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- New "Raptor Train" IoT Botnet Compromises Over 200,000 Devices Worldwideby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on 18 September 2024 at 4:00 pm
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a never-before-seen botnet comprising an army of small office/home office (SOHO) and IoT devices that are likely operated by a Chinese nation-state threat actor called Flax Typhoon (aka Ethereal Panda or RedJuliett). The sophisticated botnet, dubbed Raptor Train by Lumen's Black Lotus Labs, is believed to have been operational since at least May 2020,
- Chinese Engineer Charged in U.S. for Years-Long Cyber Espionage Targeting NASA and Militaryby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on 18 September 2024 at 2:00 pm
A Chinese national has been indicted in the U.S. on charges of conducting a "multi-year" spear-phishing campaign to obtain unauthorized access to computer software and source code created by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), research universities, and private companies. Song Wu, 39, has been charged with 14 counts of wire fraud and 14 counts of aggravated identity theft.
- Why Pay A Pentester?by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on 18 September 2024 at 11:00 am
The evolution of software always catches us by surprise. I remember betting against the IBM computer Deep Blue during its chess match against the grandmaster Garry Kasparov in 1997, only to be stunned when the machine claimed victory. Fast forward to today, would we have imagined just three years ago that a chatbot could write essays, handle customer support calls, and even craft commercial
- North Korean Hackers Target Energy and Aerospace Industries with New MISTPEN Malwareby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on 18 September 2024 at 9:32 am
A North Korea-linked cyber-espionage group has been observed leveraging job-themed phishing lures to target prospective victims in energy and aerospace verticals and infect them with a previously undocumented backdoor dubbed MISTPEN. The activity cluster is being tracked by Google-owned Mandiant under the moniker UNC2970, which it said overlaps with a threat group known as TEMP.Hermit, which is
- Chrome Introduces One-Time Permissions and Enhanced Safety Check for Safer Browsingby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on 18 September 2024 at 9:04 am
Google has announced that it's rolling out a new set of features to its Chrome browser that gives users more control over their data when surfing the internet and protects them against online threats. "With the newest version of Chrome, you can take advantage of our upgraded Safety Check, opt out of unwanted website notifications more easily and grant select permissions to a site for one time