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Category: Threats & Malware

Threats and Malware


Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities

Google fixed critical Chrome vulnerability CVE-2024-4058

April 25, 2024

Via: Security Affairs

Google addressed four vulnerabilities in the Chrome web browser, including a critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-4058. The vulnerability CVE-2024-4058 is a Type Confusion issue that resides in the ANGLE graphics layer engine. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

U.S. Gov imposed Visa restrictions on 13 individuals linked to commercial spyware activity

April 23, 2024

Via: Security Affairs

The US Department of State is imposing visa restrictions on 13 individuals involved in the development and sale of commercial spyware or their immediate family members. The measure aims to counter the misuse of surveillance technology targeting journalists, academics, human […]


Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities

MITRE says it was hit by hackers exploiting Ivanti flaws

April 22, 2024

Via: TechRadar

The not-for-profit research and development organization MITRE suffered a cyberattack early this year, with the attack apparently hindering some operations, but there was no talk of stolen data. In a breach notification published on the MITRE website late last week, […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Microsoft Warns: North Korean Hackers Turn to AI-Fueled Cyber Espionage

April 22, 2024

Via: The Hacker News

Microsoft has revealed that North Korea-linked state-sponsored cyber actors has begun to use artificial intelligence (AI) to make its operations more effective and efficient. “They are learning to use tools powered by AI large language models (LLM) to make their […]


Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities

The importance of the Vulnerability Operations Centre for cybersecurity

April 19, 2024

Via: TechRadar

Traditional cybersecurity is laser-focused on incident detection and response. In other words, it’s built around a Security Operations Centre (SOC). That’s no bad thing in itself. Read between the lines, however, and that assumes we’re waiting on the threats to […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities

Hackers Exploit OpenMetadata Flaws to Mine Crypto on Kubernetes

April 18, 2024

Via: The Hacker News

Threat actors are actively exploiting critical vulnerabilities in OpenMetadata to gain unauthorized access to Kubernetes workloads and leverage them for cryptocurrency mining activity. That’s according to the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team, which said the flaws have been weaponized since the […]


Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities

OpenAI’s GPT-4 can exploit real vulnerabilities by reading security advisories

April 17, 2024

Via: The Register

AI agents, which combine large language models with automation software, can successfully exploit real world security vulnerabilities by reading security advisories, academics have claimed. In a newly released paper, four University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) computer scientists – Richard Fang, […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

U.S. and Australian police arrested Firebird RAT author and operator

April 15, 2024

Via: Security Affairs

A joint law enforcement operation conducted by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the FBI resulted in the arrest and charging of two individuals suspected of creating and selling the Firebird RAT, which was later renamed as Hive. Australian Federal […]


Mobile, Mobile security, Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware

Chinese-Linked LightSpy iOS Spyware Targets South Asian iPhone Users

April 15, 2024

Via: The Hacker News

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a “renewed” cyber espionage campaign targeting users in South Asia with the aim of delivering an Apple iOS spyware implant called LightSpy. “The latest iteration of LightSpy, dubbed ‘F_Warehouse,’ boasts a modular framework with extensive spying […]


Cyber-crime, Hacker, Malware, Threats & Malware

TA547 targets German organizations with Rhadamanthys malware

April 12, 2024

Via: Security Affairs

Proofpoint researchers observed a threat actor, tracked as TA547, targeting German organizations with an email campaign delivering the Rhadamanthys malware. TA547 is a financially motivated threat actor that has been active since at least November 2017, it was observed conducting […]


Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities

Palo Alto Networks Warns of Exploited Firewall Vulnerability

April 12, 2024

Via: Security Week

Tracked as CVE-2024-3400 and assigned a severity score of 10 out of 10, the security defect was identified in the GlobalProtect feature of PAN-OS, the operating system running on Palo Alto Networks appliances. “A command injection vulnerability in the GlobalProtect […]


Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities

Microsoft fixed two zero-day bugs exploited in malware attacks

April 11, 2024

Via: Security Affairs

Microsoft Patches Tuesday security updates for April 2024 addressed 147 vulnerabilities in multiple products. This is the highest number of fixed issues from Microsoft this year and the largest since at least 2017. The issues impact Microsoft Windows and Windows […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Rewards For Justice offers up to $10 million reward for info on ALPHV BlackCat hacker group leaders

April 10, 2024

Via: Panda Security

Rewards For Justice (RFJ), a U.S. government interagency rewards program. Offers up to $10 million reward for any information that could lead to the identification or location of any person from the ALPHV cyber gang, also known as BlackCat, who […]


Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities

Windows 10 latest update is broken and riddled with bugs – with no fix in sight

April 9, 2024

Via: TechRadar

Back in January, we reported on a small security update patch for Windows 10 that brought on a lot of headaches for IT admins and brought on a veritable cavalcade of error codes. Microsoft promised a fix was in the […]


Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities

Over 91,000 LG smart TVs running webOS are vulnerable to hacking

April 9, 2024

Via: Security Affairs

Bitdefender researchers discovered multiple vulnerabilities in LG webOS running on smart TVs that could be exploited to bypass authorization and gain root access on the devices. The vulnerabilities discovered by the researchers impact WebOS versions 4 through 7 running on […]


Data loss, Threats & Malware

Home Depot confirms worker data leak after miscreant dumps info online

April 8, 2024

Via: The Register

Home Depot has confirmed that a third-party company accidentally exposed some of its employees’ personal details after a criminal copy-pasted the data online. In a statement to The Register, Home Depot spokesperson Beth Marlowe said: “A third-party SaaS vendor inadvertently […]


Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities

Hugging Face says it fixed some worrying security issues, moves to boost online protection

April 8, 2024

Via: TechRadar

Multiple generative AI models uploaded to Hugging Face were found to be vulnerable in a way that allowed threat actors to run malicious code and extract sensitive user information. This is according to a new report from the cloud security […]


Data loss, Threats & Malware

US cancer center City of Hope: data breach impacted 827149 individuals

April 4, 2024

Via: Security Affairs

City of Hope is a renowned cancer research and treatment center located in Duarte, California, United States. It is recognized for its comprehensive cancer care, innovative research, and compassionate patient support services. City of Hope suffered a data breach, the […]


Mobile, Mobile security, Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities

Google Patches Exploited Pixel Vulnerabilities

April 3, 2024

Via: Security Week

The exploited flaws, tracked as CVE-2024-29745 and CVE-2024-29748, impact Pixel’s bootloader and firmware, Google notes in its advisory. The internet giant says it has indications that these two security defects “may be under limited, targeted exploitation,” without providing specific details […]


Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware

Detecting Windows-based Malware Through Better Visibility

April 1, 2024

Via: The Hacker News

Despite a plethora of available security solutions, more and more organizations fall victim to Ransomware and other threats. These continued threats aren’t just an inconvenience that hurt businesses and end users – they damage the economy, endanger lives, destroy businesses […]