Security ≠ Compliance!

Compliance requirements in cybersecurity are evolving rapidly, demanding stronger organizational skills from CISOs. Building partnerships with legal teams, privacy officers, and audit committees is crucial for success.

Learn: https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/ciso-perspectives-on-complying-with.html

⚠️ ALERT: Exploit alert for Magento users!

A critical flaw, CVE-2024-20720, allows threat actors to sneak a persistent backdoor into e-commerce sites and deploy skimmers to steal financial data.

Learn more: https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/hackers-exploit-magento-bug-to-steal.html

🔐 Google sues app developers for massive cryptocurrency scam.

Scammers tricked 100,000+ users into downloading fake investment apps, stealing money under the promise of high returns.

Learn more: https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/google-sues-app-developers-over-fake.html

🛑 Latin America targeted in a new phishing attack. Beware of emails with HTML files or ZIP attachments posing as invoices.

Cybercriminals are also using suspended domains and CAPTCHA verification to mask malicious files.

Learn more: https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/cybercriminals-targeting-latin-america.html

⚠️ Beware of Latrodectus malware. This powerful new threat is believed to be linked to the notorious IcedID group. It can execute commands, evade detection, and pave the way for further attacks.

Learn more: https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/watch-out-for-latrodectus-this-malware.html

🛡️ Google adds V8 Sandbox to Chrome, designed to combat memory corruption issues within its JavaScript engine—addressing the root cause of many zero-day exploits.

Read details here: https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/google-chrome-adds-v8-sandbox-new.html

⚠️ Urgent Alert: Hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-3272 and CVE-2024-3273) in D-Link NAS devices.

Up to 92,000 devices affected, allowing data theft and device control.

https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/critical-flaws-leave-92000-d-link-nas.html

D-Link won't fix it – upgrade or disconnect ASAP!

Hackers using fake invoices to spread dangerous malware like Venom RAT, Remcos RAT, XWorm, NanoCore RAT, and crypto wallet stealers.

They let them take over your computer, steal passwords and sensitive data, and empty crypto wallets.

https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/attackers-using-obfuscation-tools-to.html

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🚨 Hackers could take control of your LG Smart TV – Multiple security vulnerabilities have been uncovered in LG webOS, allowing unauthorized access.

Get the details and check if you need the update 👇
https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/researchers-discover-lg-smart-tv.html

Did you know that 80% of app security issues stem from outdated dependencies?

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⚠️ Researchers uncover Starry Addax, a sophisticated threat actor targeting human rights activists in Morocco & the Western Sahara region with fake #Android apps & Windows login pages.

Learn more: https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/hackers-targeting-human-rights.html

🕵️‍♂️ RUBYCARP, a sophisticated hacker group suspected to be from Romania and active for over a decade, has been discovered operating a long-standing botnet for cryptocurrency mining, DDoS, and phishing attacks.

Details: https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/10-year-old-rubycarp-romanian-hacker.html

⚠️ Attention Developers: A severe vulnerability (CVE-2024-24576) in the Rust standard library could lead to command injection attacks on Windows systems.

https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/critical-batbadbut-rust-vulnerability.html

CVSS score of 10.0. Patch any apps using vulnerable Rust versions ASAP!

🔥 Urgent Patch Alert!

Microsoft releases a massive patch for April 2024, fixing a record 149 flaws. Two vulnerabilities are ALREADY under attack.

https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/microsoft-fixes-149-flaws-in-huge-april.html

Update your systems NOW.

Researchers found the "first native Spectre v2 exploit" targeting Linux kernel on Intel systems, bypassing existing memory leak protections and privilege escalation defenses.

Read details here: https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/researchers-uncover-first-native.html

Misconfigured systems? Forgotten accounts? These are like secret tunnels for hackers into your systems.

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⚠️ BEWARE: Hackers are exploiting GitHub's search feature—using popular names and boosting rankings with fake stars—to lure developers into downloading #malware-infected repositories.

https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/beware-githubs-fake-popularity-scam.html

⚠️ Researchers uncover a fresh wave of the Raspberry Robin campaign spreading malware through malicious Windows Script Files (WSFs) since March 2024.

Read more about this evolving threat: https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/raspberry-robin-returns-new-malware.html

Active Android spyware campaign 'eXotic Visit' targeting users in India and Pakistan.

Fake messaging apps like "ChitChat" and "Alpha Chat" actually contain the trojan.

https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/exotic-visit-spyware-campaign-targets.html

Bad news: Some of these apps were on Google Play.

🚨 Urgent security warning - If you use FortiClientLinux, update immediately. Critical vulnerability could let attackers run code on your system.

Patch now, get the details here: https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/fortinet-has-released-patches-to.html