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New Android Trojan “BlankBot” Targets Turkish Users’ Financial Data

New Android Trojan “BlankBot” Targets Turkish Users’ Financial Data

Aug 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Financial Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Android banking trojan called BlankBot targeting Turkish users with an aim to steal financial information. “BlankBot features a range of malicious… 

China-Linked Hackers Compromise ISP to Deploy Malicious Software Updates

China-Linked Hackers Compromise ISP to Deploy Malicious Software Updates

Aug 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Windows Security The China-linked threat actor known as Evasive Panda compromised an unnamed internet service provider (ISP) to push malicious software updates to target companies in mid-2023, highlighting a… 

DOJ and FTC Sue TikTok for Violating Children’s Privacy Laws

DOJ and FTC Sue TikTok for Violating Children’s Privacy Laws

Aug 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Data Protection The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), filed a lawsuit against popular video-sharing platform TikTok for “flagrantly violating” children’s privacy laws in… 

Hackers Exploit Misconfigured Jupyter Notebooks with Repurposed Minecraft DDoS Tool

Hackers Exploit Misconfigured Jupyter Notebooks with Repurposed Minecraft DDoS Tool

Aug 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananDDoS Attack / Server Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack campaign targeting misconfigured Jupyter Notebooks. The activity, codenamed Panamorfi by cloud security firm Aqua, utilizes… 

APT41 Hackers Use ShadowPad, Cobalt Strike in Taiwanese Institute Cyber Attack

APT41 Hackers Use ShadowPad, Cobalt Strike in Taiwanese Institute Cyber Attack

Aug 02, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware A Taiwanese government-affiliated research institute that specializes in computing and associated technologies was breached by nation-state threat actors with ties to China, according to new findings from Cisco… 

Mirai Botnet targeting OFBiz Servers Vulnerable to Directory Traversal

Mirai Botnet targeting OFBiz Servers Vulnerable to Directory Traversal

Aug 02, 2024The Hacker NewsVulnerability / Network Security Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software is at the heart of many enterprising supporting human resources, accounting, shipping, and manufacturing. These systems can become very complex and difficult… 

New Windows Backdoor BITSLOTH Exploits BITS for Stealthy Communication

New Windows Backdoor BITSLOTH Exploits BITS for Stealthy Communication

Aug 02, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Windows Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented Windows backdoor that leverages a built-in feature called Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) as a command-and-control (C2) mechanism. The newly… 

U.S. Releases High-Profile Russian Hackers in Diplomatic Prisoner Exchange

U.S. Releases High-Profile Russian Hackers in Diplomatic Prisoner Exchange

Aug 02, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Crime / Hacking News In a historic prisoner exchange between Belarus, Germany, Norway, Russia, Slovenia, and the U.S., two Russian nationals serving time for cybercrime activities have been freed and repatriated…