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FBI Puts $5 Million Bounty On Russian Hackers Behind Dridex Banking Malware
The United States Department of Justice today disclosed the identities of two Russian hackers and charged them for developing and distributing the Dridex banking Trojan using which the duo stole more than $100 million over a period of 10 years. Maksim Yakubets, the leader of 'Evil Corp' hacking...
HackerOne Breach Leads to $20,000 Bounty Reward
HackerOne has paid out $20,000 after a high-severity vulnerability was discovered in the bug-bounty platform. The flaw allowed an outside bounty hunter to access customers’ reports and other sensitive information. Disclosed this week in a HackerOne report, the security incident stemmed from a...
Hackers Find Ways Around a Years-Old Microsoft Outlook Fix
Microsoft patched a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook in 2017. It hasn't slowed hackers down...
‘StrandHogg’ Vulnerability Allows Malware to Pose as Legitimate Android Apps
Researchers have discovered a new Android vulnerability that could allow malware to pose as popular apps and ask for various permissions, potentially allowing hackers to listen in on users, take photos, read and send SMS messages, and basically take over various functions as if they are the...
CISA Pushing U.S. Agencies to Adopt Vulnerability Disclosure Policies
The U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency has issued a draft directive mandating all agencies to develop vulnerability disclosure policies, which would give ethical hackers clear guidelines for submitting bugs found in government systems. Security experts hope that the directive will light a fir...
Smart TVs: The Cyberthreat Lurking in Your Living Room, Feds Warn
Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales of smart TVs are likely prodigious this Thanksgiving weekend – but consumers need to be aware of the hole they can punch in home cyber-defenses. That’s the word from the FBI, which warned that smart TVs, which hook up to the internet to allow users to access ap...
Over 12,000 Google Users Hit by Government Hackers in 3rd Quarter of 2019
As part of its active efforts to protect billions of online users, Google identified and warned over 12,000 of its users who were targeted by a government-backed hacking attempt in the third quarter of this year. According to a report published by Google's Threat Analysis Group TAG, more than 90...
Over 12,000 Google Users Hit by Government Hackers in 3rd Quarter of 2019
As part of its active efforts to protect billions of online users, Google identified and warned over 12,000 of its users who were targeted by a government-backed hacking attempt in the third quarter of this year. According to a report published by Google's Threat Analysis Group TAG, more than 90...
Phishing Trends Position ISPs to Protect Subscribers
Akamai just released the 2019 State of the Internet SOTI security report: Phishing - Baiting the Hook featuring findings from the enterprise and carrier research teams. They've been collaborating for two years to develop better methods for evaluating massive volumes of anonymized, live-streamed D...
Hackers now use web skimmers to steal credit card data
By Sudais Remember, in the usual scenario, cybercriminals use skimmers to steam card data from ATM and gas stations. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers now use web skimmers to steal credit card data...
Hackers access customer data in latest T-Mobile data breach
By Waqas This will be the second time when hackers have targeted T-Mobile in two years. Find out what data has been accessed by hackers this time... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers access customer data in latest T-Mobile data breach...
Tianfu Cup Round-Up: Safari, Chrome, D-Link Routers and Office 365 Successfully Hacked
Hackers over the weekend successfully compromised widely used software and hardware–including browsers Safari and Chrome, D-Link routers and the Office 365 suite–using zero-day vulnerabilities at the annual Tianfu Cup gathering. The hacking competition, held in Chengdu, China, is very similar to...
Hackers Discovered Only After Maxing Out Victim's Cloud Storage
A border privacy win, a suspect Army app, and more of the week's top security news...
New Group of Hackers Targeting Businesses with Financially Motivated Cyber Attacks
Security researchers have tracked down activities of a new group of financially-motivated hackers that are targeting several businesses and organizations in Germany, Italy, and the United States in an attempt to infect them with backdoor, banking Trojan, or ransomware malware. Though the new...
New Group of Hackers Targeting Businesses with Financially Motivated Cyber Attacks
Security researchers have tracked down activities of a new group of financially-motivated hackers that are targeting several businesses and organizations in Germany, Italy, and the United States in an attempt to infect them with backdoor, banking Trojan, or ransomware malware. Though the new...
Pwn2Own Tokyo Roundup: Amazon Echo, Routers and Smart TVs Fall to Hackers
Another Pwn2Own has drawn to a close, with Team Fluoroacetate researchers Amat Cama and Richard Zhu taking home the Master of Pwn title for the third year in a row. Overall, contestants in the Tokyo 2019 event earned more than $315,000 over the two-day hacking contest, for uncovering 18 different...
This Week in Security News: Amazon Echo Hacked at Pwn2Own Tokyo 2019 and Ransomware Attacks Hit Spanish Companies
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about a ransomware that is attacking Spanish companies and how nearly 50 adware apps were found on Google Play. Also, read about how a...
Twitter Insiders Allegedly Spied for Saudi Arabia
Hackers are one thing. But too few companies take the threat of an inside job seriously enough...