Tag: hacker
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Malicious packages in npm evade dependency detection through invisible URL links: Report
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, control, detection, edr, endpoint, exploit, flaw, github, governance, hacker, malicious, malware, microsoft, open-source, programming, service, software, supply-chain, threat, tool, trainingCampaign also exploits AI: The names of packages uploaded to npm aren’t typosquats of common packages, a popular tactic of threat actors. Instead the hackers exploit AI hallucinations. When developers ask AI assistants for package recommendations, the chatbots sometimes suggest plausible-sounding names that are close to those of legitimate packages, but that don’t actually exist.…
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NIS2 Enhances Vulnerability Management Practices
Integrity’s Ed Parsons on How Regs Are Pushing Firms Toward Proactive Security. The NIS2 Directive has driven significant improvements in vulnerability management across Europe. Organizations are accelerating vulnerability discovery by engaging with crowdsourced security communities and ethical hackers, said Ed Parsons, chief operations officer at Integrity. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/nis2-enhances-vulnerability-management-practices-a-29896
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A New Security Layer for macOS Takes Aim at Admin Errors Before Hackers Do
A design firm is editing a new campaign video on a MacBook Pro. The creative director opens a collaboration app that quietly requests microphone and camera permissions. MacOS is supposed to flag that, but in this case, the checks are loose. The app gets access anyway.On another Mac in the same office, file sharing is…
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NIS2 Enhances Vulnerability Management Practices
Integrity’s Ed Parsons on How Regs Are Pushing Firms Toward Proactive Security. The NIS2 Directive has driven significant improvements in vulnerability management across Europe. Organizations are accelerating vulnerability discovery by engaging with crowdsourced security communities and ethical hackers, said Ed Parsons, chief operations officer at Integrity. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/nis2-enhances-vulnerability-management-practices-a-29896
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A New Security Layer for macOS Takes Aim at Admin Errors Before Hackers Do
A design firm is editing a new campaign video on a MacBook Pro. The creative director opens a collaboration app that quietly requests microphone and camera permissions. MacOS is supposed to flag that, but in this case, the checks are loose. The app gets access anyway.On another Mac in the same office, file sharing is…
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Breach Roundup: Hackers Probe Canada’s Critical Infrastructure
Also: F5 Revenue Dips, Swedish Utility Operator Breached. This week, critical infrastructure breaches in Canada, a Swedish grid operator breached, an Australian guilty of selling cyber exploits, Gmail wasn’t breached, F5 projected a revenue dip, PhantomRaven targeted developers, a Pakistan-linked actor targeted India and Dentsu confirmed a data breach. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Canada Warns of Cyberattacks Targeting Industrial Control Systems
Hackers breached Canadian water, energy, and farm systems, prompting national warnings to secure industrial control networks. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/news/canada-critical-infrastructure-attacks/
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CISA orders feds to patch VMware Tools flaw exploited by Chinese hackers
CISA has ordered federal agencies to patch a high-severity vulnerability in Broadcom’s VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools software, exploited by Chinese hackers since October 2024. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-orders-feds-to-patch-vmware-tools-flaw-exploited-since-october-2024/
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Major telecom services provider Ribbon breached by state hackers
Ribbon Communications, a provider of telecommunications services to the U.S. government and telecom companies worldwide, revealed that nation-state hackers breached its IT network as early as December 2024. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/major-telecom-services-provider-ribbon-breached-by-state-hackers/
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Major telecom services provider Ribbon breached by state hackers
Ribbon Communications, a provider of telecommunications services to the U.S. government and telecom companies worldwide, revealed that nation-state hackers breached its IT network as early as December 2024. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/major-telecom-services-provider-ribbon-breached-by-state-hackers/
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Data Leak Outs Hacker Students of Iran’s MOIS Training Academy
Ravin Academy, a school for the Iranian state hackers of tomorrow, has itself, ironically, been hacked. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/data-leak-students-iran-mois-training-academy
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Data Leak Outs Hacker Students of Iran’s MOIS Training Academy
Ravin Academy, a school for the Iranian state hackers of tomorrow, has itself, ironically, been hacked. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/data-leak-students-iran-mois-training-academy
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LinkedIn phishing targets finance execs with fake board invites
Hackers are abusing LinkedIn to target finance executives with direct-message phishing attacks that impersonate executive board invitations, aiming to steal their Microsoft credentials. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/linkedin-phishing-targets-finance-execs-with-fake-board-invites/
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Data Leak Outs Students of Iran’s MOIS Training Academy
A school for the Iranian state hackers of tomorrow has itself, ironically, been hacked. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/data-leak-students-iran-mois-training-academy
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Data Leak Outs Students of Iran’s MOIS Training Academy
A school for the Iranian state hackers of tomorrow has itself, ironically, been hacked. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/data-leak-students-iran-mois-training-academy
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Canadian authorities warn of hacktivists targeting exposed ICS devices
Hackers have manipulated critical components at water utilities and oil and gas and agricultural sites in recent weeks. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/canadian-warn-hacktivists-exposed-ics-devices/804244/
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Canadian authorities warn of hacktivists targeting exposed ICS devices
Hackers have manipulated critical components at water utilities and oil and gas and agricultural sites in recent weeks. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/canadian-warn-hacktivists-exposed-ics-devices/804244/
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Typo hackers sneak cross-platform credential stealer into 10 npm packages
Payload for IP fingerprinting and credential theft: Once the fake CAPTCHA interaction occurs, the installer sends the victim’s IP address to the attacker’s server, a step that allows tracking, geofencing, and exclusion of unwanted targets.It then downloads the payload from the same host, which is a 24 MB Pyinstaller-packed application that contains hundreds of thousands…
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Old threats, new consequences: 90% of cyber claims stem from email and remote access
Tags: access, ai, attack, awareness, cisco, ciso, citrix, cloud, communications, control, credentials, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, encryption, finance, fraud, hacker, insurance, mail, malicious, microsoft, network, phishing, phone, ransomware, risk, sophos, tactics, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability2025 InsurSec Rankings Report, email and remote access remain the most prominent cyber threat vectors, accounting for 90% of cyber insurance claims in 2024.And, no surprise, larger companies continue to get hit hardest. But, interestingly, the virtual private networks (VPNs) many rely on are anything but secure, despite assumptions to the contrary.”We know from our…
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Hackers steal data of fashion retailer Mango’s customers
Spanish fashion retailer MANGO has warned customers that there has been a data breach. First seen on grahamcluley.com Jump to article: grahamcluley.com/hackers-steal-data-of-fashion-retailer-mangos-customers/
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Russian Hackers Exploit Adaptix Pentesting Tool in Ransomware Attacks
Silent Push wars of Russian hackers exploiting Adaptix, a pentesting tool built for Windows, Linux, and macOS, in ransomware campaigns. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/russian-hackers-adaptix-pentest-ransomware/
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Hackers Use NFC Relay Malware to Clone TapPay Android Transactions
A new investigation from mobile security firm Zimperium has revealed a fast-growing cybersecurity threat targeting Android users through… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/nfc-relay-malware-clone-tap-to-pay-android/
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Hospital System Flaws Could Leak Patient Data, CISA Says
Agency Warns Vertikal Systems Vulnerabilities Could Help Hackers Access Data. U.S. federal authorities are warning about vulnerabilities in hospital information management systems from Romanian firm Vertikal Systems that could allow hackers to obtain and disclose patient data. The affected systems are used mostly by smaller hospitals and clinics outside the United States. First seen on…
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Hospital System Flaws Could Leak Patient Data, CISA Says
Agency Warns Vertikal Systems Vulnerabilities Could Help Hackers Access Data. U.S. federal authorities are warning about vulnerabilities in hospital information management systems from Romanian firm Vertikal Systems that could allow hackers to obtain and disclose patient data. The affected systems are used mostly by smaller hospitals and clinics outside the United States. First seen on…
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Cloud Atlas hackers target Russian agriculture sector ahead of industry forum
The attack, which is the second time the group has hit Russia’s agro industrial firms in recent months, coincided with preparations for the Russian agriculture forum scheduled for the end of the month in Moscow. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/cloud-atlas-targets-russian-agriculture
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Hackers Hijack Corporate XWiki Servers for Crypto Mining
Hackers exploit critical XWiki flaw CVE-2025-24893 to hijack corporate servers for cryptomining, with active attacks confirmed by VulnCheck researchers. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/hackers-hijack-xwiki-servers-crypto-mining/
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Hackers Hijack Corporate XWiki Servers for Crypto Mining
Hackers exploit critical XWiki flaw CVE-2025-24893 to hijack corporate servers for cryptomining, with active attacks confirmed by VulnCheck researchers. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/hackers-hijack-xwiki-servers-crypto-mining/
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Hackers Hijack Corporate XWiki Servers for Crypto Mining
Hackers exploit critical XWiki flaw CVE-2025-24893 to hijack corporate servers for cryptomining, with active attacks confirmed by VulnCheck researchers. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/hackers-hijack-xwiki-servers-crypto-mining/
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Russian hackers, likely linked to Sandworm, exploit legitimate tools against Ukrainian targets
Russian actors, likely linked to Sandworm, targeted Ukrainian firms using LotL tactics and dual-use tools to steal data and stay hidden, says Symantec and Carbon Black. Russian threat actors, likely linked to the APT Sandworm, targeted Ukrainian organizations to steal sensitive data and maintain long-term network access, Symantec Threat Hunter Team and Carbon Black report.…
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Russian Hackers Target Government with Stealthy “Livingthe-Land” Tactics
Russian-linked attackers have intensified their targeting of Ukrainian organizations through sophisticated intrusions that rely heavily on legitimate Windows tools rather than malware. The attackers demonstrated remarkable restraint in their malware deployment, instead leveraging living-off-the-land tactics and dual-use tools to evade detection while accomplishing their objectives. A recent investigation by our Threat Hunter Team revealed two…