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...

Awesome-Red-Teaming

This is an offensive tool for Red Teaming. It is a list of resources for anyone wishing to learn about Red Teaming, including initial access, execution, persistence, privilege escalation, defense evasion, credential access, discovery, lateral movement, collection, exfiltration, command and contro...

A week in security (July 19 – July 25)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Stopransomwaredotgov, a one-stop hub for ransomware resources Beware, crypto-scammer seeks foreigner with BLOCK CHAIN ACCOUNT Remcos RAT delivered via Visual Basic US, EU, UK, NATO blame China for “reckless” exchange attacks HiveNightmare zero-day lets anyone be...

Pegasus spyware has been here for years. We must stop ignoring it

On July 18, a group of 17 newspaper and media organizations—aided by Amnesty International’s Security Lab and the research group Citizen Lab—revealed that one of the world’s most advanced and viciously invasive spyware tools had been used to hack, or attempt to hack, into 37 mobile phones owned b...

Israeli spyware used in hacking phones of activists, journalists globally

By Waqas In groundbreaking research, it has been revealed that governments and regimes around the world used NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Israeli spyware used in hacking phones of activists, journalists globally...

Protecting customers from a private-sector offensive actor using 0-day exploits and DevilsTongue malware

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center MSTIC alongside the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC has uncovered a private-sector offensive actor, or PSOA, that we are calling SOURGUM in possession of now-patched, Windows 0-day exploits CVE-2021-31979 and CVE-2021-33771. Private-sector offensiv...

Indian call center seized over Amazon hacking scam against US citizens

By Deeba Ahmed The call center ran a fake Amazon technical support call center in South Delhi - Now, 26 of its "employees" have been arrested. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Indian call center seized over Amazon hacking scam against US citizens...

Iranian State-Sponsored Hacking Attempts

Interesting attack: Masquerading as UK scholars with the University of Londons School of Oriental and African Studies SOAS, the threat actor TA453 has been covertly approaching individuals since at least January 2021 to solicit sensitive information. The threat actor, an APT who we assess with hi...

Game over: Apex Legends players locked out by protest message

Messages placed directly in or around games is a common hack technique. It can be used for trolling, phishing, scams, or anything else the message-placer can think of. Messages can also be placed in games for the purposes of advertising but thats a tale for a different day. Recently, players of...