Malicious Obfuscated NPM Package Disguised as an Ethereum Tool Deploys Quasar RAT
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the npm package registry that masquerades as a library for detecting vulnerabilities...
Three Russian-German Nationals Charged with Espionage for Russian Secret Service
Jan 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Hacking German prosecutors have charged three Russian-German nationals for acting as secret service agents...
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Jan 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananWeb Security / Vulnerability Threat hunters have disclosed a new "widespread timing-based vulnerability class" that leverages a...
Iranian and Russian Entities Sanctioned for Election Interference Using AI and Cyber Tactics
Jan 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananGenerative AI / Election Interference The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday...
New U.S. DoJ Rule Halts Bulk Data Transfers to Adversarial Nations to Protect Privacy
Dec 31, 2024Ravie LakshmananData Security / Privacy The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has issued a final rule carrying out...
Chinese APT Exploits BeyondTrust API Key to Access U.S. Treasury Systems and Documents
Dec 31, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Incident Response The United States Treasury Department said it suffered a "major cybersecurity incident" that...
Misconfigured Kubernetes RBAC in Azure Airflow Could Expose Entire Cluster to Exploitation
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered three security weaknesses in Microsoft's Azure Data Factory Apache Airflow integration that, if successfully exploited, could...
New HIPAA Rules Mandate 72-Hour Data Restoration and Annual Compliance Audits
Dec 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Compliance The United States Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights...
⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips
Dec 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Hacking News Every week, the digital world faces new challenges and changes. Hackers are always...
When Good Extensions Go Bad: Takeaways from the Campaign Targeting Browser Extensions
Dec 30, 2025The Hacker NewsBrowser Security / GenAI Security News has been making headlines over the weekend of the extensive...
