Hackers Behind Twilio Breach Also Targeted Cloudflare Employees
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Web infrastructure company Cloudflare on Tuesday disclosed at least 76 employees and their family members received text messages on their personal and work phones bearing similar characteristics...
The Business of Hackers-for-Hire Threat Actors
By: The Hacker News
Today's web has made hackers' tasks remarkably easy. For the most part, hackers don't even have to hide in the dark recesses of the web to...
Meta Cracks Down on Cyber Espionage Operations in South Asia Abusing Facebook
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Facebook parent company Meta disclosed that it took action against two espionage operations in South Asia that leveraged its social media platforms to distribute malware to potential...
A Growing Number of Malware Attacks Leveraging Dark Utilities ‘C2-as-a-Service’
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A nascent service called Dark Utilities has already attracted 3,000 users for its ability to provide command-and-control (C2) services with the goal of commandeering compromised systems.
"It is...
Emergency Alert System Flaws Could Let Attackers Transmit Fake Messages
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has warned of critical security vulnerabilities in Emergency Alert System (EAS) encoder/decoder devices.
If left unpatched, the issues could allow an...
Over a Dozen Android Apps on Google Play Store Caught Dropping Banking Malware
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A malicious campaign leveraged seemingly innocuous Android dropper apps on the Google Play Store to compromise users' devices with banking malware.
These 17 dropper apps, collectively dubbed DawDropper...
Ukrainian Radio Stations Hacked to Broadcast Fake News About Zelenskyy’s Health
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Ukrainian radio operator TAVR Media on Thursday became the latest victim of a cyberattack, resulting in the broadcast of a fake message that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was...
FBI Seizes $500,000 Ransomware Payments and Crypto from North Korean Hackers
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced the seizure of $500,000 worth of Bitcoin from North Korean hackers who extorted digital payments from several organizations by...
New Linux Malware Framework Lets Attackers Install Rootkit on Targeted Systems
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A never-before-seen Linux malware has been dubbed a "Swiss Army Knife" for its modular architecture and its capability to install rootkits.
This previously undetected Linux threat, called Lightning...
State-Backed Hackers Targeting Journalists in Widespread Espionage Campaigns
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Nation-state hacking groups aligned with China, Iran, North Korea, and Turkey have been targeting journalists to conduct espionage and spread malware as part of a series of...
