Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack: BlackCat Hackers Quickly Returned After FBI Bust

Two months ago, the FBI “disrupted” the BlackCat ransomware group. They're already back—and their latest attack is causing delays at pharmacies across the US...

How a Right-Wing Controversy Could Sabotage US Election Security

Republicans who run elections are split over whether to keep working with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to fight hackers, online falsehoods, and polling-place threats...

North Korean Hackers Targeting Developers with Malicious npm Packages

A set of fake npm packages discovered on the Node.js repository has been found to share ties with North Korean state-sponsored actors, new findings from Phylum show. The packages are named execution-time-async, data-time-utils, login-time-utils, mongodb-connection-utils, and...

New Leak Shows Business Side of China’s APT Menace

A new data leak that appears to have come from one of Chinas top private cybersecurity firms provides a rare glimpse into the commercial side of Chinas many state-sponsored hacking groups. Experts say the leak illustrates how Chinese government agencies increasingly are contracting out foreign...

Microsoft Is Spying on Users of Its AI Tools

Microsoft announced that it caught Chinese, Russian, and Iranian hackers using its AI tools--presumably coding tools--to improve their hacking abilities. From their report: In collaboration with OpenAI, we are sharing threat intelligence showing detected state affiliated adversaries--tracked as...

Israeli El Al Alleges Hackers Targeted Flights in Mid-Air Hijack Attempt

By Deeba Ahmed The aircraft was reportedly flying over an area inhabited by Iranian-backed Houthis. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Israeli El Al Alleges Hackers Targeted Flights in Mid-Air Hijack Attempt...

Russian Hackers Hit Mail Servers in Europe for Political and Military Intel

By Deeba Ahmed Email servers compromised in 80 organizations as Russian-linked TAG-70 group targets European governments. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian Hackers Hit Mail Servers in Europe for Political and Military Intel...

Iranian Hackers Target Middle East Policy Experts with New BASICSTAR Backdoor

The Iranian-origin threat actor known as Charming Kitten has been linked to a new set of attacks aimed at Middle East policy experts with a new backdoor called BASICSTAR by creating a fake webinar portal. Charming Kitten, also called APT35, CharmingCypress, Mint Sandstorm, TA453, and Yellow Garud...

Hackers Claim Data Breach at Staffing Giant Robert Half, Sell Sensitive Data

By Waqas Deja vu at Robert Half? Notorious hackers claim responsibility as the staffing giant makes headlines for yet another alleged data breach in two years. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Claim Data Breach at Staffing Giant Robert Half, Sell Sensitive Data...

Chinese Hackers Using Deepfakes in Advanced Mobile Banking Malware Attacks

A Chinese-speaking threat actor codenamed GoldFactory has been attributed to the development of highly sophisticated banking trojans, including a previously undocumented iOS malware called GoldPickaxe that's capable of harvesting identity documents, facial recognition data, and intercepting SMS...

A Hacker’s Mind is Out in Paperback

The paperback version of A Hackers Mind has just been published. Its the same book, only a cheaper format. But--and this is the real reason I am posting this--Amazon has significantly discounted the hardcover to $15 to get rid of its stock. This is much cheaper than I am selling it for, and cheap...

Midnight Blizzard and Cloudflare-Atlassian Cybersecurity Incidents: What to Know

The Midnight Blizzard and Cloudflare-Atlassian cybersecurity incidents raised alarms about the vulnerabilities inherent in major SaaS platforms. These incidents illustrate the stakes involved in SaaS breaches — safeguarding the integrity of SaaS apps and their sensitive data is critical but is no...

Hackers Leak Alleged Partial Facebook Marketplace Database

By Waqas The alleged data breach took place on October 2023. However, the database was only made public earlier today, on Sunday, February 11, 2024. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Leak Alleged Partial Facebook Marketplace Database...

Chinese Hackers Infiltrate Dutch Defense Networks with Coathanger RAT

By Deeba Ahmed Chinese state-backed hackers targeted Dutch military networks by exploiting a vulnerability in a FortiGate device. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chinese Hackers Infiltrate Dutch Defense Networks with Coathanger RAT...

From Cybercrime Saul Goodman to the Russian GRU

In 2021, the exclusive Russian cybercrime forum Mazafaka was hacked. The leaked user database shows one of the forums founders was an attorney who advised Russias top hackers on the legal risks of their work, and what to do if they got caught. A review of this users hacker identities shows that...

Chained Exploits, Stolen VPN Access: Hackers Target Ivanti Users Despite Patches

By Deeba Ahmed Zero-Day Nightmare: CVE-2024-21893 Exploits Surge in Attacks on Ivanti Products. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chained Exploits, Stolen VPN Access: Hackers Target Ivanti Users Despite Patches...

Ethical Hackers Reported 835 Vulnerabilities, Earned $450K in 2023

By Deeba Ahmed The US Department of Defense reported the most security vulnerabilities in 2023, with 96 reports or 10% of all reports. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ethical Hackers Reported 835 Vulnerabilities, Earned $450K in 2023...

China’s Hackers Keep Targeting US Water and Electricity Supplies

Plus: Russia was likely behind widespread GPS outages, Vault 7 leaker was sentenced, police claim to trace Monero cryptocurrency, and more...

Russian APT28 Hackers Targeting High-Value Orgs with NTLM Relay Attacks

Russian state-sponsored actors have staged NT LAN Manager NTLM v2 hash relay attacks through various methods from April 2022 to November 2023, targeting high-value targets worldwide. The attacks, attributed to an "aggressive" hacking crew called APT28, have set their eyes on organizations dealing...

Cloudflare Breach: Nation-State Hackers Access Source Code and Internal Docs

Cloudflare has revealed that it was the target of a likely nation-state attack in which the threat actor leveraged stolen credentials to gain unauthorized access to its Atlassian server and ultimately access some documentation and a limited amount of source code. The intrusion, which took place...