How Secrets Lurking in Source Code Lead to Major Breaches

If one word could sum up the 2021 infosecurity year well, actually three, it would be these: "supply chain attack". A software supply chain attack happens when hackers manipulate the code in third-party software components to compromise the 'downstream' applications that use them. In 2021, we hav...

Chinese "Twisted Panda" Hackers Caught Spying on Russian Defense Institutes

At least two research institutes located in Russia and a third likely target in Belarus have been at the receiving end of an espionage attack by a Chinese nation-state advanced persistent threat APT. The attacks, codenamed "Twisted Panda," come in the backdrop of Russia's military invasion of...

US Warns Firms About North Korean Hackers Posing as IT Workers

By Deeba Ahmed US government has warned organizations to beware of hackers in the guise of IT freelancers claiming to be… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US Warns Firms About North Korean Hackers Posing as IT Workers...

Researchers Expose Inner Workings of Billion-Dollar Wizard Spider Cybercrime Gang

The inner workings of a cybercriminal group known as the Wizard Spider have been exposed, shedding light on its organizational structure and motivations. "Most of Wizard Spider's efforts go into hacking European and U.S. businesses, with a special cracking tool used by some of their attackers to...

U.S. Warns Against North Korean Hackers Posing as IT Freelancers

Highly skilled software and mobile app developers from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea DPRK are posing as "non-DPRK nationals" in hopes of landing freelance employment in an attempt to enable the regime's malicious cyber intrusions. That's according to a joint advisory from the U.S...

Iranian Hackers Leveraging BitLocker and DiskCryptor in Ransomware Attacks

A ransomware group with an Iranian operational connection has been linked to a string of file-encrypting malware attacks targeting organizations in Israel, the U.S., Europe, and Australia. Cybersecurity firm Secureworks attributed the intrusions to a threat actor it tracks under the moniker Cobal...

DEA Investigating Breach of Law Enforcement Data Portal

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration DEA says it is investigating reports that hackers gained unauthorized access to an agency portal that taps into 16 different federal law enforcement databases. KrebsOnSecurity has learned the alleged compromise is tied to a cybercrime and online harassment...

The Case for War Crimes Charges Against Russia’s Sandworm Hackers

A group of human rights lawyers and investigators has called on the Hague to bring the first-ever “cyber war crimes” charges against Russia’s most dangerous hackers...

Low-rent RAT Worries Researchers

For about the price of a cup of Starbucks latte, a hacker is renting out a remote access trojan designed to backdoor targeted networks. Dubbed as Dark Crystal RAT or DCRat, the malware is being peddled online to hackers in Russian by a lone rookie malware writer with a penchant for cut-rate...

Russian TV Schedules Hacked on Victory Day to Show Anti-War Messages

By Waqas Hackers targeted Russian television channels program names right before Vladimir Putins speech on Victory Day to commemorate the… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian TV Schedules Hacked on Victory Day to Show Anti-War Messages...

Hackers Hijacked Official Ferrari Subdomain to Host NFT Scam

By Deeba Ahmed After the hijacking, hackers hosted the Mint Your Ferrari NFT scam on the luxury automakers official website. On… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Hijacked Official Ferrari Subdomain to Host NFT Scam...

F5 Warns of Critical Bug Allowing Remote Code Execution in BIG-IP Systems

Application service provider F5 is warning a critical vulnerability allows unauthenticated hackers with network access to execute arbitrary commands on its BIG-IP systems. The F5 BIG-IP is a combination of software and hardware that is designed around access control, application availability and...

Chinese Hackers Caught Exploiting Popular Antivirus Products to Target Telecom Sector

A Chinese-aligned cyberespionage group has been observed striking the telecommunication sector in Central Asia with versions of malware such as ShadowPad and PlugX. Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne tied the intrusions to an actor it tracks under the name "Moshen Dragon," with tactical overlaps...

The Hermit Kingdom’s Ransomware Play

The Hermit Kingdom’s Ransomware play By Trellix · May 3, 2022 With a special thanks to @ValidHorizon who helped and shared information In February 2016, news broke about what is now known as the ‘Bangladesh Bank Heist’. Hackers attempted to transfer nearly one billion USD through the SWIFT system...

North Koreans Are Jailbreaking Phones to Access Forbidden Media

A new report suggests that a small but vibrant group of smartphones hackers may be challenging the world's most digitally restrictive regime...

Nation-state Hackers Target Journalists with Goldbackdoor Malware

Sophisticated hackers believed to be tied to the North Korean government are actively targeting journalists with novel malware dubbed Goldbackdoor. Attacks have consisted of multistage infection campaign with the ultimate goal of stealing sensitive information from targets. The campaign is believ...

Iranian Hackers Exploiting VMware RCE Bug to Deploy 'Core Impact' Backdoor

An Iranian-linked threat actor known as Rocket Kitten has been observed actively exploiting a recently patched VMware vulnerability to gain initial access and deploy the Core Impact penetration testing tool on vulnerable systems. Tracked as CVE-2022-22954 CVSS score: 9.8, the critical issue...

Lapsus$ Hackers Stole T-Mobile’s Source Code and Systems Data

By Deeba Ahmed T-Mobile has acknowledged the breach which occurred before police arrested some of the Lapsus$ members last month. The… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Lapsus$ Hackers Stole T-Mobiles Source Code and Systems Data...

Hackers Are Getting Caught Exploiting New Bugs More Than Ever

A pair of reports from Mandiant and Google found a spike in zero-day vulnerabilities in 2021. The question is, why?...

GitHub: Hackers Stole OAuth Access Tokens to Target Dozens of Firms

By Deeba Ahmed GitHub has revealed that attackers have abused OAuth user tokens issued to Heroku and Travis-CI, popular third-party OAuth… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: GitHub: Hackers Stole OAuth Access Tokens to Target Dozens of Firms...