Lock and Code S1Ep17: Journalism’s role in cybersecurity with Alfred Ng and Seth Rosenblatt

Most everything about cybersecurity—the threats, the vulnerabilities, the breaches and the blunders—doesnt happen in a vacuum. And the public doesn’t learn about those things because threat actors advertise their exploits, or because companies trumpet their lackluster data security practices. No,...

NFL, NBA Players Hacked in Would-Be Cyber-Slam-Dunk

NFL and NBA athletes whose social-media accounts were taken over have been thrown the ball of justice. Multiple professional and semi-pro athletes were victimized by two men who infiltrated their personal accounts, according to testimony in federal court on Wednesday. Trevontae Washington of...

Australian Cyber Attack Vectors Blocked Out of the Box by Imperva WAF

On June 18, 2020, the Australian Cyber Security Centre ACSC released a disclosure detailing a ‘sophisticated’ and sustained attack against Australian government bodies and companies. The disclosure was covered by several mainstream media outlets including the BBC, and the Guardian. The following...

Honda and Enel impacted by cyber attack suspected to be ransomware

Car manufacturer Honda has been hit by a cyber attack, according to a report published by the BBC, and later confirmed by the company in a tweet. Another similar attack, also disclosed on Twitter, hit Edesur S.A., one of the companies belonging to Enel Argentina which operates in the business of...

Tycoon Ransomware Banks on Unusual Image File Tactic

A new ransomware strain called Tycoon is seeking to wheel and deal its way into the Windows and Linux worlds, using a little-known Java image format as part of its kill chain. The ransomware is housed in a trojanized version of the Java Runtime Environment JRE, according to researchers at...

British Airline EasyJet Suffers Data Breach Exposing 9 Million Customers' Data

British low-cost airline EasyJet today admitted that the company has fallen victim to a cyber-attack, which it labeled "highly sophisticated," exposing email addresses and travel details of around 9 million of its customers. In an official statement released today, EasyJet confirmed that of the 9...

Report: Microsoft’s GitHub Account Gets Hacked

Hackers have broken into Microsoft’s GitHub account and stolen 500 GB of data from the tech giant’s own private repositories on the developer platform, according to published reports. A group that calls itself Shiny Hunters claims it stole and then leaked the data, which did not appear to include...

Maze Ransomware group steals 11m card data from Banco de Costa Rica

By Deeba Ahmed Banco BCR has been attacked twice in the past eight months by Maze ransomware operators. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Maze Ransomware group steals 11m card data from Banco de Costa Rica...

U.S. Dept Of Defense: Previously Compromised PulseSSL VPN Hosts

Hi again!! Back in 2019, I had reported that a pulseSSL VPN server owned by US DoD can be compromised by a publicly available exploit. The report is 681249. As a result, the userid and passwd db was also compromised. I found that at least 1 userid and password combination from that compromised db...

Hacker defaces Escrow.com by hacking GoDaddy employee’s account

By Sudais Asif If you are aware of what Escrow.com is, you may also know how huge this cyber attack is. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker defaces Escrow.com by hacking GoDaddy employee's account...

Security Breach Disrupts Fintech Firm Finastra

Finastra, a company that provides a range of technology solutions to banks worldwide, said today it was shutting down key systems in response to a security breach discovered this morning. The company's public statement and notice to customers does not mention the cause of the outage, but their...

TrickBot Now Exploits Infected PCs to Launch RDP Brute Force Attacks

A new module for TrickBot banking Trojan has recently been discovered in the wild that lets attackers leverage compromised systems to launch brute-force attacks against selected Windows systems running a Remote Desktop Protocol RDP connection exposed to the Internet. The module, dubbed...

ISS World Hit with Malware Attack that Shuts Down Global Computer Network

A Denmark-based global facility-management company was hit with a major cyber attack this week that shut down its worldwide computer systems for a few days and disrupted operations across its global network of employees. ISS World cut off access to shared IT services across its customer sites and...

Gaza Cybergang targeting Palestinian authority figures

By Sudais Asif One of the groups behind the attack is MoleRATs which is known to be a part of the Gaza Cybergang and has been operating since 2012. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Gaza Cybergang targeting Palestinian authority figures...

The importance of protecting your devices from cyber attack

By Waqas Innovation is advancing each day. Training, which is the essential route through which we grant information... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The importance of protecting your devices from cyber attack...

Ransomware Attack Topples Telemarketing Firm, Leaving Hundreds Jobless

A ransomware attack reportedly caused an Arkansas-based telemarketing company to temporarily suspend its operations, leaving hundreds of employees unsure that they still had jobs days before Christmas. The Heritage Company, a 61-year-old telemarketing firm that works with nonprofit organizations,...

Cyber attack cripples networks in city of Pensacola days after shooting

By Waqas The city's Mayor Grover Robinson has acknowledged that an extensive cyber attack on Friday crippled several City services in Pensacola. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cyber attack cripples networks in city of Pensacola days after shooting...

Louisiana State Government Hit by Ransomware Attack Forcing Server Shutdowns

Targeted ransomware attacks on banking and finance, government, healthcare, and critical infrastructure are on the rise, with the latest victim being the state government of Louisiana. The state government of Louisiana was hit by a large-scale coordinated ransomware attack yesterday, which forced...

Ransomware Attack Downs Hosting Service SmarterASP.NET

SmarterASP.NET, a popular web hosting provider with more than 440,480 customers, has been hit with a ransomware attack that took down its customers’ websites that were hosted by the company. The company on Monday said it is in the process of recovering impacted data. SmarterASP.NET offers shared...

Targeted Ransomware Attacks Hit Several Spanish Companies

Everis, one of the largest IT consulting companies in Spain, suffered a targeted ransomware attack on Monday, forcing the company to shut down all its computer systems until the issue gets resolved completely. Ransomware is a computer virus that encrypts files on an infected system until a ransom...