Microsoft warns of Nobelium hackers using FoggyWeb backdoor

By Waqas Microsoft warns of the FoggyWeb backdoor used by Nobelium, the same hacking group behind SolarWinds supply-chain attacks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft warns of Nobelium hackers using FoggyWeb backdoor...

The Proliferation of Zero-days

The MIT Technology Review is reporting that 2021 is a blockbuster year for zero-day exploits: One contributing factor in the higher rate of reported zero-days is the rapid global proliferation of hacking tools. Powerful groups are all pouring heaps of cash into zero-days to use for themselves --...

Hackers hit Russian ministry, rocket center using MSHTML vulnerability

By Waqas Microsoft Office zero-day also dubbed MSHTML attack exploited to target Russian government including Interior ministry and State Rocket Center. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers hit Russian ministry, rocket center using MSHTML vulnerability...

Europol Busts Major Crime Ring, Arrests Over 100 Online Fraudsters

Law enforcement agencies in Italy and Spain have dismantled an organized crime group linked to the Italian Mafia that was involved in online fraud, money laundering, drug trafficking, and property crime, netting the gang about €10 million $11.7 million in illegal proceeds in just a year. "The...

SSID Stripping flaw lets hackers mimic real wireless access points

By Deeba Ahmed SSID Stripping has emerged as a significant threat because it impacts major platforms like MS Windows, macOS, Apple iOS, Ubuntu, and Android. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: SSID Stripping flaw lets hackers mimic real wireless access points...

Dangers of DNS poisoning and how to prevent it

By Owais Sultan DNS poisoning is also known as a spoofing attack carried out by hackers who imitate another device, client, or user by poisoning the DNS. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Dangers of DNS poisoning and how to prevent it...

Financial Cybercrime: Why Cryptocurrency is the Perfect ‘Getaway Car’

This is Part I of a two-part series on how cybercrooks embrace and use cryptocurrency. To read Part II, please click here. It’s no secret: Hackers are out to make money. Over the summer, it seemed there was practically a new ransomware attack every day of the week. Whether it be Colonial Pipeline...

Hackers dump login credentials of Fortinet VPN users in plain-text

By Waqas Fortinet VPN users are urged to reset their passwords as the company has acknowledged the data to be legitimate. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers dump login credentials of Fortinet VPN users in plain-text...

More Detail on the Juniper Hack and the NSA PRNG Backdoor

We knew the basics of this story, but its good to have more detail. Heres me in 2015 about this Juniper hack. Heres me in 2007 on the NSA backdoor...

A week in security (August 30 – September 5)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs ProxyToken: another nail-biter from Microsoft Exchange Macs turn on apps signed by Symantec, treat them as malware Google Play sign-ins can be abused to track another person’s movements FTC bans SpyFone and its CEO from continuing to sell stalkerware BrakTooth...

Microsoft Says Chinese Hackers Were Behind SolarWinds Serv-U SSH 0-Day Attack

Microsoft has shared technical details about a now-fixed, actively exploited critical security vulnerability affecting SolarWinds Serv-U managed file transfer service that it has attributed with "high confidence" to a threat actor operating out of China. In mid-July, the Texas-based company...

Chinese Authorities Arrest Hackers Behind Mozi IoT Botnet Attacks

The operators of the Mozi IoT botnet have been taken into custody by Chinese law enforcement authorities, nearly two years after the malware emerged on the threat landscape in September 2019. News of the arrest, which originally happened in June, was disclosed by researchers from Netlab, the...

Android game developer EskyFun exposed 1 million gamers to hackers

By Deeba Ahmed EskyFun used an unsecured Elasticsearch server for storing vast amounts of data collected from users which was later exposed online. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Android game developer EskyFun exposed 1 million gamers to hackers...

Hackers, tractors, and a few delayed actors. How hacker Sick Codes learned too much about John Deere: Lock and Code S02E16

No one ever wants a group of hackers to say about their company: "We had the keys to the kingdom." But thats exactly what the hacker Sick Codes said on this weeks episode of Lock and Code, in speaking with host David Ruiz, when talking about his and fellow hackers efforts to peer into John Deeres...

Whitehat hackers accessed primary keys of Azure’s Cosmos DB customers

By Saad Rajpoot The vulnerability existed in Microsoft Azure’s flagship database service Cosmos DB for approximately two years. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Whitehat hackers accessed primary keys of Azures Cosmos DB customers...

Cold wallet, hot wallet, or empty wallet? What is the safest way to store cryptocurrency?

In August of 2021, a thief stole about $600 million in cryptocurrencies from The Poly Network. They ended up giving it back, but not because they were forced to. Slightly more than one week later, Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid was hacked and lost $97 million worth of digital coins. Thes...

Watch as hackers disrupt Iran’s prison computers; leak live footage

By Waqas The group of hackers behind the cyberattack on the Iranian prison goes by the name of Edaalate Ali. Here's what footage was leaked online. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Watch as hackers disrupt Irans prison computers; leak live footage...

Criminals exploited weak checks and old tech to pull off vast COVID benefit fraud

In life, when you encounter something momentuous—a sudden job loss, a routine check-up that revealed an illness you cant afford the medical bills for—you can be assured that the federal or state government has benefits you can apply for it. And where there are benefits, you can also be assured th...

Hackers Stole Over $90M From Japan's Liquid Crypto Exchange

Plus: An Apple informant, a Census Bureau hack, and more of the week's top security news...

Iranian Hackers Target Several Israeli Organizations With Supply-Chain Attacks

IT and communication companies in Israel were at the center of a supply chain attack campaign spearheaded by an Iranian threat actor that involved impersonating the firms and their HR personnel to target victims with fake job offers in an attempt to penetrate their computers and gain access to th...