U.S. Charges Huawei with Stealing Trade Secrets from 6 Companies

The US Department of Justice DoJ and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI charged Huawei with racketeering and conspiring to steal trade secrets from six US firms, in a significant escalation of a lawsuit against the Chinese telecom giant that began last year. Accusing Huawei and its affiliate...

The Ultimate 2019 Security Team Assessment Template

Assessing the performance of your security team is critical to both knowing your current posture, as well as planning ahead. 'The Ultimate 2019 Security Team Assessment Template' is the first attempt to capture all the main KPIs of the security team main pillars, saving CIOs and CISOs the time an...

Leader of Hacking Group Who Stole $1 Billion From Banks Arrested In Spain

Spanish Police has arrested the alleged leader of an organised Russian cybercrime gang behind the Carbanak and Cobalt malware attacks, which stole over a billion euros from banks worldwide since 2013. In a coordinated operation with law enforcement agencies across the globe, including the FBI and...

Android P Will Block Background Apps from Accessing Your Camera, Microphone

Yes, your smartphone is spying on you. But, the real question is, should you care? We have published thousands of articles on The Hacker News, warning how any mobile app can turn your smartphone into a bugging device—'Facebook is listening to your conversations', 'Stealing Passwords Using...

Security Flaw Left Major Banking Apps Vulnerable to MiTM Attacks Over SSL

A team of security researchers has discovered a critical implementation flaw in major mobile banking applications that left banking credentials of millions of users vulnerable to hackers. The vulnerability was discovered by researchers of the Security and Privacy Group at the University of...

Update your Mac OS X — Apple has released Important Security Updates

If you own a Mac laptop or desktop, you need to update your system right now. It turns out that the critical zero-day security vulnerabilities disclosed last week, which targeted iPhone and iPad users, affect Mac users as well. Late last week, Apple rolled out iOS 9.3.5 update to patch a total of...

The 7 Most Wanted Iranian Hackers By the FBI

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has lengthened its Most Wanted List by adding seven Iranian hackers who are accused of attacking a range of US banks and a New York dam. On Thursday, the United States Department of Justice DoJ charged seven Iranian hackers with a slew of computer hacking...

The Pirate Bay co-founder charged for hacking and stealing money

The Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg Anakata charged with hacking the IBM mainframe of Logica, a Swedish IT firm that provided tax services to the Swedish government, and the IBM mainframe of the Swedish Nordea bank. Svartholm has been charged with several hacking related offenses...

Researchers caught espionage malware mastermind on webcam

In march 2011 CERT-Georgia has Discovered Cyber Espionage Attack Incident on country of Georgia. Advanced Malicious Software was Collecting Sensitive, Confidential Information about Georgian and American Security Documents and then uploading it to some of Command and Control Servers. After a...

Microsoft to patch three critical vulnerabilities on Tuesday

Microsoft to patch three critical vulnerabilities on Tuesday When Patch Tuesday rolls around next week, Three critical vulnerabilities , as well as six Important issues will be addressed by Microsoft. Only three of the nine security bulletins are ranked Critical, while the remaining six are rated...

Sandcat Browser - Penetration Testing Oriented Browser

Penetration Testing Oriented Browser - Sandcat Browser The fastest web browser combined with the fastest scripting language packed with features for pen-testers. Sandcat Browser is a freeware portable pen-test oriented multi-tabbed web browser with extensions support developed by the Syhunt team,...

Data Consumption via Opera Mini Reaches 6.3 Petabytes

Opera releases monthly data generated by its users. In November 2010, Opera reported significant increases in unique users, pages viewed, and data consumed via its Mini browser. Around 80 million people used the Opera Mini browser in November, viewing 44.6 billion pages. According to Opera, its...

Meher Assel (NeT-Own3r) Tunisian Hacker do 9,856 mass defacements

"Meher Assel NeT-Own3r Tunisian Hacker is one of the Great Hacker. He do almost 9,856 defacements. Zone-H Records : Found this article interesting? Follow us on Twitter  and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post...

Apple iCloud Private Relay Can Expose Real IPs Through WebKit Proxy Bypasses

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a security issue with Apple's iCloud Private Relay tool that can expose a user's real IP address. Introduced with iOS 15, iCloud Private Relay employs a dual-hop architecture to ensure users' privacy by routing their Safari web traffic through two relays s...

Threat Actors Probe Gitea Docker Flaw CVE-2026-20896 13 Days After Disclosure

Threat actors have been observed attempting to exploit a recently patched critical security flaw in Gitea Docker images, according to Sysdig. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-20896 CVSS score: 9.8, a vulnerability that stems from the DevOps platform trusting the "X-WEBAUTH-USER" header...

Salesforce Disables Klue App Integration After OAuth Token Abuse Exposes Customer Data

Salesforce has revealed that it disabled the Klue Battlecards app integration within its platform in response to a security incident impacting the competitive intelligence company on June 11, 2026. To that end, organizations will be unable to connect to Salesforce via the app until further notice...

Ivanti, Fortinet, SAP, VMware, n8n Patch RCE, SQL Injection, Privilege Escalation Flaws

Ivanti, Fortinet, n8n, SAP, and VMware have released security fixes for various vulnerabilities that could be exploited by bad actors to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary code. Topping the list is a critical flaw impacting Ivanti Xtraction CVE-2026-8043, CVSS score: 9.6 that could be...

OpenAI Codex Security Scanned 1.2 Million Commits and Found 10,561 High-Severity Issues

OpenAI on Friday began rolling out Codex Security , an artificial intelligence AI-powered security agent that's designed to find, validate, and propose fixes for vulnerabilities. The feature is available in a research preview to ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, Business, and Edu customers via the Codex w...

Cisco Confirms Active Exploitation of Two Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Vulnerabilities

Cisco has disclosed that two more vulnerabilities affecting Catalyst SD-WAN Manager formerly SD-WAN vManage have come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerabilities in question are listed below - CVE-2026-20122 CVSS score: 7.1 - An arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability that could all...

CISA Confirms Active Exploitation of FileZen CVE-2026-25108 Vulnerability

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Tuesday added a recently disclosed vulnerability in FileZen to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-25108 CVSS v4 score: 8.7, is a case of...

Google Ties Suspected Russian Actor to CANFAIL Malware Attacks on Ukrainian Orgs

A previously undocumented threat actor has been attributed to attacks targeting Ukrainian organizations with malware known as CANFAIL. Google Threat Intelligence Group GTIG described the hacking group as possibly affiliated with Russian intelligence services. The threat actor is assessed to have...

⚡ Weekly Recap: Firewall Exploits, AI Data Theft, Android Hacks, APT Attacks, Insider Leaks & More

Cyber threats last week showed how attackers no longer need big hacks to cause big damage. They're going after the everyday tools we trust most — firewalls, browser add-ons, and even smart TVs — turning small cracks into serious breaches. The real danger now isn't just one major attack, but...

Google's Built-In AI Defenses on Android Now Block 10 Billion Scam Messages a Month

Google on Thursday revealed that the scam defenses built into Android safeguard users around the world from more than 10 billion suspected malicious calls and messages every month. The tech giant also said it has blocked over 100 million suspicious numbers from using Rich Communication Services...

⚡ Weekly Recap: WSUS Exploited, LockBit 5.0 Returns, Telegram Backdoor, F5 Breach Widens

Security, trust, and stability — once the pillars of our digital world — are now the tools attackers turn against us. From stolen accounts to fake job offers, cybercriminals keep finding new ways to exploit both system flaws and human behavior. Each new breach proves a harsh truth: in...

⚡ Weekly Recap: iPhone Spyware, Microsoft 0-Day, TokenBreak Hack, AI Data Leaks and More

Some of the biggest security problems start quietly. No alerts. No warnings. Just small actions that seem normal but aren't. Attackers now know how to stay hidden by blending in, and that makes it hard to tell when something's wrong. This week's stories aren't just about what was attacked—but how...

Hackers Exploit Samsung MagicINFO, GeoVision IoT Flaws to Deploy Mirai Botnet

Threat actors have been observed actively exploiting security flaws in GeoVision end-of-life EoL Internet of Things IoT devices to corral them into a Mirai botnet for conducting distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks. The activity, first observed by the Akamai Security Intelligence and Respon...

Oracle Releases January 2025 Patch to Address 318 Flaws Across Major Products

Oracle is urging customers to apply its January 2025 Critical Patch Update CPU to address 318 new security vulnerabilities spanning its products and services. The most severe of the flaws is a bug in the Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management PLM Framework CVE-2025-21556, CVSS score: 9.9 that...

Cybercriminals Use Excel Exploit to Spread Fileless Remcos RAT Malware

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign that spreads a new fileless variant of known commercial malware called Remcos RAT. Remcos RAT "provides purchases with a wide range of advanced features to remotely control computers belonging to the buyer," Fortinet FortiGuard Lab...

Think You're Secure? 49% of Enterprises Underestimate SaaS Risks

It may come as a surprise to learn that 34% of security practitioners are in the dark about how many SaaS applications are deployed in their organizations. And it's no wonder—the recent AppOmni 2024 State of SaaS Security Report reveals that only 15% of organizations centralize SaaS security with...

Vulnerable APIs and Bot Attacks Costing Businesses Up to $186 Billion Annually

Organizations are losing between $94 - $186 billion annually to vulnerable or insecure APIs Application Programming Interfaces and automated abuse by bots. That's according to The Economic Impact of API and Bot Attacks report from Imperva, a Thales company. The report highlights that these securi...

Cloudflare Thwarts Largest-Ever 3.8 Tbps DDoS Attack Targeting Global Sectors

Cloudflare has disclosed that it mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service DDoS attack that peaked at 3.8 terabits per second Tbps and lasted 65 seconds. The web infrastructure and security company said it fended off "over one hundred hyper-volumetric L3/4 DDoS attacks throughout...

Progress Software Releases Patches for 6 Flaws in WhatsUp Gold – Patch Now

Progress Software has released another round of updates to address six security flaws in WhatsUp Gold, including two critical vulnerabilities. The issues, the company said, have been resolved in version 24.0.1 released on September 20, 2024. The company has yet to release any details about what t...

Ongoing Cyberattack Targets Exposed Selenium Grid Services for Crypto Mining

Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm over an ongoing campaign that's leveraging internet-exposed Selenium Grid services for illicit cryptocurrency mining. Cloud security firm Wiz is tracking the activity under the name SeleniumGreed. The campaign, which is targeting older versions of...

New HardBit Ransomware 4.0 Uses Passphrase Protection to Evade Detection

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new version of a ransomware strain called HardBit that comes packaged with new obfuscation techniques to deter analysis efforts. "Unlike previous versions, HardBit Ransomware group enhanced the version 4.0 with passphrase protection," Cybereason...

CapraRAT Spyware Disguised as Popular Apps Threatens Android Users

The threat actor known as Transparent Tribe has continued to unleash malware-laced Android apps as part of a social engineering campaign to target individuals of interest. "These APKs continue the group's trend of embedding spyware into curated video browsing applications, with a new expansion...

Russian Power Companies, IT Firms, and Govt Agencies Hit by Decoy Dog Trojan

Russian organizations are at the receiving end of cyber attacks that have been found to deliver a Windows version of a malware called Decoy Dog. Cybersecurity company Positive Technologies is tracking the activity cluster under the name Operation Lahat, attributing it to an advanced persistent...

CISA Warns of Actively Exploited Apache Flink Security Vulnerability

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Thursday added a security flaw impacting Apache Flink, an open-source, unified stream-processing and batch-processing framework, to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as...

QNAP Patches New Flaws in QTS and QuTS hero Impacting NAS Appliances

Taiwanese company QNAP has rolled out fixes for a set of medium-severity flaws impacting QTS and QuTS hero, some of which could be exploited to achieve code execution on its network-attached storage NAS appliances. The issues, which impact QTS 5.1.x and QuTS hero h5.1.x, are listed below -...

U.S. Imposes Visa Restrictions on 13 Linked to Commercial Spyware Misuse

The U.S. Department of State on Monday said it's taking steps to impose visa restrictions on 13 individuals who are allegedly involved in the development and sale of commercial spyware or who are immediately family members of those involved in such businesses. "These individuals have facilitated ...

Palo Alto Networks Releases Urgent Fixes for Exploited PAN-OS Vulnerability

Palo Alto Networks has released hotfixes to address a maximum-severity security flaw impacting PAN-OS software that has come under active exploitation in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2024-3400 CVSS score: 10.0, the critical vulnerability is a case of command injection in the GlobalProtect feature tha...

Sneaky Credit Card Skimmer Disguised as Harmless Facebook Tracker

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a credit card skimmer that's concealed within a fake Meta Pixel tracker script in an attempt to evade detection. Sucuri said that the malware is injected into websites through tools that allow for custom code, such as WordPress plugins like Simple Custom...

Implementing Zero Trust Controls for Compliance

The ThreatLocker® Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform implements a strict deny-by-default, allow-by-exception security posture to give organizations the ability to set policy-based controls within their environment and mitigate countless cyber threats, including zero-days, unseen network...

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 information. Cybersecurity company Securonix, which dubbed the campaign DEEPGOSU, said it's likely associated with the North Korean state-sponsored group...

A New Way To Manage Your Web Exposure: The Reflectiz Product Explained

An in-depth look into a proactive website security solution that continuously detects, prioritizes, and validates web threats, helping to mitigate security, privacy, and compliance risks. Reflectiz shields websites from client-side attacks, supply chain risks, data breaches, privacy violations, a...

How Businesses Can Safeguard Their Communication Channels Against Hackers

Efficient communication is a cornerstone of business success. Internally, making sure your team communicates seamlessly helps you avoid friction losses, misunderstandings, delays, and overlaps. Externally, frustration-free customer communication is directly correlated to a positive customer...

52% of Serious Vulnerabilities We Find are Related to Windows 10

We analyzed 2,5 million vulnerabilities we discovered in our customer's assets. This is what we found. Digging into the data The dataset we analyze here is representative of a subset of clients that subscribe to our vulnerability scanning services. Assets scanned include those reachable across th...

TensorFlow CI/CD Flaw Exposed Supply Chain to Poisoning Attacks

Continuous integration and continuous delivery CI/CD misconfigurations discovered in the open-source TensorFlow machine learning framework could have been exploited to orchestrate supply chain attacks. The misconfigurations could be abused by an attacker to "conduct a supply chain compromise of...

Urgent: GitLab Releases Patch for Critical Vulnerabilities - Update ASAP

GitLab has released security updates to address two critical vulnerabilities, including one that could be exploited to take over accounts without requiring any user interaction. Tracked as CVE-2023-7028, the flaw has been awarded the maximum severity of 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system and could...

New Bandook RAT Variant Resurfaces, Targeting Windows Machines

A new variant of remote access trojan called Bandook has been observed being propagated via phishing attacks with an aim to infiltrate Windows machines, underscoring the continuous evolution of the malware. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, which identified the activity in October 2023, said the malware ...

Microsoft Disables MSIX App Installer Protocol Widely Used in Malware Attacks

Microsoft on Thursday said it's once again disabling the ms-appinstaller protocol handler by default following its abuse by multiple threat actors to distribute malware. "The observed threat actor activity abuses the current implementation of the ms-appinstaller protocol handler as an access vect...