17-Year-Old 'Mastermind', 2 Others Behind the Biggest Twitter Hack Arrested

A 17-year-old teen and two other 19 and 22-year-old individuals have reportedly been arrested for being the alleged mastermind behind the recent Twitter hack that simultaneously targeted several high-profile accounts within minutes as part of a massive bitcoin scam. According to the U.S. Departme...

CWT Travel Agency Faces $4.5M Ransom in Cyberattack, Report

CWT, a giant in the corporate travel agency world with a global clientele, may have faced payment of $4.5 million to unknown hackers in the wake of a ransomware attack. Independent malware hunter @JAMESWT tweeted on Thursday that a malware sample used against CWT formerly known as Carlson Wagonli...

Twitter: Epic Account Hack Caused by Mobile Spearphishing Scam

A mobile spearphishing attack targeting “a small number of employees” is what led to the unprecedented, major attack earlier in the month on high-profile Twitter accounts to push out a Bitcoin scam. The company posted an update late Thursday on the situation, which has been unfolding since July 1...

PHP Scripts Mall Bitcoin MLM Software Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

PHP Scripts Mall Bitcoin MLM Software is a PHP-based bitcoin management software from PHP Scripts Mall India. A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in PHP Scripts Mall Bitcoin MLM Software version 1.0.2. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary web script or HTML...

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak sues YouTube over Bitcoin scams on his name

By Zara Khan Steve Wozniak has sued Google and YouTube over Bitcoin giveaway scams. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak sues YouTube over Bitcoin scams on his name...

Twitter Hacking for Profit and the LoLs

The New York Times last week ran an interview with several young men who claimed to have had direct contact with those involved in last weeks epic hack against Twitter. These individuals said they were only customers of the person who had access to Twitters internal employee tools, and were not...

Teens arrested after paying Bitcoin to watch livestream abuse & murder

By Waqas The tale of dark web's disturbing Red Room has been revealed by... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Teens arrested after paying Bitcoin to watch livestream abuse & murder...

Bill & Melinda Gates foundation impersonated in Bitcoin phishing scam

By Sudais Asif The importance of this Bitcoin phishing scam has increased... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Bill & Melinda Gates foundation impersonated in Bitcoin phishing scam...

Who’s Behind Wednesday’s Epic Twitter Hack?

Twitter was thrown into chaos on Wednesday after accounts for some of the world's most recognizable public figures, executives and celebrities starting tweeting out links to bitcoin scams. Twitter says the attack happened because someone tricked or coerced an employee into providing access to...

Twitter Hacked in Bitcoin Scam

It started with one weird tweet. Then another. Quickly, some of the most prominent accounts on Twitter were all sending out the same message; I am giving back to the community. All Bitcoin sent to the address below will be sent back double! If you send $1,000, I will send back $2,000. Only doing...

The Twitter Hack Could Have Been Much Worse—and Maybe Was

The meltdown appears to be part of a bitcoin scam and not something more nefarious, but security experts are troubled that it happened at all...

Coordinated Twitter attack rakes in 100 grand

Update 7/18/2020 Twitter released an update about the situation and their investigation on their blog. Update 8/2/2020 ZDNet published a timeline based on the court documents released by the DOJ "Im feeling generous because of Covid-19. Ill double any BTC payment sent to my BTC address for the ne...

Several High-Profile Accounts Hacked in the Biggest Twitter Hack of All Time

Social media platform Twitter, earlier today on Wednesday, was on fire after it suffered one of the biggest cyberattacks in its history. A number of high-profile Twitter accounts, including those of US presidential candidate Joe Biden, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Uber, and Apple...

Several High-Profile Accounts Hacked in the Biggest Twitter Hack of All Time

Social media platform Twitter, earlier today on Wednesday, was on fire after it suffered one of the biggest cyberattacks in its history. A number of high-profile Twitter accounts, including those of US presidential candidate Joe Biden, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Uber, and Apple...

Twitter Confirms it was Hacked in an Unprecedented Cryptocurrency Scam

Twitter locked down thousands of verified accounts belonging to elite Twitter users and high-profile companies Wednesday afternoon in an effort to prevent hackers from perpetrating a massive cryptocurrency scam. The accounts fell victim to a compromise of the company’s internal systems by a group...

A Twitter Hacking Spree Hits Elon Musk, Obama, Apple, and More

An unprecedented “security incident” has rocked Twitter—and scammers are making off with huge amounts of bitcoin...

Brazil's Banking Trojans Go Global

Malware that is typically used in Brazil is expanding its geography, targeting users in North America, Europe and elsewhere in Latin America. Banking trojans, which steal online banking logins and other financial credentials from unsuspecting victims, are fairly common – but the more sophisticate...

Bitcoin wxBitcoin/bitcoind Design Error Vulnerability

A vulnerability exists in Bitcoin wxBitcoin and bitcoind 0.3.x versions. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service power drain via a Bitcoin transaction containing multiple OPCHECKSIG script opcodes...

Bitcoin wxBitcoin/bitcoind Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A vulnerability exists in Bitcoin wxBitcoin and bitcoind versions prior to 0.3.13, which stems from bitcoins that do not properly process the associated bitcoin transaction with a zero-point confirmation. A remote attacker could exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service a large numbe...

Bitcoin wxBitcoin/bitcoind Integer Overflow Vulnerability

An integer overflow vulnerability exists in Bitcoin wxBitcoin and bitcoind versions prior to 0.3.11. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass economic restrictions and create many bitcoins via specially crafted Bitcoin transactions...