Category: security
Chinese hackers sneakily stole secrets from Dutch chip company
Chinese hackers infiltrated the network of NXP, a major Dutch semiconductor maker, for more than two years to steal chip designs, according to a report from Dutch daily newspaper NRC (via Tom’s Hardware). According to the report, Chimera, a hacking group with links to China and a history of targeting…
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Even gas pumps aren’t safe from cyberattacks at the moment
An alarming number of gas pumps could be vulnerable to cyberattacks, threatening to cut off driver supply to fuel, new research has claimed. The research team behind Cybernews has uncovered results from the Shodan search engine, which lets users search for severs connected to the Internet, and suggests that nearly…
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A new botnet is spreading Mirai across the world, with thousands of devices affected
Cybersecurity researchers have spotted a new campaign to bring additional endpoints into the Mirai botnet. According to a blog post from Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT), unidentified threat actors discovered two new zero-day vulnerabilities and are currently exploiting them to strengthen the infamous DDoS botnet. Given that the zero-days…
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This devious malware will let hackers restore deleted cookies and hijack your Google account
The latest version of the Lumma infostealer malware has a rather interesting feature – it is able to restore expired Google cookies, which can then be used to access the victim’s Google account. The findings come from cybersecurity researchers from Hudson Rock, who have warned it could spell disaster even…
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A top US nuclear energy testing facility has been hit by a serious cyberattack and data breach
The Idaho National Laboratory (INL), a US government nuclear research center that works on the development, demonstration, and deployment of nuclear energy, has confirmed suffering a cyberattack and data theft. Speaking to local media outlet East Idaho News, INL spokesperson Lori McNamara said the data breach affected servers “supporting its…
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Critical Citrix Bleed vulnerability is being used by hackers to target multiple businesses
The US Government’s cybersecurity and law enforcement agencies are warning about what the cybersecurity community has known for close to a month now – the LockBit hackers are leveraging the Citrix Bleed vulnerability to target organizations everywhere. Earlier this week, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of…
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