Cybersecurity Researchers Spotted First-Ever UEFI Rootkit in the Wild

The Hacker News Daily Updates Modular security in the age of automated secOps Duplicate development is a major waste of SecOps resources. See how the latest version of Swimlane’s SOAR solution utilizes modular applets to improve incident response processes. Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Sep 28, 2018 Julian Assange will no longer be the editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks Julian Assange, the founder of popular whistleblower website WikiLeaks, is stepping down from the position of editor-in-chief of the organisation under "extraordinary circumstances." Assange, the 47-year-old Australian hacker, founded WikiLeaks in 2006 and has since made many high-profile leaks, ... Read More Google Hacker Discloses New Linux Kernel Vulnerability and PoC Exploit A cybersecurity researcher with Google Project Zero has released the details, and a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a high severity vulnerability that exists in Linux kernel since kernel version 3.16 through 4.18.8. Discovered by white hat hacker Jann Horn, the kernel vulnerability ... Read More 16-Year-Old Boy Who Hacked Apple's Private Systems Gets No Jail Time An Australian teenager who pleaded guilty to break into Apple's private systems multiple times over several months and download some 90GB of secure files has avoided conviction and will not serve time in prison. An Australian Children's Court has given the now 19-year-old adult defendant, who was ... Read More Pangu Hackers have Jailbroken iOS 12 on Apple's New iPhone XS Bad news for Apple. The Chinese hacking team Pangu is back and has once again surprised everyone with a jailbreak for iOS 12 running on the brand-new iPhone XS. Well, that was really fast. Pangu jailbreak team has been quiet for a while, since it last released the untethered jailbreak tool for ... Read More Cybersecurity Researchers Spotted First-Ever UEFI Rootkit in the Wild Cybersecurity researchers at ESET have unveiled what they claim to be the first-ever UEFI rootkit being used in the wild, allowing hackers to implant persistent malware on the targeted computers that could survive a complete hard-drive wipe. Dubbed LoJax, the UEFI rootkit is part of a malware ... Read More Modular security in the age of automated secOps Duplicate development is a major waste of SecOps resources. See how the latest version of Swimlane’s SOAR solution utilizes modular applets to improve incident response processes. 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