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THN Daily Updates WEBINAR ➞ Stop 'Pip Install and Pray'--Secure Your Python Projects Before It's Too Late Securing the Snake: Safeguarding the Python Supply Chain in 2025 Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Aug 4, 2025 Man-in-the-Middle Attack Prevention Guide Some of the most devastating cyberattacks don’t rely on brute force, but instead succeed through stealth. These quiet intrusions often go unnoticed until long after the attacker has disappeared. Among the most in... Read More New 'Plague' PAM Backdoor Exposes Critical Linux Systems to Silent Credential Theft Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Linux backdoor dubbed Plague that has managed to evade detection for a year. "The implant is built as a malicious PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module), e... Read More Minimize Misconfigurations in the Cloud with CIS Hardened Images Don't want a cloud data breach caused by misconfigurations? CIS Hardened Images® are virtual machine images pre-hardened to the CIS Benchmarks®. With them, you can spare your teams the time and tedium of manual hardening while avoiding human error. Read More The Wild West of Shadow IT Everyone's an IT decision-maker now. The employees in your organization can install a plugin with just one click, and they don't need to clear it with your team first. It's great for productivity, but it's a serious pro... Read More PlayPraetor Android Trojan Infects 11,000+ Devices via Fake Google Play Pages and Meta Ads Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a nascent Android remote access trojan (RAT) called PlayPraetor that has infected more than 11,000 devices, primarily across Portugal, Spain, France, Morocco, Peru, and Hong K... Read More The New Face of DDoS is Impacted by AI AI-driven DDoS attacks surged 358% in early 2025, exposing legacy defenses and raising compliance risks. Read More CL-STA-0969 Installs Covert Malware in Telecom Networks During 10-Month Espionage Campaign Telecommunications organizations in Southeast Asia have been targeted by a state-sponsored threat actor known as CL-STA-0969 to facilitate remote control over compromised networks. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said it obs... Read More Akira Ransomware Exploits SonicWall VPNs in Likely Zero-Day Attack on Fully-Patched Devices SonicWall SSL VPN devices have become the target of Akira ransomware attacks as part of a newfound surge in activity observed in late July 2025. "In the intrusions reviewed, multiple pre-ransomware intrusions were obser... Read More WEBINAR ➞ Stop 'Pip Install and Pray'--Secure Your Python Projects Before It's Too Late Securing the Snake: Safeguarding the Python Supply Chain in 2025 Download Now Sponsored This email was sent to sikubaycom.s3cr3tz@blogger.com. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from THN. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please click here. Contact THN: info@thehackernews.com Unsubscribe THN | K.P BLock, Pitampura, Delhi