UK Electoral Commission Hacked

The UK Electoral Commission discovered last year that it was hacked the year before. Thats fourteen months between the hack and the discovery. It doesnt know who was behind the hack. We worked with external security experts and the National Cyber Security Centre to investigate and secure our...

A week in security (August 7 - August 13)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Zoom clarifies user consent requirement when training its AI Several hospitals still counting the cost of widespread ransomware attack Old exploit kits still kicking around in 2023 YouTube makes sweeping changes to tackle spam on Shorts videos Googles "browse...

A New Attack Reveals Everything You Type With 95 Percent Accuracy

A pair of major data breaches rock the UK, North Korea hacks a Russian missile maker, and Microsoft’s Chinese Outlook breach sparks new problems...

Voter data stolen in UK Electoral Commission systems breach

The UK's Electoral Commission has revealed it suffered a compromise which has the potential to expose aspects of registered voters' data. While much of this data may already be public, there are some privacy and safety concerns to consider. First of all, lets take a look at whats been affected. T...

Top SEO Agencies in the UK: Expert Insights

By Owais Sultan Discover the top UK SEO companies, offering exceptional digital marketing services to drive qualified traffic & profits for your business. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Top SEO Agencies in the UK: Expert Insights...

AI Flagged as “Chronic Risk” in UK Government’s Risk Register 2023 Report

By Habiba Rashid The UK government has also warned about the looming threat of severe cyber attacks on critical national infrastructure in its recently released National Risk Register 2023. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: AI Flagged as "Chronic Risk" in UK Governments Ris...

Global ransomware attacks at an all-time high, shows latest 2023 State of Ransomware report

Ransomware attacks have shown no signs of slowing down in 2023. A new report from the Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence team shows 1,900 total ransomware attacks within just four countries--the US, Germany, France, and the UK--in one year. The findings, compiled together in the 2023 State of...

Supply chain attacks disrupt emergency services communications

A supply chain attack rendered two ambulance trusts incapable of accessing electronic patient records in the UK. The two services, which operate in a region of 12 million people, were not targeted directly. Instead, the attack was aimed at a third-party technology provider used by both the South...

TeleAdapt RoomCast TA-2400 Trust Management Issues Vulnerability

The TeleAdapt RoomCast TA-2400 is an all-in-one, self-contained, top-of-the-line content streaming box for guest rooms from TeleAdapt UK. A trust management issue vulnerability exists in TeleAdapt RoomCast TA-2400 versions 1.0 through 3.1, which stems from the presence of an issue with the use of...

Boom CMS Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Boom CMS is a website builder from Boom CMS in the UK. Boom CMS version 8.0.7 suffers from a cross-site scripting vulnerability, which stems from the lack of effective filtering and escaping of user-supplied data in the title/description parameter of the assets-manager component, which can be...

estateagents365.uk Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3543576

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...

CVE-2023-3519: NetScaler (Citrix) RCE Blocked By Imperva

On July 20, CISA warned about the exploitation of an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability affecting NetScaler formerly Citrix Application Delivery Controller and NetScaler Gateway. Attackers first exploited this vulnerability in June, when unidentified hackers used this as a zero-d...

estateagents365.uk Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3533365

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...

invsctx-oat-bnym-uk.fisglobal.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3496203

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...

Anatsa Banking Trojan Targeting Users in US, UK, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

A new Android malware campaign has been observed pushing the Anatsa banking trojan to target banking customers in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Austria, and Switzerland since the start of March 2023. "The actors behind Anatsa aim to steal credentials used to authorize customers in mobile banking...

meltonpool.uk Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3466978

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...

Friday Squid Blogging: Giggling Squid

Giggling Squid is a Thai chain in the UK. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here...

UK’s Ofcom confirms cyber attack as PoC exploit for MOVEit is released

By Waqas Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, is the latest victim of the infamous Cl0p extortion gang, who have been exploiting MOVEit vulnerabilities to target high-profile firms. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: UKs Ofcom confirms cyber attack as PoC exploit for MOVE...

Snowden Ten Years Later

In 2013 and 2014, I wrote extensively about new revelations regarding NSA surveillance based on the documents provided by Edward Snowden. But I had a more personal involvement as well. I wrote the essay below in September 2013. The New Yorker agreed to publish it, but the Guardian asked me not to...

The 2023 State of Ransomware in Education: 84% increase in attacks over 6-month period

This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes' ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web sites. In this report, "known attacks" are those where the victim didn't pay a ransom. This provides the best overall picture of...