksmith"...
U.S. Government Bans Sale of Hacking Tools to Authoritarian Regimes
The U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday announced new rules barring the sales of hacking software and equipment to authoritarian regimes and potentially facilitate human rights abuse for national security NS and anti-terrorism AT reasons. The mandate, which is set to go into effect in 90 days,...
How Companies Can Protect Themselves from Password Spraying Attacks
Attackers are using many types of attacks to compromise business-critical data. These can include zero-day attacks, supply chain attacks, and others. However, one of the most common ways that hackers get into your environment is by compromising passwords. The password spraying attack is a special...
Hackers Steal Over $600 Million Worth of Cryptocurrencies from Poly Network
Hackers have siphoned $611 million worth of cryptocurrencies from a blockchain-based financial network in what's believed to be one of the largest heists targeting the digital asset industry, putting it ahead of breaches targeting exchanges Coincheck and Mt. Gox in recent years. Poly Network, a...
New Chinese Spyware Being Used in Widespread Cyber Espionage Attacks
A threat actor presumed to be of Chinese origin has been linked to a series of 10 attacks targeting Mongolia, Russia, Belarus, Canada, and the U.S. from January to July 2021 that involve the deployment of a remote access trojan RAT on infected systems, according to new research. The intrusions ha...
Kaseya Gets Universal Decryptor to Help REvil Ransomware Victims
Nearly three weeks after Florida-based software vendor Kaseya was hit by a widespread supply-chain ransomware attack, the company on Thursday said it obtained a universal decryptor to unlock systems and help customers recover their data. "On July 21, Kaseya obtained a decryptor for victims of the...
Malvertising Campaign On Google Distributed Trojanized AnyDesk Installer
Cybersecurity researchers on Wednesday publicized the disruption of a "clever" malvertising network targeting AnyDesk that delivered a weaponized installer of the remote desktop software via rogue Google ads that appeared in the search engine results pages. The campaign, which is believed to have...
Russian Hydra DarkNet Market Made Over $1.3 Billion in 2020
Russian-language dark web marketplace Hydra has emerged as a hotspot for illicit activities, pulling in a whopping $1.37 billion worth of cryptocurrencies in 2020, up from $9.4 million in 2016, marking a staggering 624% year-over-year jump over a three-year period from 2018 to 2020. "Further...
Hackers Threaten to Leak D.C. Police Informants' Info If Ransom Is Not Paid
The Metropolitan Police Department MPD of the District of Columbia has become the latest high-profile government agency to fall victim to a ransomware attack. The Babuk Locker gang claimed in a post on the dark web that they had compromised the DC Police's networks and stolen 250 GB of unencrypte...
Researchers Find 3 New Malware Strains Used by SolarWinds Hackers
FireEye and Microsoft on Thursday said they discovered three more malware strains in connection with the SolarWinds supply-chain attack, including a "sophisticated second-stage backdoor," as the investigation into the sprawling espionage campaign continues to yield fresh clues about the threat...
4 Free Online Cyber Security Testing Tools For 2021
Set of must-have online security tools that we believe may make a real difference to your cybersecurity program and improve your 2021 budget planning. In September, Gartner published a list of "Top 9 Security and Risk Trends for 2020" putting a bold emphasis on the growing complexity and size of...
US Charges 2 Chinese Hackers for Targeting COVID-19 Research and Trade Secrets
The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ yesterday revealed charges against two Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in a decade-long hacking spree targeting dissidents, government agencies, and hundreds of organizations in as many as 11 countries. The 11-count indictment, which was unsealed...
Unveiled: How xHelper Android Malware Re-Installs Even After Factory Reset
Remember xHelper? A mysterious piece of Android malware that re-installs itself on infected devices even after users delete it or factory reset their devices—making it nearly impossible to remove. xHelper reportedly infected over 45,000 devices last year, and since then, cybersecurity researchers...
L1ght Looks to Protect Internet Users from Toxic and Predatory Behavior
Cybersecurity has been regarded as a necessity for all computer users, especially today when data breaches and malware attacks have become rampant. However, one of the more overlooked aspects of cybersecurity is the prevention of other forms of cybercrime, such as the spread of harmful content an...
The 2020 State of Breach Protection Survey – Call for Participation
2010-2019 decade will be remembered as the time in which cybersecurity became acknowledged as a critical concern for all organizations. With rapidly growing security needs and respective budgets, it is now more essential than ever for security decision-makers to zoom out of the 'products' mindset...
Google Will Now Pay Anyone Who Reports Apps Abusing Users' Data
In the wake of data abuse scandals and several instances of malware app being discovered on the Play Store, Google today expanded its bug bounty program to beef up the security of Android apps and Chrome extensions distributed through its platform. The expansion in Google's vulnerability reward...
Google, Mozilla, Apple Block Kazakhstan's Root CA Certificate to Prevent Spying
In a move to protect its users based in Kazakhstan from government surveillance, Google, Apple and Mozilla finally today came forward and blocked Kazakhstan's government-issued root CA certificate within their respective web browsing software. Starting today, Chrome, Safari and Firefox users in...
Ransomware Attack Takes Down Bristol Airport's Flight Display Screens
Bristol Airport has blamed a ransomware attack for causing a blackout of flight information screens for two days over the weekend. The airport said that the attack started Friday morning, taking out several computers over the airport network, including its in-house display screens which provide...
TSMC Chip Maker Blames WannaCry Malware for Production Halt
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company TSMC—the world's largest makers of semiconductors and processors—was forced to shut down several of its chip-fabrication factories over the weekend after being hit by a computer virus. Now, it turns out that the computer virus outbreak at Taiwan chipmake...
Malicious Software Packages Found On Arch Linux User Repository
Yet another incident that shows why you should never blindly trust packages from user-controlled software repositories. Arch Linux , one of the most popular independently developed Linux distributions, has removed three packages from its community-driven Arch User Repository AUR after they were...
Prowli Malware Targeting Servers, Routers, and IoT Devices
After the discovery of massive VPNFilter malware botnet, security researchers have now uncovered another giant botnet that has already compromised more than 40,000 servers, modems and internet-connected devices belonging to a wide number of organizations across the world. Dubbed Operation Prowli,...
Cybercriminals Hijack Router DNS to Distribute Android Banking Trojan
Security researchers have been warning about an ongoing malware campaign hijacking Internet routers to distribute Android banking malware that steals users' sensitive information, login credentials and the secret code for two-factor authentication. In order to trick victims into installing the...
Apple Blocks Sites From Abusing HSTS Security Standard to Track Users
If you are unaware, the security standard HTTP Strict Transport Security HSTS can be abused as a 'supercookie' to surreptitiously track users of almost every modern web browser online without their knowledge even when they use "private browsing." Apple has now added mitigations to its open-source...
Game of Thrones (Season 7) Episode 5 Script Leaked — Hacker Demands Millions in Ransom
The hacking group that recently hacked HBO has just dropped its second trove of documents, including a month emails of one of the company's executives, and a detailed script of the upcoming fifth episode of "Game of Thrones" Season 7, set to be aired on August 13. The latest release is the second...
THN Weekly Roundup — 15 Most Popular Cyber Security and Hacking News Stories
We are once again here with our weekly round up based on last week’s top cyber security threats and challenges. I recommend you to read the entire thing just click ‘Read More’ because there’s some valuable advice in there as well. Here’s the list: 1. Reminder! If You have not yet, Turn Off Window...
Turkish Hacker Crashes Google Play Store Twice while testing vulnerability
Last Weekend Google Play Store was crashed twice by a Turkish hacker when he tried to test vulnerability he discovered on the Android apps publishing system, known as Google's Developer Console. Turkish hacker 'Ibrahim Balic' claimed responsibility for the Google Play Store attack and told 'The...
More details about alleged 17-year-old Russian BlackPOS Malware Author released
Security experts at IntelCrawler provided a new interesting update on BlackPOS malware author, that he forgot to delete his Social networking profile even after the last exposure from the investigators. As we have reported a few days before that the Intelligence firm IntelCrawler has identified a...
⚡ Weekly Recap: Chinese Spy Proxy, AI Agents Go Off-Task, Router Backdoors and More
The boring parts caused most of the trouble. A router shipped ready to listen. A fake check turned the user into the installer. Trusted systems collected traffic and passwords, then cleaned the logs. Old bugs formed new attack chains. Even an AI agent decided its assigned task was optional...
Chinese Threat Actor Uses Leaked DarkSword Kit to Deploy GHOSTBLADE on iOS
An unknown Chinese-speaking threat actor has been observed running a campaign targeting Apple iOS devices by leveraging a publicly leaked version of the DarkSword exploit kit. Attack surface management platform Censys said it identified the threat actor running more than 100 web properties, most ...
Daxin Resurfaces in Taiwan Alongside Stupig Pre-Login SYSTEM Backdoor
An advanced malware previously attributed to a China-linked threat actor has resurfaced after more than four years within a Taiwan manufacturing firm, along with a previously unreported backdoor dubbed Stupig. Daxin "srt64.sys", as the kernel-mode rootkit is referred to, was first documented by...
VEIL#DROP Malware Chain Uses Blogger Platform to Deliver PureLogs Stealer
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new multi-stage malware delivery attack chain that uses social engineering and Blogger pages to deliver an information stealer called PureLogs. The activity has been codenamed VEILDROP by Securonix. It's suspected that the initial payloads are distributed...
Typosquatting Is No Longer a User Problem. It's a Supply Chain Problem
AI-generated lookalike domains are now embedded inside the third-party scripts running on your web properties. Here's why your current stack can't see them, and what detection actually requires. Download the CISO Expert Guide to Typosquatting in the AI Era → TL;DR Typosquatting is no longer a use...
Critical n8n Flaw CVE-2026-25049 Enables System Command Execution via Malicious Workflows
A new, critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in the n8n workflow automation platform that, if successfully exploited, could result in the execution of arbitrary system commands. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-25049 CVSS score: 9.4, is the result of inadequate sanitization that bypasse...
⚡ Weekly Recap: WhatsApp Worm, Critical CVEs, Oracle 0-Day, Ransomware Cartel & More
Every week, the cyber world reminds us that silence doesn't mean safety. Attacks often begin quietly — one unpatched flaw, one overlooked credential, one backup left unencrypted. By the time alarms sound, the damage is done. This week's edition looks at how attackers are changing the game — linki...
New Coyote Malware Variant Exploits Windows UI Automation to Steal Banking Credentials
The Windows banking trojan known as Coyote has become the first known malware strain to exploit the Windows accessibility framework calledUI AutomationUIA to harvest sensitive information. "The new Coyote variant is targeting Brazilian users, and uses UIA to extract credentials linked to 75 banki...
New Malware Campaign Uses Cloudflare Tunnels to Deliver RATs via Phishing Chains
A new campaign is making use of Cloudflare Tunnel subdomains to host malicious payloads and deliver them via malicious attachments embedded in phishing emails. The ongoing campaign has been codenamed SERPENTINECLOUD by Securonix. It leverages "the Cloudflare Tunnel infrastructure and Python-based...
New Chrome Vulnerability Enables Cross-Origin Data Leak via Loader Referrer Policy
Google on Wednesday released updates to address four security issues in its Chrome web browser, including one for which it said there exists an exploit in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-4664 CVSS score: 4.3, has been characterized as a case of insufficient policy...
Horabot Malware Targets 6 Latin American Nations Using Invoice-Themed Phishing Emails
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign that's being used to distribute malware called Horabot targeting Windows users in Latin American countries like Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Peru, Chile, and Argentina. The campaign is "using crafted emails that impersonate invoice...
Apple Patches Two Actively Exploited iOS Flaws Used in Sophisticated Targeted Attacks
Apple on Wednesday released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS Sequoia, tvOS, and visionOS to address two security flaws that it said have come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerabilities in question are listed below - CVE-2025-31200 CVSS score: 7.5 - A memory corruption...
Hackers Exploit WordPress mu-Plugins to Inject Spam and Hijack Site Images
Threat actors are using the "mu-plugins" directory in WordPress sites to conceal malicious code with the goal of maintaining persistent remote access and redirecting site visitors to bogus sites. mu-plugins, short for must-use plugins, refers to plugins in a special directory...
Google Ads Users Targeted in Malvertising Scam Stealing Credentials and 2FA Codes
Cybersecurity researchers have alerted to a new malvertising campaign that's targeting individuals and businesses advertising via Google Ads by attempting to phish for their credentials via fraudulent ads on Google. "The scheme consists of stealing as many advertiser accounts as possible by...
What is Nudge Security and How Does it Work?
Regain control of SaaS sprawl with Day One discovery of all SaaS and GenAI accounts along with workflows to help you mitigate security risks, curb rogue app usage, and manage SaaS spend. In today's highly distributed workplace, every employee has the ability to act as their own CIO, adopting new...
Chinese APT Gelsemium Targets Linux Systems with New WolfsBane Backdoor
The China-aligned advanced persistent threat APT actor known as Gelsemium has been observed using a new Linux backdoor dubbed WolfsBane as part of cyber attacks likely targeting East and Southeast Asia. That's according to findings from cybersecurity firm ESET based on multiple Linux samples...
Qualcomm Urges OEMs to Patch Critical DSP and WLAN Flaws Amid Active Exploits
Qualcomm has rolled out security updates to address nearly two dozen flaws spanning proprietary and open-source components, including one that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-43047 CVSS score: 7.8, has been described as a...
4 FIN9-linked Vietnamese Hackers Indicted in $71M U.S. Cybercrime Spree
Four Vietnamese nationals with ties to the FIN9 cybercrime group have been indicted in the U.S. for their involvement in a series of computer intrusions that caused over $71 million in losses to companies. The defendants, Ta Van Tai aka Quynh Hoa and Bich Thuy, Nguyen Viet Quoc aka Tien Nguyen,...
SASE Threat Report: 8 Key Findings for Enterprise Security
Threat actors are evolving, yet Cyber Threat Intelligence CTI remains confined to each isolated point solution. Organizations require a holistic analysis across external data, inbound and outbound threats and network activity. This will enable evaluating the true state of cybersecurity in the...