Security News

SilentCryptoMiner Infects 2,000 Russian Users via Fake VPN and DPI Bypass Tools
2025-03-10 04:12

A new mass malware campaign is infecting users with a cryptocurrency miner named SilentCryptoMiner by masquerading it as a tool designed to circumvent internet blocks and restrictions around...

How to prevent data leakage in collaboration tools like Slack and Teams
2025-03-06 06:00

In recent years, collaboration tools have become an absolute necessity for remote and hybrid work. This primarily increased during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the impossibility of communicating...

Online crime-as-a-service skyrockets with 24,000 users selling attack tools
2025-03-03 17:00

The growth of AI-based technology has introduced new challenges, making remote identity verification systems more vulnerable to attacks, according to iProov. Innovative and easily accessible tools...

Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: February 2025
2025-02-27 05:30

This month’s roundup features exceptional open-source cybersecurity tools that are gaining attention for strengthening security across various environments. Kunai: Open-source threat hunting tool...

AI-Powered Social Engineering: Ancillary Tools and Techniques
2025-02-14 11:00

Social engineering is advancing fast, at the speed of generative AI. This is offering bad actors multiple new tools and techniques for researching, scoping, and exploiting organizations. In a...

Chinese espionage tools deployed in RA World ransomware attack
2025-02-13 14:31

A China-based threat actor, tracked as Emperor Dragonfly and commonly associated with cybercriminal endeavors, has been observed using in a ransomware attack a toolset previously attributed to...

⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [10 February]
2025-02-10 12:13

In cybersecurity, the smallest crack can lead to the biggest breaches. A leaked encryption key, an unpatched software bug, or an abandoned cloud storage bucket—each one seems minor until it...

IT Teams Worry About Increasing Cost of Cyber Tools From AI Features, While Criminals Barely Use Them
2025-02-07 19:08

Most IT leaders believe generative AI will increase the cost of their security tools, according to Sophos research. But, by the looks of cyber crime forums, hackers are barely using AI.

DeepSeek AI tools impersonated by infostealer malware on PyPI
2025-02-03 16:33

Threat actors are taking advantage of the rise in popularity of the DeepSeek to promote two malicious infostealer packages on the Python Package Index (PyPI), where they impersonated developer...

⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [3 February]
2025-02-03 11:59

This week, our news radar shows that every new tech idea comes with its own challenges. A hot AI tool is under close watch, law enforcement is shutting down online spots that help cybercriminals,...