Security News
Attackers Hijack Google Advertiser Accounts to Spread Malware
It's an especially brazen form of malvertising, researchers say, striking at the heart of Google's business; the tech giant says it's aware of the issue and is working quickly to address the problem.
Dark Reading
16 Jan 2025 108 Views
Miscreants 'mass exploited' Fortinet firewalls, 'highly probable' zero-day used
Ransomware 'not off the table,' Arctic Wolf threat hunter tells El Reg
Updated Miscreants running a "mass exploitation campaign" against Fortinet firewalls, which peaked in December, may be using an unpatched zero-day vulnerability to compromise the equipment, according to...
The Register
15 Jan 2025 225 Views
Phishing texts trick Apple iMessage users into disabling protection
Cybercriminals are exploiting a trick to turn off Apple iMessage's built-in phishing protection for a text and trick users into re-enabling disabled phishing links. [...]
Bleepingcomputer
13 Jan 2025 380 Views
Banshee 2.0 Malware Steals Apple's Encryption to Hide on Macs
The most recent iteration of the open source infostealer skates by antivirus programs on Macs, using an encryption mechanism stolen from Apple's own antivirus product.
Dark Reading
10 Jan 2025 617 Views
Crims backdoored the backdoors they supplied to other miscreants. Then the domains lapsed
Here's what $20 gets you these days
More than 4,000 unique backdoors are using expired domains and/or abandoned infrastructure, and many of these expose government and academia-owned hosts – thus setting these hosts up for hijacking by criminals who...
The Register
9 Jan 2025 1612 Views
Green Bay Packers' Online Pro Shop Sacked by Payment Skimmer
Cyberattackers injected the NFL Wild Card team's online Pro Shop with malicious code to steal credit-card data from 8,500 fans.
Dark Reading
9 Jan 2025 585 Views
CISA warns of critical Oracle, Mitel flaws exploited in attacks
CISA has warned U.S. federal agencies to secure their systems against critical vulnerabilities in Oracle WebLogic Server and Mitel MiCollab systems that are actively exploited in attacks. [...]
Bleepingcomputer
8 Jan 2025 775 Views
MediaTek rings in the new year with a parade of chipset vulns
Manufacturers should have had ample time to apply the fixes
MediaTek kicked off the first full working week of the new year by disclosing a bevy of security vulnerabilities, including a critical remote code execution bug affecting 51 chipsets.…
The Register
6 Jan 2025 2348 Views
Windows 10 users urged to upgrade to avoid "security fiasco"
Cybersecurity firm ESET is urging Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 or Linux to avoid a "security fiasco" as the 10-year-old operating system nears the end of support in October 2025. [...]
Bleepingcomputer
6 Jan 2025 948 Views
Cryptocurrency wallet drainers stole $494 million in 2024
Scammers stole $494 million worth of cryptocurrency in wallet drainer attacks last year that targeted more than 300,000 wallet addresses. [...]
Bleepingcomputer
5 Jan 2025 946 Views
