Many Factors Conspire in ICS/SCADA Attacks

Critical infrastructure operators can’t be blamed for a perpetual case of whiplash. They are mired between hackers targeting internet-facing and air-gapped systems with equal precision, and vendors and management unwilling to properly tackle security for fear of downtime and incompatibility. “The...

Mystery Company Offers $250,000 Bounty for VM Escape Vulnerabilities

An unnamed company will start an eight-week, invite-only bug bounty program in September that offers a $250,000 payout for virtual-machine escape vulnerabilities tied to an unreleased product. Bugcrowd announced the program today, and said the high-priced bounty is the largest advertised bounty o...

Hackers Leverage Chat for Command&Control: How You Can Protect Your Business

Chat platforms have become a cornerstone for businesses and their customers alike. These important tools make it possible for employees to communicate and collaborate from nearly any location, and enable consumers to reach out to companies in accordance with their preferences. This fondness for...

HBO hackers leak Game of Thrones Stars data; demand multimillion dollar ransom

By Waqas The HBO hackers are demanding millions of dollars in ransom and This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: HBO hackers leak Game of Thrones Stars data; demand multimillion dollar ransom...

HBO hackers upload Games of Thrones episodes & other data on their site

By Carolina On 31st July, it was reported that HBO Home Box This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: HBO hackers upload Games of Thrones episodes other data on their site...

Svpeng Android Banking Trojan Tweaked with Keylogger Feature

By Waqas With every passing day and every single hack attack, hackers This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Svpeng Android Banking Trojan Tweaked with Keylogger Feature...

Voting Machines Hacked with Ease at DEF CON

LAS VEGAS—Hackers at DEF CON last week made quick work of finding vulnerabilities in electronic pollbooks and voting machines, needing just 90 minutes to find exploitable flaws in every piece of voting equipment. More than 30 machines were available for hackers to crack at the conference’s Voting...

For hackers at Defcon hacking US voting machines was a piece of cake

By Waqas The Democratic party in the United States along with some This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: For hackers at Defcon hacking US voting machines was a piece of cake...

Watch: Hackers take over Tesla Model X; control brakes and doors

By Waqas The hackers from Keen Security Labs, a part of Chinese Internet giant Tencent This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Watch: Hackers take over Tesla Model X; control brakes and doors...

This Week in Security News

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. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back...

Hackers can take over Car Wash, trap you and smash your vehicle

By Waqas It is understandable to receive Internet of Things IoT related This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers can take over Car Wash, trap you and smash your vehicle...

China arrests 11 hackers for infecting 250M devices with Fireball malware

By Waqas Law enforcement authorities in China have arrested eleven hackers suspected This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: China arrests 11 hackers for infecting 250M devices with Fireball malware...

Hackers Stole $32 Million in Ethereum; 3rd Heist in 20 Days

An unknown hacker has just stolen nearly $32 million worth of Ethereum – one of the most popular and increasingly valuable cryptocurrencies – from Ethereum wallet accounts linked to at least three companies that seem to have been hacked. This is the third Ethereum cryptocurrency heist that came o...

What Can The Dark Web Teach Us About Enterprise Security?

Ever since the law enforcement takedown of the Silk Road underground marketplace in 2013, there has been increasing interest in the depth and breadth of the Deep Web. This portion of the internet has been largely shrouded from the public eye, representing an environment in which hackers can...

Metasploit Wrapup

Metasploit Hackathon We were happy to host the very first Metasploit framework open source hackathon this past week in the Rapid7 Austin. Eight Metasploit hackers from outside of Rapid7 joined forces with the in-house team and worked on a lot of great projects, small and large. @bcook started the...

Hackers Demand Banks $315k Ransom or Face DDoS Attacks

By Waqas Armada Collective, a group of online attackers, is demanding a ransom payment of $315,000 from South Korean banks In the case of refusal, the group has threatened the banks with a series of massive Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attacks. The threats came days after South Korean web...

UK Parliament Hit by Cyberattack, Up to 90 MPs' E-mail Accounts Hacked

A cyber attack has hit the email system of UK Houses of Parliament on Friday morning that breached at least 90 emails accounts protected by weak passwords belonging to MPs, lawmakers, and other parliamentary staff. Meanwhile, as a precaution, the Security service has temporarily shut down the...

Business Process Compromise: The Next Step in Advanced Targeted Attacks

Targeted attacks have come a long way in recent years, leveraging increasingly advanced techniques aimed at specific individuals. Often, these hackers pinpoint a single person within an enterprise, steal their credentials, log into an account, and leverage this position to find sensitive...

Over 8,600 Vulnerabilities Found in Pacemakers

"If you want to keep living, Pay a ransom, or die." This could happen, as researchers have found thousands of vulnerabilities in Pacemakers that hackers could exploit. Millions of people that rely on pacemakers to keep their hearts beating are at risk of software glitches and hackers, which could...

Joomla Payage 2.05 Component - aid Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Exploit for php platform in category web applications Exploit Title: Joomla Payage 2.05 - SQL Injection Exploit Author: Persian Hack Team Discovered by : Mojtaba MobhaM Mojtaba Kazemi Vendor Home : https://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/extension/e-commerce/payment-systems/payage/ My Home :...