Oct 08, 2024The Hacker NewsWeb Security / Payment Fraud Is your store at risk? Discover how an innovative web security solution saved one global online retailer and its unsuspecting customers from an “evil twin” disaster.…
Oct 08, 2024The Hacker NewsMachine Learning / Data Security Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) deepfakes and misinformation may cause worry in the world of technology and investment, but this powerful, foundational technology has the potential to…
Oct 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Malware A little-known threat actor tracked as GoldenJackal has been linked to a series of cyber attacks targeting embassies and governmental organizations with an aim to infiltrate air-gapped systems…
Ukraine has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack that targeted Russia state media company VGTRK and disrupted its operations, according to reports from Bloomberg and Reuters. The incident took place on the night of October…
Oct 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Privacy Qualcomm has rolled out security updates to address nearly two dozen flaws spanning proprietary and open-source components, including one that has come under active exploitation in the wild.…
Organizations are losing between $94 – $186 billion annually to vulnerable or insecure APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) and automated abuse by bots. That’s according to The Economic Impact of API and Bot Attacks report from…
Oct 07, 2024The Hacker NewsPassword Security / Data Security The interest in passwordless authentication has increased due to the rise of hybrid work environments and widespread digitization. This has led to a greater need for…
Oct 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananIoT Security / Botnet Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new botnet malware family called Gorilla (aka GorillaBot) that is a variant of the leaked Mirai botnet source code. Cybersecurity firm NSFOCUS, which…
Oct 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananOpen Source / Software Security A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the Apache Avro Java Software Development Kit (SDK) that, if successfully exploited, could allow the execution of arbitrary code…
Oct 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Weekly Recap Ever heard of a “pig butchering” scam? Or a DDoS attack so big it could melt your brain? This week’s cybersecurity recap has it all – government showdowns,…