Russian Hackers Linked to 'Largest Ever Cyber Attack' on Danish Critical Infrastructure

Russian threat actors have been possibly linked to what's been described as the "largest cyber attack against Danish critical infrastructure," in which 22 companies associated with the operation of the country's energy sector were targeted in May 2023. "22 simultaneous, successful cyberattacks...

Hackers Claim Major Data Breach at Smart WiFi Provider Plume

By Waqas Plume has not confirmed the data breach but has acknowledged that the company is aware of the claims made by hackers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Claim Major Data Breach at Smart WiFi Provider Plume...

Hackers Employ Updated Ducktail to Target Indian Marketers

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary The threat actors linked to the Ducktail stealer malware have been implicated in a new campaign that focused on marketing professionals in India. The primary goal of this campaign was to compromise and...

The Mirai Confessions: Three Young Hackers Who Built a Web-Killing Monster Finally Tell Their Story

Netflix, Spotify, Twitter, PayPal, Slack. All down for millions of people. How a group of teen friends plunged into an underworld of cybercrime and broke the internet—then went to work for the FBI...

Vietnamese Hackers Using New Delphi-Powered Malware to Target Indian Marketers

The Vietnamese threat actors behind the Ducktail stealer malware have been linked to a new campaign that ran between March and early October 2023, targeting marketing professionals in India with an aim to hijack Facebook business accounts. "An important feature that sets it apart is that, unlike...

Chinese Hackers Launch Covert Espionage Attacks on 24 Cambodian Organizations

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is malicious cyber activity orchestrated by two prominent Chinese nation-state hacking groups targeting 24 Cambodian government organizations. "This activity is believed to be part of a long-term espionage campaign," Palo Alto Networks Unit ...

MuddyC2Go: New C2 Framework Iranian Hackers Using Against Israel

Iranian nation-state actors have been observed using a previously undocumented command-and-control C2 framework called MuddyC2Go as part of attacks targeting Israel. "The framework's web component is written in the Go programming language," Deep Instinct security researcher Simon Kenin said in a...

Sandworm Hackers Caused Another Blackout in Ukraine—During a Missile Strike

Russia's most notorious military hackers successfully sabotaged Ukraine's power grid for the third time last year. And in this case, the blackout coincided with a physical attack...

Iranian Hackers Launch Destructive Cyber Attacks on Israeli Tech and Education Sectors

Israeli higher education and tech sectors have been targeted as part of a series of destructive cyber attacks that commenced in January 2023 with an aim to deploy previously undocumented wiper malware. The intrusions, which took place as recently as October, have been attributed to an Iranian...

Russia’s 2nd-Largest Insurer Rosgosstrakh Hacked; 400GB of Data Sold Online

By Waqas The hackers are selling the trove of data for $50,000 in Bitcoin BTC or Monero XMR cryptocurrency. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russias 2nd-Largest Insurer Rosgosstrakh Hacked; 400GB of Data Sold Online...

Microsoft Does Damage Control With Its New 'Secure Future Initiative'

Following a string of serious security incidents, Microsoft says it has a plan to deal with escalating threats from cybercriminals and state-backed hackers...

Hackers Utilize MSIX App Packages to Disseminate GHOSTPULSE Malware

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A new cyber attack campaign has emerged, involving the use of fake MSIX Windows app packages masquerading as legitimate applications. These deceptive MSIX packages are employed to distribute a new malwar...

Turla Updates Kazuar Backdoor with Advanced Anti-Analysis to Evade Detection

The Russia-linked hacking crew known as Turla has been observed using an updated version of a known second-stage backdoor referred to as Kazuar. The new findings come from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, which is tracking the adversary under its constellation-themed moniker Pensive Ursa. "As the code...

Hamas Hackers Targeting Israelis with New BiBi-Linux Wiper Malware

By Waqas The Security Joes Incident Response team of cybersecurity researchers recently discovered the new BiBi-Linux Wiper malware. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hamas Hackers Targeting Israelis with New BiBi-Linux Wiper Malware...

CVE-2007-10003

The CVE-2007-10003 entry concerns The Hackers Diet Plugin for WordPress (up to version 0.9.6b). The vulnerability affects the ajax_blurb.php component of the HTTP POST Request Handler, where manipulation of the user parameter leads to SQL injection. Exploitation is remote possible. Remediation is...

WordPress Plugin Hackers Diet SQL Injection Vulnerability

WordPress and WordPress plugin are both products of the WordPress Foundation.WordPress is a blogging platform developed using the PHP language. WordPress is a blogging platform developed using the PHP language, which supports personal blogs on PHP and MySQL servers.WordPress plugin is an...

PT-2023-9862 · Unknown · The Hackers Diet Plugin

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: The Hackers Diet Plugin versions up to 0.9.6b Description: A critical issue has been found in the processing of the file ajax blurb.php of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument user leads to sql injection...

openexr -- Heap Overflow in Scanline Deep Data Parsing

Austin Hackers Anonymous report: Due to a failure in validating the number of scanline samples of a OpenEXR file containing deep scanline data, Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR image parsing library version 3.2.1 and prior is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. ... it is...

They Cracked the Code to a Locked USB Drive Worth $235 Million in Bitcoin. Then It Got Weird

Stefan Thomas lost the password to an encrypted USB drive holding 7,002 bitcoins. One team of hackers believes they can unlock it—if they can get Thomas to let them...

Discord: A Playground for Nation-State Hackers Targeting Critical Infrastructure

In what's the latest evolution of threat actors abusing legitimate infrastructure for nefarious ends, new findings show that nation-state hacking groups have entered the fray in leveraging the social platform for targeting critical infrastructure. Discord, in recent years, has become a lucrative...