Researchers Trace Widespread Espionage Attacks Back to Chinese 'Cicada' Hackers

The Hacker News Daily Updates The Essentials of IT Security - 2022 Kit Download this kit to learn everything you need to know about IT Security. Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Apr 11, 2022 Researchers warn of FFDroider and Lightning info-stealers targeting users in the wild Cybersecurity researchers are warning of two different information-stealing malware, named FFDroider and Lightning Stealer, that are capable of siphoning data and launching further attacks. "Designed to send stolen credentials and cookies to a Command & Control server, FFDroider disguises itself ... Read More Microsoft's New Autopatch Feature to Help Businesses Keep Their Systems Up-to-Date Microsoft last week announced that it intends to make generally available a feature called Autopatch as part of Windows Enterprise E3 in July 2022. "This service will keep Windows and Office software on enrolled endpoints up-to-date automatically, at no additional cost," said Lior Bela, senior ... Read More Hackers Exploiting Spring4Shell Vulnerability to Deploy Mirai Botnet Malware The recently disclosed critical Spring4Shell vulnerability is being actively exploited by threat actors to execute the Mirai botnet malware, particularly in the Singapore region since the start of April 2022. "The exploitation allows threat actors to download the Mirai sample to the '/tmp' folder ... Read More Chinese Hacker Groups Continue to Target Indian Power Grid Assets China-linked adversaries have been attributed to an ongoing onslaught against Indian power grid organizations, one year after a concerted campaign targeting critical infrastructure in the country came to light. Most of the intrusions involved a modular backdoor named ShadowPad, according to ... Read More Researchers Connect BlackCat Ransomware with Past BlackMatter Malware Activity Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered further links between BlackCat (aka AlphaV) and BlackMatter ransomware families, the former of which emerged as a replacement following international scrutiny last year. "At least some members of the new BlackCat group have links to the BlackMatter group, ... Read More The Essentials of IT Security - 2022 Kit Download this kit to learn everything you need to know about IT Security. 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