The US Puts a $10M Bounty on DarkSide Ransomware Hackers

Plus: a “Trojan Source” bug, Russian hackers exposed, and more of the week's top security news...

Ransom fail: Iranian hackers leak trove of Israeli LGBTQ dating app data

By Waqas Iranian Hackers Leaked Private Messages and sensitive data of 690,000 Israeli LGBTQ Dating App Atraf Users After $1 Million Ransom is Denied. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ransom fail: Iranian hackers leak trove of Israeli LGBTQ dating app data...

Google to Pay Hackers $31,337 for Exploiting Patched Linux Kernel Flaws

Google on Monday announced that it will pay security researchers to find exploits using vulnerabilities, previously remediated or otherwise, over the next three months as part of a new bug bounty program to improve the security of the Linux kernel. To that end, the company is expected to issue...

Trojan Source attack lets hackers exploit source code

By Waqas Trojan Source attack impacts all popular programming language compilers, such as C, C++, C, Java, JavaScript, Python, Rust, and Go. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Trojan Source attack lets hackers exploit source code...

A week in security (Oct 25 – Oct 31)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs Beyond the VPN: Ultimate online privacy with the Tor Project’s Isabela Bagueros: Lock and Code S02E20 Patch now to bypass Firefox add-ons that abuse the proxy API to deny updates How social media mistakes can impact cybersecurity Update now! Apple patches bugs in iO...

Police Arrest Suspected Ransomware Hackers Behind 1,800 Attacks Worldwide

12 people have been detained as part of an international law enforcement operation for orchestrating ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure and large organizations that hit over 1,800 victims across 71 countries since 2019, marking the latest action against cybercrime groups. The arrests...

The SolarWinds Hackers Are Looking for Their Next Big Score

Plus: Gas station hacks in Iran, ransomware arrests in Europe, and more of the week's top security news...

Hackers Stealing Browser Cookies to Hijack High-Profile YouTube Accounts

Since at least late 2019, a network of hackers-for-hire have been hijacking the channels of YouTube creators, luring them with bogus collaboration opportunities to broadcast cryptocurrency scams or sell the accounts to the highest bidder. That's according to a new report published by Google's...

How Hackers Hijacked Thousands of YouTube Accounts

Google has shed light on a spate of attacks that turned creator channels into cryptocurrency scam livestreams...

Hackers Keep Targeting the US Water Supply

Plus: The biggest Twitch hack, an iOS zero day, and more of the week's top security news...

A Telegram Bot Told Iranian Hackers When They Got a Hit

APT35 may not be the most dangerous group out there, but they've got a new phishing trick...

X (Formerly Twitter): Blind XSS on Twitter's internal Jira panel at ████ allows exfiltration of hackers reports and other sensitive data

The researcher demonstrated a vulnerability in Twitter's Jira instance where user supplied information was handled in an improper manner, rendering the application vulnerable to blind XSS. By crafting a bug report and sending it to Twitter it was possible to locate this proof of concept code with...

Why Businesses Need To Go Lean With Cybersecurity

By Waqas As hackers get smarter, cybersecurity becomes a key concern - Let's dig deeper into why businesses need to go lean with cybersecurity. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Why Businesses Need To Go Lean With Cybersecurity...

Iran-linked hackers hit Israeli, US and EU defense tech firm

By Deeba Ahmed Microsoft has warned that hackers linked to Iran are mainly targeting Office 365 clients in defense technology firms. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Iran-linked hackers hit Israeli, US and EU defense tech firm...

Microsoft Warns of Iran-Linked Hackers Targeting US and Israeli Defense Firms

An emerging threat actor likely supporting Iranian national interests has been behind a password spraying campaign targeting U.S., E.U., and Israeli defense technology companies, with additional activity observed against regional ports of entry in the Persian Gulf as well as maritime and cargo...

New Study Links Seemingly Disparate Malware Attacks to Chinese Hackers

Chinese cyber espionage group APT41 has been linked to seemingly disparate malware campaigns, according to fresh research that has mapped together additional parts of the group's network infrastructure to hit upon a state-sponsored campaign that takes advantage of COVID-themed phishing lures to...

Ransomware Hackers Who Attacked Over 100 Companies Arrested in Ukraine

Law enforcement agencies have announced the arrest of two "prolific ransomware operators" in Ukraine who allegedly conducted a string of targeted attacks against large industrial entities in Europe and North America since at least April 2020, marking the latest step in combating ransomware...

Hackers exploit 2FA flaw to steal crypto from 6,000 Coinbase users

By Waqas working to reimburse the customers for the funds they have lost and help them regain control of their accounts. Here's what happened. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers exploit 2FA flaw to steal crypto from 6,000 Coinbase users...

Chinese Hackers Used a New Rootkit to Spy on Targeted Windows 10 Users

A formerly unknown Chinese-speaking threat actor has been linked to a long-standing evasive operation aimed at South East Asian targets as far back as July 2020 to deploy a kernel-mode rootkit on compromised Windows systems. Attacks mounted by the hacking group, dubbed GhostEmperor by Kaspersky,...

UPchieve: Password Reuse

Issue Description: A user is able to reuse any of their old passwords during the change passwords process. URL & Location: https://hackers.upchieve.org/resetpassword POC video : recording-1632907447530.webm @thug645 Impact Misconfiguration...