Category Security

Streaming company Roku has revealed that over 15,000 customers’ accounts were hacked using stolen login credentials from unrelated data breaches. In data breach notices to the Attorneys General for Maine and California, Roku said hackers accessed the accounts of 15,363…

Mar 13, 2024NewsroomPatch Tuesday / Software Update Microsoft on Tuesday released its monthly security update, addressing 61 different security flaws spanning its software, including two critical issues impacting Windows Hyper-V that could lead to denial-of-service (DoS) and remote code execution.…

A malicious campaign has been observed exploiting the blockchain-based Meson service for illicit gains ahead of the crypto token unlock planned for March 15.  The campaign, discovered by the Sysdig Threat Research Team (TRT), saw an attacker swiftly create 6000…

A recent study conducted by Kaspersky Security Assessment experts has revealed the most prevalent vulnerabilities in corporate web applications developed in-house. Spanning the years between 2021 and 2023, the study identified numerous flaws, predominantly in the realms of access control…

Accelerating competition between nation-states, regional conflicts with far-reaching impact, and non-state threat actors with unprecedented capabilities are three of the main cyber threats the US intelligence community (IC) will face over the next few months. This is according to the…

Mar 12, 2024The Hacker NewsCryptocurrency / Cybercrime Threat hunters have discovered a set of seven packages on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that are designed to steal BIP39 mnemonic phrases used for recovering private keys of a cryptocurrency wallet.…

Impersonated accounts on X (formerly Twitter) have been blamed for the majority of cryptocurrency phishing attacks last month, with victims losing almost $47m. Anti-fraud specialist Scam Sniffer claimed in its monthly Scam Sniffer Phishing Report that cybercriminals stole nearly $46.9m…

Over three-quarters of cyber incidents impacted small businesses in 2023, with ransomware having the biggest impact on these firms, according to a new Sophos report. The notorious LockBit group made up the highest number of small business ransomware incidents handled…

Mar 12, 2024The Hacker NewsCTEM / Vulnerability Management In a world of ever-expanding jargon, adding another FLA (Four-Letter Acronym) to your glossary might seem like the last thing you’d want to do. But if you are looking for ways to…

The UK will remain “exposed and unprepared” for a potentially catastrophic ransomware attack if it continues to adopt a head-in-the-sand approach to the looming threat, an influential parliamentary committee has warned. Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) chair,…