The top US envoy to Budapest warned Hungary to be vigilant about attracting Chinese investments, highlighting a potential source of tension in the otherwise warm ties between Prime Minister Viktor Orban and President Donald Trump. “President Trump is clear,” Charge d’Affaires Robert Palladino told a conference in Budapest on Tuesday. “China poses a strategic challenge … Read more
Trend Micro last week released its latest research that warned of a major new wave of attacks attempting to compromise home routers for use in IoT botnets. With the dawn of the internet of things (IoT), botnet developers have found a new domain to conquer, but there they must compete with one another to grow … Read more
Mar 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalvertising / Open Source Microsoft has disclosed details of a large-scale malvertising campaign that’s estimated to have impacted over one million devices globally as part of what it said is an opportunistic attack designed to steal sensitive information. The tech giant, which detected the activity in early December 2024, is tracking it … Read more
U.S. cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks has warned that hackers are exploiting another vulnerability in its firewall software to break into unpatched customer networks. Attackers are exploiting a recently disclosed vulnerability in PAN-OS, the operating system that runs Palo Alto Networks firewalls, the California-based company confirmed on Tuesday. Cybersecurity firm Assetnote discovered the vulnerability, tracked … Read more
A new Mirai-based botnet is causing internet backbone provider Akamai to sound the alarm. Known as Aquabotv3, the malware exploits a vulnerability in a series of Mitel internet-connected phones. The aim of the threat actors, according to Akamai researchers Larry Cashdollar and Kyle Lefton, is to create a platform for denial-of-service attacks. “Aquabot is a … Read more