Jul 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananNational Security / Privacy Taiwan’s National Security Bureau (NSB) has warned that China-developed applications like RedNote (aka Xiaohongshu), Weibo, TikTok, WeChat, and Baidu Cloud pose security risks due to excessive data collection…
Threat actors are weaponizing exposed Java Debug Wire Protocol (JDWP) interfaces to obtain code execution capabilities and deploy cryptocurrency miners on compromised hosts. “The attacker used a modified version of XMRig with a hard-“coded configuration,…
Jul 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Cyber Espionage Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a previously undocumented threat actor called NightEagle (aka APT-Q-95) that has been observed targeting Microsoft Exchange servers as a part of a…
Jul 04, 2025The Hacker NewsAI Security / Enterprise Security Generative AI is changing how businesses work, learn, and innovate. But beneath the surface, something dangerous is happening. AI agents and custom GenAI workflows are creating…
Jul 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Linux Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed two security flaws in the Sudo command-line utility for Linux and Unix-like operating systems that could enable local attackers to escalate their privileges to root…
Jul 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Privacy Google has been ordered by a court in the U.S. state of California to pay $314 million over charges that it misused Android device users’ cellular data when…
A mobile ad fraud operation dubbed IconAds that consisted of 352 Android apps has been disrupted, according to a new report from HUMAN. The identified apps were designed to load out-of-context ads on a user’s…
Jul 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Cryptocurrency Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered over 40 malicious browser extensions for Mozilla Firefox that are designed to steal cryptocurrency wallet secrets, putting users’ digital assets at risk. “These extensions…
If you’re evaluating AI-powered SOC platforms, you’ve likely seen bold claims: faster triage, smarter remediation, and less noise. But under the hood, not all AI is created equal. Many solutions rely on pre-trained AI models…
Jul 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Vulnerability The French cybersecurity agency on Tuesday revealed that a number of entities spanning governmental, telecommunications, media, finance, and transport sectors in the country were impacted by a malicious…