WikiLeaks Founder Charged With Conspiring With LulzSec & Anonymous Hackers

The United States government has filed a superseding indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange accusing him of collaborating with computer hackers, including those affiliated with the infamous LulzSec and "Anonymous" hacking groups. The new superseding indictment does not contain any...

Fake govt COVID-19 contact tracking app spreads Android ransomware

By Sudais Asif Another day, another fake COVID-19 contact tracing app spreading malware... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake govt COVID-19 contact tracking app spreads Android ransomware...

Report: ‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Sensitive Data From Police Departments

Thousands of sensitive police department files – including police and FBI reports – were published on Friday by DDoSecrets Distributed Denial of Secrets, a self-proclaimed “transparency collective” that publishes covert data. The almost 270 gigabytes of data, dubbed “BlueLeaks,” is reportedly fro...

Over 100 New Chrome Browser Extensions Caught Spying On Users

Google recently removed 106 more extensions from its Chrome Web Store after they were found illegally collecting sensitive user data as part of a "massive global surveillance campaign" targeting oil and gas, finance, and healthcare sectors. Awake Security, which disclosed the findings late last...

ACSC Releases Advisory on Cyber Campaign using Copy-Paste Compromises

The Australian Cyber Security Centre ACSC has released an advisory regarding an ongoing cyber campaign involving “copy-paste compromises” targeting Australian government and commercial networks. According to the advisory, a sophisticated malicious cyber actor is carrying out the campaign using...

Unauthorized Access Vulnerability in Smart Government OA Collaboration Platforms

Intelligent government OA collaborative office platform is a set of independent research and development of collaborative office software, is specifically tailored for the government office of the new office software system. Unauthorized access vulnerability exists in Smart Government OA...

SQL Injection Vulnerability in Smart Government OA Collaboration Platform

Intelligent government OA collaborative office platform is a set of independent research and development of collaborative office software, is specifically tailored for the government office of the new office software system. There is a SQL injection vulnerability in Smart Government OA...

Fake govt-issued COVID-19 contact tracing apps spread spyware

By Waqas These malicious COVID-19 apps also drop nasty pieces of malware including Anubis and SpyNote. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake govt-issued COVID-19 contact tracing apps spread spyware...

Black Lives Matter Emails Deliver TrickBot Malware

Cyberattackers are seizing upon the 24-hour news cycle again in order to capitalize on the current zeitgeist – this time with a fake Black Lives Matter malspam campaign that distributes the TrickBot malware. According to Swiss security firm Abuse.ch, threat actors are posing as government...

Dark Basin Hack-For-Hire Group Targeted Thousands Over 7 Years

A hack-for-hire group, called Dark Basin, has been outed after targeting thousands of individuals and organizations worldwide – including advocacy groups and journalists, elected and senior government officials, and hedge funds — over the course of seven years. Dark Basin conducted commercial...

Any Indian DigiLocker Account Could've Been Accessed Without Password

The Indian Government said it has addressed a critical vulnerability in its secure document wallet service Digilocker that could have potentially let a remote attacker bypass mobile one-time passwords OTP and sign in as other users. Discovered separately by two independent bug bounty researchers,...

Any Indian DigiLocker Account Could've Been Accessed Without Password

The Indian Government said it has addressed a critical vulnerability in its secure document wallet service Digilocker that could have potentially let a remote attacker bypass mobile one-time passwords OTP and sign in as other users. Discovered separately by two independent bug bounty researchers,...

transcript.duma.gov.ru Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-1187474 Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspa. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspb. notified the website...

New USBCulprit Espionage Tool Steals Data From Air-Gapped Computers

A Chinese threat actor has developed new capabilities to target air-gapped systems in an attempt to exfiltrate sensitive data for espionage, according to a newly published research by Kaspersky yesterday. The APT, known as Cycldek, Goblin Panda, or Conimes, employs an extensive toolset for latera...

rgstc.maharashtra.gov.in Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-1182387 Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspa. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspb. notified the website...

This Bot Hunts Software Bugs for the Pentagon

Mayhem emerged from a 2016 government-sponsored contest at a Las Vegas casino hotel. Now it's used by the military...

Researchers Uncover Brazilian Hacktivist's Identity Who Defaced Over 4800 Sites

It's one thing for hackers to target websites and proudly announce it on social media platforms for all to see. It's, however, an entirely different thing to leave a digital trail that leads cybersecurity researchers right to their doorsteps. That's exactly what happened in the case of a hacktivi...

Researchers Uncover Brazilian Hacktivist's Identity Who Defaced Over 4800 Sites

It's one thing for hackers to target websites and proudly announce it on social media platforms for all to see. It's, however, an entirely different thing to leave a digital trail that leads cybersecurity researchers right to their doorsteps. That's exactly what happened in the case of a hacktivi...

Turla APT Revamps One of Its Go-To Spy Tools

The Turla APT group has been spotted using an updated version of the ComRAT remote-access trojan RAT to attack governmental targets. Turla a.k.a. Snake, Venomous Bear, Waterbug or Uroboros, is a Russian-speaking threat actor known since 2014, but with roots that go back to 2004 and earlier,...

PT-2020-13158 · Australian Government · Aus. Gov. Covid Tracking App

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Aus. Gov. COVID tracking app affected versions not specified Description: The issue allows an attacker to track a target device even after the app is uninstalled. Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version...