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New Konfety Malware Variant Evades Detection by Manipulating APKs and Dynamic Code

New Konfety Malware Variant Evades Detection by Manipulating APKs and Dynamic Code

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new, sophisticated variant of a known Android malware referred to as Konfety that leverages the evil twin technique to enable ad fraud. The sneaky approach essentially involves a scenario wherein… 

Google Releases Critical Chrome Update for CVE-2025-6558 Exploit Active in the Wild

Google Releases Critical Chrome Update for CVE-2025-6558 Exploit Active in the Wild

Jul 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Zero-Day Google on Tuesday rolled out fixes for six security issues in its Chrome web browser, including one that it said has been exploited in the wild. The high-severity… 

Deepfakes. Fake Recruiters. Cloned CFOs — Learn How to Stop AI-Driven Attacks in Real Time

Deepfakes. Fake Recruiters. Cloned CFOs — Learn How to Stop AI-Driven Attacks in Real Time

Jul 16, 2025The Hacker NewsAI Security / Fraud Detection Social engineering attacks have entered a new era—and they’re coming fast, smart, and deeply personalized. It’s no longer just suspicious emails in your spam folder. Today’s… 

Google AI “Big Sleep” Stops Exploitation of Critical SQLite Vulnerability Before Hackers Act

Google AI “Big Sleep” Stops Exploitation of Critical SQLite Vulnerability Before Hackers Act

Jul 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananAI Security / Vulnerability Google on Tuesday revealed that its large language model (LLM)-assisted vulnerability discovery framework discovered a security flaw in the SQLite open-source database engine before it could have been… 

Hyper-Volumetric DDoS Attacks Reach Record 7.3 Tbps, Targeting Key Global Sectors

Hyper-Volumetric DDoS Attacks Reach Record 7.3 Tbps, Targeting Key Global Sectors

Jul 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananBotnet / Network Security Cloudflare on Tuesday said it mitigated 7.3 million distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in the second quarter of 2025, a significant drop from 20.5 million DDoS attacks it fended… 

Newly Emerged GLOBAL GROUP RaaS Expands Operations with AI-Driven Negotiation Tools

Newly Emerged GLOBAL GROUP RaaS Expands Operations with AI-Driven Negotiation Tools

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation called GLOBAL GROUP that has targeted a wide range of sectors in Australia, Brazil, Europe, and the United States since its emergence in early… 

State-Backed HazyBeacon Malware Uses AWS Lambda to Steal Data from SE Asian Governments

State-Backed HazyBeacon Malware Uses AWS Lambda to Steal Data from SE Asian Governments

Jul 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence Governmental organizations in Southeast Asia are the target of a new campaign that aims to collect sensitive information by means of a previously undocumented Windows backdoor dubbed…