The Hacker News Merely weeks after releasing out-of-band patches for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and watchOS, Apple has released yet another security update for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch to fix a critical zero-day weakness that it …
Apple Issues Urgent Patch Update for Another Zero‑Day Under Attack Read More »
The Hacker News It didn’t take long. Intelligence agencies and cybersecurity researchers had been warning that unpatched Exchange Servers could open the pathway for ransomware infections in the wake of swift escalation of the attacks …
Hackers Are Targeting Microsoft Exchange Servers With Ransomware Read More »
The Hacker News Russian Dutch-domiciled search engine, ride-hailing and email service provider Yandex on Friday disclosed a data breach that compromised 4,887 email accounts of its users. The company blamed the incident on an unnamed …
Yandex Employee Caught Selling Access to Users’ Email Inboxes Read More »
The Hacker News Brit cops have cuffed eight men in England and Scotland amid a probe into SIM-swapping attacks on high-profile US targets – including sports stars, musicians, and “influencers” – that had money and …
Eight Brits arrested after probe into SIM-swapping scam targeting US celebs Read More »
The Hacker News Apple has rolled out a fix for a critical sudo vulnerability in macOS Big Sur, Catalina, and Mojave that could allow unauthenticated local users to gain root-level privileges on the system. A …
Apple Patches 10-Year-Old macOS SUDO Root Privilege Escalation Bug Read More »
The Hacker News Twin cyber operations conducted by state-sponsored Iranian threat actors demonstrate their continued focus on compiling detailed dossiers on Iranian citizens that could threaten the stability of the Islamic Republic, including dissidents, opposition …
Detailed: Here’s How Iran Spies on Dissidents with the Help of Hackers Read More »
The Hacker News New details have emerged about a vast network of rogue extensions for Chrome and Edge browsers that were found to hijack clicks to links in search results pages to arbitrary URLs, including …
Over a Dozen Chrome Extensions Caught Hijacking Google Search Results for Millions Read More »
The Hacker News Cybesecurity researchers today revealed a new malspam campaign that distributes a remote access Trojan (RAT) by purporting to contain a sex scandal video of U.S. President Donald Trump. The emails, which carry …
Hackers Using Fake Trump’s Scandal Video to Spread QNode Malware Read More »
The Hacker News “Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA,” opens WhatsApp’s privacy policy. “Since we started WhatsApp, we’ve aspired to build our Services with a set of strong privacy principles in mind.” …
WhatsApp Will Delete Your Account If You Don’t Agree Sharing Data With Facebook Read More »
The Hacker News Zyxel has released a patch to address a critical vulnerability in its firmware concerning a hardcoded undocumented secret account that could be abused by an attacker to login with administrative privileges and …
Secret Backdoor Account Found in Several Zyxel Firewall, VPN Products Read More »
The Hacker News New evidence amidst the ongoing probe into the espionage campaign targeting SolarWinds has uncovered an unsuccessful attempt to compromise cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike and access the company’s email. The hacking endeavor was reported …
Microsoft Warns CrowdStrike of Hackers Targeting Azure Cloud Customers Read More »
The Hacker News Apple on Thursday released multiple security updates to patch three zero-day vulnerabilities that were revealed as being actively exploited in the wild. Rolled out as part of its iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and …
Update Your iOS Devices Now — 3 Actively Exploited 0-Days Discovered Read More »