Mar 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananAI Security / Software Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new supply chain attack vector dubbed Rules File Backdoor that affects artificial intelligence (AI)-powered code editors like GitHub Copilot and…
Mar 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Windows Security An unpatched security flaw impacting Microsoft Windows has been exploited by 11 state-sponsored groups from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia as part of data theft, espionage, and…
Mar 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Enterprise Security Google is making the biggest ever acquisition in its history by purchasing cloud security company Wiz in an all-cash deal worth $32 billion. “This acquisition represents an…
Mar 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Firmware Security A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in AMI’s MegaRAC Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) software that could allow an attacker to bypass authentication and carry out post-exploitation actions.…
Mar 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananAd Fraud / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have warned about a large-scale ad fraud campaign that has leveraged hundreds of malicious apps published on the Google Play Store to serve full-screen ads…
Mar 18, 2025The Hacker NewsAuthentication / Identity Security While Okta provides robust native security features, configuration drift, identity sprawl, and misconfigurations can provide opportunities for attackers to find their way in. This article covers four…
Mar 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware Threat hunters have shed more light on a previously disclosed malware campaign undertaken by the China-aligned MirrorFace threat actor that targeted a diplomatic organization in the European Union…
Mar 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Malware At least four different threat actors have been identified as involved in an updated version of a massive ad fraud and residential proxy scheme called BADBOX, painting a…
Microsoft is calling attention to a novel remote access trojan (RAT) named StilachiRAT that it said employs advanced techniques to sidestep detection and persist within target environments with an ultimate aim to steal sensitive data.…
Mar 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Web Security A recently disclosed security flaw impacting Apache Tomcat has come under active exploitation in the wild following the release of a public proof-of-concept (PoC) a mere 30 hours…