Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Malicious hackers are targeting people in the cryptocurrency space in attacks that start with a link added to the target’s calendar at Calendly , a popular application for scheduling appointments and meetings. Once the project team complies, their computer comes under the control of the hackers, leading to the theft of funds.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2024

Pro-Ukraine hackers wiped 2 petabytes of data from Russian research center Participants earned more than $1.3M Pro-Ukraine hackers wiped 2 petabytes of data from Russian research center Participants earned more than $1.3M Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition has begun, this is the 10th anniversary of the consumer-focused version of the contest. The news of the Samsung Galaxy S22 hack on the first day of Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 made the headlines. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Pwn2Own Toronto 2022). They earned $50K and 5 Master of Pwn points.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Good news for white hat hackers, Google is going to increase the bounty for demonstrating privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. The move of tripling the bounty aims at encouraging white hat hackers in focusing their efforts on the research and fix of new Kernel exploitation techniques that are very dangerous.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Hackers stole tens of millions of dollars from Eastern European banks in a campaign called “DarkVishnya.” The method deployed by the hackers relied on devices connected at the physical location of the targets, rather than attempting to breach networks remotely. There were several steps to the hack.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Australian Clinical Labs has made an official statement that it was targeted by a sophisticated cyber attack almost 8 months ago and now the stolen data is being sold on the dark web. It was when the information appeared on the dark web that they realized the hack and reported the incident to the law enforcement and the forensic experts.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2022

Hackers have stolen over $250,000 in Ethereum from Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), this is the third security breach it suffered this year. The website was advertised through the official BAYC Discord for a Yuga Labs community manager that was previously hackerd. The first hack of the BAYC discord server took place on April 1st.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2020

VMware and Cisco confirmed to have been both impacted by the recent SolarWinds hack. A recent advisory published by the NSA is warning that Russian state-sponsored hackers are exploiting the recently patched CVE-2020-4006 VMware flaw to steal sensitive information from their targets. SecurityAffairs – hacking, VMware).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Tens of Al Jazeera employees were targeted in a cyber espionage campaign leveraging a zero-click iOS zero-day vulnerability to hack their iPhones. Researchers from Citizen Lab reported that at least 36 Al Jazeera employees were targeted in a cyber espionage campaign leveraging a zero-click iOS zero-day vulnerability to hack their iPhones.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Pangu Lab researchers disclosed details of the Bvp47 backdoor that was used by the US NSA Equation Group. Researchers from The China’s Pangu Lab have disclosed details of a Linux top-tier APT backdoor, tracked as Bvp47, which is associated with the U.S. SecurityAffairs – hacking, backdoor). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

According to the New York Times , the threat actors hacked an employee’s Slack account and used it to inform internal personnel that the company had “suffered a data breach” and provided a list of allegedly hacked internal databases. “I I announce I am a hacker and Uber has suffered a data breach.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2022

White hat hackers earned a total of $800,000 on the first day of the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022, $450,000 for exploits targeting Microsoft Teams. Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking contest has begun, it is the 15th edition of this important event organized by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). To nominate, please visit:?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2019

Lab Dookhtegan hackers leaked details about operations carried out by Iran-linked OilRig group, including source code of 6 tools. A hacker group that goes online with the name Lab Dookhtegan have disclosed details about operations conducted by the Iran-linked cyber-espionage group tracked as OilRig , APT34 , and HelixKitten.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Hackers have broken into the biochemical systems of an Oxford University lab where researchers are working on the study of Covid-19. Hackers compromised the systems at one of the most advanced biology labs at the Oxford University that is involved in the research on the Covid-19 pandemic. ” reported Forbes.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 1, 2021

The hack gave the attackers access to the computer networks of some 18,000 of SolarWinds’s customers, including US government agencies such as the Homeland Security Department and State Department, American nuclear research labs, government contractors, IT companies and nongovernmental agencies around the world.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

” Only one of the men sanctioned today is known to have been criminally charged in connection with hacking activity. Secret Service determined that he ran a massive “money mule” scheme, which used phony job offers to trick people into laundering money stolen from hacked small to mid-sized businesses in the United States.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 17, 2022

The post A week in security (January 10 – 16) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs. Will you join? How to share your Wi-Fi password safely Night Sky: the new corporate ransomware demanding a sky high ransom Attackers are mailing USB sticks to drop ransomware on victims’ computers.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 5, 2021

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Is it Game Over for VR Advergaming ? The post A week in security (June 28 – June 4) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs. Lil’ skimmer, the Magecart impersonator What is the WireGuard VPN protocol ? Stay safe, everyone!

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

To go on with, all these days we have N number of stories about Chinese hackers infiltrating networks across the world. But the current news piece is related to a new hacking group that has been assigned the duty to target government servers of the Xi Jinping led nation. However, this time it’s different and is interesting.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

in attacks in the wild, Bitdefender Labs reported. “Starting on January 20 2023, Bitdefender Labs started to notice a global increase in attacks using the ManageEngine exploit CVE-2022-47966.” ” reads the report published by Bitdefender Labs.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 14, 2019

This sounds like a good development: a new $10 million contract the Defense Department's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched to design and build a secure voting system that it hopes will be impervious to hacking.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 16, 2021

According to an analysis report conducted by Arkose Labs, a massive spike in cyber attack cases will be witnessed during November-December 2021. As most of the web traffic will be busy in buying gifts and luxuries for their loved ones.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs. The post A week in security (August 30 – September 5) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs. Stay safe, everyone!

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2021

Hackers offered for sale on the dark web data belonging to 538 million Weibo users, including 172 million phone numbers. ShinyHunters, a trusted threat actor, is offering on a hacker forum the databases stolen from eighteen companies, over 386 million user records available online. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breaches).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Mooc stands for massive open online course, a training program that offers essential certifications in cybersecurity that includes courses related to network defense, ethical hacking and digital forensics. The post New certification in Network Defense, Ethical Hacking and Digital Forensics appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs. Microsoft plugs actively exploited zero-days and other updates Playstation 5 hacked —twice! Source: The Record) Void Balaur hackers-for-hire sell stolen mailboxes and private data. The post A week in security (Nov 8 – Nov 14) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs. Source: ABC.net.au

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The year 2020 witnessed hackers showing a lot of interest in mobile apps related to health and wellness. Health Information such as demographics, lab results, medications, procedures, allergies and other data was severely affected says Elissa Knight, a Cybersecurity Expert from Approov.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 12, 2021

This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs. In addition, we speak to Point3 Security chief strategist Chloé Messdaghi, HaveIBeenPwned founder Troy Hunt, and We Hack Purple founder and CEO Tanya Janca about security fatigue. Security fatigue is exactly what it sounds like.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Many popular OS and applications have been hacked during this year’s edition of the Tianfu Cup hacking competition. This year’s edition of the Tianfu Cup hacking competition was very prolific, bug bounty hackers have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in multiple software and applications. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

Mandiant concluded that the 3CX attack was orchestrated by the North Korean state-sponsored hacking group known as Lazarus , a determination that was independently reached earlier by researchers at Kaspersky Lab and Elastic Security.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

NYRA is keen on not entertaining the demands of hackers for ransom and says that it will rebuild the locked-up database with the help of an effective data continuity plan that is already in place. Hackers are seen using this malware to exploit browsers leading to advertising and affiliate frauds.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 3, 2021

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at which age range is most likely to be targeted by online predators , talked to Malwarebytes CISO John Donovan on our Lock and Code podcast , and explored the latest deepfake happenings. The post A week in security (April 26 – May 2) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2022

The Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking contest ended, Trend Micro and ZDI awarded a total of $1,155,000 for successful attempts! During the third day of the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking competition, white hat hackers demonstrated a working exploit against Microsoft Windows 11 OS. To nominate, please visit:? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 23, 2021

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Podcast: Katie Moussouris hacked Clubhouse. Source: BleepingComputer) A job ad blunder by the UK’s Ministry of Defence has accidentally revealed the existence of a secret SAS mobile hacker squad. Source: IDC) Hackers steal $97 million from Japan’s Liquid crypto exchange.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 6, 2021

Black Lotus Labs, a subsidiary of Lumen Technologies, has warned all website owners about an increase in ‘watering hole’ cyber threats. The researchers from the organization say that a hacking group operating from Asia was busy launching malware campaigns targeting websites operated by large and small businesses.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2023

The Hunters International ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch). Another healthcare organization suffered a ransomware attack, the Hunters International ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch). ” reported the Seattle Times. “If

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2019

A few hours ago, a new email hacking tool dubbed Jason and associated with the OilRig APT group was leaked through the same Telegram channel used to leak other tools. The Lab Dookhtegan hackers used a Telegram channel to dump information about the OilRig infrastructure, revealing details about its hacking tools, members, and operations.

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