Category Security

Advanced evasion techniques have been observed to be the new normal among ransomware groups in 2024, as groups like Lynx, Akira and RansomHub grew more agile. Rather than focusing on high-profile targets, they pursued a quantity-over-quality approach, striking more businesses…

Feb 11, 2025The Hacker NewsIT Security / Threat Protection Multi-factor authentication (MFA) has quickly become the standard for securing business accounts. Once a niche security measure, adoption is on the rise across industries. But while it’s undeniably effective at keeping…

Law enforcement has seized the dark web leak site of 8Base, a prominent ransomware group, and arrested four alleged members of the related Phobos operation in Thailand. On February 10, 2025, the data leak site of 8Base was no longer…

Feb 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability Progress Software has addressed multiple high-severity security flaws in its LoadMaster software that could be exploited by malicious actors to execute arbitrary system commands or download any file from the system. Kemp LoadMaster…

Apple iPhone and iPad users have been urged to update their devices after the company released a new security update designed to fix a zero-day vulnerability being exploited in the wild. CVE-2025-24200 was discovered by Bill Marczak of the University of…

Feb 11, 2025The Hacker NewsSoftware Security / Threat Intelligence Imagine you’re considering a new car for your family. Before making a purchase, you evaluate its safety ratings, fuel efficiency, and reliability. You might even take it for a test drive…

Feb 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Ransomware Source: The Nation A coordinated law enforcement operation has taken down the dark web data leak and negotiation sites associated with the 8Base ransomware gang. Visitors to the data leak site are now greeted…

Feb 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Mobile Security Apple on Monday released out-of-band security updates to address a security flaw in iOS and iPadOS that it said has been exploited in the wild. Assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2025-24200, the vulnerability has…

An Indiana man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for running a massive cryptocurrency theft scheme from his mother’s basement. A federal grand jury indicted Evan Frederick Light, 22, from Lebanon, Indiana, for conspiracy to commit wire…

North American drivers are continuing to be barraged by waves of scam text messages, telling them that they owe money on unpaid tolls. Last month we described on Hot for Security how US authorities had issued a warning about SMS…