[ad_1] Jun 13, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Software Security The security risks posed by the Pickle format have once again come to the fore with the discovery of a new “hybrid machine learning (ML) model exploitation technique” dubbed Sleepy Pickle. The attack method, per Trail of Bits, weaponizes the ubiquitous format used to package and distribute machine…
Month: June 2024
Pakistan-linked Malware Campaign Evolves to Target Windows, Android, and macOS
[ad_1] Jun 13, 2024NewsroomThreat Intelligence / Cyber Attack Threat actors with ties to Pakistan have been linked to a long-running malware campaign dubbed Operation Celestial Force since at least 2018. The activity, still ongoing, entails the use of an Android malware called GravityRAT and a Windows-based malware loader codenamed HeavyLift, according to Cisco Talos, which…
Celebrity TikTok Accounts Compromised Using Zero-Click Attack via DMs
[ad_1] Jun 05, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Online Security Popular video-sharing platform TikTok has acknowledged a security issue that has been exploited by threat actors to take control of high-profile accounts on the platform. The development was first reported by Semafor and Forbes, which detailed a zero-click account takeover campaign that allows malware propagated via direct…
Zyxel Releases Patches for Firmware Vulnerabilities in EoL NAS Models
[ad_1] Jun 05, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Data Security Zyxel has released security updates to address critical flaws impacting two of its network-attached storage (NAS) devices that have currently reached end-of-life (EoL) status. Successful exploitation of three of the five vulnerabilities could permit an unauthenticated attacker to execute operating system (OS) commands and arbitrary code on affected…
Hackers Target Python Developers with Fake “Crytic-Compilers” Package on PyPI
[ad_1] Jun 06, 2024NewsroomSoftware Security / Data Theft Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious Python package uploaded to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that’s designed to deliver an information stealer called Lumma (aka LummaC2). The package in question is crytic-compilers, a typosquatted version of a legitimate library named crytic-compile. The rogue package was downloaded…
Google Maps Timeline Data to be Stored Locally on Your Device for Privacy
[ad_1] Jun 06, 2024NewsroomData Encryption / Privacy Google has announced plans to store Maps Timeline data locally on users’ devices instead of their Google account effective December 1, 2024. The changes were originally announced by the tech giant in December 2023, alongside updates to the auto-delete control when enabling Location History by setting it to…
Hackers Exploit Legitimate Packer Software to Spread Malware Undetected
[ad_1] Jun 06, 2024NewsroomEndpoint Security / Malware Threat actors are increasingly abusing legitimate and commercially available packer software such as BoxedApp to evade detection and distribute malware such as remote access trojans and information stealers. “The majority of the attributed malicious samples targeted financial institutions and government industries,” Check Point security researcher Jiri Vinopal said…
Prevent Account Takeover with Better Password Security
[ad_1] Jun 06, 2024The Hacker NewsPassword Security / Dark Web Tom works for a reputable financial institution. He has a long, complex password that would be near-impossible to guess. He’s memorized it by heart, so he started using it for his social media accounts and on his personal devices too. Unbeknownst to Tom, one of…
Google Takes Down Influence Campaigns Tied to China, Indonesia, and Russia
[ad_1] Google has revealed that it took down 1,320 YouTube channels and 1,177 Blogger blogs as part of a coordinated influence operation connected to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). “The coordinated inauthentic network uploaded content in Chinese and English about China and U.S. foreign affairs,” Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researcher Billy Leonard said…
Arm Warns of Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability in Mali GPU Drivers
[ad_1] Jun 11, 2024NewsroomMobile Security / Technology Arm is warning of a security vulnerability impacting Mali GPU Kernel Driver that it said has been actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2024-4610, the use-after-free issue impacts the following products – “A local non-privileged user can make improper GPU memory processing operations to gain access to…









