When three isn’t a crowd: Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks explained

Gone are the days when eavesdropping is just the stuff of spies and the town gossip. In fact, it has evolved to become everyone’s favorite pastime. Thanks to the internet, it is exponentially easier now more than ever to idle by and catch juicy information than to press your ear against your...

Are Your Smartphones’ Batteries Spying on You?

By Kayla Matthews Most batteries in today's smartphone are intelligent enough to detect This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Are Your Smartphones' Batteries Spying on You?...

Targeted Spy Campaign Hits Russian Service Centers

A series of espionage attacks have been uncovered, targeted at service centers in Russia that provide maintenance and support for a variety of electronic goods. The payload is a commercial version of the Imminent Monitor tool, which is freely available for purchase as legitimate software. Its...

Malicious Chrome & Edge extension drops backdoor and spy on users

By Waqas Trend Micro researchers have identified malicious Google Chrome and Microsoft This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Malicious Chrome & Edge extension drops backdoor and spy on users...

A week in security (May 14 – May 20)

Last week, we looked at the deluge of incoming policies caused by GDPR, tackled Adobe Reader zero days, and ran through some iPhone security tips. We also caught some helpline scammers in the act, explored advergaming, got our Senate Bill game face on, and deep dived into Drupal vulnerabilities...

Japan's Directorate for Signals Intelligence

The Intercept has a long article on Japan's equivalent of the NSA: the Directorate for Signals Intelligence. Interesting, but nothing really surprising. The directorate has a history that dates back to the 1950s; its role is to eavesdrop on communications. But its operations remain so highly...

Phishing Spy Campaign Targets Top Mideast Officials

Researchers have discovered a phishing campaign that infected Android devices with custom surveillance-ware bent on extracting data from top officials, primarily in the Middle East. Researchers at Lookout Security told Threatpost that the tool, dubbed Stealth Mango, has been used to collect over ...

State Spy Programs, espionage & Monero mining – fingers point at Sandvine

By Waqas Sandvine Products and Technology Used by Egypt, Turkey, and Syrian This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: State Spy Programs, espionage & Monero mining - fingers point at Sandvine...

SpriteCoin cryptocurrency ransomware spy on user, steal saved passwords

By Waqas Another day, another ransomware scam but this time scammers are This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: SpriteCoin cryptocurrency ransomware spy on user, steal saved passwords...

Salamandra - Spy Microphone Detection Tool

Salamandra is a tool to detect and locate spy microphones in closed environments. It find microphones based on the strength of the signal sent by the microphone and the amount of noise and overlapped frequencies. Based on the generated noise it can estimate how close or far away you are from the...

Man used Fruitfly Mac malware to spy on US citizens for 13 years

By Uzair Amir In 2017 we reported about a notorious malware that was This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Man used Fruitfly Mac malware to spy on US citizens for 13 years...

WhatsApp Vulnerability Lets Anyone Spy on Group Chats

By Waqas A critical vulnerability in WhatsApp has been discovered that lets This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: WhatsApp Vulnerability Lets Anyone Spy on Group Chats...

Spy Microphone Detection Tool: Salamandra

Salamandra is a tool to detect and locate spy microphones in closed environments. It find microphones based on the strength of the signal sent by the microphone and the amount of noise and overlapped frequencies. Based on the generated noise it can estimate how close or far away you are from the...

Multiple OEM - 'nsd' Remote Stack Format String (PoC)

STX Subject: Remote Stack Format String in 'nsd' binary from multiple OEM Attack vector: Remote Authentication: Anonymous no credentials needed Researcher: bashis December 2017 PoC: https://github.com/mcw0/PoC Release date: December 14, 2017 Full Disclosure: 0-Day - PoC - 1 $ curl...

PT-2019-4183

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions jackson-databind versions 2.0.0 through 2.9.10 jackson-databind versions prior to 2.9.10.1 jackson-databind versions prior to 2.8.11.5 jackson-databind versions prior to 2.6.7.3 Description A Polymorphic Typing issue was discovered in the...

Canada’s Spy Agency Releases its Cyber-Defense Tool for Public

By Uzair Amir The Communications Security Establishment CSE, Canada’s main signals intelligence agency, This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Canada’s Spy Agency Releases its Cyber-Defense Tool for Public...

Nuclear War Isn’t North Korea’s Only Threat

Editor's Note: This opinion piece originally appeared on CNN.com North Korea has launched 22 missiles in 15 tests in 2017. According to US intelligence sources, the most recent test detonated a 140-kiloton nuclear device, which the North Koreans claim was a hydrogen bomb. That's 10 times as...

LANs.py - Inject Code, Jam Wifi, And Spy on Wifi Users

LANs.py Automatically find the most active WLAN users then spy on one of them and/or inject arbitrary HTML/JS into pages they visit. Individually poisons the ARP tables of the target box, the router and the DNS server if necessary. Does not poison anyone else on the network. Displays all most the...

A week in security (August 14 – August 20)

Last week, we gave some security tips for parents and kids aimed at the new school term. We also took a peek at the inside of the Kronos malware, focusing on how it works and protects itself. And, once again, we spotted a return of Locky ransomware with two new flavors at once, diablo6 and Lukitu...

New Snowden Doc Exposes How NSA's Facility in Australia Aids Drone Strikes

The new documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has exposed a United States secretive facility located near a remote town in Australia's Northern Territory for covertly monitoring wireless communications and aiding US military missions. The leaked documents have come from the...