Experts Reveal Over 150 Ways to Steal Control of 58 Android Stalkerware Apps

A total of 158 privacy and security issues have been identified in 58 Android stalkware apps from various vendors that could enable a malicious actor to take control of a victim's device, hijack a stalker's account, intercept data, achieve remote code execution, and even frame the victim by...

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Generic in utmsigep/member-directory

✍️ Description Non-administrative functions display success banners after multiple actions that reflect user-input directly without sanitization. 🕵️‍♂️ Proof of Concept Donation Creation and Update - Donations - New Donation - Enter XSS payloads into the fields Last Name, First Name and Receipt ID,...

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Generic in utmsigep/member-directory

✍️ Description Administrative functions display success banners after multiple actions that reflect user-input directly without sanitization. 🕵️‍♂️ Proof of Concept Member-status Creation and Update - Directory Admin - Member Statuses - Create New Member Status - Code: Enter a string, Label: Enter...

FIN7 Backdoor Masquerades as Ethical Hacking Tool

The notorious FIN7 cybercrime gang, a financially motivated group, is spreading a backdoor called Lizar under the guise of being a Windows pen-testing tool for ethical hackers. According to the BI.ZONE Cyber Threats Research Team, FIN7 is pretending to be a legitimate organization that hawks a...

Decades-Old 'Frag Attack' Flaws Affect Almost Every Wi-Fi Device

The so-called Frag Attack vulnerabilities could let hackers steal data or compromise connected gadgets...

Fresh Loader Targets Aviation Victims with Spy RATs

A cyberattack campaign that goes after aviation targets has been uncovered, which is spreading remote access trojan RAT malware bent on cyber-espionage. Researchers from Microsoft said this week on Twitter that spear-phishing emails are the main attack vector. Individuals in the aerospace and...

Nefilim Ransomware

Over the past year there has been a rise in extortion malware that focuses on stealing sensitive data and threatening to publish the data unless a ransom is paid. This technique bypasses some of the mitigations put in place, such as backups, which would allow IT organizations to recover data...

Ransomware Gang Leaks Metropolitan Police Data After Failed Negotiations

The cybercrime syndicate behind Babuk ransomware has leaked more personal files belonging to the Metropolitan Police Department MPD after negotiations with the DC Police broke down, warning that they intend to publish all data if their ransom demands are not met. "The negotiations reached a dead...

Fake Chrome App Anchors Rapidly Worming ‘Smish’ Cyberattack

A new Android malware that impersonates the Google Chrome app has spread to hundreds of thousands of people in the last few weeks, according to researchers. The fake app is being used as part of a sophisticated hybrid cyberattack campaign that also uses mobile phishing to steal credentials. Join...

Experts warn of a new Android banking trojan stealing users' credentials

Cybersecurity researchers on Monday disclosed a new Android trojan that hijacks users' credentials and SMS messages to facilitate fraudulent activities against banks in Spain, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Called "TeaBot" or Anatsa, the malware is said to be in its early stages of...

New Android malware TeaBot found stealing data, intercepting SMS

By Waqas TeaBot malware is in the early stages of development yet, so far, it has already targeted 60 banks all over Europe. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Android malware TeaBot found stealing data, intercepting SMS...

Ransomware Shuts Down US Pipeline

This is a major story: a probably Russian cybercrime group called DarkSide shut down the Colonial Pipeline in a ransomware attack. The pipeline supplies much of the East Coast. This is the new and improved ransomware attack: the hackers stole nearly 100 gig of data, and are threatening to publish...

Ransomware Cyber Attack Forced the Largest U.S. Fuel Pipeline to Shut Down

Colonial Pipeline, which carries 45% of the fuel consumed on the U.S. East Coast, on Saturday said it halted operations due to a ransomware attack, once again demonstrating how critical infrastructure is vulnerable to cyber attacks. "On May 7, the Colonial Pipeline Company learned it was the vict...

Avaddon hackers steal SIM card data from Telstra service provider

By Waqas Hackread.com can confirm that hackers from the Avaddon ransomware gang are claiming to have gained access to “tens of thousands” of SIM cards. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Avaddon hackers steal SIM card data from Telstra service provider...

DoppelPaymer Gang Leaks Files from Illinois AG After Ransom Negotiations Break Down

The ransomware gang identified as DoppelPaymer has leaked a substantial collection of files from the Illinois Office of the Attorney General OAG on a server controlled by the cybercriminal group. The move came after ransom negotiations between the two parties broke down following a ransomware...

Chinese Hackers Attacking Military Organizations With New Backdoor

Bad actors with suspected ties to China have been behind a wide-ranging cyberespionage campaign targeting military organizations in Southeast Asia for nearly two years, according to new research. Attributing the attacks to a threat actor dubbed "Naikon APT," cybersecurity firm Bitdefender laid ou...

CVE-2020-18022

CVE-2020-18022 affects Qibosoft QiboCMS v7 and earlier via a flaw in the embedded editor component (ewebeditor 3.1.1 / kindeditor.js). The vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject commands through HTTP requests, enabling Cross Site Scripting (XSS) that can lead to arbitrary code execution ...

Babuk Ransomware Gang Targets Washington D.C. Police

The Babuk gang of threat actors claims to have stolen more than 250 gigabytes of data from the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department MPD on Monday, including police reports, internal memos, and arrested people’s mug shots and personal details. According to Vice, the attackers published t...

Tengfox TOS Behavioral Management System suffers from SQL Injection Vulnerability

Shenzhen Tengxu IOT Technology Co., Ltd. is an Internet technology company integrating R&D, design, manufacture, sales and service of commercial wireless network products. Tengfox TOS Behavior Management System has a SQL injection vulnerability, which can be exploited by attackers to obtain...

The Account Takeover Threat: A By-the-Numbers Breakdown

Identity theft has come a long way in the age of technology. The more data is available online, the greater the threat. In this blog we will dive into the different characteristics and statistics of real world Account Takeover attacks as recorded and mitigated by Imperva’s Advanced Bot Protection...