Hidden Backdoor Found In WordPress Captcha Plugin Affects Over 300,000 Sites

The Hacker News Daily Updates Threat Monitoring, Detection and Response Report The ultimate research on threat management. Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Dec 20, 2017 Greedy North Korean Hackers Targeting Cryptocurrencies and Point-of-Sale Terminals The North Korean hacking group has turned greedy. Security researchers have uncovered a new widespread malware campaign targeting cryptocurrency users, believed to be originated from Lazarus Group, a state-sponsored hacking group linked to the North Korean government. Active since 2009, Lazarus ... Read More Hidden Backdoor Found In WordPress Captcha Plugin Affects Over 300,000 Sites Buying popular plugins with a large user-base and using it for effortless malicious campaigns have become a new trend for bad actors. One such incident happened recently when the renowned developer BestWebSoft sold a popular Captcha WordPress plugin to an undisclosed buyer, who then modified the ... Read More This New Android Malware Can Physically Damage Your Phone Due to the recent surge in cryptocurrency prices, not only hackers but also legitimate website administrators are increasingly using JavaScript-based cryptocurrency miners to monetize by levying the CPU power of your PC to mine Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. Just last week, researchers from ... Read More Kaspersky Lab Sues U.S. Government Over Software Ban Moscow-based cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab has taken the United States government to a U.S. federal court for its decision to ban the use of Kaspersky products in federal agencies and departments. In September 2017, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a Binding ... Read More Firewall Bursting: A New Approach to Better Branch Security One of the most common network security solutions is the branch firewall. Branch firewall appliances can pack into a single device a wide range of security capabilities including a stateful or next-generation firewall, anti-virus, URL filtering, and IDS/IPS. But the reality is that most of these ... Read More Threat Monitoring, Detection and Response Report The ultimate research on threat management. Download Now Sponsored This email was sent to balvistudio4.raaj@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