Policy vs Technology

Sometime around 1993 or 1994, during the first Crypto Wars, I was part of a group of cryptography experts that went to Washington to advocate for strong encryption. Matt Blaze and Ron Rivest were with me; I don't remember who else. We met with then Massachusetts Representative Ed Markey. He didn'...

US Natural Gas-Compression facility cripples after ransomware attack

By Deeba Ahmed Another day, another ransomware attack - This time, hackers have hit critical infrastructure of the government of the United States. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US Natural Gas-Compression facility cripples after ransomware attack...

North Korean Malicious Cyber Activity

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, and the Department of Defense DoD have identified the following malware variants used by the North Korean government. The U.S. Government refers to malicious cyber activity by the North Korean...

Privacy Experts Skeptical of Proposed Data Protection Agency

A new federal bureaucracy, the Data Protection Agency DPA, has been proposed to completely revamp how the U.S. government regulates data collection and misuse by big tech companies. However, while privacy experts call the agency a “good first step,” they remain skeptical about how effective it...

Puerto Rico Gov Hit By $2.6M Phishing Scam

A phishing scam has swindled a Puerto Rico government agency out of more than $2.6 million, according to reports. According to reports, the email-based phishing scam hit Puerto Rico’s Industrial Development Company, which is a government-owned corporation aimed at driving economic development to...

Can the Government Buy Its Way Around the Fourth Amendment?

Immigration authorities are purchasing cell phone location data, and it might be totally legal...

US charges 4 Chinese military hackers over 2017 Equifax breach

By Waqas The US government has charged four Chinese military officials over 2017's massive Equifax breach. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US charges 4 Chinese military hackers over 2017 Equifax breach...

Equifax Breach: Four Members of Chinese Military Charged with Hacking

U.S. authorities have charged four Chinese military officers in the 2017 Equifax data breach, which compromised the data of nearly 150 million. The four, Wu Zhiyong, Wang Qian, Xu Ke and Liu Lei, are believed to be members of the 54th Research Institute of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army PLA...

Gamaredon APT Improves Toolset to Target Ukraine Government, Military

The Gamaredon advanced persistent threat APT group has been supercharging its operations lately, improving its toolset and ramping up attacks on Ukrainian national security targets. Vitali Kremez, head of SentinelLabs, said in research released on Wednesday that he has been tracking an uptick in...

Quarterly Report: Incident Response trends in fall 2019

By David Liebenberg and Kendall McKay. While many Cisco Talos Incident Response CTIR engagements have shown similar patterns over the past two quarters, we’re seeing a dangerous trend emerge this winter. Threat actors are increasingly combining the exfiltration of sensitive data along with data...

Israeli government’s Gov.il DNS server found vulnerable

By Sudais Asif Eitan Caspi, a security researcher has exposed certain vulnerabilities found in Israeli government websites. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Israeli government's Gov.il DNS server found vulnerable...

Twitter API Abused to Uncover User Identities

Twitter said that malicious actors, with potential ties to state-sponsored groups, were abusing a legitimate function on its platform to unmask the identity of users. The social media giant said that on Dec. 24, 2019, it discovered a large network of fake accounts abusing a legitimate API...

SQL Injection Vulnerability in MediPro's Township Government Portal System

MediPro Township Government Portal System is a website suitable for township government agencies to create local portals to publicize local resources, realize open government affairs and promote township grassroots informatization. A SQL injection vulnerability exists in MediPro Township Governme...

Iranian Hackers Target U.S. Gov. Vendor With Malware

Iran-linked threat actor APT34 has been observed sending targeted, malicious email attachments to customers and employees of a company that works closely with U.S. government agencies. The company in question is U.S.-based Westat, a professional services company that provides research services to...

Centreon 19.10.5 - Pollers Remote Command Execution

Centreon 19.10.5 - Pollers Remote Command Execution Exploit Title: Centreon 19.10.5 - 'Pollers' Remote Command Execution Date: 2020-01-27 Exploit Author: Omri Baso, Fabien Aunay Vendor Homepage: https://www.centreon.com/ Software Link: https://github.com/centreon/centreon Version: 19.10.5 Tested...

Centreon 19.10.5 Remote Command Execution

Exploit Title: Centreon 19.10.5 - 'Pollers' Remote Command Execution Date: 2020-01-27 Exploit Author: Omri Baso, Fabien Aunay Vendor Homepage: https://www.centreon.com/ Software Link: https://github.com/centreon/centreon Version: 19.10.5 Tested on: CentOS 7.7 CVE : - Centreon 19.10.5 Remote Comma...

Centreon 19.10.5 - 'Pollers' Remote Command Execution

Exploit Title: Centreon 19.10.5 - 'Pollers' Remote Command Execution Date: 2020-01-27 Exploit Author: Omri Baso, Fabien Aunay Vendor Homepage: https://www.centreon.com/ Software Link: https://github.com/centreon/centreon Version: 19.10.5 Tested on: CentOS 7.7 CVE : - Centreon 19.10.5 Remote Comma...

Google Receives Geofence Warrants

Sometimes it's hard to tell the corporate surveillance operations from the government ones: Google reportedly has a database called Sensorvault in which it stores location data for millions of devices going back almost a decade. The article is about geofence warrants, where the police go to...

Centreon 19.10.5 - Database Credentials Disclosure

Centreon 19.10.5 - Database Credentials Disclosure Exploit Title: Centreon 19.10.5 - Database Credentials Disclosure Date: 2020-01-27 Exploit Author: Fabien AUNAY, Omri Baso Vendor Homepage: https://www.centreon.com/ Software Link: https://github.com/centreon/centreon Version: 19.10.5 Tested on:...

Centreon 19.10.5 Remote Command Execution

Exploit Title: Centreon 19.10.5 - Remote Command Execution Date: 2020-01-27 Exploit Author: Fabien AUNAY, Omri BASO Vendor Homepage: https://www.centreon.com/ Software Link: https://github.com/centreon/centreon Version: 19.10.5 Tested on: CentOS 7 CVE : - Centreon 19.10.5 Remote Command Execution...