Security

Mirai Botnet Variant Exploits Four-Faith Router Vulnerability for DDoS Attacks
A Mirai botnet variant has been found exploiting a newly disclosed security flaw impacting Four-Faith industrial routers since early November 2024 with the goal of conducting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The botnet maintains approximat...
2025-01-08 15:59
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FCC Launches 'Cyber Trust Mark' for IoT Devices to Certify Security Compliance
The U.S. government on Tuesday announced the launch of the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, a new cybersecurity safety label for Internet-of-Things (IoT) consumer devices. "IoT products can be susceptible to a range of security vulnerabilities," the U.S. Federal...
2025-01-08 15:26
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CISA Flags Critical Flaws in Mitel and Oracle Systems Amid Active Exploitation
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added three flaws impacting Mitel MiCollab and Oracle WebLogic Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The list of ...
2025-01-08 09:51
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Researchers Uncover Major Security Flaw in Illumina iSeq 100 DNA Sequencers
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered firmware security vulnerabilities in the Illumina iSeq 100 DNA sequencing instrument that, if successfully exploited, could permit attackers to brick or plant persistent malware on susceptible devices. "The Illu...
2025-01-07 19:52
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Farewell to the Fallen: The Cybersecurity Stars We Lost Last Year
It's time once again to pay our respects to the once-famous cybersecurity solutions whose usefulness died in the past year. The cybercriminal world collectively mourns the loss of these solutions and the easy access they provide to victim organizations...
2025-01-07 17:20
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New EAGERBEE Variant Targets ISPs and Governments with Advanced Backdoor Capabilities
Internet service providers (ISPs) and governmental entities in the Middle East have been targeted using an updated variant of the EAGERBEE malware framework. The new variant of EAGERBEE (aka Thumtais) comes fitted with various components that allow the...
2025-01-07 15:16
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CISA: No Wider Federal Impact from Treasury Cyber Attack, Investigation Ongoing
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday said there are no indications that the cyber attack targeting the Treasury Department impacted other federal agencies. The agency said it's working closely with the Treasury Dep...
2025-01-07 14:13
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Moxa Alerts Users to High-Severity Vulnerabilities in Cellular and Secure Routers
Taiwan-based Moxa has warned of two security vulnerabilities impacting its cellular routers, secure routers, and network security appliances that could allow privilege escalation and command execution. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows - CVE-20...
2025-01-07 13:14
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India Proposes Digital Data Rules with Tough Penalties and Cybersecurity Requirements
The Indian government has published a draft version of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules for public consultation. "Data fiduciaries must provide clear and accessible information about how personal data is processed, enabling informed co...
2025-01-06 19:56
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⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [6 Jan]
Every tap, click, and swipe we make online shapes our digital lives, but it also opens doors—some we never meant to unlock. Extensions we trust, assistants we rely on, and even the codes we scan are turning into tools for attackers. The line between ...
2025-01-06 17:35
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From $22M in Ransom to +100M Stolen Records: 2025's All-Star SaaS Threat Actors to Watch
In 2024, cyber threats targeting SaaS surged, with 7,000 password attacks blocked per second (just in Entra ID)—a 75% increase from last year—and phishing attempts up by 58%, causing $3.5 billion in losses (source: Microsoft Digital Defense Report ...
2025-01-06 17:00
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FireScam Android Malware Poses as Telegram Premium to Steal Data and Control Devices
An Android information stealing malware named FireScam has been found masquerading as a premium version of the Telegram messaging app to steal data and maintain persistent remote control over compromised devices. "Disguised as a fake 'Telegram Premium'...
2025-01-06 16:40
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Russian-Speaking Attackers Target Ethereum Devs with Fake Hardhat npm Packages
Cybersecurity researchers have revealed several malicious packages on the npm registry that have been found impersonating the Nomic Foundation's Hardhat tool in order to steal sensitive data from developer systems. "By exploiting trust in open source p...
2025-01-06 14:58
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Cybercriminals Target Ethereum Developers with Fake Hardhat npm Packages
Cybersecurity researchers have revealed several malicious packages on the npm registry that have been found impersonating the Nomic Foundation's Hardhat tool in order to steal sensitive data from developer systems. "By exploiting trust in open source p...
2025-01-06 14:58
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Researchers Uncover Nuclei Vulnerability Enabling Signature Bypass and Code Execution
A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei, a widely-used open-source vulnerability scanner that, if successfully exploited, could allow attackers to bypass signature checks and potentially execute malicious code. Tra...
2025-01-04 19:59
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PLAYFULGHOST Delivered via Phishing and SEO Poisoning in Trojanized VPN Apps
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware called PLAYFULGHOST that comes with a wide range of information-gathering features like keylogging, screen capture, audio capture, remote shell, and file transfer/execution. The backdoor, according t...
2025-01-04 13:22
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U.S. Treasury Sanctions Beijing Cybersecurity Firm for State-Backed Hacking Campaigns
The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Friday issued sanctions against a Beijing-based cybersecurity company known as Integrity Technology Group, Incorporated for orchestrating several cyber attacks against U.S. victi...
2025-01-04 13:00
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U.S. Sanctions Chinese Cybersecurity Firm for State-Backed Hacking Campaigns
The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Friday issued sanctions against a Beijing-based cybersecurity company known as Integrity Technology Group, Incorporated for orchestrating several cyber attacks against U.S. victi...
2025-01-04 13:00
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New AI Jailbreak Method 'Bad Likert Judge' Boosts Attack Success Rates by Over 60%
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new jailbreak technique that could be used to get past a large language model's (LLM) safety guardrails and produce potentially harmful or malicious responses. The multi-turn (aka many-shot) attack strateg...
2025-01-03 16:44
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LDAPNightmare PoC Exploit Crashes LSASS and Reboots Windows Domain Controllers
A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit has been released for a now-patched security flaw impacting Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) that could trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The out-of-bounds reads vulnerability is tracked a...
2025-01-03 13:46
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