DDoS Attacks on the Environmental Services Industry Surge by 61,839% in 2023

The environmental services industry witnessed an "unprecedented surge" in HTTP-based distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks, accounting for half of all its HTTP traffic. This marks a 61,839% increase in DDoS attack traffic year-over-year, web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare sai...

Mandiant's X Account Was Hacked Using Brute-Force Attack

The compromise of Mandiant's X formerly Twitter account last week was likely the result of a "brute-force password attack," attributing the hack to a drainer-as-a-service DaaS group. "Normally, two-factor authentication would have mitigated this, but due to some team transitions and a change in X...

NoaBot: Latest Mirai-Based Botnet Targeting SSH Servers for Crypto Mining

A new Mirai-based botnet called NoaBot is being used by threat actors as part of a crypto mining campaign since the beginning of 2023. "The capabilities of the new botnet, NoaBot, include a wormable self-spreader and an SSH key backdoor to download and execute additional binaries or spread itself...

Here’s Some Bitcoin: Oh, and You’ve Been Served!

A California man who lost $100,000 in a 2021 SIM-swapping attack is suing the unknown holder of a cryptocurrency wallet that harbors his stolen funds. The case is thought to be the first in which a federal court has recognized the use of information included in a bitcoin transaction -- such as a...

SEC X (Twitter) Account Hacked, Spreads Fake News About Bitcoin ETFs

By Deeba Ahmed Bitcoin's price spiked near $48,000 after the fake post but later fell to around $45,700. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: SEC X Twitter Account Hacked, Spreads Fake News About Bitcoin ETFs...

Beware! YouTube Videos Promoting Cracked Software Distribute Lumma Stealer

Threat actors are resorting to YouTube videos featuring content related to cracked software in order to entice users into downloading an information stealer malware called Lumma. "These YouTube videos typically feature content related to cracked applications, presenting users with similar...

North Korea's Cyber Heist: DPRK Hackers Stole $600 Million in Cryptocurrency in 2023

Threat actors affiliated with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea also known as North Korea have plundered at least $600 million in cryptocurrency in 2023. The DPRK "was responsible for almost a third of all funds stolen in crypto attacks last year, despite a 30% reduction from the USD 850...

Beware: 3 Malicious PyPI Packages Found Targeting Linux with Crypto Miners

Three new malicious packages have been discovered in the Python Package Index PyPI open-source repository with capabilities to deploy a cryptocurrency miner on affected Linux devices. The three harmful packages, named modularseven, driftme, and catme, attracted a total of 431 downloads over the...

Mandiant's Twitter Account Restored After Six-Hour Crypto Scam Hack

American cybersecurity firm and Google Cloud subsidiary Mandiant had its X formerly Twitter account compromised for more than six hours by an unknown attacker to propagate a cryptocurrency scam. As of writing, the account has been restored on the social media platform. It's currently not clear ho...

Beware: Scam-as-a-Service Aiding Cybercriminals in Crypto Wallet-Draining Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers are warning about an increase in phishing attacks that are capable of draining cryptocurrency wallets. "These threats are unique in their approach, targeting a wide range of blockchain networks, from Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain to Polygon, Avalanche, and almost 20...

Warning: Poorly Secured Linux SSH Servers Under Attack for Cryptocurrency Mining

Poorly secured Linux SSH servers are being targeted by bad actors to install port scanners and dictionary attack tools with the goal of targeting other vulnerable servers and co-opting them into a network to carry out cryptocurrency mining and distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks. "Threat...

German Authorities Dismantle Dark Web Hub 'Kingdom Market' in Global Operation

German law enforcement has announced the disruption of a dark web platform called Kingdom Market that specialized in the sales of narcotics and malware to "tens of thousands of users." The exercise, which involved collaboration from authorities from the U.S., Switzerland, Moldova, and Ukraine,...

CVE-2023-32128

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command 'SQL Injection' vulnerability in Adastra Crypto Cryptocurrency Payment & Donation Box – Accept Payments in any Cryptocurrency on your WP Site for Free.This issue affects Cryptocurrency Payment & Donation Box – Accept Payments in a...

Sql injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command 'SQL Injection' vulnerability in Adastra Crypto Cryptocurrency Payment & Donation Box – Accept Payments in any Cryptocurrency on your WP Site for Free.This issue affects Cryptocurrency Payment & Donation Box – Accept Payments in a...

CVE-2023-32128 WordPress Cryptocurrency Donation Box – Bitcoin & Crypto Donations Plugin <= 2.2.7 is vulnerable to SQL Injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command 'SQL Injection' vulnerability in Adastra Crypto Cryptocurrency Payment & Donation Box – Accept Payments in any Cryptocurrency on your WP Site for Free.This issue affects Cryptocurrency Payment & Donation Box – Accept Payments in a...

CVE-2023-32128

CVE-2023-32128 relates to a SQL Injection in the WordPress plugin “Cryptocurrency Donation Box – Accept Payments in any Cryptocurrency on your WP Site for Free” (Adastra Crypto). Affected versions are ≤ 2.2.7; patched in 2.2.8. Multiple sources (Patchstack, Red Hat entry, CVE listing) confirm the...

CVE-2023-32128 WordPress Cryptocurrency Donation Box – Bitcoin & Crypto Donations Plugin <= 2.2.7 is vulnerable to SQL Injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command 'SQL Injection' vulnerability in Adastra Crypto Cryptocurrency Payment & Donation Box – Accept Payments in any Cryptocurrency on your WP Site for Free.This issue affects Cryptocurrency Payment & Donation Box – Accept Payments in a...

WordPress Plugin Cryptocurrency Payment & Donation Box SQL Injection Vulnerability

WordPress and WordPress plugin are both products of the WordPress Foundation.WordPress is a blogging platform developed using the PHP language. The platform supports personal blog sites on PHP and MySQL servers.WordPress plugin is an application plugin. A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the...

The vulnerability of the Cryptocurrency Widgets Pack plugin in the WordPress content management system arises from the lack of validation for XML objects’ sequences. This allows a malicious user to execute arbitrary SQL queries.

The vulnerability of the Cryptocurrency Widgets Pack plugin in the WordPress content management system is related to the lack of validation for the consistency of XML objects. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to execute arbitrary SQL queries remotely...

116 Malware Packages Found on PyPI Repository Infecting Windows and Linux Systems

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a set of 116 malicious packages on the Python Package Index PyPI repository that are designed to infect Windows and Linux systems with a custom backdoor. "In some cases, the final payload is a variant of the infamous W4SP Stealer, or a simple clipboard...