May 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananSupply Chain Attack / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have discovered three malicious Go modules that include obfuscated code to fetch next-stage payloads that can irrevocably overwrite a Linux system’s primary disk and render…
May 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Operational Technology An Iranian state-sponsored threat group has been attributed to a long-term cyber intrusion aimed at a critical national infrastructure (CNI) in the Middle East that lasted nearly two…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced charges against a 36-year-old Yemeni national for allegedly deploying the Black Kingdom ransomware against global targets, including businesses, schools, and hospitals in the United States. Rami…
May 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Privacy / Social Media Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Friday fined popular video-sharing platform TikTok €530 million ($601 million) for infringing data protection regulations in the region by transferring European…
May 02, 2025The Hacker NewsVulnerability Management / Security Operations Run by the team at workflow orchestration and AI platform Tines, the Tines library features pre-built workflows shared by security practitioners from across the community –…
May 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence The malware loader known as MintsLoader has been used to deliver a PowerShell-based remote access trojan called GhostWeaver. “MintsLoader operates through a multi-stage infection chain involving obfuscated JavaScript…
May 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananPassword Security / Windows A year after Microsoft announced passkeys support for consumer accounts, the tech giant has announced a big change that pushes individuals signing up for new accounts to use…
May 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Web Skimming Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new campaign targeting WordPress sites that disguises the malware as a security plugin. The plugin, which goes by the name “WP-antymalwary-bot.php,”…
Security Operations Center (SOC) teams are facing a fundamentally new challenge — traditional cybersecurity tools are failing to detect advanced adversaries who have become experts at evading endpoint-based defenses and signature-based detection systems. The reality…
May 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Disinformation Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic has revealed that unknown threat actors leveraged its Claude chatbot for an “influence-as-a-service” operation to engage with authentic accounts across Facebook and X.…