Airbus Suffers Data Breach, Some Employees' Data Exposed

European airplane maker Airbus admitted yesterday a data breach of its "Commercial Aircraft business" information systems that allowed intruders to gain access to some of its employees' personal information. Though the company did not elaborate on the nature of the hack, it claimed that the...

Authorities shut down xDedic marketplace for selling hacked servers

By Waqas The domain for xDedic has been seized as well. In a joint operation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and authorities from several European countries have successfully taken down xDedic, a notorious dark web marketplace known for selling stolen digital goods such as login...

Police Can't Force You To Unlock Your Phone Using Face or Fingerprint Scan

Can feds force you to unlock your iPhone or Android phone? ..."NO" A Northern California judge has ruled that federal authorities can't force you to unlock your smartphone using your fingerprints or other biometric features such as facial recognition—even with a warrant. The ruling came in the ca...

‘Snowden Refugee’ Has No Regrets for Helping Whistleblower

LEIPZIG, GERMANY – Refugee families located in Hong Kong that helped shelter Edward Snowden in 2013 are under crushing pressure to cooperate with local authorities or face deportation to their countries of origin, where they face an uncertain fate. However, despite years of what their lawyer call...

Authorities seize 15 popular DDoS-for-hire websites

By Waqas Authorities have seized and shut down 15 popular DDoS-for-hire websites used by cybercriminals for revenge and DDoS distributed denial of service attacks on private individuals as well as businesses including online gaming giants, email service providers and hosting sites. The operation...

Authorities search & seize properties of GTA V’s “Infamous” cheat developers

By Carolina Cheat developers are constantly under the radar of Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games. Both companies have previously taken legal action against cheat developers for protecting their games including the very popular Grand Theft Auto V GTA V. Last month, they launched an operation...

WannaCry ransomware fame North Korean hacker tracked down by the US

By Waqas It is no secret that the US government has always suspected and even accused North Korea was carrying out ransomware attacks using the destructive WannaCry ransomware and for hacking Sony Pictures. But it merely has remained a suspicion so far. However, now the US authorities have found...

The Digital Transformation Age Is Dawning: Do You Know Where Your Certificates Are?

How many digital certificates are in use in your organization? When do they expire? Do you have a way of discovering digital certificates from unapproved Certificate Authorities? Most organizations can't answer these questions with complete certainty, because they lack the necessary visibility an...

Suspected member of The Dark Overlord hacking group arrested

By Waqas Serbian authorities have arrested a 38-year-old man from Belgrade suspected This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Suspected member of The Dark Overlord hacking group arrested...

Gaining Control over Your Digital Certificates

Digital certificate management is in an inadequate state at most organizations, a serious problem, considering that SSL/TLS certificates are critical for a host of e-business functions. “If you’re doing something on the Internet, you’re using SSL,” Asif Karel, a Qualys Director of Product...

Authorities bust world’s largest DDoS-for-hire service & seize its domain

By Waqas In a large-scale joint operation called "Operation Power Off", the This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Authorities bust world's largest DDoS-for-hire service & seize its domain...

CVE-2018-1000150

An exposure of sensitive information vulnerability exists in Jenkins Reverse Proxy Auth Plugin 1.5 and older in ReverseProxySecurityRealmauthContext that allows attackers with local file system access to obtain a list of authorities for logged in users...

Telegram Ordered to Hand Over Encryption Keys to Russian Authorities

Russia’s top court ruled Tuesday that the Telegram messaging service, with 9.5 million active Russian users, must hand over encryption keys to authorities. The Britain-based messaging app company, with 100 million global users, now has 15 days to provide communications regulators in Russia with t...

MGASA-2018-0161 Updated tor packages fix security vulnerabilities

A protocol-list handling bug that could be used to remotely crash directory authorities with a null-pointer exception CVE-2018-0490. A bug can be remotely triggered in order to crash relays with a use-after-free pattern CVE-2018-0491...

Updated tor packages fix security vulnerabilities

A protocol-list handling bug that could be used to remotely crash directory authorities with a null-pointer exception CVE-2018-0490. A bug can be remotely triggered in order to crash relays with a use-after-free pattern CVE-2018-0491...

OPENSUSE-SU-2018:0614-1 Security update for tor

This update for tor to version 0.3.2.10 fixes security issues and bugs. The following vulnerabilities were fixed: - CVE-2018-0490: remote crash vulnerability against directory authorities boo1083845, TROVE-2018-001 - CVE-2018-0491: remote relay crash boo1083846, TROVE-2018-002 This new upstream...

DDoS Attacks in the Netherlands Reveal Teen Gamers on Troublesome Path

ARCHIVED STORY DDoS Attacks in the Netherlands Reveal Teen Gamers on Troublesome Path By John Fokker · Febraury 22, 2018 At the end of January, the Netherlands was plagued by distributed denial of service DDoS attacks targeting various financial institutions, tech sites, and the Dutch tax...

DDoS Attacks in the Netherlands Reveal Teen Gamers on Troublesome Path

ARCHIVED STORY DDoS Attacks in the Netherlands Reveal Teen Gamers on Troublesome Path By John Fokker · Febraury 22, 2018 At the end of January, the Netherlands was plagued by distributed denial of service DDoS attacks targeting various financial institutions, tech sites, and the Dutch tax...

Authorities shut down Luminosity RAT used by buyers in 78 countries

By Waqas The popular Luminosity RAT has been shut down by authorities This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Authorities shut down Luminosity RAT used by buyers in 78 countries...

Hacker Used Malware To Hike Prices for Gas Station Customers

By Waqas Russian authorities have identified an extensively distributed malware campaign targeting This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker Used Malware To Hike Prices for Gas Station Customers...