WARNING: Hackers Exploit Unpatched Pulse Secure 0-Day to Breach Organizations

Blog WriterThe Hacker News - Original news source is thehackernews.com

If the Pulse Connect Secure gateway is part of your organization network, you need to be aware of a newly discovered critical zero-day authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2021-22893) that is currently being exploited in the wild and for which there is …

Over 750,000 Users Downloaded New Billing Fraud Apps From Google Play Store

Blog WriterThe Hacker News - Original news source is thehackernews.com

Researchers have uncovered a new set of fraudulent Android apps in the Google Play store that were found to hijack SMS message notifications for carrying out billing fraud. The apps in question primarily targeted users in Southwest Asia and the …

[eBook] Why Autonomous XDR Is Going to Replace NGAV/EDR

Blog WriterThe Hacker News - Original news source is thehackernews.com

For most organizations today, endpoint protection is the primary security concern. This is not unreasonable – endpoints tend to be the weakest points in an environment – but it also misses the forest for the trees. As threat surfaces expand, …

120 Compromised Ad Servers Target Millions of Internet Users

Blog WriterThe Hacker News - Original news source is thehackernews.com

An ongoing malvertising campaign tracked as “Tag Barnakle” has been behind the breach of more than 120 ad servers over the past year to sneakily inject code in an attempt to serve malicious advertisements that redirect users to rogue websites, …

Lazarus APT Hackers are now using BMP images to hide RAT malware

Blog WriterThe Hacker News - Original news source is thehackernews.com

A spear-phishing attack operated by a North Korean threat actor targeting its southern counterpart has been found to conceal its malicious code within a bitmap (.BMP) image file to drop a remote access trojan (RAT) capable of stealing sensitive information. …

Passwordless: More Mirage Than Reality

Blog WriterThe Hacker News - Original news source is thehackernews.com

The concept of “passwordless” authentication has been gaining significant industry and media attention. And for a good reason. Our digital lives are demanding an ever-increasing number of online accounts and services, with security best practices dictating that each requires a …

Malware That Spreads Via Xcode Projects Now Targeting Apple’s M1-based Macs

Blog WriterThe Hacker News - Original news source is thehackernews.com

A Mac malware campaign targeting Xcode developers has been retooled to add support for Apple’s new M1 chips and expand its features to steal confidential information from cryptocurrency apps. XCSSET came into the spotlight in August 2020 after it was found to …

SysAdmin of Billion-Dollar Hacking Group Gets 10-Year Sentence

Blog WriterThe Hacker News - Original news source is thehackernews.com

A high-level manager and systems administrator associated with the FIN7 threat actor has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday. Fedir Hladyr, a 35-year-old Ukrainian national, is said to have played a crucial …

What are the different roles within cybersecurity?

Blog WriterThe Hacker News - Original news source is thehackernews.com

People talk about the cybersecurity job market like it’s a monolith, but there are a number of different roles within cybersecurity, depending not only on your skill level and experience but on what you like to do. In fact, Cybercrime …

Severe Bugs Reported in EtherNet/IP Stack for Industrial Systems

Blog WriterThe Hacker News - Original news source is thehackernews.com

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday issued an advisory warning of multiple vulnerabilities in the OpENer EtherNet/IP stack that could expose industrial systems to denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, data leaks, and remote code execution. All OpENer commits and versions prior to …