Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID32883: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on June 21, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 58248 First Published: 2018 June 21 19:56 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID32883 may contain the following files: Name | Siz...

Hackers Who Hit Winter Olympics 2018 Are Still Alive and Kicking

Remember the 'Olympic Destroyer' cyber attack? The group behind it is still alive, kicking and has now been found targeting biological and chemical threat prevention laboratories in Europe and Ukraine, and a few financial organisation in Russia. Earlier this year, an unknown group of notorious...

Dixons Carphone Cyberattack Targets 5.9M Bank Cards

European electronic and telecom retailer Dixons Carphone has discovered a massive cyber-attack that may have compromised millions of payment cards and personal data records, it said Wednesday. The U.K.-based retail giant, whose subsidiaries include Carphone Warehouse, Currys, PC World, Elkjøp and...

U.S. sanctions against Russian cybersecurity companies

I never thought that I will write here about state sanctions. Usually I try to ignore political topics. But now it's necessary. Yesterday OFAC introduced sanctions against 5 Russian companies. I would like to mention 3 of them: Digital Security - one of the leading Russian Information Security...

Critical RCE Flaw Discovered in Blockchain-Based EOS Smart Contract System

Security researchers have discovered a series of new vulnerabilities in EOS blockchain platform, one of which could allow remote hackers to take complete control over the node servers running the critical blockchain-based applications. EOS is an open source smart contract platform, known as...

FBI seizes control of a massive botnet that infected over 500,000 routers

Shortly after Cisco's released its early report on a large-scale hacking campaign that infected over half a million routers and network storage devices worldwide, the United States government announced the takedown of a key internet domain used for the attack. Yesterday we reported about a piece ...

Man hacked 200 firms & sold data of millions of users on dark web

By Waqas Grant West, a cunning hacker who goes by the online This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Man hacked 200 firms & sold data of millions of users on dark web...

4chan hackers tried changing voting results of NASA student challenge

By Waqas Apparently, 4chan hackers conducted the cyber attack to stop a This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 4chan hackers tried changing voting results of NASA student challenge...

SamSam Ransomware Evolves Its Tactics Towards Targeting Whole Companies

Ransomware has lately lost its status as the queen of the cybercrime prom, but a new iteration of the nefarious SamSam extortion code shows that it can still make a bid to be sparkly and attention-getting. The latest version of SamSam has taken the malware road less traveled, ditching widespread...

This Week in Security News: Warnings and WannaCry

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, we're following Ikea's job marketplace, TaskRabbit, which may have suffered a data breach. Also, the U.S and U.K warn against Russian cyber...

NIST Cybersecurity Framework Series Part 5: Recover

The best way to stop a cyber attack is to prevent it from taking place in the first place. While this is certainly true, the level of sophistication and persistence seen among today's hackers can often negate this strategy. A proactive approach to data security is an absolute must, but chief...

Who Wasn’t Responsible for Olympic Destroyer?

This blog post is authored by Paul Rascagneres and Martin Lee. Summary Absent contributions from traditional intelligence capacities, the available evidence linking the Olympic Destroyer malware to a specific threat actor group is contradictory, and does not allow for unambiguous attribution. The...

PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Disrupted by Malware Attack

The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics taking place in South Korea was disrupted over the weekend following a malware attack before and during the opening ceremony on Friday. The cyber attack coincided with 12 hours of downtime on the official website for the Winter Games, the collapse of Wi-Fi in the...

Olympic Destroyer Takes Aim At Winter Olympics

This blog post is authored by Warren Mercer and Paul Rascagneres. Ben Baker and Matthew Molyett contributed to this post. Update 2/13 08:30 We have updated the information regarding the use of stolen credentials Update 2/12 12:00: We have updated the destructor section with action taken against...

Cyber Attack Disrupts Winter Olympics Website During Opening Ceremony

By Waqas The Winter Olympics Games Organizing Committee is investigating a cyber This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cyber Attack Disrupts Winter Olympics Website During Opening Ceremony...

Coincheck cryptocurrency exchange hacked; $534 Million stolen

By Waqas Another day, another cryptocurrency exchange under cyber attack - This time Coincheck, Japanese This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Coincheck cryptocurrency exchange hacked; $534 Million stolen...

Not So Crystal Clear - Zeus Variant Spoils Ukrainian Holiday

This post was authored by Edmund Brumaghin with contributions from Ben Baker, Dave Maynor and Matthew Molyett. Introduction Talos has observed a cyber attack which was launched using the official website of Ukraine-based accounting software developer Crystal Finance Millennium CFM. This vector is...

Nissan Canada cyber attack; millions of customer accounts stolen

By Carolina The automotive giant Nissan says its operations in Canada has been hit This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Nissan Canada cyber attack; millions of customer accounts stolen...

The seven most colossal data breaches of 2017

By Logan Strain If it seems like the words “leak,” “compromised data,” and “breach” are constantly in the news, it’s not just you. The frequency of major data breaches is increasing. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, the number of breaches is expected to top 1,500 in 2017. That’s a...

Uber Paid 20-Year-Old Florida Hacker $100,000 to Keep Data Breach Secret

Last year, Uber received an email from an anonymous person demanding money in exchange for the stolen user database. It turns out that a 20-year-old Florida man, with the help of another, breached Uber's system last year and was paid a huge amount by the company to destroy the data and keep the...