⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [27 February]

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This week, our news radar shows that every new tech idea comes with its own challenges. A hot AI tool is under close watch, law enforcement is shutting down online

U.S. and Dutch Authorities Dismantle 39 Domains Linked to BEC Fraud Network

01/02/2025 0 Comments 0 tags

U.S. and Dutch law enforcement agencies have announced that they have dismantled 39 domains and their associated servers as part of efforts to disrupt a network of online marketplaces originating

Meta Confirms Zero-Click WhatsApp Spyware Attack Targeting 90 Journalists, Activists

01/02/2025 0 Comments 0 tags

Meta-owned WhatsApp on Friday said it disrupted a campaign that involved the use of spyware to target journalists and civil society members. The campaign, which targeted around 90 members, involved

BeyondTrust Zero-Day Breach Exposes 17 SaaS Customers via Compromised API Key

01/02/2025 0 Comments 0 tags

BeyondTrust has revealed it completed an investigation into a recent cybersecurity incident that targeted some of the company’s Remote Support SaaS instances by making use of a compromised API key.

Malvertising Scam Uses Fake Google Ads to Hijack Microsoft Advertising Accounts

01/02/2025 0 Comments 0 tags

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malvertising campaign that’s targeting Microsoft advertisers with bogus Google ads that aim to take them to phishing pages that are capable of harvesting their credentials.

Broadcom Patches VMware Aria Flaws – Exploits May Lead to Credential Theft

31/01/2025 0 Comments 0 tags

Broadcom has released security updates to patch five security flaws impacting VMware Aria Operations and Aria Operations for Logs, warning customers that attackers could exploit them to gain elevated access

Google Bans 158,000 Malicious Android App Developer Accounts in 2024

31/01/2025 0 Comments 0 tags

Google said it blocked over 2.36 million policy-violating Android apps from being published to the Google Play app marketplace in 2024 and banned more than 158,000 bad developer accounts that

Italy Bans Chinese DeepSeek AI Over Data Privacy and Ethical Concerns

31/01/2025 0 Comments 0 tags

Italy’s data protection watchdog has blocked Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm DeepSeek’s service within the country, citing a lack of information on its use of users’ personal data. The development

Top 5 AI-Powered Social Engineering Attacks

31/01/2025 0 Comments 0 tags

Social engineering has long been an effective tactic because of how it focuses on human vulnerabilities. There’s no brute-force ‘spray and pray’ password guessing. No scouring systems for unpatched software.

CISA and FDA Warn of Critical Backdoor in Contec CMS8000 Patient Monitors

31/01/2025 0 Comments 0 tags

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have issued alerts about the presence of hidden functionality in Contec CMS8000 patient monitors and