MangaDex Site Offline Following Hacking Incident

MangaDex, the online repository of manga animation comics, will be closed until further notice following a hacking incident. Last week, the site reported that a cyberattacker had gained access to an administrative account, “through the reuse of a session token found in an old database leak throug...

SilverFish: Swiss firm accesses servers linked to SolarWinds hackers

By Deeba Ahmed The group used many different methods to attack their victims apart from exploiting the vulnerability in Texas-based firm SolarWinds software. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: SilverFish: Swiss firm accesses servers linked to SolarWinds hackers...

This Week in Security News - March 19, 2021

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Mimecast: SolarWinds Attackers Stole Source Code

Hackers who compromised Mimecast networks as part of the SolarWinds espionage campaign have swiped some of the security firm’s source code repositories, according to an update by the company. The email security firm initially reported that a certificate compromise in January was part of the...

Mimecast Finds SolarWinds Hackers Stole Some of Its Source Code

Email security firm Mimecast on Tuesday revealed that the state-sponsored SolarWinds hackers who broke into its internal network also downloaded source code out of a limited number of repositories. "The threat actor did access a subset of email addresses and other contact information and hashed a...

Mimecast Finds SolarWinds Hackers Stole Some of Its Source Code

Email security firm Mimecast on Tuesday revealed that the state-sponsored SolarWinds hackers who broke into its internal network also downloaded source code out of a limited number of repositories. "The threat actor did access a subset of email addresses and other contact information and hashed a...

On the Insecurity of ES&S Voting Machines’ Hash Code

Andrew Appel and Susan Greenhalgh have a blog post on the insecurity of ES&Ss software authentication system: It turns out that ES&S has bugs in their hash-code checker: if the "reference hashcode" is completely missing, then itll say "yes, boss, everything is fine" instead of reporting an error...

Hackers Accessed Security Cameras Inside Tesla and Beyond

Plus: A Molson-Coors hack, Github controversy, and more of the week's top security news...

Chinese hackers using RedXOR backdoor against Linux systems

By Deeba Ahmed RedXOR malware can steal data, gather system information such as the MAC address, username, clock speed, distribution, and kernel version, etc. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chinese hackers using RedXOR backdoor against Linux systems...

Researchers Unveil New Linux Malware Linked to Chinese Hackers

Cybersecurity researchers on Wednesday shed light on a new sophisticated backdoor targeting Linux endpoints and servers that's believed to be the work of Chinese nation-state actors. Dubbed "RedXOR" by Intezer, the backdoor masquerades as a polkit daemon, with similarities found between the malwa...

Hackers steal $3.8 million from Defi Protocol DODO

By Habiba Rashid DODO is a decentralized exchange built on the proactive market maker algorithm that runs on Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain BSC This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers steal $3.8 million from Defi Protocol DODO...

More on the Chinese Zero-Day Microsoft Exchange Hack

Nick Weaver has an excellent post on the Microsoft Exchange hack: The investigative journalist Brian Krebs has produced a handy timeline of events and a few things stand out from the chronology. The attacker was first detected by one group on Jan. 5 and another on Jan. 6, and Microsoft acknowledg...

SolarWinds Hack — New Evidence Suggests Potential Links to Chinese Hackers

A malicious web shell deployed on Windows systems by leveraging a previously undisclosed zero-day in SolarWinds' Orion network monitoring software may have been the work of a possible Chinese threat group. In a report published by Secureworks on Monday, the cybersecurity firm attributed the...

European Banking Authority victim in Microsoft Exchange Server hack

By Habiba Rashid European Banking Authority EBA has disclosed that it is one of the victims of the Microsoft Exchange Server Hack blamed on Chinese hackers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: European Banking Authority victim in Microsoft Exchange Server hack...

Iranian Hackers Using Remote Utilities Software to Spy On Its Targets

Hackers with suspected ties to Iran are actively targeting academia, government agencies, and tourism entities in the Middle East and neighboring regions as part of an espionage campaign aimed at data theft. Dubbed "Earth Vetala" by Trend Micro, the latest finding expands on previous research...

Iranian Hackers Using Remote Utilities Software to Spy On Its Targets

Hackers with suspected ties to Iran are actively targeting academia, government agencies, and tourism entities in the Middle East and neighboring regions as part of an espionage campaign aimed at data theft. Dubbed "Earth Vetala" by Trend Micro, the latest finding expands on previous research...

Chinese Hacking Spree Hit an ‘Astronomical’ Number of Victims

A single group appears to have infiltrated tens of thousands of Microsoft Exchange servers in an ongoing onslaught...

Microsoft, FireEye report 3 new malware linked to SolarWinds hackers

By Deeba Ahmed Microsoft and FireEye have identified 3 new malware used by SolarWinds hackers in their last year's attack on critical cyberinfrastructure in the US. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft, FireEye report 3 new malware linked to SolarWinds hackers...

At Least 30,000 U.S. Organizations Newly Hacked Via Holes in Microsoft’s Email Software

At least 30,000 organizations across the United States -- including a significant number of small businesses, towns, cities and local governments -- have over the past few days been hacked by an unusually aggressive Chinese cyber espionage unit thats focused on stealing email from victim...

Mazafaka — Elite Hacking and Cybercrime Forum — Got Hacked!

In what's a case of hackers getting hacked, a prominent underground online criminal forum by the name of Maza has been compromised by unknown attackers, making it the fourth forum to have been breached since the start of the year. The intrusion is said to have occurred on March 3, with informatio...