Malicious code in mineinfo (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx f3095338ccde51089f05f0888c951acc6c6878132fe39a2604110e18198891e5 EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...

Malicious code in guicpu (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 5763563ba13a086b29e12df7d4fd3c24c5c1fe3c2b925eccb4e69ce0a395f749 EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...

Finland’s Most-Wanted Hacker Nabbed in France

Julius "Zeekill" Kivimäki, a 25-year-old Finnish man charged with extorting a local online psychotherapy practice and leaking therapy notes for more than 22,000 patients online, was arrested this week in France. A notorious hacker convicted of perpetrating tens of thousands of cybercrimes, Kivimä...

Malicious code in fredmi (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 01c99c53e4554cc5799b0b94a6bd72836ccf768e513a2b299ccdc4d963603df6 EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...

podcast.toonamisquad.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-2772067

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

Geek Squad Vishing Attack Bypasses Email Security to Hit 25K Mailboxes

A pair of billing and tech support “vishing” attacks using Geek Squad and Norton Antivirus as cover managed to hit 25,000 mailboxes recently, questing after victims’ credit-card details. Vishing a contraction of “voice phishing” generally involves stealing personal information from victims over t...

Bomb Threat, DDoS Purveyor Gets Eight Years

A 22-year-old North Carolina man has been sentenced to nearly eight years in prison for conducting bomb threats against thousands of schools in the U.S. and United Kingdom, running a service that launched distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks, and for possessing sexually explicit images of...

Twitter temporarily disables 'Tweeting via SMS' after CEO gets hacked

Twitter today finally decided to temporarily disable a feature, called 'Tweeting via SMS,' after it was abused by a hacking group to compromise Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey last week and sent a series of racist and offensive tweets to Dorsey's followers. Dorsey's Twitter account was compromised last...

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account hacked with racial slurs

By Waqas A group of hackers going by the handle of "Chuckle Squad" hacked the official Twitter account of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Friday afternoon. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account hacked with racial slurs...

DDoS Attacker Who Ruined Gamers' Christmas Gets 27 Months in Prison

A 23-year-old hacker from Utah who launched a series of DDoS attacks against multiple online services, websites, and online gaming companies between December 2013 and January 2014 has been sentenced to 27 months in prison. Austin Thompson, a.k.a. "DerpTroll," pledged guilty back in November 2018...

Bomb Threat Hoaxer Exposed by Hacked Gaming Site

Federal authorities this week arrested a North Carolina man who allegedly ran with a group of online hooligans that attacked Web sites including this one, took requests on Twitter to call in bomb threats to thousands of schools, and tried to frame various online gaming sites as the culprits. In a...

Bomb Threat Hoaxer, DDos Boss Gets 3 Years

The ringleader of a gang of cyber hooligans that made bomb threats against hundreds of schools and launched distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks against Web sites -- including KrebsOnSecurity on multiple occasions -- has been sentenced to three years in a U.K. prison, and faces the...

Hacker Who DDoSed Sony, EA and Steam Gaming Servers Pleads Guilty

A 23-year-old hacker from Utah pleaded guilty this week to launching a series of denial-of-service DoS attacks against multiple online services, websites, and online gaming companies between 2013 and 2014. According to a Justice Department DoJ press release, Austin Thompson, a.k.a. "DerpTroll,"...

Leader of DDoS-for-Hire Gang Pleads Guilty to Bomb Threats

A 19-year-old man from the United Kingdom who headed a cybercriminal group whose motto was "Feds Can't Touch Us" pleaded guilty this week to making bomb threats against thousands of schools. On Aug. 31, officers with the U.K.'s National Crime Agency NCA arrested Hertfordshire resident George...

19-Year-Old Hacker Arrested Over Making Hoax School and Flight Bomb Threats

British police have arrested a 19-year-old teen who is an alleged member of Apophis Squad cybercriminal group responsible for making hoax bomb threats to thousands of schools and airlines; and DDoSing ProtonMail and Tutanota secure email services. George Duke-Cohan was arrested in his bedroom at...

19-Year-Old Hacker Arrested Over Making Hoax School and Flight Bomb Threats

British police have arrested a 19-year-old teen who is an alleged member of Apophis Squad cybercriminal group responsible for making hoax bomb threats to thousands of schools and airlines; and DDoSing ProtonMail and Tutanota secure email services. George Duke-Cohan was arrested in his bedroom at...

Ed: Physical Laptop Takeover

At 6:16PM of August 11th of 2018, during H1-702, right before the sand storm beat the shit out of the rooftop party, we managed to perform a critical attack on Ed's infrastructure. F332214 Report Summary During our analysis and reconnaissance of how Ed program worked during the h1-702 event, we...

CVE-2018-7179

SQL Injection exists in the SquadManagement 1.0.3 component for Joomla! via the id parameter...

Lizard Squad is alive and continuing activities as BigBotPein: Report

By Waqas According to researchers, evidence suggests Lizard Squad is alive and This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Lizard Squad is alive and continuing activities as BigBotPein: Report...

Lizard Squad & PoodleCorp Founder Pleads Guilty to DDoS Attacks

By Waqas Remember Lizard Squad? Yes, a group of DDoS attackers who This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Lizard Squad PoodleCorp Founder Pleads Guilty to DDoS Attacks...