SolarWinds Hack — New Evidence Suggests Potential Links to Chinese Hackers
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A malicious web shell deployed on Windows systems by leveraging a previously undisclosed zero-day in SolarWinds' Orion network monitoring software may have been the work of a...
Cybersecurity Webinar — SolarWinds Sunburst: The Big Picture
By: The Hacker News
The SolarWinds Sunburst attack has been in the headlines since it was first discovered in December 2020.
As the so-called layers of the onion are peeled...
FIN8 Hackers Return With More Powerful Version of BADHATCH PoS Malware
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Threat actors known for keeping a low profile do so by ceasing operations for prolonged periods in between to evade attracting any attention as well as constantly...
Another Google Chrome 0-Day Bug Found Actively Exploited In-the-Wild
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Google has addressed yet another actively exploited zero-day in Chrome browser, marking the second such fix released by the company within a month.
The browser maker on Friday...
Rising Demand for DDoS Protection Software Market By 2020-2028
By: The Hacker News
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is a malicious form of attack that disrupts the regular network traffic by overwhelming the website with more traffic than...
Use This One-Click Mitigation Tool from Microsoft to Prevent Exchange Attacks
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Microsoft on Monday released a one-click mitigation software that applies all the necessary countermeasures to secure vulnerable environments against the ongoing widespread ProxyLogon Exchange Server cyberattacks.
Called Exchange...
18-Year-Old Hacker Gets 3 Years in Prison for Massive Twitter ‘Bitcoin Scam’ Hack
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A Florida teen accused of masterminding the hacks of several high-profile Twitter accounts last summer as part of a widespread cryptocurrency scam pled guilty to fraud charges...
Mimecast Finds SolarWinds Hackers Stole Some of Its Source Code
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Email security firm Mimecast on Tuesday revealed that the state-sponsored SolarWinds hackers who broke into its internal network also downloaded source code out of a limited number...
Tesla Ransomware Hacker Pleads Guilty; Swiss Hacktivist Charged for Fraud
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The U.S. Department of Justice yesterday announced updates on two separate cases involving cyberattacks—a Swiss hacktivist and a Russian hacker who planned to plant malware in the...
WARNING: A New Android Zero-Day Vulnerability Is Under Active Attack
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Google has disclosed that a now-patched vulnerability affecting Android devices that use Qualcomm chipsets is being weaponized by adversaries to launch targeted attacks.
Tracked as CVE-2020-11261 (CVSS score...
