The Equifax Breach from a Geo Political Perspective

The Equifax breach stole names, addresses, birth dates, and credit card numbers for over 200,000 consumers. One might immediately assume that cyber criminals made the attack in order to sell the information to identity thieves who will run up fraudulent charges, file fake tax returns, defraud...

data.qld.gov.au XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: https://data.qld.gov.au/api/1/util/snippet/apiinfo.html?resourceid=e88943c0-5968-4972-a15f-38e120d72ec0rooturl=javascript:alert/OPENBUGBOUNTY/// Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| No Latest check for patch:| 13.12.2017 Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:|...

Get $1M for reporting zero-day flaws in Tor to “help Govt fight crime”

By Waqas Usually, a bug bounty program helps companies secure their software and This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Get $1M for reporting zero-day flaws in Tor to help Govt fight crime...

On the Equifax Data Breach

Last Thursday, Equifax reported a data breach that affects 143 million US customers, about 44% of the population. It's an extremely serious breach; hackers got access to full names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, driver's license numbers -- exactly the sort of information...

CVE-2017-8628

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2017-09-13 04:00:00+00:00| seen| https://www.govcert.gov.hk/en/alertsdetail.php?id=224 2023-12-18 03:40:48+00:00| seen| https://t.me/arpsyndicate/1903 2026-07-26 07:01:59+00:00| seen| https://t.me/KaitNews/5803 2026-07-26 07:02:02+00:00| seen|...

Why Is North Korea So Interested in Bitcoin?

In 2016 we began observing actors we believe to be North Korean utilizing their intrusion capabilities to conduct cyber crime, targeting banks and the global financial system. This marked a departure from previously observed activity of North Korean actors employing cyber espionage for traditiona...

premier.wa.gov.au XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-292698 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| premier.wa.gov.au Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

Hacker Who Hacked US Spy Chief, FBI & CIA Director Gets 5-Year in Prison

Remember "Crackas With Attitude"? The hacking group behind a series of embarrassing hacks that targeted personal email accounts of senior officials at the FBI, the CIA, and the White House, among other United States federal agencies in 2015. A member of Crackas With Attitude, who was arrested las...

Scaner-VS: Vulnerability Management solution for Russian Military

Scaner-VS is a Vulnerability Assessment system developed by Moscow-based NPO Echelon. It's pretty popular in Russian government organizations, especially in Russian Army, because it comply all government requirements, has all necessary certificates and is relatively cheap. As for requirements and...

Proof It's Possible to Hack German Elections; Hackers Tamper with Voting-Software

Germany's democracy is in danger, as the upcoming federal elections in the country, where nearly 61.5 million citizens are going to vote on September 24th, could be hijacked. Hackers have disclosed how to hack the German voting software to tamper with votes and alter the outcome of an election...

extranet.gov.ab.ca XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/env/infocentre/info/listing.asp?txtsearch=toto=asset%22%3E%3Csvg/onload=alertdocument.domain%3E= Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| Yes, at Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa Rank| Unknown / Not calculated...

vocabularios.educacion.gov.ar XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://vocabularios.educacion.gov.ar/vocabulario.php?task=search=pas%22%27--!%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert'OPENBUGBOUNTY'%3C/script%3E=TOP Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| Yes, at Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa Rank| Unknown / Not...

consiglio.marche.gov.it XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://www.consiglio.marche.gov.it/banchedatiedocumentazione/bandidigaraeconcorsi/bandi.php?anno=lista%3C!%27/!%22/!%27/%22/--!%3E%3CInput/Type=Text%20AutoFocus%20/;%20OnFocus=confirmOPENBUGBOUNTY%20//%3E%3CSvg%3E Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| No Latest check for...

louisiana.gov XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://louisiana.gov/Search/?q=%22%3E%3C/input%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert/OPENBUGBOUNTY/;%3C/script%3E Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| Yes, at Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa Rank| 40840 VIP website status:| Yes Coordinated Disclosur...

US Government Site Was Hosting Ransomware

As recently as Wednesday afternoon, a U.S. government website was hosting a malicious JavaScript downloader that led victims to installations of Cerber ransomware. Researcher Ankit Anubhav of NewSky Security tweeted the discovery Wednesday, and within hours, the malware link was taken down. It’s...

A Framework for Cyber Security Insurance

New paper: "Policy measures and cyber insurance: a framework," by Daniel Woods and Andrew Simpson, Journal of Cyber Policy, 2017. Abstract: The role of the insurance industry in driving improvements in cyber security has been identified as mutually beneficial for both insurers and policy-makers. ...

August 25, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Air Guitar” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! August 25, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Microsoft's Bid to Save...

Massive Government Data Leak in Sweden

Seems to be incompetence rather than malice, but a good example of the dangers of blindly trusting the cloud...

Zerodium Offers $500K for Secure Messaging App Zero Days

Zerodium, a vendor operating in the nebulous exploit acquisition market, has put a premium on zero-day vulnerabilities in secure messaging applications in a new pricing structure announced today. Remote code execution and local privilege elevation zero days in messaging apps such as WhatsApp,...

Vulnerability of Qingdao Governmental Affairs App Android Version with Ultra-rights Access Vulnerability

Qingdao Government APP is a government service assistant that facilitates citizens to learn the latest news and information anytime and anywhere, grasp the latest government decision-making information, and facilitate direct dialogue and communication between citizens and the government. The...