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Hijack Loader Malware Employs Process Hollowing, UAC Bypass in Latest Version
by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on 8 May 2024 at 10:58
A newer version of a malware loader called Hijack Loader has been observed incorporating an updated set of anti-analysis techniques to fly under the radar. "These enhancements aim to increase the malware's stealthiness, thereby remaining undetected for longer periods of time," Zscaler ThreatLabz researcher Muhammed Irfan V A said in a technical report. "Hijack
The Fundamentals of Cloud Security Stress Testing
by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on 8 May 2024 at 10:58
״Defenders think in lists, attackers think in graphs,” said John Lambert from Microsoft, distilling the fundamental difference in mindset between those who defend IT systems and those who try to compromise them. The traditional approach for defenders is to list security gaps directly related to their assets in the network and eliminate as many as possible, starting with the most critical.
Hackers Exploiting LiteSpeed Cache Bug to Gain Full Control of WordPress Sites
by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on 8 May 2024 at 07:03
A high-severity flaw impacting the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress is being actively exploited by threat actors to create rogue admin accounts on susceptible websites. The findings come from WPScan, which said that the vulnerability (CVE-2023-40000, CVSS score: 8.3) has been leveraged to set up bogus admin users with the names wpsupp‑user
Russian Hacker Dmitry Khoroshev Unmasked as LockBit Ransomware Administrator
by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on 7 May 2024 at 15:49
The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) has unmasked the administrator and developer of the LockBit ransomware operation, revealing it to be a 31-year-old Russian national named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev. In addition, Khoroshev has been sanctioned by the U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCD), the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (
APT42 Hackers Pose as Journalists to Harvest Credentials and Access Cloud Data
by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on 7 May 2024 at 13:25
The Iranian state-backed hacking outfit called APT42 is making use of enhanced social engineering schemes to infiltrate target networks and cloud environments. Targets of the attack include Western and Middle Eastern NGOs, media organizations, academia, legal services and activists, Google Cloud subsidiary Mandiant said in a report published last week. "APT42 was

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