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By Deeba Ahmed LinkedIn and Microsoft users, watch out for this phishing scam! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: LinkedIn Phishing Scam Exploits Smart Links to Steal Microsoft Accounts

Evasive malware disguised as a caching plug-in allows attackers to create an admin account on a WordPress site, then take over and monetize sites at the expense of legitimate SEO and user privacy.

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new sophisticated strain of malware that masquerades a WordPress plugin to stealthily create administrator accounts and remotely control a compromised site. "Complete with a professional looking opening comment implying it is a caching plugin, this rogue code contains numerous functions, adds filters to prevent itself from being included in the list

High-profile government and telecom entities in Asia have been targeted as part of an ongoing campaign since 2021 that's designed to deploy basic backdoors and loaders for delivering next-stage malware. Cybersecurity company Check Point is tracking the activity under the name Stayin' Alive. Targets include organizations located in Vietnam, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Kazakhstan. "The simplistic

A sophisticated APT known as "ToddyCat," sponsored by Beijing, is cleverly using unsophisticated malware to keep defenders off their trail.

More than 17,000 WordPress websites have been compromised in the month of September 2023 with malware known as Balada Injector, nearly twice the number of detections in August. Of these, 9,000 of the websites are said to have been infiltrated using a recently disclosed security flaw in the tagDiv Composer plugin (CVE-2023-3169, CVSS score: 6.1) that could be exploited by unauthenticated users to

Researchers believe that more than 70,000 Android devices may have been affected with preloaded Peachpit malware that was installed on the electronics before being sold at market.

By Deeba Ahmed If you use WordPress, update to the latest version. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers on WordPress Websites Hacking Spree with Balada Malware

By Deeba Ahmed As the conflict escalates on the ground, hacktivists are gearing up for cyberwar. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacktivists Trageting Critical ICS Infrastructure in Israel and Palestine

Incorrect access control in 70mai a500s v1.2.119 allows attackers to directly access and delete the video files of the driving recorder through ftp and other protocols.