C99Shell-PHP7 - PHP 7 And Safe-Build Update Of The Popular C99 Variant Of PHP Shell

C99Shell-PHP7 PHP 7 and safe-build Update of the popular C99 variant of PHP Shell. c99shell.php v.2.0 PHP 7 25.02.2019 Updated by: PinoyWH1Z for PHP 7 About C99Shell An excellent example of a web shell is the c99 variant, which is a PHP shell most of them calls it malware often uploaded to a...

Ice Breaker a Looming Threat on the Gaming Industry

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Online gaming and gambling companies have been targeted by hackers using unseen backdoors. The attacks are grouped together and referred to as "Ice Breaker." The intrusions make use of smart social...

Iranian OilRig Hackers Using New Backdoor to Exfiltrate Data from Govt. Organizations

The Iranian nation-state hacking group known as OilRig has continued to target government organizations in the Middle East as part of a cyber espionage campaign that leverages a new backdoor to exfiltrate data. "The campaign abuses legitimate but compromised email accounts to send stolen data to...

British Cyber Agency Warns of Russian and Iranian Hackers Targeting Key Industries

The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre NCSC on Thursday warned of spear-phishing attacks mounted by Russian and Iranian state-sponsored actors for information-gathering operations. "The attacks are not aimed at the general public but targets in specified sectors, including academia, defense,...

US Cyber Command Operations During the 2022 Midterm Elections

The head of both US Cyber Command and the NSA, Gen. Paul Nakasone, broadly discussed that first organizations offensive cyber operations during the runup to the 2022 midterm elections. He didnt name names, of course: We did conduct operations persistently to make sure that our foreign adversaries...

North Korean Hackers Turn to Credential Harvesting in Latest Wave of Cyberattacks

A North Korean nation-state group notorious for crypto heists has been attributed to a new wave of malicious email attacks as part of a "sprawling" credential harvesting activity targeting a number of industry verticals, marking a significant shift in its strategy. The state-aligned threat actor ...

North Korean Hackers Turn to Credential Harvesting in Latest Wave of Cyberattacks

A North Korean nation-state group notorious for crypto heists has been attributed to a new wave of malicious email attacks as part of a "sprawling" credential harvesting activity targeting a number of industry verticals, marking a significant shift in its strategy. The state-aligned threat actor ...

FBI Says North Korean Hackers Behind $100 Million Horizon Bridge Crypto Theft

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI on Monday confirmed that North Korean threat actors were responsible for the theft of $100 million in cryptocurrency assets from Harmony Horizon Bridge in June 2022. The law enforcement agency attributed the hack to the Lazarus Group and APT38, the...

Hackers remotely interrupting GTA Online PC Gameplay

By Deeba Ahmed PC players of GTA Online are warned of a new remote attack in which hackers can modify their character, delete stats, and ban or delete the account. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers remotely interrupting GTA Online PC Gameplay...

Gamaredon Group Launches Cyberattacks Against Ukraine Using Telegram

The Russian state-sponsored cyber espionage group known as Gamaredon has continued its digital onslaught against Ukraine, with recent attacks leveraging the popular messaging app Telegram to strike military and law enforcement sectors in the country. "The Gamaredon group's network infrastructure...

Chinese Hackers Exploited Recent Fortinet Flaw as 0-Day to Drop Malware

A suspected China-nexus threat actor exploited a recently patched vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS SSL-VPN as a zero-day in attacks targeting a European government entity and a managed service provider MSP located in Africa. Telemetry evidence gathered by Google-owned Mandiant indicates that the...

Chinese Hackers Exploited Recent Fortinet Flaw as 0-Day to Drop Malware

A suspected China-nexus threat actor exploited a recently patched vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS SSL-VPN as a zero-day in attacks targeting a European government entity and a managed service provider MSP located in Africa. Telemetry evidence gathered by Google-owned Mandiant indicates that the...

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: Im speaking at Capricon, a four-day science fiction convention in Chicago. My talk is on "The Coming AI Hackers" and will be held Friday, February 3 at 1:00 PM. The list is maintained on this page...

Russian Hackers Eager to Bypass OpenAI’s Restrictions to Abuse ChatGPT

By Waqas One of the threat actors inquired about the ideal way to use a stolen payment card to purchase an upgraded user on OpenAI. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian Hackers Eager to Bypass OpenAIs Restrictions to Abuse ChatGPT...

Russian Hackers Targeted Three US Nuclear Research Labs

By Deeba Ahmed The attacks, according to Reuters' report, happened between August and September 2022. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian Hackers Targeted Three US Nuclear Research Labs...

Russian Turla Hackers Hijack Decade-Old Malware Infrastructure to Deploy New Backdoors

The Russian cyberespionage group known as Turla has been observed piggybacking on attack infrastructure used by a decade-old malware to deliver its own reconnaissance and backdoor tools to targets in Ukraine. Google-owned Mandiant, which is tracking the operation under the uncategorized cluster...

Hackers Exploiting OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Deploy Malware

By Waqas Hackers are using ChatGPT to develop powerful hacking tools and create new chatbots designed to mimic young girls to lure targets, claims Check Point. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Exploiting OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Deploy Malware...

Hackers Using CAPTCHA Bypass Tactics in Freejacking Campaign on GitHub

A South Africa-based threat actor known as Automated Libra has been observed employing CAPTCHA bypass techniques to create GitHub accounts in a programmatic fashion as part of a freejacking campaign dubbed PURPLEURCHIN. The group "primarily targets cloud platforms offering limited-time trials of...

Blind Eagle Hackers resurfaced with a formidable infection chain

Threat Level Actor Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Blind Eagle is a financially motivated threat group that has been targeting individuals in numerous South American countries since at least 2018. A novel infection chain involving a more complex toolkit w...

LastPass: Hackers Stole User Data and Encrypted Password Vaults

By Deeba Ahmed It turns out that hackers stole much more than just the source code from LastPass. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: LastPass: Hackers Stole User Data and Encrypted Password Vaults...