Elon Musk says he has found new Twitter CEO

<p>Elon Musk said he has found a new chief executive for Twitter without naming the person and that he will transition to the role of chief technology officer of the social media platform.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/executives/elon...witter-ceo

Mastermind Behind Twitter 2020 Hack Pleads Guilty and Faces up to 70 Years in Prison

A U.K. national has pleaded guilty in the U.S. in connection with the July 2020 Twitter attack affecting numerous high-profile accounts and defrauding other users of the platform.
Joseph James O'Connor, who also went by the online alias PlugwalkJoe, admitted to "his role in cyberstalking and multiple schemes that involve computer hacking, including the July 2020 hack of Twitter," the U.S.

https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/master...-hack.html

GitHub Extends Push Protection to Prevent Accidental Leaks of Keys and Other Secrets

GitHub has announced the general availability of a new security feature called push protection, which aims to prevent developers from inadvertently leaking keys and other secrets in their code.
The Microsoft-owned cloud-based repository hosting platform, which began testing the feature a year ago, said it's also extending push protection to all public repositories at no extra cost.
The

https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/github...on-to.html

Twitter Finally Rolling Out Encrypted Direct Messages — Starting with Verified Use

Twitter is officially beginning to roll out support for encrypted direct messages (DMs) on the platform, more than five months after its chief executive Elon Musk confirmed plans for the feature in November 2022.
The "Phase 1" of the initiative will appear as separate conversations alongside existing direct messages on users' inboxes. Encrypted chats carry a lock icon badge to visually

https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/twitte...ypted.html

Andoryu Botnet Exploits Critical Ruckus Wireless Flaw for Widespread Attack

A nascent botnet called Andoryu has been found to exploit a now-patched critical security flaw in the Ruckus Wireless Admin panel to break into vulnerable devices.
The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-25717 (CVSS score: 9.8), stems from improper handling of HTTP requests, leading to unauthenticated remote code execution and a complete compromise of wireless Access Point (AP) equipment.
Andoryu was 

https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/andory...uckus.html

Babuk Source Code Sparks 9 Different Ransomware Strains Targeting VMware ESXi Systems

Multiple threat actors have capitalized on the leak of Babuk (aka Babak or Babyk) ransomware code in September 2021 to build as many as nine different ransomware families capable of targeting VMware ESXi systems.
"These variants emerged through H2 2022 and H1 2023, which shows an increasing trend of Babuk source code adoption," SentinelOne security researcher Alex Delamotte said in a report

https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/babuk-...9-new.html

Spanish Police Takes Down Massive Cybercrime Ring, 40 Arrested

The National Police of Spain said it arrested 40 individuals for their alleged involvement in an organized crime gang called Trinitarians.
Among those apprehended include two hackers who carried out bank scams through phishing and smishing techniques and 15 other members of the crime syndicate, who have all been charged with a number of offenses such as bank fraud, forging documents, identity

https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/spanis...ssive.html

How Attack Surface Management Supports Continuous Threat Exposure Management

According to Forrester, External Attack Surface Management (EASM) emerged as a market category in 2021 and gained popularity in 2022. In a different report, Gartner concluded that vulnerability management vendors are expanding their offerings to include Attack Surface Management (ASM) for a suite of comprehensive offensive security solutions.
Recognition from global analysts has officially put

https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/how-at...ports.html

New APT Group Red Stinger Targets Military and Critical Infrastructure in Eastern Eu

A previously undetected advanced persistent threat (APT) actor dubbed Red Stinger has been linked to attacks targeting Eastern Europe since 2020.
"Military, transportation, and critical infrastructure were some of the entities being targeted, as well as some involved in the September East Ukraine referendums," Malwarebytes disclosed in a report published today.
"Depending on the campaign,

https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/new-ap...rgets.html

Volkswagen shareholders formally approve actions of Board of Management and Supervi

Volkswagen shareholders formally approve actions of Board of Management and Supervisory Board and adopt resolution on dividend for 2022...

https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/news/202...f-man.html