All posts tagged "hacking news"

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  OpenSSL to Release Security Patch for Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

  The latest version of the OpenSSL library has been discovered as susceptible to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability on select systems. The issue...

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  New Android Banking Trojan ‘Revive’ Targeting Users of Spanish Financial Services

  A previously unknown Android banking trojan has been discovered in the wild, targeting users of the Spanish financial services company BBVA. Said...

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  Cybersecurity Experts Warn of Emerging Threat of “Black Basta” Ransomware

  The Black Basta ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) syndicate has amassed nearly 50 victims in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand within...

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  Researchers Warn of ‘Matanbuchus’ Malware Campaign Dropping Cobalt Strike Beacons

  A malware-as-a-service (Maas) dubbed Matanbuchus has been observed spreading through phishing campaigns, ultimately dropping the Cobalt Strike post-exploitation framework on compromised machines....

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  Google Says ISPs Helped Attackers Infect Targeted Smartphones with Hermit Spyware

  A week after it emerged that a sophisticated mobile spyware dubbed Hermit was used by the government of Kazakhstan within its borders,...

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  State-Backed Hackers Using Ransomware as a Decoy for Cyber Espionage Attacks

  A China-based advanced persistent threat (APT) group is possibly deploying short-lived ransomware families as a decoy to cover up the true operational...

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  Chinese Hackers Distributing SMS Bomber Tool with Malware Hidden Inside

  A threat cluster with ties to a hacking group called Tropic Trooper has been spotted using a previously undocumented malware coded in...

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  Critical PHP Vulnerability Exposes QNAP NAS Devices to Remote Attacks

  QNAP, Taiwanese maker of network-attached storage (NAS) devices, on Wednesday said it’s in the process of fixing a critical three-year-old PHP vulnerability...

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  Europol Busts Phishing Gang Responsible for Millions in Losses

  Europol on Tuesday announced the dismantling of an organized crime group that dabbled in phishing, fraud, scams, and money laundering activities. The...

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  RIG Exploit Kit Now Infects Victims’ PCs With Dridex Instead of Raccoon Stealer

  The operators behind the Rig Exploit Kit have swapped the Raccoon Stealer malware for the Dridex financial trojan as part of an...

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  New ToddyCat Hacker Group on Experts’ Radar After Targeting MS Exchange Servers

  An advanced persistent threat (APT) actor codenamed ToddyCat has been linked to a string of attacks aimed at high-profile entities in Europe...

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  Former Amazon Employee Found Guilty in 2019 Capital One Data Breach

  A 36-year-old former Amazon employee was convicted of wire fraud and computer intrusions in the U.S. for her role in the theft...

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  Researchers Uncover ‘Hermit’ Android Spyware Used in Kazakhstan, Syria, and Italy

  An enterprise-grade surveillanceware dubbed Hermit has been put to use by entities operating from within Kazakhstan, Syria, and Italy over the years...

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  Chinese Hackers Exploited Sophos Firewall Zero-Day Flaw to Target South Asian Entity

  A sophisticated Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) actor exploited a critical security vulnerability in Sophos’ firewall product that came to light earlier...

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  BlackCat Ransomware Gang Targeting Unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers

  Microsoft is warning that the BlackCat ransomware crew is leveraging exploits for unpatched Exchange server vulnerabilities to gain access to targeted networks....

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  A Microsoft Office 365 Feature Could Help Ransomware Hackers Hold Cloud Files Hostage

  A “dangerous piece of functionality” has been discovered in Microsoft 365 suite that could be potentially abused by a malicious actor to...

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  New Syslogk Linux Rootkit Lets Attackers Remotely Command It Using “Magic Packets”

  A new covert Linux kernel rootkit named Syslogk has been spotted under development in the wild and cloaking a malicious payload that...

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  Researchers Detail PureCrypter Loader Cyber Criminals Using to Distribute Malware

  Cybersecurity researchers have detailed the workings of a fully-featured malware loader dubbed PureCrypter that’s being purchased by cyber criminals to deliver remote...

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  HelloXD Ransomware Installing Backdoor on Targeted Windows and Linux Systems

  Windows and Linux systems are being targeted by a ransomware variant called HelloXD, with the infections also involving the deployment of a...

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  Iranian Hackers Spotted Using a new DNS Hijacking Malware in Recent Attacks

  The Iranian state-sponsored threat actor tracked under the moniker Lyceum has turned to using a new custom .NET-based backdoor in recent campaigns...

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  MIT Researchers Discover New Flaw in Apple M1 CPUs That Can’t Be Patched

  A novel hardware attack dubbed PACMAN has been demonstrated against Apple’s M1 processor chipsets, potentially arming a malicious actor with the capability...