Data Breach at New BreachForums: 4,000 members’ data leaked

By Waqas BreachForums is a recently resurfaced alternative to the popular hacker and cybercrime forum, Breach Forums, which is now defunct. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Data Breach at New BreachForums: 4,000 members’ data leaked...

Raidforums Database Leak: Data of 460,000 Users Dumped Online

By Waqas An analysis by Hackread.com indicates that the database is legitimate since it contains details of the forum's founder, Omnipotent. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Raidforums Database Leak: Data of 460,000 Users Dumped Online...

Revamped Prometei Botnet Version Infects Over 10,000 Systems

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The Prometei v3 botnet, an upgraded version of the Prometei botnet malware, has compromised over 10,000 systems mining the Monero cryptocurrency. To receive real-time threat advisories, please follow...

BlackLotus UEFI Bootkit Exploits Windows 11 vulnerability

Threat Level Attack Report Follow Hive Pro for a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here from HiveForce Labs. Summary BlackLotus is a UEFI bootkit that can exploit a vulnerability in Windows 11 systems and is advertised and sold on underground forums for $5,000...

[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: kstars-3.6.3-1.fc38

KStars is a Desktop Planetarium. It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time. The display includes up to 100 million stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects, all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets and asteroids...

PayPal Sued Over Data Breach that Impacted 35,000 users

By Waqas If the case proceeds as a class action, it could potentially represent thousands of affected individuals seeking damages from PayPal This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: PayPal Sued Over Data Breach that Impacted 35,000 users...

Adsense abused: 11,000 sites hacked in a backdoor attack

By Waqas All infected websites are using the WordPress CMS. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Adsense abused: 11,000 sites hacked in a backdoor attack...

PayPal Notifies 35,000 Users of Data Breach

By Habiba Rashid According to PayPal, hackers managed to access the personal information of 34,942 users; however, no transactions were performed from the breached accounts. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: PayPal Notifies 35,000 Users of Data Breach...

Friday Squid Blogging: Grounded Fishing Boat Carrying 16,000 Pounds of Squid

Rough seas are hampering efforts to salvage the boat: The Speranza Marie, carrying 16,000 pounds of squid and some 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel, hit the shoreline near Chinese Harbor at about 2 a.m. on Dec. 15. Six crew members were on board, and all were rescued without injury by another fishing...

A Ride on the Wild Side with Hacking Heavyweight Sick Codes

Beverage of Choice: Krating Daeng Thai Red Bull Industry Influencer he Admires: Casey John Ellis What did you want to be when you grew up? A physician and nearly did Hobbies Present & Past: Motorcycling & Australian Football Bucket List: Continuing to discover new software Fun Fact: He currently...

A Ride on the Wild Side with Hacking Heavyweight Sick Codes

Beverage of Choice: Krating Daeng Thai Red Bull Industry Influencer he Admires: Casey John Ellis What did you want to be when you grew up? A physician and nearly did Hobbies Present & Past: Motorcycling & Australian Football Bucket List: Continuing to discover new software Fun Fact: He currently...

Microsoft Exposed 2.4 TB of Business Customer Data in BlueBleed Breach

By Deeba Ahmed According to researchers, the data included 335,000 emails, 548,000 users, and 133,000 projects. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft Exposed 2.4 TB of Business Customer Data in BlueBleed Breach...

Microsoft breach reveals some customer data

Microsoft customers find themselves in the middle of a data breach situation. The Microsoft Security Response Center blog reports that researchers reported a misconfigured Microsoft endpoint on September 24. This miscongifuration resulted in the possibility of "unauthenticated access to some...

Canadian Netwalker Ransomware Affiliate Sentenced to 20 Years in U.S. Prison

A former affiliate of the Netwalker ransomware has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in the U.S., a little over three months after the Canadian national pleaded guilty to his role in the crimes. Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins, 35, has also been ordered to forfeit $21,500,000 that was illicitly...

Profiling DEV-0270: PHOSPHORUS’ ransomware operations

Microsoft threat intelligence teams have been tracking multiple ransomware campaigns and have tied these attacks to DEV-0270, also known as Nemesis Kitten, a sub-group of Iranian actor PHOSPHORUS. Microsoft assesses with moderate confidence that DEV-0270 conducts malicious network operations,...

Profiling DEV-0270: PHOSPHORUS’ ransomware operations

Microsoft threat intelligence teams have been tracking multiple ransomware campaigns and have tied these attacks to DEV-0270, also known as Nemesis Kitten, a sub-group of Iranian actor PHOSPHORUS. Microsoft assesses with moderate confidence that DEV-0270 conducts malicious network operations,...

U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Information on North Korean Hackers

The U.S. State Department has announced rewards of up to $10 million for any information that could help disrupt North Korea's cryptocurrency theft, cyber-espionage, and other illicit state-backed activities. "If you have information on any individuals associated with the North Korean...

Mantis Botnet Behind the Largest HTTPS DDoS Attack Targeting Cloudflare Customers

The botnet behind the largest HTTPS distributed denial-of-service DDoS attack in June 2022 has been linked to a spate of attacks aimed at nearly 1,000 Cloudflare customers. Calling the powerful botnet Mantis, the web performance and security company attributed it to more than 3,000 HTTP DDoS...

Vulnerability in Zimbra that steals clear-text credentials from users

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A new vulnerability in Zimbra allows an attacker to steal cleartext credentials from instances via Memcache injection. Over 200,000 users logged in can be impacted by the security flaw...

YODA Tool Found ~47,000 Malicious WordPress Plugins Installed in Over 24,000 Sites

As many as 47,337 malicious plugins have been uncovered on 24,931 unique websites, out of which 3,685 plugins were sold on legitimate marketplaces, netting the attackers $41,500 in illegal revenues. The findings come from a new tool called YODA that aims to detect rogue WordPress plugins and trac...