REvil ransomware gang goes dark after its Tor sites are hacked

By Deeba Ahmed In July 2021 the REvil ransomware group vanished due to mounting US pressure after the Kaseya attack. However, the group was back in September 2021 by carrying out extortion-based DDoS attacks on ITSPs in the UK and Canada/America. The infamous REvil ransomware group has suddenly...

Storage Unit Rental Management System 1.0 - Remote Code Execution (Unauthenticated) Exploit

Exploit Title: Storage Unit Rental Management System 1.0 - Remote Code Execution RCE Unauthenticated Exploit Author: Fikrat Ghuliev Ghuliev Vendor Homepage: https://www.sourcecodester.com/php/14932/storage-unit-rental-management-system-using-php-free-source-code.html Software Link:...

Storage Unit Rental Management System 1.0 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Unauthenticated)

Exploit Title: Storage Unit Rental Management System 1.0 - Remote Code Execution RCE Unauthenticated Date: 28.09.2021 Exploit Author: Fikrat Ghuliev Ghuliev Vendor Homepage: https://www.sourcecodester.com/php/14932/storage-unit-rental-management-system-using-php-free-source-code.html Software Lin...

Storage Unit Rental Management System 1.0 Shell Upload

Exploit Title: Storage Unit Rental Management System 1.0 - Remote Code Execution RCE Unauthenticated Date: 28.09.2021 Exploit Author: Fikrat Ghuliev Ghuliev Vendor Homepage: https://www.sourcecodester.com/php/14932/storage-unit-rental-management-system-using-php-free-source-code.html Software Lin...

Yandex hit by largest DDoS attack involving 200,000 hacked devices

By Waqas Russian search engine giant Yandex has confirmed that its servers were targeted with cyber history’s largest DDoS attack last week. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Yandex hit by largest DDoS attack involving 200,000 hacked devices...

Official website of Banksy hacked for fake NFT scam

By Deeba Ahmed British Art Collector Buys Fake Banksy NFT for £244k, Scammer Returned Funds Later. Here's What Happened and How the Funds were Returned. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Official website of Banksy hacked for fake NFT scam...

What to do when your business has been hacked

You might be here because the unthinkable has happened so let’s get straight into this, step by step: Immediate containment. Inform stakeholders. Inform law enforcement. Implement your disaster recovery plan. Analyze and future proof. Early warning signs may be unusual user-account behavior, slow...

The Life Cycle of a Breached Database

Every time there is another data breach, we are asked to change our password at the breached entity. But the reality is that in most cases by the time the victim organization discloses an incident publicly the information has already been harvested many times over by profit-seeking cybercriminals...

Instagram Launches 'Security Checkup' to Help Users Recover Hacked Accounts

Instagram earlier this week introduced a new "Security Checkup" feature that aims to keep accounts safe and help users—whose accounts may have been compromised—to recover them. In order to gain access to accounts, users will be prompted to perform a series of steps, which include checking recent...

Pro-Trump Gettr Social Platform Hacked On Day 1

Gettr, a social media platform set up by allies of former President Donald Trump, was still wet and squirming when it got hacked – twice. The first slap on the rump for the politically conservative platform came in the form of Sonic the Hedgehog-themed porn that flooded it over the Fourth of July...

Mongolian Certificate Authority Hacked to Distribute Backdoored CA Software

In yet another instance of software supply chain attack, unidentified hackers breached the website of MonPass, one of Mongolia's major certificate authorities, to backdoor its installer software with Cobalt Strike binaries. The trojanized client was available for download between February 8, 2021...

Top Japanese dating app Omiai hacked; 1.71 million users at risk

By Habiba Rashid Hackread.com can confirm that threat actors on several hacker forums are already hunting for stolen Omiai database. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Top Japanese dating app Omiai hacked; 1.71 million users at risk...

OGUsers hacker forum hacked for 4th time; database leaked

By Waqas OGUsers was also hacked in May 2019, April 2020, and December 2020. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: OGUsers hacker forum hacked for 4th time; database leaked...

VPN Hacks Are a Slow-Motion Disaster

Recent spying attacks against Pulse Secure VPN are just the latest example of a long-simmering cybersecurity meltdown...

Signal's Founder Hacked a Notorious Phone-Cracking Device

Plus: App Store scams, an anti-surveillance bill, and more of the week’s top security news...

Hacked Android phones mimicked connected TV products for fake ad views

By Deeba Ahmed Hackers used malware to hack devices to create an Android ad fraud botnet called 'Pareto' that mimicked connected TV products. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacked Android phones mimicked connected TV products for fake ad views...

Gigaset Android Update Server Hacked to Install Malware on Users' Devices

Gigaset has revealed a malware infection discovered in its Android devices was the result of a compromise of a server belonging to an external update service provider. Impacting older smartphone models — GS100, GS160, GS170, GS180, GS270 plus, and GS370 plus series — the malware took the form of...

This Week in Security News - April 9, 2021

Microsoft Teams and Zoom Hacked In $1 Million Competition and Preventing Ransomware While Working from Home...

PHP's Git Server Hacked to Insert Secret Backdoor to Its Source code

In yet another instance of a software supply chain attack, unidentified actors hacked the official Git server of the PHP programming language and pushed unauthorized updates to insert a secret backdoor into its source code. The two malicious commits were pushed to the self-hosted "php-src"...

150,000 Verkada security cameras hacked—to make a point

Hackers were able to gain access to camera feeds from Verkada, a tech company that specializes in video security and physical access control, to demonstrate how prevalent surveillance is, reports say. Unfortunately, it also exposed the inner workings of hospitals, clinics, and mental health...