Pro-Ukrainian Hackers Strike Russian State TV on Putin’s Birthday
Ukraine has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack that targeted Russia state media company VGTRK and disrupted its operations, according to reports from Bloomberg...
Qualcomm Urges OEMs to Patch Critical DSP and WLAN Flaws Amid Active Exploits
Qualcomm has rolled out security updates to address nearly two dozen flaws spanning proprietary and open-source components, including one that has come under active...
Vulnerable APIs and Bot Attacks Costing Businesses Up to $186 Billion Annually
Organizations are losing between $94 - $186 billion annually to vulnerable or insecure APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) and automated abuse by bots. That's according...
Modernization of Authentication: Webinar on MFA, Passwords, and the Shift to Passwordless
The interest in passwordless authentication has increased due to the rise of hybrid work environments and widespread digitization. This has led to a greater...
New Gorilla Botnet Launches Over 300,000 DDoS Attacks Across 100 Countries
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new botnet malware family called Gorilla (aka GorillaBot) that is a variant of the leaked Mirai botnet source code.Cybersecurity...
Critical Apache Avro SDK Flaw Allows Remote Code Execution in Java Applications
A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the Apache Avro Java Software Development Kit (SDK) that, if successfully exploited, could allow the execution...
THN Cybersecurity Recap: Top Threats and Trends (Sep 30 – Oct 6)
Ever heard of a "pig butchering" scam? Or a DDoS attack so big it could melt your brain? This week's cybersecurity recap has it...
Google Blocks Unsafe Android App Sideloading in India for Improved Fraud Protection
Google has announced that it's piloting a new security initiative that automatically blocks sideloading of potentially unsafe Android apps in India, after similar tests...
E.U. Court Limits Meta’s Use of Personal Facebook Data for Targeted Ads
Europe's top court has ruled that Meta Platforms must restrict the use of personal data harvested from Facebook for serving targeted ads even when...
Apple Releases Critical iOS and iPadOS Updates to Fix VoiceOver Password Vulnerability
Apple has released iOS and iPadOS updates to address two security issues, one of which could have allowed a user's passwords to be read...