May 02, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Network Security A new malware called Cuttlefish is targeting small office and home office (SOHO) routers with the goal of stealthily monitoring all traffic through the devices and gather authentication…
May 01, 2024NewsroomFinancial Crime / Forensic Analysis A forensic analysis of a graph dataset containing transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain has revealed clusters associated with illicit activity and money laundering, including detecting criminal proceeds sent…
May 01, 2024NewsroomMalware / Android Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented malware targeting Android devices that uses compromised WordPress sites as relays for its actual command-and-control (C2) servers for detection evasion. The malware, codenamed…
May 01, 2024The Hacker NewsSecurity Awareness Training There’s a natural human desire to avoid threatening scenarios. The irony, of course, is if you hope to attain any semblance of security, you’ve got to remain prepared…
May 01, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cyber Threat The authors behind the resurfaced ZLoader malware have added a feature that was originally present in the Zeus banking trojan that it’s based on, indicating that it’s being actively…
May 01, 2024NewsroomNational Security / Insider Threat A former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has been sentenced to nearly 22 years (262 months) in prison for attempting to transfer classified documents to…
Apr 30, 2024NewsroomDocker Hub / Supply Chain Attack Cybersecurity researchers have discovered multiple campaigns targeting Docker Hub by planting millions of malicious “imageless” containers over the past five years, once again underscoring how open-source registries…
Apr 30, 2024NewsroomMachine Learning / National Security The U.S. government has unveiled new security guidelines aimed at bolstering critical infrastructure against artificial intelligence (AI)-related threats. “These guidelines are informed by the whole-of-government effort to assess…
Apr 30, 2024NewsroomIoT Security / Botnet The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is calling on manufacturers of smart devices to comply with new legislation that prohibits them from using default passwords, effective April 29,…
Apr 29, 2024NewsroomMobile Security / Hacking Google on Monday revealed that almost 200,000 app submissions to its Play Store for Android were either rejected or remediated to address issues with access to sensitive data such…