Under the hoodie: why money, power, and ego drive hackers to cybercrime

Just one more hour behind the hot grill flipping burgers, and Derek could call it a day. Under his musty hat, his hair was matted down with sweat, and his work uniform was spattered with grease. He knew he’d smell the processed meat and smoke for the next three days, even after he’d showered. But...

Hacker leaks Snapchat’s source code on Github

By Waqas Pakistani Hacker Posted Authentic Snapchat Source Code on GitHub - Snapchat’s source code is stolen…can there be a bigger news than that? Perhaps there is! Not only that the source code has been stolen but also posted on Microsoft-owned GitHub of all the platforms. Reportedly, the hacker...

iPhone Chip Supplier TSMC Stops Production After Computer Virus Attack

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company TSMC—Apple's sole supplier of SoC components for iPhones and iPads, and Qualcomm's major manufacturing partner—shut down several of its chip-fabrication factories Friday night after being hit by a computer virus. The world's largest makers of...

A Look at Scan4You and the Counter Antivirus Service Landscape

The concept of antivirus AV scanning within IT security is simple and effective. These programs, which have become part and parcel of typical infrastructure and data protection strategies, scan enterprise networks for known malware signatures and other processes associated with suspicious hacker...

Reddit Hacked – Emails, Passwords, Private Messages Stolen

Another day, another significant data breach. This time the victim is Reddit... seems someone is really pissed off with Reddit's account ban policy or bias moderators. Reddit social media network today announced that it suffered a security breach in June that exposed some of its users' data,...

Reddit Breach Stems from SMS Two-Factor Authentication Breakdown

Reddit confirmed Wednesday that a hacker broke into its systems and has accessed user data – including email addresses and passwords for accounts. The company said in a post today that the compromise occurred between June 14 and June 18, and it detected the incident on June 19. “We learned that a...

Don't let your factory plant become the next cybersecurity victim

In 2014, a smart refrigerator had been caught red-handed for spawning over 750,000 spam emails after hijacked by a botnet attack. It is the first documented attack worldwide for Internet of Things to have fallen prey to hackersi. A more recent case in the US concerns an internet connected...

Stealthy Malware Hidden in Images Takes to GoogleUserContent

Malware that uses Exchangeable Image File Format EXIF data to hide its code has migrated to a new platform: GoogleUserContent sites, such as Google+ and blogger forums. In this technique, previously seen on Pastebin and GitHub, hackers embed malicious code within uploaded images – a stealthy...

Hacker Sold Stolen U.S. Military Drone Documents On Dark Web For Just $200

You never know what you will find on the hidden Internet 'Dark Web.' Just about an hour ago we reported about someone selling remote access linked to security systems at a major International airport for $10. It has been reported that a hacker was found selling sensitive US Air Force documents on...

Hacker selling classified information on MQ-9 Reaper Drone on dark web

By Waqas We do know that stealing and selling private information of This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker selling classified information on MQ-9 Reaper Drone on dark web...

Organizations Leave Backdoors Open to Cheap Remote Desktop Protocol Attacks

ARCHIVED STORY Organizations Leave Backdoors Open to Cheap Remote Desktop Protocol Attacks By John Fokker · July 11, 2018 Thanks to my colleague Christiaan Beek for his advice and contributions. While researching underground hacker marketplaces, the McAfee Advanced Threat Research team has...

Apache Struts2 high-risk vulnerabilities cause the Enterprise Server is the invasion mounted KoiMiner mining Trojan-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

0×1 Overview Many business websites use the Apache open source project to build a http server, which is most of the use of the Apache sub-project of Struts in. But since the Apache Struts2 Product code there are more risks, beginning in 2007, Struts2 will frequently broke multiple high-risk...

More Federal Agencies Wrapped Up in Facebook Data Privacy Probe

The Securities and Exchange Commission, FBI, and the Department of Justice are now reportedly investigating the social media giant after it failed to disclose that more than the data of 70 million platform users had leaked through a third-party application, sources told the Washington Post, Monda...

Navigating an Uncharted Future, Bug Bounty Hunters Seek Safe Harbors

When researcher Kevin Finisterre found a security error in drone-maker DJI’s systems enabling him to access flight log data and images of customers, he thought he had hit the $30,000 jackpot as part of the drone company’s newly announced bug bounty program. Instead, when the incident occurred in...

Mac malware targets cryptomining users

Last week, a security researcher named Remco Verhoef announced the discovery of a new piece of Mac malware being distributed on cryptomining chat groups. This malware was later further analyzed by Patrick Wardle, who gave it the rather appropriate moniker OSX.Dummy. The malware was being...

DDoS-Happy ‘Bitcoin Baron’ Sentenced to Almost 2 Years in Jail

The Bitcoin Baron, a self-proclaimed vigilante responsible for DDoS attacks on civic networks in Madison, Wisc., San Marcos, Texas, and other sites in 2015, has been collared in Phoenix and sentenced to serve 20 months in prison. The conviction and sentencing is only for the former attack, in whi...

Opencart < 3.0.2.0 - Denial of Service

!/usr/bin/perl -w Opencart https://ethical-hacker.org/ https://facebook.com/ethicalhackerorg Tested store with added more than 1000 products todor@adamantium cartkiller torsocks perl killcart.pl example.com Opencart = 3.0.2.0 googlesitemap Remote Denial of Service resource exhaustion Connecting...

Opencart 3.0.2.0 - Denial of Service

Opencart 3.0.2.0 - Denial of Service !/usr/bin/perl -w Opencart https://ethical-hacker.org/ https://facebook.com/ethicalhackerorg Tested store with added more than 1000 products todor@adamantium cartkiller torsocks perl killcart.pl example.com Opencart = 3.0.2.0 googlesitemap Remote Denial of...

Global Threats to Information Systems

The advanced capabilities of organized hacker groups and cyber threat actors are an increasing global threat to information systems. Rising threat levels place more demands on cybersecurity personnel and network administrators to protect information systems. Protecting network infrastructure is...

Security Bulletin: Critical Security Vulnerability in RDS Client library affecting Rational Change (CVE-2014-3089)

Summary Clear text password in IBM Rational Directory Server RDS supplied Client library could allow potential hacker to gain access to RDS and access to unauthorized data used by consuming products such as Rational Change. Vulnerability Details | Subscribe to My Notifications to be notified of...