Ukraine Police Arrest Suspect Linked to LockBit and Conti Ransomware Groups

The Cyber Police of Ukraine has announced the arrest of a local man who is suspected to have offered their services to LockBit and Conti ransomware groups. The unnamed 28-year-old native of the Kharkiv region allegedly specialized in the development of crypters to encrypt and obfuscate malicious...

Trend Micro Apex One Improper Access Control Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Trend Micro Apex One. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Apex One...

Major UK Security Provider Leaks Trove of Guard and Suspect Data

By Deeba Ahmed Over 1.2 million records were exposed in a major data breach at UK security firm Amberstone. Learn the potential impact, what to do if affected, and how to stay secure. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Major UK Security Provider Leaks Trove of Guard and...

Maine Mass Shooting Disinformation Floods Social Media as Suspect Remains at Large

In the hours following the worst mass shooting in Maine’s history, disinformation about the suspected gunman flooded social media with false claims that he had been arrested...

PT-2023-9228 · Trend Micro · Trend Micro Apex One

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Trend Micro Apex One affected versions not specified Description: An improper access control vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations. The vulnerability is related to...

Police Arrest Suspect in Crypto Millionaire’s Murder

By Waqas The victim, 38-year-old Fernando Perez Algaba, was a self-made cryptocurrency millionaire whose dismembered body was found in a suitcase in an Argentinean town on July 27, 2023. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Police Arrest Suspect in Crypto Millionaires Murder...

Tracking Down a Suspect through Cell Phone Records

Interesting forensics in connection with a serial killer arrest: Investigators went through phone records collected from both midtown Manhattan and the Massapequa Park area of Long Island--two areas connected to a "burner phone" they had tied to the killings. In court, prosecutors later said the...

20-Year-Old Russian LockBit Ransomware Affiliate Arrested in Arizona

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ on Thursday unveiled charges against a Russian national for his alleged involvement in deploying LockBit ransomware to targets in the U.S., Asia, Europe, and Africa. Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, 20, of Chechen Republic has been accused of perpetrating at least...

The vulnerability of the ApexOne Security Agent in antivirus software programs like Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service allows attackers to enhance their privileges.

The vulnerability of the ApexOne Security Agent in antivirus software products Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service is related to deficiencies in access control for the Suspect folder. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to increase their privileges...

Trend Micro Apex One Improper Access Control Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Trend Micro Apex One. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Apex One...

ATM bombing suspect blew himself up while filming tutorial

By Deeba Ahmed Europol revealed that the gang was involved in at least fifteen ATM bombings in Germany, causing financial losses of around €2.15 million. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: ATM bombing suspect blew himself up while filming tutorial...

Colombia arrests suspect wanted by US over Gozi virus

By Waqas The countries targeted by the Gozi virus included Finland, Germany, United States, and the United Kingdom with victims like NASA. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Colombia arrests suspect wanted by US over Gozi virus...

How to repair suspect database in SQL Server

By Waqas Programs work with databases, and if the database crashes essential information can be lost and this will be disastrous to the user. So what are your options? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to repair suspect database in SQL Server...

Experian South Africa Suffers Data Breach Affecting Millions; Attacker Identified

The South African arm of one of the world's largest credit check companies Experian yesterday announced a data breach incident that exposed personal information of millions of its customers. While Experian itself didn't mention the number of affect customers, in a report, the South African Bankin...

17-Year-Old 'Mastermind', 2 Others Behind the Biggest Twitter Hack Arrested

A 17-year-old teen and two other 19 and 22-year-old individuals have reportedly been arrested for being the alleged mastermind behind the recent Twitter hack that simultaneously targeted several high-profile accounts within minutes as part of a massive bitcoin scam. According to the U.S. Departme...

Authorities lost track of suspect after WhatsApp hacking warning

By Waqas The terror suspect got away after ill-timed WhatsApp hacking warning. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Authorities lost track of suspect after WhatsApp hacking warning...

Former AWS Engineer Arrested as Capital One Admits Massive Data Breach

A massive breach of Capital One customer data has hit more than 100 million people in the U.S. and 6 million in Canada. Thanks to a cloud misconfiguration, a hacker was able to access to credit applications, Social Security numbers and bank account numbers in one of the biggest data breaches to...

U.S. Charges 9 'SIM Swapping' Attackers For Stealing $2.5 Million

The U.S. Department of Justice today announced charges against nine individuals, 6 of which are members of a hacking group called "The Community" and other 3 are former employees of mobile phone providers who allegedly helped them steal roughly $2.5 million worth of the cryptocurrency using a...

A week in security (March 25 – 31)

Last week, we looked at plugin vulnerabilities, location tracking app problems, and talked about plain text password woes. We also looked at federal data privacy regulation and took a deep dive into BatMobi Adware. Other cybersecurity news Poisoned software update headache for ASUS Source: The...

Police locate suspect from a crowd of 60,000 using Facial Recognition

By Carolina In Southeast China, the police used facial recognition tech to This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Police locate suspect from a crowd of 60,000 using Facial Recognition...