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UN hacked, becomes target of massive state-sponsored spying op
By Waqas The organization admits experiencing sophisticated cyberattacks after Media Leaked Details. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: UN hacked, becomes target of massive state-sponsored spying op...
Kali Linux 2020.1 released – Download now
By Sudais Asif Kali Linux 2020.1 is out. Download now and explore the endless world of hacking. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Kali Linux 2020.1 released - Download now...
Inside Pwn2Own's High-Stakes Industrial Hacking Contest
At Pwn2Own, hackers had no trouble dismantling systems that help run everything from car washes to nuclear plants...
Threat Source newsletter (Jan. 23, 2020)
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. Despite tensions starting to fizzle between the U.S. and Iran, people are still worried about cyber conflict. What would that even look...
Pwn2Own Miami Contestants Haul in $180K for Hacking ICS Equipment
The very first Pwn2Own hacking competition that exclusively focuses on the industrial control systems ICS has kicked off in Miami. So far, a total of $180,000 has been awarded for pwning five different products. The contest hosts at Trend Micro’s Zero Day initiative ZDI have allocated more than...
Free Press Advocates Decry Cybercrime Charges Against Glenn Greenwald
Brazil has accused journalist Glenn Greenwald of aiding a hacking ring, with seemingly scant evidence...
Brazil Charges Glenn Greenwald with Cybercrimes
Glenn Greenwald has been charged with cybercrimes in Brazil, stemming from publishing information and documents that were embarrassing to the government. The charges are that he actively helped the people who actually did the hacking: Citing intercepted messages between Mr. Greenwald and the...
BitDam Study Exposes High Miss Rates of Leading Email Security Systems
Imagine receiving an email from US VP Mike Pence's official email account asking for help because he has been stranded in the Philippines. Actually, you don't have to. This actually happened. Pence's email was hacked when he was still the governor of Indiana, and his account was used to attempt t...
A week in security (January 13 – 19)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we taught you how to prevent a rootkit attack, explained what data enrichment means, informed you about new rules on deepfakes in the US, and demonstrated how backdoors in elastic servers expose private data. Other cybersecurity news An online group of cybersecurit...
This Week in Security News: The First Patch Tuesday Update of 2020 and Pwn2Own Vancouver Announced
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about a major crypto-spoofing bug impacting Windows 10 that has been fixed as part of Microsoft’s January Patch Tuesday update. Also,...
Hackers jailed for hacking National Lottery & withdrawing £13
By Uzair Amir Welp, here's something shocking... NOT. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers jailed for hacking National Lottery & withdrawing £13...
cliftonwineschool.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-1068239
Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has:       a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence;       b. notified the website operator about its existence...
CVE-2020-2678
CVE-2020-2678 affects Oracle VM VirtualBox (Core) with vulnerable versions prior to 5.2.36, 6.0.16 and 6.1.2. The issue allows a low-privileged, logon-authenticated attacker to compromise VirtualBox, potentially leading to unauthorized creation, deletion or modification of data, and unauthorized ...
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I'm speaking at Indiana University Bloomington on January 30, 2020. I'll be at RSA Conference 2020 in San Francisco. On Wednesday, February 26, at 2:50 PM, I'll be part of a panel on "How to Reduce Supply Chain Risk: Lessons from...
An Iranian Hacking Campaign, Social Media Surveillance, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less...
ToTok Returned to Google Play Despite ‘Spy Tool’ Claims
Mobile application ToTok has been reinstated to the Google Play app ecosystem, after it was removed last month due to claims that it was being used for government espionage. ToTok, a social app that was released in 2019 and has been downloaded by millions, gained rapid popularity in the United Ar...
Authorities lost track of suspect after WhatsApp hacking warning
By Waqas The terror suspect got away after ill-timed WhatsApp hacking warning. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Authorities lost track of suspect after WhatsApp hacking warning...
The Army Bans TikTok
A million-dollar email scam, a Chinese hacking campaign, and more of the week's top security news...
How Iran's Hackers Might Strike Back After Soleimani's Assassination
From data-destroying wipers to industrial control system hacking, Iran has a potent arsenal of cyberattacks at its disposal...
Top 20 Most Popular Hacking Tools in 2019
As last year, this year we made a ranking with the most popular tools between January and December 2019. Topics of the tools focus on OSINT, Information Gathering, Android Hacking Tools, Automation Tools, Phishing, among others. Without going into further details, we have prepared a useful list o...