US Government Warns of a New Strain of Chinese 'Taidoor' Virus

The Hacker News Daily Updates Cybersecurity Blue Team Toolkit ($26.99 Value) FREE for a Limited Time A practical handbook to cybersecurity for both tech and non-tech professionals. Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Aug 4, 2020 US Government Warns of a New Strain of Chinese 'Taidoor' Virus Intelligence agencies in the US have released information about a new variant of 12-year-old computer virus used by China's state-sponsored hackers targeting governments, corporations, and think tanks. Named "Taidoor," the malware has done an 'excellent' job of compromising systems as early as ... Read More 17-Year-Old 'Mastermind', 2 Others Behind the Biggest Twitter Hack Arrested A 17-year-old teen and two other 19 and 22-year-old individuals have reportedly been arrested for being the alleged mastermind behind the recent Twitter hack that simultaneously targeted several high-profile accounts within minutes as part of a massive bitcoin scam. According to the U.S. ... Read More EU sanctions hackers from China, Russia, North Korea who're wanted by the FBI The Council of the European Union has imposed its first-ever sanctions against persons or entities involved in various cyber-attacks targeting European citizens, and its member states. The directive has been issued against six individuals and three entities responsible for or involved in various ... Read More New Attack Leverages HTTP/2 for Effective Remote Timing Side-Channel Leaks Security researchers have outlined a new technique that renders a remote timing-based side-channel attack more effective regardless of the network congestion between the adversary and the target server. Remote timing attacks that work over a network connection are predominantly affected by ... Read More Zoom Bug Allowed Snoopers Crack Private Meeting Passwords in Minutes Popular video conferencing app Zoom recently fixed a new security flaw that could have allowed potential attackers to crack the numeric passcode used to secure private meetings on the platform and snoop on participants. Zoom meetings are by default protected by a six-digit numeric password, but ... Read More Cybersecurity Blue Team Toolkit ($26.99 Value) FREE for a Limited Time A practical handbook to cybersecurity for both tech and non-tech professionals. Download Now Sponsored This email was sent to myemailku.ghdbrevo2018@blogger.com. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from The Hacker News. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please click here. Contact The Hacker News: info@thehackernews.com Unsubscribe The Hacker News | Pearls Omaxe, Netaji Subash Place, Pitampura, Delhi 110034 India