Mount Locker Ransomware Offering Double Extortion Scheme to Other Hackers

A relatively new ransomware strain behind a series of breaches on corporate networks has developed new capabilities that allow it to broaden the scope of its targeting and evade security software—as well as with ability for its affiliates to launch double extortion attacks. The MountLocker...

Mount Locker Ransomware Offering Double Extortion Scheme to Other Hackers

A relatively new ransomware strain behind a series of breaches on corporate networks has developed new capabilities that allow it to broaden the scope of its targeting and evade security software—as well as with ability for its affiliates to launch double extortion attacks. The MountLocker...

Buying COVID-19 vaccines from the Dark Web? No thanks!

Even though we hope that this is an unnecessary warning, we do want to put it out there. As soon as there was talk about a vaccine being available against the COVID-19 virus there were vendors on the Dark Web offering Russian and Chinese COVID-19 vaccines for sale. Now that the UK has started its...

Spearphishing Attack Spoofs Microsoft.com to Target 200M Office 365 Users

A spearphishing attack is spoofing Microsoft.com to target 200 million Microsoft Office 365 users in a number of key vertical markets, including financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and utility providers. Researchers at Ironscales discovered the campaign targeting several thousand...

Europol Warns COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Vulnerable to Fraud, Theft

With the promise of a widely available COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon, Europol, the European Union’s law-enforcement agency, has issued a warning about the rise of vaccine-related Dark Web activity. The agency joins a chorus of security professionals that have concerns about widespread attacks o...

RansomExx Ransomware Gang Dumps Stolen Embraer Data: Report

Hackers have dumped sensitive company data that was stolen during a ransomware attack last month on aircraft manufacturer Embraer. The compromised data appeared on a new dark web site created to publish leaked information, according to a published report. The move appears to be a revenge for the...

Security update for opera (important)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for opera Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:2178-1 Rating: important References: Cross-References: CVE-2020-16013 CVE-2020-16017 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2:NonFree openSUSE Leap 15.1:NonFree An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now...

What the cluck?! Cyber hygiene when eating out.

This feels like the new norm for eating out at a restaurant: Stand uncomfortably, 2 metres from the party in front/furrow your brow when the other party move within your “safe zone”. Make a huge over-theatrical show of sanitising your hands, as though you’re about to perform some major surgery...

Dox, steal, reveal. Where does your personal data end up?

The technological shift that we have been experiencing for the last few decades is astounding, not least because of its social implications. Every year the online and offline spheres have become more and more connected and are now completely intertwined, leading to online actions having real...

Security update for MozillaThunderbird (moderate)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for MozillaThunderbird Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:2133-1 Rating: moderate References: 1178611 Cross-References: CVE-2020-26950 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1 An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: This update f...

Authorities disrupt massive stolen credit card trading scam on dark web

By Deeba Ahmed Dubbed Carding Action 2020; the operation aimed at targeting several dark web marketplaces resulting in saving $48million/€40 million. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Authorities disrupt massive stolen credit card trading scam on dark web...

Digitally Signed Bandook Malware Once Again Targets Multiple Sectors

A cyberespionage group with suspected ties to the Kazakh and Lebanese governments has unleashed a new wave of attacks against a multitude of industries with a retooled version of a 13-year-old backdoor Trojan. Check Point Research called out hackers affiliated with a group named Dark Caracal in a...

Digitally Signed Bandook Malware Once Again Targets Multiple Sectors

A cyberespionage group with suspected ties to the Kazakh and Lebanese governments has unleashed a new wave of attacks against a multitude of industries with a retooled version of a 13-year-old backdoor Trojan. Check Point Research called out hackers affiliated with a group named Dark Caracal in a...

Spotify resets some user logins after hacker database found floating online

A team of researchers working for vpnMentor has found a treasure trove in the form of an unsecured Elasticsearch database containing over 380 million records. The trove contained login credentials and other data belonging to Spotify users. So whats Spotify doing leaving its user data hanging arou...

Security update for MozillaThunderbird (moderate)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for MozillaThunderbird Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:2022-1 Rating: moderate References: 1178611 Cross-References: CVE-2020-26950 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: This update f...

SUSE-SU-2020:3418-1 Security update for MozillaThunderbird

This update for MozillaThunderbird fixes the following issues: - Mozilla Thunderbird 78.4.2 MFSA 2020-49 bsc1178611 CVE-2020-26950 bmo1675905 Write side effects in MCallGetProperty opcode not accounted for - Mozilla Thunderbird 78.4.1 new: Thunderbird prompts for an address to use when starting a...

Security update for opera (important)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for opera Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:1952-1 Rating: important References: Cross-References: CVE-2020-15999 CVE-2020-16000 CVE-2020-16001 CVE-2020-16002 CVE-2020-16003 CVE-2020-16004 CVE-2020-16005 CVE-2020-16006 CVE-2020-16007 CVE-2020-16008...

Digging into the Dark Web: How Security Researchers Learn to Think Like the Bad Guys

The Dark Web/Darknet continues to be an environment for bad actors to share stolen credentials and discuss successful attacks. In fact, in recent weeks, personal information from places ranging from education organizations to voter databases in the U.S. have been found exposed. Although there hav...

BigBasket data breach – 20 million customer data sold on dark web

By Deeba Ahmed India’s leading online supermarket BigBasket acknowledged putting sensitive data of more than 20 million users at stake. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: BigBasket data breach - 20 million customer data sold on dark web...

openSUSE Security Update : opera (openSUSE-2020-1713)

This update for opera fixes the following issues : opera was updated to version 71.0.3770.228 - DNA-87466 Hide extensions icon is black in dark theme - DNA-88580 Implement searchintabs telemetry benchmark - DNA-88591 Allow to scroll down the Keyboards Shortcuts section with URL - DNA-88693 Random...