Russian Hackers Hit Mail Servers in Europe for Political and Military Intel

By Deeba Ahmed Email servers compromised in 80 organizations as Russian-linked TAG-70 group targets European governments. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian Hackers Hit Mail Servers in Europe for Political and Military Intel...

Iranian Hackers Target Middle East Policy Experts with New BASICSTAR Backdoor

The Iranian-origin threat actor known as Charming Kitten has been linked to a new set of attacks aimed at Middle East policy experts with a new backdoor called BASICSTAR by creating a fake webinar portal. Charming Kitten, also called APT35, CharmingCypress, Mint Sandstorm, TA453, and Yellow Garud...

Hackers Claim Data Breach at Staffing Giant Robert Half, Sell Sensitive Data

By Waqas Deja vu at Robert Half? Notorious hackers claim responsibility as the staffing giant makes headlines for yet another alleged data breach in two years. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Claim Data Breach at Staffing Giant Robert Half, Sell Sensitive Data...

Chinese Hackers Using Deepfakes in Advanced Mobile Banking Malware Attacks

A Chinese-speaking threat actor codenamed GoldFactory has been attributed to the development of highly sophisticated banking trojans, including a previously undocumented iOS malware called GoldPickaxe that's capable of harvesting identity documents, facial recognition data, and intercepting SMS...

A Hacker’s Mind is Out in Paperback

The paperback version of A Hackers Mind has just been published. Its the same book, only a cheaper format. But--and this is the real reason I am posting this--Amazon has significantly discounted the hardcover to $15 to get rid of its stock. This is much cheaper than I am selling it for, and cheap...

Midnight Blizzard and Cloudflare-Atlassian Cybersecurity Incidents: What to Know

The Midnight Blizzard and Cloudflare-Atlassian cybersecurity incidents raised alarms about the vulnerabilities inherent in major SaaS platforms. These incidents illustrate the stakes involved in SaaS breaches — safeguarding the integrity of SaaS apps and their sensitive data is critical but is no...

Hackers Leak Alleged Partial Facebook Marketplace Database

By Waqas The alleged data breach took place on October 2023. However, the database was only made public earlier today, on Sunday, February 11, 2024. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Leak Alleged Partial Facebook Marketplace Database...

Chinese Hackers Infiltrate Dutch Defense Networks with Coathanger RAT

By Deeba Ahmed Chinese state-backed hackers targeted Dutch military networks by exploiting a vulnerability in a FortiGate device. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chinese Hackers Infiltrate Dutch Defense Networks with Coathanger RAT...

From Cybercrime Saul Goodman to the Russian GRU

In 2021, the exclusive Russian cybercrime forum Mazafaka was hacked. The leaked user database shows one of the forums founders was an attorney who advised Russias top hackers on the legal risks of their work, and what to do if they got caught. A review of this users hacker identities shows that...

Chained Exploits, Stolen VPN Access: Hackers Target Ivanti Users Despite Patches

By Deeba Ahmed Zero-Day Nightmare: CVE-2024-21893 Exploits Surge in Attacks on Ivanti Products. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chained Exploits, Stolen VPN Access: Hackers Target Ivanti Users Despite Patches...

Ethical Hackers Reported 835 Vulnerabilities, Earned $450K in 2023

By Deeba Ahmed The US Department of Defense reported the most security vulnerabilities in 2023, with 96 reports or 10% of all reports. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ethical Hackers Reported 835 Vulnerabilities, Earned $450K in 2023...

China’s Hackers Keep Targeting US Water and Electricity Supplies

Plus: Russia was likely behind widespread GPS outages, Vault 7 leaker was sentenced, police claim to trace Monero cryptocurrency, and more...

Russian APT28 Hackers Targeting High-Value Orgs with NTLM Relay Attacks

Russian state-sponsored actors have staged NT LAN Manager NTLM v2 hash relay attacks through various methods from April 2022 to November 2023, targeting high-value targets worldwide. The attacks, attributed to an "aggressive" hacking crew called APT28, have set their eyes on organizations dealing...

Cloudflare Breach: Nation-State Hackers Access Source Code and Internal Docs

Cloudflare has revealed that it was the target of a likely nation-state attack in which the threat actor leveraged stolen credentials to gain unauthorized access to its Atlassian server and ultimately access some documentation and a limited amount of source code. The intrusion, which took place...

Hackers Uncover Airbus EFB App Vulnerability, Risking Aircraft Data

By Deeba Ahmed In this instance, the hackers were white hat; otherwise, things could have gone awry. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Uncover Airbus EFB App Vulnerability, Risking Aircraft Data...

Smarter, Meaner, Sneakier: Security Trends for 2024

Learn how hackers are getting smarter, ruder, meaner, and sneakier and what to do about it with this overview of cybersecurity trends in 2024...

China-Linked Hackers Target Myanmar's Top Ministries with Backdoor Blitz

The China-based threat actor known as Mustang Panda is suspected to have targeted Myanmar's Ministry of Defence and Foreign Affairs as part of twin campaigns designed to deploy backdoors and remote access trojans. The findings come from CSIRT-CTI, which said the activities took place in November...

23andMe Failed to Detect Account Intrusions for Months

Plus: North Korean hackers get into generative AI, a phone surveillance tool that can monitor billions of devices gets exposed, and ambient light sensors pose a new privacy risk...

Hackers Crack Tesla Twice, Rake in $1.3 Million at Pwn2Own Automotive

By Deeba Ahmed Vendors have 90 days to release security patches before Trend Micro publicly discloses it. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Crack Tesla Twice, Rake in $1.3 Million at Pwn2Own Automotive...

Pwn2Own Automotive: Tesla, Sony, Alpine Players Breached on Day One

By Deeba Ahmed Bug Bounty Bonanza: Hackers Rake in Big Bucks as Connected Cars Show Security Cracks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Pwn2Own Automotive: Tesla, Sony, Alpine Players Breached on Day One...