Pro-Russian Hackers Exploiting Recent WinRAR Vulnerability in New Campaign

Pro-Russian hacking groups have exploited a recently disclosed security vulnerability in the WinRAR archiving utility as part of a phishing campaign designed to harvest credentials from compromised systems. "The attack involves the use of malicious archive files that exploit the recently discover...

Hackers Target Israeli Rocket Alert App Users with Spyware

By Waqas If you've downloaded a rocket alert app from a third-party source, ensure it's spyware-free and delete it from your device. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Target Israeli Rocket Alert App Users with Spyware...

Hackers on WordPress Websites Hacking Spree with Balada Malware

By Deeba Ahmed If you use WordPress, update to the latest version. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers on WordPress Websites Hacking Spree with Balada Malware...

Activist Hackers Are Racing Into the Israel-Hamas War—for Both Sides

Since the conflict escalated, hackers have targeted dozens of government websites and media outlets with defacements and DDoS attacks, and attempted to overload targets with junk traffic to bring them down...

Hackers Send Fake Rocket Alerts to Israelis via Hacked Red Alert App

By Waqas The Red Alert App is available on iOS; however, its Android version has been removed for unknown reasons This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Send Fake Rocket Alerts to Israelis via Hacked Red Alert App...

Chinese Hackers Are Hiding in Routers in the US and Japan

Plus: Stolen US State Department emails, $20 million zero-day flaws, and controversy over the EU’s message-scanning law...

Chinese Hackers Stole 60,000 US State Department Emails from Microsoft

By Deeba Ahmed Chinese hackers have struck again! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chinese Hackers Stole 60,000 US State Department Emails from Microsoft...

The Shocking Data on Kia and Hyundai Thefts in the US

Plus: MGM hackers hit more than just casinos, Microsoft researchers accidentally leak terabytes of data, and China goes on the PR offensive over cyberespionage...

Vietnamese Hackers Deploy Python-Based Stealer via Facebook Messenger

A new phishing attack is leveraging Facebook Messenger to propagate messages with malicious attachments from a "swarm of fake and hijacked personal accounts" with the ultimate goal of taking over the targets' Business accounts. "Originating yet again from a Vietnamese-based group, this campaign...

Mozilla: Your New Car Is a Data Privacy Nightmare

Plus: Apple patches newly discovered flaws exploited by NSO Group spyware, North Korean hackers target security researchers, and more...

Microsoft: How Chinese Hackers Stole Signing Key to Breach Outlook Accounts

By Deeba Ahmed Microsoft has shared its findings related to the Outlook breach in July in a write-up titled “Results of Major Technical Investigations for Storm-0558 Key Acquisitions.” This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft: How Chinese Hackers Stole Signing Key to...

How Microsoft's highly secure environment was breached

An investigation by Microsoft has finally revealed how China-based hackers circumvented the protections of a "highly isolated and restricted production environment" in May 2023 to unlock sensitive email accounts belonging to US government agencies. The attack was first reported by Microsoft in...

The Comedy of Errors That Let China-Backed Hackers Steal Microsoft’s Signing Key

After leaving many questions unanswered, Microsoft explains in a new postmortem the series of slipups that allowed attackers to steal and abuse a valuable cryptographic key...

Experts Fear Crooks are Cracking Keys Stolen in LastPass Breach

In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. Since then, a steady trickle of six-figure cryptocurrency heists targeting security-conscious people...

Russian State-Backed 'Infamous Chisel' Android Malware Targets Ukrainian Military

Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K., and the U.S. on Thursday disclosed details of a mobile malware strain targeting Android devices used by the Ukrainian military. The malicious software, dubbed Infamous Chisel and attributed to a Russian...

North Korean Hackers Deploy New Malicious Python Packages in PyPI Repository

Three additional rogue Python packages have been discovered in the Package Index PyPI repository as part of an ongoing malicious software supply chain campaign called VMConnect, with signs pointing to the involvement of North Korean state-sponsored threat actors. The findings come from...

MalDoc in PDF Attack: Hackers Hiding Malicious Word Files within PDFs

By Habiba Rashid Dubbed MalDoc in PDF attack by researchers, the new attack trend utilizes PDF and Word files to spread malware. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: MalDoc in PDF Attack: Hackers Hiding Malicious Word Files within PDFs...

Russian Hackers Employ Telekopye Toolkit in Broad Phishing Attacks

By Deeba Ahmed Meet Telekopye, a new phishing toolkit that uses a Telegram bot to carry out its operations. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian Hackers Employ Telekopye Toolkit in Broad Phishing Attacks...

Why The Chainsmokers Invest in—and Party With—Niche Cybersecurity Companies

Musician Alex Pall spoke with WIRED about his VC firm, the importance of raising cybersecurity awareness in a rapidly digitizing world, and his surprise that hackers know how to go hard...

Chinese Hackers Using Stolen Ivacy VPN Certificate To Sign Malware

By Waqas Bronze Starlight hackers have been cleverly utilizing a valid Ivacy VPN code-signing certificate to target the Southeast Asian gambling industry. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chinese Hackers Using Stolen Ivacy VPN Certificate To Sign Malware...