Jan 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / VPN Security Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware called PLAYFULGHOST that comes with a wide range of information-gathering features like keylogging, screen capture, audio capture, remote shell, and file transfer/execution. The backdoor, according to Google's Managed Defense team, shares functional overlaps with a known … [Read more...] about PLAYFULGHOST Delivered via Phishing and SEO Poisoning in Trojanized VPN Apps
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New AI Jailbreak Method ‘Bad Likert Judge’ Boosts Attack Success Rates by Over 60%
Jan 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananMachine Learning / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new jailbreak technique that could be used to get past a large language model's (LLM) safety guardrails and produce potentially harmful or malicious responses. The multi-turn (aka many-shot) attack strategy has been codenamed Bad Likert Judge by Palo Alto Networks Unit … [Read more...] about New AI Jailbreak Method ‘Bad Likert Judge’ Boosts Attack Success Rates by Over 60%
Severe Security Flaws Patched in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Apps Web API
Jan 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Data Protection Details have emerged about three now-patched security vulnerabilities in Dynamics 365 and Power Apps Web API that could result in data exposure. The flaws, discovered by Melbourne-based cybersecurity company Stratus Security, have been addressed as of May 2024. Two of the three shortcomings reside in Power Platform's … [Read more...] about Severe Security Flaws Patched in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Apps Web API
New “DoubleClickjacking” Exploit Bypasses Clickjacking Protections on Major Websites
Jan 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananWeb Security / Vulnerability Threat hunters have disclosed a new "widespread timing-based vulnerability class" that leverages a double-click sequence to facilitate clickjacking attacks and account takeovers in almost all major websites. The technique has been codenamed DoubleClickjacking by security researcher Paulos Yibelo. "Instead of relying on … [Read more...] about New “DoubleClickjacking” Exploit Bypasses Clickjacking Protections on Major Websites
New U.S. DoJ Rule Halts Bulk Data Transfers to Adversarial Nations to Protect Privacy
Dec 31, 2024Ravie LakshmananData Security / Privacy The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has issued a final rule carrying out Executive Order (EO) 14117, which prevents mass transfer of citizens' personal data to countries of concern such as China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela. "This final rule is a crucial step forward in … [Read more...] about New U.S. DoJ Rule Halts Bulk Data Transfers to Adversarial Nations to Protect Privacy
New HIPAA Rules Mandate 72-Hour Data Restoration and Annual Compliance Audits
Dec 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Compliance The United States Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has proposed new cybersecurity requirements for healthcare organizations with an aim to safeguard patients' data against potential cyber attacks. The proposal, which seeks to modify the Health Insurance Portability and … [Read more...] about New HIPAA Rules Mandate 72-Hour Data Restoration and Annual Compliance Audits
16 Chrome Extensions Hacked, Exposing Over 600,000 Users to Data Theft
Dec 29, 2025Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Protection / Browser Security A new attack campaign has targeted known Chrome browser extensions, leading to at least 16 extensions being compromised and exposing over 600,000 users to data exposure and credential theft. The attack targeted publishers of browser extensions on the Chrome Web Store via a phishing campaign and used their … [Read more...] about 16 Chrome Extensions Hacked, Exposing Over 600,000 Users to Data Theft
15,000+ Four-Faith Routers Exposed to New Exploit Due to Default Credentials
Dec 28, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Threat Intelligence A high-severity flaw impacting select Four-Faith routers has come under active exploitation in the wild, according to new findings from VulnCheck. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-12856 (CVSS score: 7.2), has been described as an operating system (OS) command injection bug affecting router models F3x24 and … [Read more...] about 15,000+ Four-Faith Routers Exposed to New Exploit Due to Default Credentials
North Korean Hackers Deploy OtterCookie Malware in Contagious Interview Campaign
Dec 27, 2024Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Cyber Espionage North Korean threat actors behind the ongoing Contagious Interview campaign have been observed dropping a new JavaScript malware called OtterCookie. Contagious Interview (aka DeceptiveDevelopment) refers to a persistent attack campaign that employs social engineering lures, with the hacking crew often posing as … [Read more...] about North Korean Hackers Deploy OtterCookie Malware in Contagious Interview Campaign
Brazilian Hacker Charged for Extorting $3.2M in Bitcoin After Breaching 300,000 Accounts
Dec 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Ransomware A Brazilian citizen has been charged in the United States for allegedly threatening to release data stolen by hacking into a company's network in March 2020. Junior Barros De Oliveira, 29, of Curitiba, Brazil has been charged with four counts of extortionate threats involving information obtained from protected computers and … [Read more...] about Brazilian Hacker Charged for Extorting $3.2M in Bitcoin After Breaching 300,000 Accounts