Iranian Hackers Maintain 2-Year Access to Middle East CNI via VPN Flaws and Malware
May 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Operational Technology An Iranian state-sponsored threat group has been attributed to a long-term cyber intrusion...
U.S. Charges Yemeni Hacker Behind Black Kingdom Ransomware Targeting 1,500 Systems
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced charges against a 36-year-old Yemeni national for allegedly deploying the Black...
TikTok Slammed With €530 Million GDPR Fine for Sending E.U. Data to China
May 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Privacy / Social Media Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Friday fined popular video-sharing platform TikTok...
How to Automate CVE and Vulnerability Advisory Response with Tines
May 02, 2025The Hacker NewsVulnerability Management / Security Operations Run by the team at workflow orchestration and AI platform Tines,...
MintsLoader Drops GhostWeaver via Phishing, ClickFix — Uses DGA, TLS for Stealth Attacks
May 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence The malware loader known as MintsLoader has been used to deliver a PowerShell-based...
Microsoft Sets Passkeys Default for New Accounts; 15 Billion Users Gain Passwordless Support
May 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananPassword Security / Windows A year after Microsoft announced passkeys support for consumer accounts, the tech giant...
Fake Security Plugin on WordPress Enables Remote Admin Access for Attackers
May 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Web Skimming Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new campaign targeting WordPress sites that...
Why top SOC teams are shifting to Network Detection and Response
Security Operations Center (SOC) teams are facing a fundamentally new challenge — traditional cybersecurity tools are failing to detect advanced...
Claude AI Exploited to Operate 100+ Fake Political Personas in Global Influence Campaign
May 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Disinformation Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic has revealed that unknown threat actors leveraged its...
New Research Reveals: 95% of AppSec Fixes Don’t Reduce Risk
For over a decade, application security teams have faced a brutal irony: the more advanced the detection tools became, the...
