CarPunk - The Car Hacking Toolkit

CARPUNK IS VERY SIMILAR TO CANghost, ONLY THE DEFFERENCE IS, IT COMES WITH OPTIONS TO ENABLE OR DISABLE INTERFACE AND BASIC SNIFFING AS EXTRA. IT WORKS ON BOTH SIMULATION & REAL CARS. HAS THE OPTIONS TO RECORD AND PLAY THE CAN PACKETS. NO ANY ARGUMENTS REQUIRED WHEN RUNNING BUT NEED...

A New APT Hacking Group Targeting Fuel, Energy, and Aviation Industries

A previously undocumented threat actor has been identified as behind a string of attacks targeting fuel, energy, and aviation production industries in Russia, the U.S., India, Nepal, Taiwan, and Japan with the goal of stealing data from compromised networks. Cybersecurity company Positive...

Apple AirTags can be used as trojan for credential hacking

By Waqas According to penetration tester and security researcher Bobby Raunch, Apple's AirTags can be used for credential hacking and data theft vectors. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Apple AirTags can be used as trojan for credential hacking...

How to Prevent Account Takeovers in 2021

Data breaches and hacking put internet users at risk of account takeover, if cybercriminals successfully gain access to valid login credentials. There are reckoned to be in excess of 8.4 million discrete passwords currently circulating online, more than 3.5 billion of which are tied to active...

New BloodyStealer malware steals data from gamers on EA, Epic, Steam

By Waqas The BloodyStealer malware is sold on Russian hacking forums while its capabilities include stealing gaming logs, login credentials, and much more. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New BloodyStealer malware steals data from gamers on EA, Epic, Steam...

JadedWraith - Light-weight UNIX Backdoor

Lightweight UNIX backdoor for ethical hacking. Useful for red team engagements and CTFs. Something I wrote a few years ago as part of a game I was playing with a friend to try to backdoor as many VMs in each other's labs without being caught or having our tools reverse engineered/signatured...

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 --...

Indictment, Lawsuits Revive Trump-Alfa Bank Story

In October 2016, media outlets reported that data collected by some of the worlds most renowned cybersecurity experts had identified frequent and unexplained communications between an email server used by the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank, one of Russias largest financial institutions. Those...

Former US Intelligence Operatives Admit They Hacked for UAE

Plus: Remote learning spyware, an AT bribery scandal, and more of the week's top security news...

Kali Linux 2021.3 - Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Linux Distribution

Time for another Kali Linux release! – Kali Linux 2021.1. This release has various impressive updates. A summary of the changes since the 2021.2 release from June are: OpenSSL - Wide compatibility by default - Keep reading for what that means New Kali-Tools site - Following the footsteps of...

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...

15-Year-Old Malware Proxy Network VIP72 Goes Dark

Over the past 15 years, a cybercrime anonymity service known as VIP72 has enabled countless fraudsters to mask their true location online by routing their traffic through millions of malware-infected systems. But roughly two weeks ago, VIP72s online storefront -- which ironically enough has...

What is a White Hat Hacker❓ | Ethical Hackers

Introduction White Hat programmers or hackers are individuals that do security assessments as a component of a business course of action. Albeit this idea is helpful in many cases, it has no legitimate or moral ramifications. When differentiated to the meaning of Black Hat, this nonappearance...

HolesWarm Malware Exploits Unpatched Windows, Linux Servers

By leveraging more than 20 known vulnerabilities in Linux and Windows servers, the HolesWarm cryptominer malware has been able to break into more than 1,000 cloud hosts just since June. The basic cryptominer botnet has been so successful at juggling so many different known vulnerabilities between...

Does a VPN Protect You from Hackers?

A virtual private network VPN is the perfect solution for a lot of issues you might experience online- accessing blocked sites, hiding your browsing activity, getting rid of internet throttling, finding better deals, and much more. But does a VPN protect you from hackers? Is your private...

Critical Valve Bug Lets Gamers Add Unlimited Funds to Steam Wallets

A security researcher helped Valve, the makers of the gaming platform Steam, plug an easy-to-exploit hole that allowed users to add unlimited funds to their digital wallet. Simply by changing the account’s email address, the exploit allowed anyone to artificially boost their digital billfold to...

Learn Ethical Hacking From Scratch — 18 Online Courses for Just $43

If you're reading this post, there is a pretty good chance you're interested in hacking. Ever thought about turning it into a career? The cybersecurity industry is booming right now, and ethical hacking is one of the most lucrative and challenging niches. It's open to anyone with the right skills...

Hackers Steal Over $600 Million Worth of Cryptocurrencies from Poly Network

Hackers have siphoned $611 million worth of cryptocurrencies from a blockchain-based financial network in what's believed to be one of the largest heists targeting the digital asset industry, putting it ahead of breaches targeting exchanges Coincheck and Mt. Gox in recent years. Poly Network, a...

Fuzz Off: How to Shake Up Code to Get It Right – Podcast

LAS VEGAS – In 2014, two teams of security researchers independently started fuzz testing OpenSSL. Within days, the advanced black-box software technique led to an exploitable vulnerability in OpenSSL: namely, the Heartbleed vulnerability. What is fuzzing? That’s what the FuzzCon event is all...

Reboot of PunkSpider Tool at DEF CON Stirs Debate

Researchers will release a reboot of a controversial tool that crawls the web to identify back-end vulnerabilities in websites in the hopes that companies will quickly fix them and reduce security risks. However, experts have mixed feelings about the tool called PunkSpider, created by the analyti...