Hackers Exploited Zero-Day RCE Vulnerability in Sophos Firewall — Patch Released
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Security software company Sophos has released a patch update for its firewall product after it was discovered that attackers were exploiting a new critical zero-day vulnerability to...
Rockstar Games Confirms Hacker Stole Early Grand Theft Auto VI Footage
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
American video game publisher Rockstar Games on Monday revealed it was a victim of a "network intrusion" that allowed an unauthorized party to illegally download early footage...
Uber Claims No Sensitive Data Exposed in Latest Breach… But There’s More to This
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Uber, in an update, said there is "no evidence" that users' private information was compromised in a breach of its internal computer systems that was discovered late...
Over 280,000 WordPress Sites Attacked Using WPGateway Plugin Zero-Day Vulnerability
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A zero-day flaw in the latest version of a WordPress premium plugin known as WPGateway is being actively exploited in the wild, potentially allowing malicious actors to...
Hacktivist Group GhostSec Compromises 55 Berghof PLCs Across Israel
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A hacktivist collective called GhostSec has claimed credit for compromising as many as 55 Berghof programmable logic controllers (PLCs) used by Israeli organizations as part of a...
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...
Some Members of Conti Group Targeting Ukraine in Financially Motivated Attacks
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Former members of the Conti cybercrime cartel have been implicated in five different campaigns targeting Ukraine from April to August 2022.
The findings, which come from Google's Threat...
New Stealthy Shikitega Malware Targeting Linux Systems and IoT Devices
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A new piece of stealthy Linux malware called Shikitega has been uncovered adopting a multi-stage infection chain to compromise endpoints and IoT devices and deposit additional payloads.
"An...
TikTok Denies Data Breach Reportedly Exposing Over 2 Billion Users’ Information
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Popular short-form social video service TikTok denied reports that it was breached by a hacking group, after it claimed to have gained access to an insecure cloud...
Apple Releases iOS Update for Older iPhones to Fix Actively Exploited Vulnerability
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Apple on Wednesday backported security updates to older iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch devices to address a critical security flaw that has been actively exploited in the...
