Russia Tested a Space Weapon Last Week

Twitter hack details, a botnet vigilante, and more of the week's top security news...

News Wrap: Twitter Hack, Apple Under Fire and Global Privacy Finger Wags

In this week’s Threatpost news wrap podcast, editors Tara Seals and Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch break down the top security news stories, including: Hackers accessed direct messages DMs for 36 of the 130 high-profile users whose accounts were hacked in an unprecedented account breach last week, Twitt...

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...

Who Pulled Off the Twitter Hack?

Plus: WhatsApp’s court case, a VPN exposed, and more of the week’s top security news...

Twitter Hackers May Have Bribed an Insider

Motherboard is reporting that this week's Twitter hack involved a bribed insider. Twitter has denied it. I have been taking press calls all day about this. And while I know everyone wants to speculate about the details of the hack, we just don't know -- and probably won't for a couple of weeks...

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...

A New Flaw In Zoom Could Have Let Fraudsters Mimic Organisations

In a report shared with The Hacker News, researchers at cybersecurity firm CheckPoint today disclosed details of a minor but easy-to-exploit flaw they reported in Zoom, the highly popular and widely used video conferencing software. The latest Zoom flaw could have allowed attackers mimic an...

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...

A week in security (July 6 – 12)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we took an in-depth look at card skimmers targeting ASP sites, we released another episode of Lock and Code exploring the Internet of Things, and we dug into a Mac mystery. We also examined some pre-installed malware, and put out a threat spotlight on some customiz...

47% of online MongoDB databases hacked demanding ransom

By Sudais Asif The hackers also threatened to inform GDPR officials if the ransom is not paid. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 47% of online MongoDB databases hacked demanding ransom...

Hackers deface Roblox accounts with pro-Trump messages

By Sudais Asif Roblox has over 100 million registered users but only a handful of accounts were compromised. As the US presidential election is nearby, voters across the 50 state empire are betting on their candidates in light of the proposals they offer. However, some are going far enough to tak...

Maze Ransomware operators hack LG Electronics stealing critical data

By Sudais Asif The infamous Maze Ransomware operators have also leaked sample data. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Maze Ransomware operators hack LG Electronics stealing critical data...

New Hacking-for-Hire Company in India

Citizen Lab has a new report on Dark Basin, a large hacking-for-hire company in India. Key Findings: Dark Basin is a hack-for-hire group that has targeted thousands of individuals and hundreds of institutions on six continents. Targets include advocacy groups and journalists, elected and senior...

'Lamphone' Hack Uses Lightbulb Vibrations to Eavesdrop on Homes

Researchers have discovered a novel way to spy on conversations that are happening in houses from almost a hundred feet away. The hack stems simply from a lightbulb hanging in the home. The hack, dubbed “lamphone,” is performed by analyzing the tiny vibrations of a hanging lightbulb, which are...

Needle - Instant Access To You Bug Bounty Submission Dashboard On Various Platforms + Publicly Disclosed Reports + #Bugbountytip

Chrome extension for Instantaccess to your bug bounty submission dashboard of various platforms + publicly disclosed reports + bugbountytip Needle is the only chrome extension you may need to have one click access to your bug submissions across various platforms. No need to create any bookmark,...

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...

Minneapolis Police Department Hack Likely Fake, Says Researcher

As protests continue to proliferate across the globe in the wake of George Floyd’s death, the Minneapolis Police Department is making news for something else: A supposed hack, perpetrated at the hands of the Anonymous hacktivist group. According to Troy Hunt at Have I Been Pwned HIBP, the group o...

This $350 "Anti-5G" Device Is Apparently Just a USB Stick

Plus: A LiveJournal hack, Qatar's contact-tracing privacy failure, and more of the week's top security news...

Exclusive – Any Mitron (Viral TikTok Clone) Profile Can Be Hacked in Seconds

Mitron means "friends" in Hindi, you have been fooled again! Mitron is not really a 'Made in India' product, and the viral app contains a highly critical, unpatched vulnerability that could allow anyone to hack into any user account without requiring interaction from the targeted users or their...

NTT Communications Data Breach Affects Customers, Threatens Supply Chain

Japan-based systems integrator NTT Communications has disclosed a recent data breach that it said impacted hundreds of customers. The total affected comes to as many as 621 customers, the company said, but security experts worry about the impacts of the data breach due to the company’s positionin...