PlushDaemon APT Targets South Korean VPN Provider in Supply Chain Attack
A previously undocumented China-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) group named PlushDaemon has been linked to a supply chain attack targeting a South Korean virtual...
Oracle Releases January 2025 Patch to Address 318 Flaws Across Major Products
Oracle is urging customers to apply its January 2025 Critical Patch Update (CPU) to address 318 new security vulnerabilities spanning its products and services.The...
Mirai Botnet Launches Record 5.6 Tbps DDoS Attack with 13,000+ IoT Device
Web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare on Tuesday said it detected and blocked a 5.6 Terabit per second (Tbps) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, the...
Mirai Variant Murdoc_Botnet Exploits AVTECH IP Cameras and Huawei Routers
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a new large-scale campaign that exploits security flaws in AVTECH IP cameras and Huawei HG532 routers to rope the...
13,000 MikroTik Routers Hijacked by Botnet for Malspam and Cyberattacks
A global network of about 13,000 hijacked Mikrotik routers has been employed as a botnet to propagate malware via spam campaigns, the latest addition...
Ex-CIA Analyst Pleads Guilty to Sharing Top-Secret Data with Unauthorized Parties
A former analyst working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) pleaded guilty to transmitting top secret National Defense Information (NDI) to individuals who...
HackGATE: Setting New Standards for Visibility and Control in Penetration Testing Projects
Imagine receiving a penetration test report that leaves you with more questions than answers. Questions like, "Were all functionalities of the web app tested?"...
PNGPlug Loader Delivers ValleyRAT Malware Through Fake Software Installers
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a series of cyber attacks that have targeted Chinese-speaking regions like Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China with...
CERT-UA Warns of Cyber Scams Using Fake AnyDesk Requests for Fraudulent Security Audits
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) is warning of ongoing attempts by unknown threat actors to impersonate the cybersecurity agency by sending...
Unsecured Tunneling Protocols Expose 4.2 Million Hosts, Including VPNs and Routers
New research has uncovered security vulnerabilities in multiple tunneling protocols that could allow attackers to perform a wide range of attacks."Internet hosts that accept...