53.5% of websites have weak SSL.

Not firewalls. Not zero-days. Just bad encryption setups.

👀 That’s how attackers walk in the front door.
SSL misconfigs = MITM attacks, eavesdropping & breaches.

🔥 Your attack surface is growing. Fix it before it spreads.

🔗 Learn more: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/how-ssl-misconfigurations-impact-your.html

🔥 93% of service providers struggle with cybersecurity compliance.

Only 2% feel confident. That’s a problem—and an opportunity.

This guide breaks down NIST compliance into clear, doable steps for MSPs & MSSPs.

✅ Find gaps
✅ Automate tasks
✅ Build client trust
✅ Cut manual work by 70%

Start here → https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/helping-your-clients-achieve-nist.html

👀 New Google Cloud vulnerability exposed private containers—now patched.

A flaw in Google Cloud Run (ImageRunner) let attackers with limited access pull private images and inject malicious code.

Attackers could exploit this to steal secrets or run malicious containers.

🔗 Learn more: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/google-fixed-cloud-run-vulnerability.html

🚨 Kidflix Taken Down!

The largest CSAM platform—1.8M users, 91K videos—has been dismantled in a global sting across 38 countries.

⚡ Operation Stream seized 72,000 files on March 11. Crypto. Tokens. Gamified abuse.
Real kids. Real crimes.

🔗 Read: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/europol-dismantles-kidflix-with-72000.html

🚨 New web skimming campaign abuses old Stripe API to steal real credit cards

💳 49+ sites hit. Real Stripe screen, fake iframe. Cloned buttons.

Targets: WooCommerce, WordPress, PrestaShop.

🔎 Details → https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/legacy-stripe-api-exploited-to-validate.html

🛑 Think that cheap Android phone is a bargain? It might come loaded with Triada—a powerful malware pre-installed on counterfeit devices.

👀 2,600+ victims hit in just two weeks; and hackers stole 💰 $270K+ in crypto.

🔗 Learn more: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/triada-malware-preloaded-on-counterfeit.html

🚨 New Google Quick Share flaw exposed.
📌 CVE-2024-10668

Attackers could crash your PC or send files to it without approval via Quick Share for Windows.

🔗 Learn more: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/google-patches-quick-share.html

🚨 AI isn’t waiting for your compliance checklist.

CISOs want faster, smarter SOCs—but GRC teams hit pause. Result? Missed threats. Wasted time. Rising risk.

✅ The fix: Practical AI governance.

👉 Break the deadlock now. Read the guide: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/ai-adoption-in-enterprise-breaking.html

🔥 North Korea’s Lazarus Group is back—with a new twist on fake job scams.

They’re using ClickFix tricks to infect crypto job seekers with GolangGhost, a stealthy Go-based backdoor hitting Windows & macOS.

Now expanding fast in Europe—with IT workers faking identities to infiltrate companies in 🇩🇪Germany, 🇵🇹Portugal & 🇬🇧UK.

🔗 Full story: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/lazarus-group-targets-job-seekers-with.html

🚨 Cybercriminals just got smarter. Did your defenses?

AI isn't just a tool for good—it’s a weapon in the wrong hands. Deepfake phishing, AI-powered exploits, invisible breaches—they’re already here.

If your security hasn’t adapted, you’re already behind. But there’s a way forward.

👀 Join us for our next WEBINAR
🎙️ Featuring expert from @Zscaler
💡 Learn how to outsmart AI-powered threats

Watch now → https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/ai-threats-are-evolving-fast-learn.html

Stop patching blindly. Start defending smart.

Threat-Led Vulnerability Management (TLVM) helps you focus on what attackers are actually exploiting—not just what’s labeled “critical.”

In today’s AI-fueled threat landscape, context > CVSS.
🎯 Prioritize real risks.
🛡️ Strengthen your defenses.
⏱️ Act before attackers do.

Learn how: https://thehackernews.com/expert-insights/2025/03/why-now-is-time-to-adopt-threat-led.html

🚨 Microsoft Alert: New tax-season phishing wave hits 2,300+ U.S. Companies!

Hackers are using PDFs, QR codes, and fake DocuSign pages to steal passwords and install malware like Latrodectus and Brute Ratel.

🎯 Targeted: IT, consulting, and engineering firms
📦 Malware: Remcos, AHKBot, GuLoader, more

🔗 Full story here: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/microsoft-warns-of-tax-themed-email.html

🚨 Massive new risk for data systems!

CVE-2025-30065 | Apache Parquet Java lib flaw (CVSS 10.0) lets attackers execute arbitrary code via poisoned files.

If your pipelines touch untrusted Parquet files, patch NOW.

Read: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/critical-flaw-in-apache-parquet-allows.html

👀 The cloud never slows down — neither do the threats.

Wiz, now part of Google’s biggest acquisition ever, can show you in 15 mins how to secure everything from code to runtime—without adding friction.

👉 See how it works: https://thehackernews.com/videos/2025/03/wiz-15-minute-demo-secure-everything.html

⚡ CERT-UA confirms 3+ attacks on Ukraine’s government and critical systems since Fall 2024 using phishing links (DropMeFiles, Google Drive) to deploy WRECKSTEEL malware.

Cyber threats are escalating.

Read more ➔ https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/cert-ua-reports-cyberattacks-targeting.html

🔥 New Ivanti ZERO-DAY exploited in the wild — China-linked UNC5221 hits Connect Secure (CVE-2025-22457, CVSS 9.0).

💣 Exploits spotted mid-March by Mandiant.
🕵️‍♂️Malware: TRAILBLAZE, BRUSHFIRE, SPAWN.
🎯 Persistence. Credential theft. Data exfiltration.

⚡ Patch now | See full story + urgent guidance: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/critical-ivanti-flaw-actively-exploited.html

🚨 Hackers aren’t hiding in basements anymore — they’re students with business plans.

A 19-year-old, Coquettte, used Russian bulletproof hosting to spread malware disguised as antivirus software.

An OPSEC mistake exposed ties to Horrid, a cybercrime group training new hackers.

👀 Learn more: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/opsec-failure-exposes-coquetttes.html

🔥 10 years ago, Docker changed how we build software.

Today, Chainguard OS changes how we deliver it.

Chainguard OS:
✅ Secure upstream sources
✅ Daily updates
✅ Smaller, safer, faster

Containers evolved. Now software delivery has too.

👉 What’s next: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/have-we-reached-distroless-tipping-point.html

👀 $0 GitHub Action ➔ $B security nightmare.

In Nov 2024, a SpotBugs maintainer accidentally leaked a GitHub access token.

⚡ Attackers exploited it—moving from SpotBugs ➔ reviewdog ➔ poisoning tj-actions/changed-files—before striking Coinbase in March 2025.

➡️ Details here: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/spotbugs-access-token-theft-identified.html

DDoS attacks are rising — and gaps in protection are being exposed. 📈

In 2024, Cloudflare reported 25M+ DDoS attacks, a 53% YoY increase.

Even basic attacks can bypass defenses due to hidden vulnerabilities in security policies — not vendor failures.

Continuous validation is now essential to stay resilient.

Learn more 👉 https://thehackernews.com/expert-insights/2025/03/the-surprising-gap-in-ddos-protections.html

🚨 Malicious Python packages on PyPI steal data from 34,000+ users!

Fake libraries (bitcoinlibdbfix, bitcoinlib-dev, disgrasya) hid malware to exfiltrate databases and test stolen credit cards.

👀 Attackers even joined GitHub discussions to trick users.

🔗 Read: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/malicious-python-packages-on-pypi.html