The Rise of the Rookie Hacker – A New Trend to Reckon With
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Dec 21, 2022The Hacker NewsThreat Detection and Response
More zero knowledge attacks, more leaked credentials, more Gen-Z cyber crimes - 2022 trends and 2023 predictions.
Cybercrime remains a major threat...
Iran-Linked Imperial Kitten Cyber Group Targeting Middle East’s Tech Sectors
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Nov 10, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Cyber Threat
A group with links to Iran targeted transportation, logistics, and technology sectors in the Middle East, including Israel, in October 2023 amid...
Malvertisers Using Google Ads to Target Users Searching for Popular Software
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Oct 20, 2023NewsroomMalvertising / Cyber Threat
Details have emerged about a malvertising campaign that leverages Google Ads to direct users searching for popular software to fictitious landing pages and...
Reasons Why Every Business is a Target of DDoS Attacks
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DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks are making headlines almost every day. 2021 saw a 434% upsurge in DDoS attacks, 5.5 times higher than 2020. Q3...
Imperva Thwarts 2.5 Million RPS Ransom DDoS Extortion Attacks
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cybersecurity company Imperva on Friday said it recently mitigated a ransom distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack targeting an unnamed website that peaked at 2.5 million requests per second...
China Accuses NSA’s TAO Unit of Hacking its Military Research University
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
China has accused the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) of conducting a string of cyberattacks aimed at aeronautical and military research-oriented Northwestern Polytechnical University in the city...
Cybercriminals Increasingly Using EvilProxy Phishing Kit to Target Executives
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Threat actors are increasingly using a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkit dubbed EvilProxy to pull off account takeover attacks aimed at high-ranking executives at prominent companies.
According to Proofpoint, an ongoing...
Top 30 Critical Security Vulnerabilities Most Exploited by Hackers
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Intelligence agencies in Australia, the U.K., and the U.S. issued a joint advisory on Wednesday detailing the most exploited vulnerabilities in 2020 and 2021, once again demonstrating...
eBay, VMware, McAfee Sites Hijacked in Sprawling Phishing Operation
Attackers have compromised more than 8,000 subdomains from well-known brands and institutions to mount a sprawling phishing campaign that sends malicious emails numbering in the millions each day.MSN, VMware,...
Winter Vivern APT Targets European Government Entities with Zimbra Vulnerability
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Mar 31, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / APT
The advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as Winter Vivern is now targeting officials in Europe and the U.S. as part of...
