4 Android Bugs Being Exploited in the Wild

Google updated its May 3 Android security bulletin on Wednesday to say that there are “indications” that four of the 50 vulnerabilities “may be under limited, targeted exploitation.” That was mostly confirmed by Maddie Stone, a member of Google’s Project Zero exploit research group, who clarified...

FIN7 Backdoor Masquerades as Ethical Hacking Tool

The notorious FIN7 cybercrime gang, a financially motivated group, is spreading a backdoor called Lizar under the guise of being a Windows pen-testing tool for ethical hackers. According to the BI.ZONE Cyber Threats Research Team, FIN7 is pretending to be a legitimate organization that hawks a...

Cross site scripting

DISPUTED The express-cart package through 1.1.10 for Node.js allows Reflected XSS for an admin via a user input field for product options. NOTE: the vendor states that this "would rely on an admin hacking his/her own website."...

CVE-2021-32573

The express-cart package through 1.1.10 for Node.js allows Reflected XSS for an admin via a user input field for product options. NOTE: the vendor states that this "would rely on an admin hacking his/her own website...

iPhone Hack Allegedly Used to Spy on China’s Uyghurs

In 2019, a Chinese security researcher working with the internet security and antivirus company Qihoo 360 unveiled an intricately woven exploit: One that would allegedly let a remote attacker easily jailbreak an iPhone X iOS 12.1. The researcher, Qixun Zhao, dubbed the exploit Chaos, for good...

ALERT — New 21Nails Exim Bugs Expose Millions of Email Servers to Hacking

The maintainers of Exim have released patches to remediate as many as 21 security vulnerabilities in its software that could enable unauthenticated attackers to achieve complete remote code execution and gain root privileges. Collectively named '21Nails,' the flaws include 11 vulnerabilities that...

How Cybercriminals Abuse OpenBullet for Credential Stuffing

In this blog, we detail how cybercriminals exploit OpenBullet, a legitimate web-testing software, to brute-force their way into targeted accounts...

LuckyMouse Hackers Target Banks, Companies and Governments in 2020

An adversary known for its watering hole attacks against government entities has been linked to a slew of newly detected intrusions targeting various organizations in Central Asia and the Middle East. The malicious activity, collectively named "EmissarySoldier," has been attributed to a threat...

[Security Nation] Marina Ciavatta and int eighty Put the Fun into Hacking With Hacking Esports and Dual Core Music

!\Security Nation\ Marina Ciavatta and int eighty Put the Fun into Hacking With Hacking Esports and Dual Core Musichttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2021/04/securitynationlogo-65.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, we are joined by Marina Ciavatta and int eighty to talk about Hacking...

Nintendo Sues Video-Game Pirates

Gaming giant Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against video-game piracy group ringleader Gary Bowser, a Canadian national behind Team Xecuter, which law enforcement said built and sold hacking devices that enabled consoles to play unauthorized versions of games. Download “The Evolution of Ransomware”...

When AIs Start Hacking

If you dont have enough to worry about already, consider a world where AIs are hackers. Hacking is as old as humanity. We are creative problem solvers. We exploit loopholes, manipulate systems, and strive for more influence, power, and wealth. To date, hacking has exclusively been a human activit...

They Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War

Secret codes. Legal threats. Betrayal. How one couple built a device to fix McDonald’s notoriously broken soft-serve machines—and how the fast-food giant froze them out...

EFB Tampering 2. Device Integrity

TL;DR Electronic Flight Bag EFB integrity varies between different airlines and devices Aviation cyber security is becoming increasingly prominent with regulators EFBs often connect to unsecure networks including public Wi-Fi Security measures are not always effective and can be inconsistent Devi...

The FBI Takes a Drastic Step to Fight China’s Hacking Spree

The agency's approach to protecting vulnerable victims of the recent Hafnium attack manages to be at once controversial and refreshingly restrained...

FBI Clears ProxyLogon Web Shells from Hundreds of Orgs

The Feds have cleared malicious web shells from hundreds of vulnerable computers in the United States that had been compromised via the now-infamous ProxyLogon Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities. ProxyLogon comprises a group of security bugs affecting on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange...

Windows, Ubuntu, Zoom, Safari, MS Exchange Hacked at Pwn2Own 2021

The 2021 spring edition of Pwn2Own hacking contest concluded last week on April 8 with a three-way tie between Team Devcore, OV, and Computest researchers Daan Keuper and Thijs Alkemade. A total of $1.2 million was awarded for 16 high-profile exploits over the course of the three-day virtual even...

Call of Duty Cheats Expose Gamers to Malware

Activision, the company behind Call of Duty: Warzone, has issued a warning that a threat actor is taking out ads for cheat tools, which instead turn out to be remote-access trojan RAT malware . The scam was first floated in March when a cyberattacker posted in hacking forums that they had a free,...

Water Supply Hacks Are a Serious Threat—and Only Getting Worse

An ex-employee allegedly tampered with a Kansas water system. It was too easy, and it's happening too often...

Malware Hidden in Call of Duty Cheating Software

News article: Most troublingly, Activision says that the "cheat" tool has been advertised multiple times on a popular cheating forum under the title "new COD hack." Gamers looking to flout the rules will typically go to such forums to find new ways to do so. While the report doesnt mention which...

DoJ charges man for hacking, tempering with public water facility

By Deeba Ahmed According to a DoJ, Travnichek was accused of hacking a public water facility's computer and tampering with the local water supply system. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DoJ charges man for hacking, tempering with public water facility...