From The Hacker News – Google Patches Quick Share Vulnerability Enabling Silent File Transfers Without Consent
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From The Hacker News – Google Patches Quick Share Vulnerability Enabling Silent File Transfers Without Consent

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new vulnerability impacting Google's Quick Share data transfer utility for Windows that could be exploited to achieve a denial-of-service (DoS) or send arbitrary files to a target's device without their approval. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-10668 (CVSS score: 5.9), is a bypass for two of the 10 shortcomings that were originally disclosed by
From The Hacker News – Live Ransomware Demo: See How Hackers Breach Networks and Demand a Ransom
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From The Hacker News – Live Ransomware Demo: See How Hackers Breach Networks and Demand a Ransom

Cyber threats evolve daily. In this live webinar, learn exactly how ransomware attacks unfold—from the initial breach to the moment hackers demand payment. Join Joseph Carson, Delinea’s Chief Security Scientist and Advisory CISO, who brings 25 years of enterprise security expertise. Through a live demonstration, he will break down every technical step of a ransomware attack, showing you how
From The Hacker News – Blind Eagle Hacks Colombian Institutions Using NTLM Flaw, RATs and GitHub-Based Attacks
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From The Hacker News – Blind Eagle Hacks Colombian Institutions Using NTLM Flaw, RATs and GitHub-Based Attacks

The threat actor known as Blind Eagle has been linked to a series of ongoing campaigns targeting Colombian institutions and government entities since November 2024. "The monitored campaigns targeted Colombian judicial institutions and other government or private organizations, with high infection rates," Check Point said in a new analysis. "More than 1,600 victims were affected during one of
From The Hacker News – Hackers Exploit Paragon Partition Manager Driver Vulnerability in Ransomware Attacks
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From The Hacker News – Hackers Exploit Paragon Partition Manager Driver Vulnerability in Ransomware Attacks

Threat actors have been exploiting a security vulnerability in Paragon Partition Manager's BioNTdrv.sys driver in ransomware attacks to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code. The zero-day flaw (CVE-2025-0289) is part of a set of five vulnerabilities that was discovered by Microsoft, according to the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC). "These include arbitrary kernel memory mapping and
From The Hacker News – Silver Fox APT Uses Winos 4.0 Malware in Cyber Attacks Against Taiwanese Organizations
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From The Hacker News – Silver Fox APT Uses Winos 4.0 Malware in Cyber Attacks Against Taiwanese Organizations

A new campaign is targeting companies in Taiwan with malware known as Winos 4.0 as part of phishing emails masquerading as the country's National Taxation Bureau. The campaign, detected last month by Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, marks a departure from previous attack chains that have leveraged malicious game-related applications. "The sender claimed that the malicious file attached was a list of