Jun 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Online Safety Cybersecurity researchers have flagged several popular Google Chrome extensions that have been found to transmit data in HTTP and hard-code secrets in their code, exposing users to…
Jun 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Network Security The threat actor known as Bitter has been assessed to be a state-backed hacking group that’s tasked with gathering intelligence that aligns with the interests of the…
Security teams face growing demands with more tools, more data, and higher expectations than ever. Boards approve large security budgets, yet still ask the same question: what is the business getting in return? CISOs respond…
An Iran-aligned hacking group has been attributed to a new set of cyber attacks targeting Kurdish and Iraqi government officials in early 2024. The activity is tied to a threat group ESET tracks as BladedFeline,…
Jun 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananDark Web / Law Enforcement The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the seizure of cryptocurrency funds and about 145 clearnet and dark web domains associated with an illicit carding…
Jun 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability Cisco has released security patches to address a critical security flaw impacting the Identity Services Engine (ISE) that, if successfully exploited, could allow unauthenticated actors to carry out…
Jun 04, 2025Ravie Lakshmanan Threat Intelligence / Data Breach Google has disclosed details of a financially motivated threat cluster that it said “specialises” in voice phishing (aka vishing) campaigns designed to breach organizations’ Salesforce instances…
Jun 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananLinux / Malware Threat hunters are calling attention to a new variant of a remote access trojan (RAT) called Chaos RAT that has been used in recent attacks targeting Windows and Linux…
Jun 04, 2025The Hacker NewsBrowser Security / Enterprise Security Traditional data leakage prevention (DLP) tools aren’t keeping pace with the realities of how modern businesses use SaaS applications. Companies today rely heavily on SaaS platforms…
Several malicious packages have been uncovered across the npm, Python, and Ruby package repositories that drain funds from cryptocurrency wallets, erase entire codebases after installation, and exfiltrate Telegram API tokens, once again demonstrating the variety…