This Week in Security News - November 5th, 2021

This week, learn about what the future of cybercrime could potentially look like by the start of the next decade, according to Trend Micro’s Project 2030. Also, read on how a hacker stole $784k in crypto through SIM swaps...

Google details cookie stealer malware campaign targeting YouTubers

By Waqas Google attributed the malware campaign to a group of attackers recruited via a Russian-language hacker forum. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google details cookie stealer malware campaign targeting YouTubers...

'Lone Wolf' Hacker Group Targeting Afghanistan and India with Commodity RATs

A new malware campaign targeting Afghanistan and India is exploiting a now-patched, 20-year-old flaw affecting Microsoft Office to deploy an array of commodity remote access trojans RATs that allow the adversary to gain complete control over the compromised endpoints. Cisco Talos attributed the...

Hacker steals govt database with info of entire Argentine population

By Deeba Ahmed Reportedly, the database also contains personal information of Argentinian President Alberto Fernández, football superstars Sergio Aguero and Lionel Messi. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker steals govt database with info of entire Argentine population...

A week in security (Oct 11 – Oct 17)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs Google warns some users that FancyBear’s been prowling around Inside Apple: How macOS attacks are evolving The joy of phishing your employees ExpressVPN made a choice, and so did I: Lock and Code S02E19 Update now! Apple patches another privilege escalation bug in i...

Google: We're Tracking 270 State-Sponsored Hacker Groups From Over 50 Countries

Google's Threat Analysis Group TAG on Thursday said it's tracking more than 270 government-backed threat actors from more than 50 countries, adding it has approximately sent 50,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attempts to customers since the start of 2021. The warnings mark a 33%...

Ukraine Arrests Operator of DDoS Botnet with 100,000 Compromised Devices

Ukrainian law enforcement authorities on Monday disclosed the arrest of a hacker responsible for the creation and management of a "powerful botnet" consisting of over 100,000 enslaved devices that was used to carry out distributed denial-of-service DDoS and spam attacks on behalf of paid customer...

Tennessee Valley Authority: xss reflected - pqm.tva.com

An XSS vulnerability was discovered on pqm.tva.com. This vulnerability allowed an attacker to inject malicious code into the website, potentially leading to various attacks such as stealing user information or redirecting users to malicious websites...

CVE-2021-0635

When extracting the incorrectly formatted flv file, the memory is damaged, the playback interface shows that the video cannot be played, and the log is found to be crashed. This problem may lead to hacker malicious code attacks, resulting in the loss of user rights.Product:...

CVE-2021-0636

When extracting the incorrectly formatted avi file, the memory is damaged, the playback interface shows that the video cannot be played, and the log is found to be crashed. This problem may lead to hacker malicious code attacks, resulting in the loss of user rights.Product: Androidversion:...

Code injection

When extracting the incorrectly formatted avi file, the memory is damaged, the playback interface shows that the video cannot be played, and the log is found to be crashed. This problem may lead to hacker malicious code attacks, resulting in the loss of user rights.Product: Androidversion:...

Code injection

When extracting the incorrectly formatted flv file, the memory is damaged, the playback interface shows that the video cannot be played, and the log is found to be crashed. This problem may lead to hacker malicious code attacks, resulting in the loss of user rights.Product:...

CVE-2021-0635

CVE-2021-0635 affects the Video component (Unisoc/Android 10) where extracting an incorrectly formatted FLV file can corrupt memory, causing a crash and video playback failure. The Red Hat/NVD entries describe potential for malicious code execution leading to loss of user rights, with CVSS 3.1 ba...

CVE-2021-0636

When extracting the incorrectly formatted avi file, the memory is damaged, the playback interface shows that the video cannot be played, and the log is found to be crashed. This problem may lead to hacker malicious code attacks, resulting in the loss of user rights.Product: Androidversion:...

The vulnerability of the Linux operating system’s netback driver, related to the allocation of unlimited memory, allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the Linux operating system’s netback driver relates to the allocation of unlimited memory. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a hacker to cause a service failure...

The passwordless future is here for your Microsoft account

Nobody likes passwords. They’re inconvenient. They’re a prime target for attacks. Yet for years they’ve been the most important layer of security for everything in our digital lives—from email to bank accounts, shopping carts to video games. We are expected to create complex and unique passwords,...

Experts concerned over emergence of new Android banking trojan S.O.V.A.

By Waqas Researchers have identified a new Android banking trojan called S.O.V.A. being advertised on a Russian hacker and cybercrime forum. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Experts concerned over emergence of new Android banking trojan S.O.V.A...

Whitehat hacker shows how to detect hidden cameras in Airbnb, hotels

By Waqas A whitehat hacker has shared simple yet useful tips on his TikTok detailing how you can detect hidden cameras in an Airbnb or a hotel room. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Whitehat hacker shows how to detect hidden cameras in Airbnb, hotels...

Hacker-Themed Board Game

Black Hat is a hacker-themed board game...

7 Ways to Defend Mobile Apps, APIs from Cyberattacks

There are two essential elements driving progress in today’s digital-first economy: Mobile applications and the application programming interfaces APIs that allow those applications to communicate and exchange data with each other. The growth in these two technologies has exposed users and their...