Security News

US warns of Iranian hackers escalating influence operations
2024-08-20 11:56

The U.S. government is warning of increased effort from Iran to influence upcoming elections through cyber operations targeting Presidential campaigns and the American public. [...]

Hackers Exploit PHP Vulnerability to Deploy Stealthy Msupedge Backdoor
2024-08-20 10:25

A previously undocumented backdoor named Msupedge has been put to use against a cyber attack targeting an unnamed university in Taiwan. "The most notable feature of this backdoor is that it communicates with a command-and-control server via DNS traffic," the Symantec Threat Hunter Team, part of Broadcom, said in a report shared with The Hacker News.

Blind Eagle Hackers Exploit Spear-Phishing to Deploy RATs in Latin America
2024-08-20 06:14

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a threat actor known as Blind Eagle that has persistently targeted entities and individuals in Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Panama, and other Latin...

Windows driver zero-day exploited by Lazarus hackers to install rootkit
2024-08-20 03:32

The notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group exploited a zero-day flaw in the Windows AFD.sys driver to elevate privileges and install the FUDModule rootkit on targeted systems. [...]

Hackers linked to $14M Holograph crypto heist arrested in Italy
2024-08-19 16:25

Suspected hackers behind the heist of $14,000,000 worth of cryptocurrency from blockchain tech firm Holograph was arrested in Italy after living a lavish lifestyle for weeks in the country. [...]

Russian Hacker Jailed 3+ Years for Selling Stolen Credentials on Dark Web
2024-08-16 14:25

A 27-year-old Russian national has been sentenced to over three years in prison for peddling financial information, login credentials, and other personally identifying information (PII) on a...

Russian Hackers Using Fake Brand Sites to Spread DanaBot and StealC Malware
2024-08-16 13:08

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a sophisticated information stealer campaign that impersonates legitimate brands to distribute malware like DanaBot and StealC. The activity cluster,...

Russian-Linked Hackers Target Eastern European NGOs and Media
2024-08-15 11:43

Russian and Belarusian non-profit organizations, Russian independent media, and international non-governmental organizations active in Eastern Europe have become the target of two separate spear-phishing campaigns orchestrated by threat actors whose interests align with that of the Russian government. While one of the campaigns - dubbed River of Phish - has been attributed to COLDRIVER, an adversarial collective with ties to Russia's Federal Security Service, the second set of attacks have been deemed the work of a previously undocumented threat cluster codenamed COLDWASTREL. Targets of the campaigns also included prominent Russian opposition figures-in-exile, officials and academics in the US think tank and policy space, and a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, according to a joint investigation from Access Now and the Citizen Lab.

Belarusian-Ukrainian Hacker Extradited to U.S. for Ransomware and Cybercrime Charges
2024-08-14 12:02

A coalition of law enforcement agencies coordinated by the U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) has led to the arrest and extradition of a Belarussian and Ukrainian dual-national believed to be...

South Korea says DPRK hackers stole spy plane technical data
2024-08-12 20:22

South Korea's ruling party, People Power Party (PPP), has issued an announcement stating that North Korean hackers have stolen crucial information about K2 tanks, the country's main battle tank,...