Mar 29, 2024The Hacker NewsPen Testing / Regulatory Compliance Network penetration testing plays a vital role in detecting vulnerabilities that can be exploited. The current method of performing pen testing is pricey, leading many companies…
Mar 29, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Linux Details have emerged about a vulnerability impacting the “wall” command of the util-linux package that could be potentially exploited by a bad actor to leak a user’s password or alter…
Mar 29, 2024NewsroomSupply Chain Attack / Threat Intelligence The maintainers of the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository briefly suspended new user sign-ups following an influx of malicious projects uploaded as part of a typosquatting campaign.…
Mar 28, 2024NewsroomLinux / Network Security A Linux version of a multi-platform backdoor called DinodasRAT has been detected in the wild targeting China, Taiwan, Turkey, and Uzbekistan, new findings from Kaspersky reveal. DinodasRAT, also known…
Mar 28, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Malware The Police of Finland (aka Poliisi) has formally accused a Chinese nation-state actor tracked as APT31 for orchestrating a cyber attack targeting the country’s Parliament in 2020. The intrusion,…
A sophisticated phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called Darcula has set its sights on organizations in over 100 countries by leveraging a massive network of more than 20,000 counterfeit domains to help cyber criminals launch attacks at…
Mar 28, 2024The Hacker NewsApplication Security / Webinar Considering the ever-changing state of cybersecurity, it’s never too late to ask yourself, “am I doing what’s necessary to keep my organization’s web applications secure?” The continuous…
Mar 28, 2024The Hacker NewsSecrets Management / Zero Trust In the whirlwind of modern software development, teams race against time, constantly pushing the boundaries of innovation and efficiency. This relentless pace is fueled by an…
Mar 28, 2024NewsroomHardware Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a new variant of the RowHammer DRAM (dynamic random-access memory) attack that, for the first time, successfully works against AMD Zen 2…
Mar 28, 2024NewsroomTechnology / Data Privacy In June 2017, a study of more than 3,000 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students published by the National Bureau for Economic Research (NBER) found that 98% of them…