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Indian Patchwork Hacking Group Infects Itself With RAT

Packet Storm 11 Jan 2022 18157 Views

URL Parsing Bugs Allow DoS, RCE, Spoofing & More

Dangerous security bugs stemming from widespread inconsistencies among 16 popular third-party URL-parsing libraries could affect a wide swath of web applications.
Threatpost 11 Jan 2022 267 Views

Hackers are sending malicious links through Google Doc comment emails

Research from cybersecurity company Avanan has shown that hackers are increasingly using Google Docs' productivity features to slip malicious content past spam filters and security tools.
ZDNet 10 Jan 2022 450 Views

QNAP warns of ransomware targeting Internet-exposed NAS devices

QNAP has warned customers today to secure Internet-exposed network-attached storage (NAS) devices immediately from ongoing ransomware and brute-force attacks.
BleepingComputer 10 Jan 2022 598 Views

Apple Home software bug could lock you out of your iPhone

A security research called Trevor Spiniolas has just published information about a bug he claims has existed in Apple’s iOS operating system since at least version 14.7.
Naked Security 5 Jan 2022 472 Views

Beware of Fake Telegram Messenger App Hacking PCs with Purple Fox Malware

Trojanized installers of the Telegram messaging application are being used to distribute the Windows-based Purple Fox backdoor on compromised systems.
The Hacker News 5 Jan 2022 472 Views

Data breach: Broward Health warns 1.3 million patients, staff of 'medical identity theft'

The hospital system says they waited months to notify victims of the breach because the Justice Department asked them to.
ZDnet 4 Jan 2022 264 Views

Detecting Evasive Malware on IoT Devices Using Electromagnetic Emanations

Cybersecurity researchers have proposed a novel approach that leverages electromagnetic field emanations from the Internet of Things (IoT) devices as a side-channel to glean precise knowledge about the different kinds of malware targeting the embedded systems, even in scenarios where obfuscation techniques have been applied...
The Hacker News 3 Jan 2022 498 Views

Microsoft releases emergency fix for Exchange year 2022 bug

This caps a rough year for the carrier after multiple data breaches.
BleepingComputer 3 Jan 2022 490 Views

APT ‘Aquatic Panda’ Targets Universities with Log4Shell Exploit Tools

Researchers from CrowdStrike disrupted an attempt by the threat group to steal industrial intelligence and military secrets from an academic institution.
Threatpost 31 Dec 2021 312 Views