Tag: The Hacker News

Google Removes 21 Malicious Android Apps from Play Store

Read the original article: Google Removes 21 Malicious Android Apps from Play Store Google has stepped in to remove several Android applications from the official Play Store following the disclosure that the apps in question were found to serve intrusive…

Police Raided German Spyware Company FinFisher Offices

Read the original article: Police Raided German Spyware Company FinFisher Offices German investigating authorities have raided the offices of Munich-based company FinFisher that sells the infamous commercial surveillance spyware dubbed ‘FinSpy,’ reportedly in suspicion of illegally exporting the software to…

FIN11 Hackers Spotted Using New Techniques In Ransomware Attacks

Read the original article: FIN11 Hackers Spotted Using New Techniques In Ransomware Attacks A financially-motivated threat actor known for its malware distribution campaigns has evolved its tactics to focus on ransomware and extortion. According to FireEye’s Mandiant threat intelligence team,…

Chinese APT Group Targets Media, Finance, and Electronics Sectors

Read the original article: Chinese APT Group Targets Media, Finance, and Electronics Sectors Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday uncovered a new espionage campaign targeting media, construction, engineering, electronics, and finance sectors in Japan, Taiwan, the U.S., and China. Linking the attacks…

Red Team — Automation or Simulation?

Read the original article: Red Team — Automation or Simulation? What is the difference between a penetration test and a red team exercise? The common understanding is that a red team exercise is a pen-test on steroids, but what does…

Microsoft Windows XP Source Code Reportedly Leaked Online

Read the original article: Microsoft Windows XP Source Code Reportedly Leaked Online Microsoft’s long-lived operating system Windows XP—that still powers over 1% of all laptops and desktop computers worldwide—has had its source code leaked online, allegedly, along with Windows Server…

FinSpy Spyware for Mac and Linux OS Targets Egyptian Organisations

Read the original article: FinSpy Spyware for Mac and Linux OS Targets Egyptian Organisations Amnesty International today exposed details of a new surveillance campaign that targeted Egyptian civil society organizations with previously undisclosed versions of FinSpy spyware designed to target…

A New Hacking Group Hitting Russian Companies With Ransomware

Read the original article: A New Hacking Group Hitting Russian Companies With Ransomware As ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure continue to spike in recent months, cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new entrant that has been actively trying to conduct multistage attacks…

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Hacking Group Backed by Iranian Intelligence

Read the original article: U.S. Treasury Sanctions Hacking Group Backed by Iranian Intelligence The U.S. government on Thursday imposed sweeping sanctions against an Iranian threat actor backed by the country’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) for carrying out malware campaigns targeting…

U.S. Announces Charges Against 2 Russian and 2 Iranian Hackers

Read the original article: U.S. Announces Charges Against 2 Russian and 2 Iranian Hackers Immediately after revealing criminal charges against 5 Chinese and 2 Malaysian hackers, the United States government yesterday also made two separate announcements charging two Iranian and…

New Report Explains COVID-19’s Impact on Cyber Security

Read the original article: New Report Explains COVID-19’s Impact on Cyber Security Most cybersecurity professionals fully anticipated that cybercriminals would leverage the fear and confusion surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic in their cyberattacks. Of course, malicious emails would contain subjects relating…

Hackers Stole $5.4 Million From Eterbase Cryptocurrency Exchange

Read the original article: Hackers Stole $5.4 Million From Eterbase Cryptocurrency Exchange Cybercriminals successfully plundered another digital cryptocurrency exchange. European cryptocurrency exchange Eterbase this week disclosed a massive breach of its network by an unknown group of hackers who stole…

Critical Jenkins Server Vulnerability Could Leak Sensitive Information

Read the original article: Critical Jenkins Server Vulnerability Could Leak Sensitive Information Jenkins—a popular open-source automation server software—published an advisory on Monday concerning a critical vulnerability in the Jetty web server that could result in memory corruption and cause confidential…

Flaws in Samsung Phones Exposed Android Users to Remote Attacks

Read the original article: Flaws in Samsung Phones Exposed Android Users to Remote Attacks New research disclosed a string of severe security vulnerabilities in the ‘Find My Mobile’—an Android app that comes pre-installed on most Samsung smartphones—that could have allowed…