The FBI Botched Its DNC Hack Warning in 2016—but Says It Won’t Next Time

Facing looming election threats and a ransomware epidemic, the bureau says it has revamped its process for warning hacking victims...

North Korea ATM Hack

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA published a long and technical alert describing a North Korea hacking scheme against ATMs in a bunch of countries worldwide: This joint advisory is the result of analytic efforts among the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agenc...

North Korea ATM Hack

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA published a long and technical alert describing a North Korea hacking scheme against ATMs in a bunch of countries worldwide: This joint advisory is the result of analytic efforts among the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agenc...

Rethinking IoT/OT Security to Mitigate Cyberthreats

We live in an exciting time. We’re in the midst of the fourth industrial revolution—first steam, followed by electricity, then computers, and, now, the Internet of Things. A few years ago, IoT seemed like a futuristic concept that was on the distant horizon. The idea that your fridge would be...

A week in security (August 17 – 23)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare cybersecurity, dug into some pandemic stats in terms of how workforces coped with going remote, and served up a crash course on malware detection. Our most recent Lock and Code podcast explored the safety of parenta...

UAE Hack and Leak Operations

Interesting paper on recent hack-and-leak operations attributed to the UAE: Abstract: Four hack-and-leak operations in U.S. politics between 2016 and 2019, publicly attributed to the United Arab Emirates UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, should be seen as the "simulation of scandal" ­-- deliberate...

The Feds Want These Teams to Hack a Satellite—From Home

Meet the hackers who, this weekend, will try to commandeer an actual orbiter as part of a Defcon contest hosted by the Air Force and the Defense Digital Service...

Twitter Fixes High-Severity Flaw Affecting Android Users

Twitter has fixed a vulnerability in its Android app, which could have enabled attackers to access private Twitter data, like direct messages DMs on Android devices. The flaw is related to an underlying Android operating system OS security issue CVE-2018-9492, which affects operating system...

Twitter hack’s mastermind trial zoom bombed with pornography

By Waqas The hearing was shut down within 25 minutes after being Zoom bombed. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Twitter hack’s mastermind trial zoom bombed with pornography...

Twitter Hacker Arrested

A 17-year-old Florida boy was arrested and charged with last week's Twitter hack. News articles. Boing Boing post. Florida state attorney press release. This is a developing story. Post any additional news in the comments. EDITED TO ADD 8/1: Two others have been charged as well. EDITED TO ADD 8/1...

Authorities Arrest Alleged 17-Year-Old 'Mastermind' Behind Twitter Hack

Authorities have charged three people who were allegedly behind with the recent high-profile Twitter hack – including a 17-year-old Tampa, Florida teen that they also arrested and say is the “mastermind” behind the attack. Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren said on Friday that Florida law...

17-Year-Old 'Mastermind', 2 Others Behind the Biggest Twitter Hack Arrested

A 17-year-old teen and two other 19 and 22-year-old individuals have reportedly been arrested for being the alleged mastermind behind the recent Twitter hack that simultaneously targeted several high-profile accounts within minutes as part of a massive bitcoin scam. According to the U.S. Departme...

Twitter: Epic Account Hack Caused by Mobile Spearphishing Scam

A mobile spearphishing attack targeting “a small number of employees” is what led to the unprecedented, major attack earlier in the month on high-profile Twitter accounts to push out a Bitcoin scam. The company posted an update late Thursday on the situation, which has been unfolding since July 1...

Russia Tested a Space Weapon Last Week

Twitter hack details, a botnet vigilante, and more of the week's top security news...

News Wrap: Twitter Hack, Apple Under Fire and Global Privacy Finger Wags

In this week’s Threatpost news wrap podcast, editors Tara Seals and Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch break down the top security news stories, including: Hackers accessed direct messages DMs for 36 of the 130 high-profile users whose accounts were hacked in an unprecedented account breach last week, Twitt...

Twitter Hacking for Profit and the LoLs

The New York Times last week ran an interview with several young men who claimed to have had direct contact with those involved in last weeks epic hack against Twitter. These individuals said they were only customers of the person who had access to Twitters internal employee tools, and were not...

Who Pulled Off the Twitter Hack?

Plus: WhatsApp’s court case, a VPN exposed, and more of the week’s top security news...

Twitter Hackers May Have Bribed an Insider

Motherboard is reporting that this week's Twitter hack involved a bribed insider. Twitter has denied it. I have been taking press calls all day about this. And while I know everyone wants to speculate about the details of the hack, we just don't know -- and probably won't for a couple of weeks...

The Twitter Hack Could Have Been Much Worse—and Maybe Was

The meltdown appears to be part of a bitcoin scam and not something more nefarious, but security experts are troubled that it happened at all...

A New Flaw In Zoom Could Have Let Fraudsters Mimic Organisations

In a report shared with The Hacker News, researchers at cybersecurity firm CheckPoint today disclosed details of a minor but easy-to-exploit flaw they reported in Zoom, the highly popular and widely used video conferencing software. The latest Zoom flaw could have allowed attackers mimic an...