Dark web hackers selling 400,000 South Korean & US payment card data

By Sudais Asif According to researchers, this is the biggest sale of South Korean payment cards both credit and debit on the dark web in 2020. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Dark web hackers selling 400,000 South Korean & US payment card data...

MS09-034: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer

Resolves vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer that could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page by using Internet Explorer. Accounts that are configured to have fewer user rights could be affected less.The update that this article describes has been replaced by a...

U.S. Offers Rewards up to $5 Million for Information on North Korean Hackers

The United States agencies today released a joint advisory warning the world about the 'significant cyber threat' posed by North Korean state-sponsored hackers to the global banking and financial institutions. Besides a summary of recent cyberattacks attributed to North Korean hackers, the...

U.S. Offers Rewards up to $5 Million for Information on North Korean Hackers

The United States agencies today released a joint advisory warning the world about the 'significant cyber threat' posed by North Korean state-sponsored hackers to the global banking and financial institutions. Besides a summary of recent cyberattacks attributed to North Korean hackers, the...

Anti-malware platform update for Windows Defender is available in Windows 8

Anti-malware platform update for Windows Defender is available in Windows 8 Introduction This article describes an anti-malware platform update for Windows Defender that is available in Windows 8. This anti-malware platform update for Windows Defender updates Windows Defender services, drivers, a...

Bisonal: 10 years of play

By Warren Mercer, Paul Rascagneres and Vitor Ventura. Update 06/03/20: added samples from 2020. Executive summary Security researchers detected and exposed the Bisonal malware over the past 10 years. But the Tonto team, the threat actor behind it, didn't stop.The victimology didn't change over...

2 Chinese Charged with Laundering $100 Million for North Korean Hackers

Two Chinese nationals have been charged by the US Department of Justice DoJ and sanctioned by the US Treasury for allegedly laundering $100 million worth of virtual currency using prepaid Apple iTunes gift cards. According to a newly unsealed court document, the illicit funds originated from a $2...

Threat Source newsletter (Feb. 20, 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. We’ve got more ways than ever for you to get Talos content. We continue to grow our YouTube page with the second entry in the “Stories...

North Korean Malicious Cyber Activity

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, and the Department of Defense DoD have identified the following malware variants used by the North Korean government. The U.S. Government refers to malicious cyber activity by the North Korean...

UPbit cryptocurrency exchange hacked; Ether worth $50 million stolen

By Waqas South Korean cryptocurrency exchange UPbit has been hacked where hackers have stolen 342,000 Ether ETH - $51 million. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: UPbit cryptocurrency exchange hacked; Ether worth $50 million stolen...

November 5, 2019, update for Office 2016 (KB4475588)

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Chrome 0-day exploit CVE-2019-13720 used in Operation WizardOpium

Executive summary Kaspersky Exploit Prevention is a component part of Kaspersky products that has successfully detected a number of zero-day attacks in the past. Recently, it caught a new unknown exploit for Google's Chrome browser. We promptly reported this to the Google Chrome security team...

New Chrome 0-day Bug Under Active Attacks – Update Your Browser Now!

Attention readers, if you are using Chrome on your Windows, Mac, and Linux computers, you need to update your web browsing software immediately to the latest version Google released earlier today. With the release of Chrome 78.0.3904.87, Google is warning billions of users to install an urgent...

North Korean Malicious Cyber Activity

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, and the Department of Defense DoD have identified a Trojan malware variant—referred to as HOPLIGHT—used by the North Korean government. The U.S. Government refers to malicious cyber activity by the...

Hackers Target Indian Nuclear Power Plant – Everything We Know So Far

A story has been making the rounds on the Internet since yesterday about a cyber attack on an Indian nuclear power plant. Due to some experts commentary on social media even after lack of information about the event and overreactions by many, the incident received factually incorrect coverage...

Hackers Target Indian Nuclear Power Plant – Everything We Know So Far

A story has been making the rounds on the Internet since yesterday about a cyber attack on an Indian nuclear power plant. Due to some experts commentary on social media even after lack of information about the event and overreactions by many, the incident received factually incorrect coverage...

Iran-Linked 'Charming Kitten' Touts New Spearphishing Tactics

An Iran-linked advanced persistent threat APT group tied to attacks on President Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign has added new spearphishing techniques to its arsenal in an apparent ramp-up in operations. Charming Kitten—which goes by a number of names, including APT35, Ajax Security Team,...

U.S. Sanctions North Korean Group Behind WannaCry, Sony Hacks

The U.S. has slapped sanctions on three well-known North Korean state-sponsored hacker groups – including the group that was tied to the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attacks and the 2014 cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment. The three that were sanctioned are the infamous Lazarus Group, as well...

North Korean Spear-Phishing Attack Targets U.S. Firms

Researchers have uncovered an ongoing, sophisticated malware campaign aiming at U.S.-based targets with an interest in nuclear deterrence, North Korea’s nuclear submarine program and North Korean economic sanctions. The campaign, which researchers from Prevailion call “Autumn Aperture” and link...

North Korean Malicious Cyber Activity

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have identified two malware variants—referred to as ELECTRICFISH and BADCALL—used by the North Korean government. The U.S. Government refers to malicious cyber activity by the North Korean...