Mimecast: SolarWinds Attackers Stole Source Code

Hackers who compromised Mimecast networks as part of the SolarWinds espionage campaign have swiped some of the security firm’s source code repositories, according to an update by the company. The email security firm initially reported that a certificate compromise in January was part of the...

Sensitive data from US shipping management software firm exposed online

By Habiba Rashid In total, 103 GB worth of data belonging to New Jersy based Descartes Aljex Software was left exposed on a misconfigured AWS S3 Bucket. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Sensitive data from US shipping management software firm exposed online...

Mazafaka — Elite Hacking and Cybercrime Forum — Got Hacked!

In what's a case of hackers getting hacked, a prominent underground online criminal forum by the name of Maza has been compromised by unknown attackers, making it the fourth forum to have been breached since the start of the year. The intrusion is said to have occurred on March 3, with informatio...

Marketing firm CallX exposed customers data including call recordings

By Habiba Rashid CallX was using an unsecured Amazon Web Services S3 bucket to store audio client files. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Marketing firm CallX exposed customers data including call recordings...

Detection and Response to Exploitation of Microsoft Exchange Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

Beginning in January 2021, Mandiant Managed Defense observed multiple instances of abuse of Microsoft Exchange Server within at least one client environment. The observed activity included creation of web shells for persistent access, remote code execution, and reconnaissance for endpoint securit...

Hackers Tied to Russia's GRU Targeted the US Grid for Years

A Sandworm-adjacent group has successfully breached US critical infrastructure a handful of times, according to new findings from the security firm Dragos...

Twelve-Year-Old Vulnerability Found in Windows Defender

Researchers found, and Microsoft has patched, a vulnerability in Windows Defender that has been around for twelve years. There is no evidence that anyone has used the vulnerability during that time. The flaw, discovered by researchers at the security firm SentinelOne, showed up in a driver that...

Clop targets execs, ransomware tactics get another new twist

Ransomware peddlers have come up with yet another devious twist on the recent trend for data exfiltration. After interviewing several victims of the Clop ransomware, ZDNet discovered that its operators appear to be systematically targeting the workstations of executives. After all, the top manage...

Stolen Jones Day Law Firm Files Posted on Dark Web

The Clop ransomware group has reportedly started posting data on the Dark Web apparently stolen from law firm Jones Day, which represents many of the globe’s most powerful people, including former president Donald Trump in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. But the attack had nothing to d...

Clop ransomware gang leaks Jones Day law firm data on dark web

By Deeba Ahmed A group of cybercriminals known for Clop ransomware operations leaked data stolen from the US-based law firm Jones Day on the Dark Web. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Clop ransomware gang leaks Jones Day law firm data on dark web...

Arrest, Raids Tied to ‘U-Admin’ Phishing Kit

Cyber cops in Ukraine carried out an arrest and several raids last week in connection with the author of a U-Admin, a software package used to administer whats being called "one of the worlds largest phishing services." The operation was carried out in coordination with the FBI and authorities in...

Cybercriminals Now Using Plex Media Servers to Amplify DDoS Attacks

A new distributed denial-of-service attack DDoS vector has ensnared Plex Media Server systems to amplify malicious traffic against targets to take them offline. "Plex's startup processes unintentionally expose a Plex UPnP-enabled service registration responder to the general Internet, where it ca...

Cybersecurity firm Stormshield breach; customer data, source code stolen

By Saad Rajpoot Stormshield suspects that there is a possibility that the attacker has the Technical Exchanges and Personal Data of the users. A French cybersecurity firm Stormsheild has identified a security breach. The breach affected their technical portal which is used by the users for the...

‘ValidCC,’ a Major Payment Card Bazaar and Looter of E-Commerce Sites, Shuttered

ValidCC, a dark web bazaar run by a cybercrime group that for more than six years hacked online merchants and sold stolen payment card data, abruptly closed up shop last week. The proprietors of the popular store said their servers were seized as part of a coordinated law enforcement operation...

SQL Server Malware Tied to Iranian Software Firm, Researchers Allege

Researchers have made new discoveries surrounding the source of a previously-uncovered cryptomining operation that has targeted internet-facing database servers. The campaign, dubbed MrbMiner, was discovered in September 2020 downloading and installing a cryptominer on thousands of SQL servers...

MrbMiner Crypto-Mining Malware Links to Iranian Software Company

A relatively new crypto-mining malware that surfaced last year and infected thousands of Microsoft SQL Server MSSQL databases has now been linked to a small software development company based in Iran. The attribution was made possible due to an operational security oversight, said researchers fro...

Chinese firm leaked 200m Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn users’ data

By Deeba Ahmed The 400GB worth of data was exposed due to a misconfigured Elasticsearch database. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chinese firm leaked 200m Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn users data...

Hamas May Be Threat to 8chan, QAnon Online

In October 2020, KrebsOnSecurity looked at how a web of sites connected to conspiracy theory movements QAnon and 8chan were being kept online by DDoS-Guard, a dodgy Russian firm that also hosts the official site for the terrorist group Hamas. New research shows DDoS-Guard relies on data centers...

On the Evolution of Ransomware

Good article on the evolution of ransomware: Though some researchers say that the scale and severity of ransomware attacks crossed a bright line in 2020, others describe this year as simply the next step in a gradual and, unfortunately, predictable devolution. After years spent honing their...

Hacker Dumps Crypto Wallet Customer Data; Active Attacks Follow

On Monday a hacker dumped sensitive data stolen earlier this year from the Ledger cryptocurrency wallet’s website. The data was put up for grabs on sites frequented by criminals. And in a twist that surprised no one, the data is now actively being exploited in phishing campaigns. Researchers at...