Hamas hackers posed as women to con IDF into downloading malware

By Waqas The hackers posed as women to send out malware and receive crucial information about the device as well as controlling key functions of the phone. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hamas hackers posed as women to con IDF into downloading malware...

Misleading cybersecurity lessons from pop culture: how Hollywood teaches to hack

In pop culture, cybercrimes are often portrayed as mysterious and unrealistic. Hackers are enigmatic and have extraordinary tech abilities. They can discover top secrets in a short time and type at breakneck speed to hack into a database. In real life, though, hacking is not that straightforward...

Researchers: Hackers Can Seize Control of Ballots Cast Using the Voatz Voting App

Security researchers have found key flaws in a mobile voting app that some states plan to use in the 2020 election that can allow hackers to launch both client- and server-side attacks that can easily manipulate or even delete someone’s vote, as well as prevent a reliable audit from taking place...

Hackers caught using CNET website to spread nasty malware

By Sudais Asif Yet another attempt by hackers to drop malware through CNET's download section that leaves a question mark on whether to download anything from CNET? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers caught using CNET website to spread nasty malware...

How 4 Chinese Hackers Allegedly Took Down Equifax

The Department of Justice has pinned the hack on China. Here's how it was done, according to the indictment...

U.S. Charges 4 Chinese Military Hackers Over Equifax Data Breach

The United States Department of Justice today announced charges against 4 Chinese military hackers who were allegedly behind the Equifax data breach that exposed the personal and financial data of nearly 150 million Americans. In a joint press conference held today with the Attorney General Willi...

U.S. Charges 4 Chinese Military Hackers Over Equifax Data Breach

The United States Department of Justice today announced charges against 4 Chinese military hackers who were allegedly behind the Equifax data breach that exposed the personal and financial data of nearly 150 million Americans. In a joint press conference held today with the Attorney General Willi...

Dark web hackers selling payment card data of half a million Indians

By Waqas As of today, 16 payment cards have already been bought by unknown parties from the marketplace. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Dark web hackers selling payment card data of half a million Indians...

Hackers can steal data from air-gapped PC using screen brightness

By Sudais Asif Air-gapped computers represent one of the highest security measures one can take to secure a particular system but... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers can steal data from air-gapped PC using screen brightness...

Flaw in Philips Smart Light Bulbs Exposes Your WiFi Network to Hackers

There are over a hundred potential ways hackers can ruin your life by having access to your WiFi network that's also connected to your computers, smartphones, and other smart devices. Whether it's about exploiting operating system and software vulnerabilities or manipulating network traffic, ever...

Mysterious New Ransomware Targets Industrial Control Systems

EKANS appears to be the work of cybercriminals, rather than nation-state hackers—a worrying development, if so...

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...

U.N. Hack Stemmed From Microsoft SharePoint Flaw

Hackers breached the United Nations network in July by exploiting a Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability, according to reports. The breach, which appears to be an espionage operation, reportedly gave the hackers access to an estimated 400 GB of sensitive data. The breach was swept under the rug by...

Critical OpenSMTPD Bug Opens Linux and OpenBSD Mail Servers to Hackers

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new critical vulnerability CVE-2020-7247 in the OpenSMTPD email server that could allow remote attackers to take complete control over BSD and many Linux based servers. OpenSMTPD is an open-source implementation of the server-side SMTP protocol that was...

crestmontcountryclub.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-1079146 Security Researcher sardharabadal Helped patch 254 vulnerabilities Received 3 Coordinated Disclosure badges Received 3 recommendations , a holder of 3 badges for responsible and coordinated disclosure, found a security vulnerability affecting crestmontcountryclub.c...

Trolls-For-Hire Pave Way For Sophisticated Social Media Hacks

NEW ORLEANS – Researchers have observed the blossoming of a new type of social media nuisance they are calling Trolling-as-a-Service. They say these rabble-rousing efforts have emerged as a clever new way for hackers to launch coordinated and dangerous attacks via Facebook and Twitter. Speaking a...

Interpol Arrests 3 Indonesian Credit Card Hackers for Magecart Attacks

The Indonesian National Police in a joint press conference with Interpol and cybersecurity firm Group-IB earlier today announced the arrest of three Magecart-style Indonesian hackers who had compromised hundreds of international e-commerce websites and stolen payment card details of their online...

Interpol Arrests 3 Indonesian Credit Card Hackers for Magecart Attacks

The Indonesian National Police in a joint press conference with Interpol and cybersecurity firm Group-IB earlier today announced the arrest of three Magecart-style Indonesian hackers who had compromised hundreds of international e-commerce websites and stolen payment card details of their online...

h1-ctf: [h1-415 2020] I found Joberts missing file!

The key is: h1ctfy3s1mc0sm1cn0w My writeup is available unpublished at: https://p4fg.github.io/h14152020/ I might edit some styling but the main contents is there. The twist of my writeup is that tried to give a detailed account of EVERYTHING to allow new hackers to follow along my discoveries an...

Brazil Charges Glenn Greenwald with Cybercrimes

Glenn Greenwald has been charged with cybercrimes in Brazil, stemming from publishing information and documents that were embarrassing to the government. The charges are that he actively helped the people who actually did the hacking: Citing intercepted messages between Mr. Greenwald and the...