Doctor Paid $60k in Bitcoin to Hire Dark Web Hitmen Facebook Scams, Account Takeovers Are On The Rise Alleged member of ShinyHunters group extradited to the US, could face 116 years in jail Pro-Russia group Killnet targets Germany due to…
Doctor Paid $60k in Bitcoin to Hire Dark Web Hitmen
By Habiba Rashid Ronald Craig Ilg, 56 of Spokane, Washington wanted dark web hitmen to assault his wife and a former colleague. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Doctor Paid $60k in Bitcoin to Hire Dark…
Facebook Scams, Account Takeovers Are On The Rise
The post Facebook Scams, Account Takeovers Are On The Rise appeared first on Facecrooks. By this point, almost everyone knows that scams and fake accounts are an unfortunately common occurrence on Facebook. However, recent reports and studies have indicated that…
Alleged member of ShinyHunters group extradited to the US, could face 116 years in jail
An alleged member of the ShinyHunters cybercrime gang has been extradited from Morocco to the United States. Sebastien Raoult, a French national who is suspected of being a member of ShinyHunters cybercrime gang known as “Seyzo Kaizen,” has been extradited…
Pro-Russia group Killnet targets Germany due to its support to Ukraine
Pro-Russia group Killnet launched last week DDoS attacks against the websites of German airports, administration bodies, and banks. The Pro-Russia group Killnet is behind the DDoS attacks that last week hit the websites of German airports, administration bodies, and banks. The attacks…
Riot Games Hit by Data Breach
Riot Games reported last week that a social engineering attempt had infiltrated the systems in their software platform. Motherboard got the ransom note that was sent to Riot Games and reported that hackers demanded $10 million in exchange for keeping…
Netflix To Clamp Down On Password Sharing By Q1 Of 2023
Netflix wants to stop people from sharing their passwords, which will be pretty upsetting for its customer who shares passwords, especially those who don’t live with you. However, the streaming service meant business this time. The company lost 200,000 customers…
ISG to Publish Reports on Power and Utilities Industry
STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a leading global technology research and advisory firm, has launched research studies examining providers of services and software platforms to the global power and utilities industry, which is adopting new technologies in…
Julie Cullivan Joins Astra Board of Directors
ALAMEDA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Astra Space, Inc. (“Astra”) (NASDAQ: ASTR), a provider of products and services to the global space industry, is proud to announce the appointment of Julie Cullivan to the Astra Board of Directors effective February 1, 2023. Ms. Cullivan…
Latest Cyberthreats and Advisories – January 20, 2023
TikTok is fined for a privacy violation, major corporations suffer breaches and Vice Society attacks another school. Here are the latest threats and advisories for the week of January 20, 2023. Threat Advisories and Alerts U.K. School Survey Reveals Surprising…
How to Secure Your CI/CD Pipeline
Recently, we learned of a breach of CircleCI. They strongly suggest that all their customers: Immediately rotate any and all secrets stored in CircleCI. Review internal logs for their systems for unauthorized access from December 21, 2022, through January 4,…
Watch out! Experts plans to release VMware vRealize Log RCE exploit next week
Horizon3’s Attack Team made the headlines again announcing the releasse of a PoC exploit code for remote code execution in VMware vRealize Log. Researchers from the Horizon3’s Attack Team announced the release of PoC exploit code for remote code execution…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 404 by Pierluigi Paganini
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Copycat…
DOJ Reveals: FBI Hacked Hive Ransomware Gang
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently confirmed that the FBI has infiltrated the activities of a popular cyber-crime gang, covertly disrupting their hacking attacks for more than six months. According to DOJ, FBI gained deep access to the Hive…
Aurora Infostealer Malware Uses Shapeshifting Techniques
One of the most recent discoveries was the Aurora Stealer malware, which imitated popular applications in order to infect as many users as possible. Cyble researchers discovered that threat actors are actively changing and customizing their phishing websites in…
Using Legitimate Remote Management Systems, Hackers Infiltrate Federal Agencies
Last summer, several Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies were breached across several states of the US through a clever hacking operation that employed two off-the-shelf remote monitoring and management systems (RMMs). A joint advisory was released on Jan.…
Critical CryptoAPI Spoofing Flaw in Windows PoC Exploit Released
Proof-of-concept (Poc) code has been made available for a high-severity security vulnerability in the Windows CryptoAPI that Microsoft was notified of by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and the U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) last year. The…
Week in review: ChatGPT cybersecurity, critical RCE vulnerabilities found in git, Riot Games breached
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: BSidesZG 2023: Strengthening the infosec community in Croatia’s capital In March 2023, Zagreb will be added to the (already long) list of cities where information…
Cyber Security Management System (CSMS) for the Automotive Industry
Gootkit Malware Continues to Evolve with New Components and Obfuscations
The threat actors associated with the Gootkit malware have made “notable changes” to their toolset, adding new components and obfuscations to their infection chains. Google-owned Mandiant is monitoring the activity cluster under the moniker UNC2565, noting that the usage of the malware is…
Why we should care about the theft of $1
User journey analytics can bolster cybersecurity efforts by establishing baseline activities and flagging anomalies. This article has been indexed from Security News | VentureBeat Read the original article: Why we should care about the theft of $1
Yandex Source Code Online Leaked, Company Denies Hack
By Waqas The threat actor has dumped a whopping 44.7 GB worth of Yandex data, including its source code repository, on a popular hacker forum. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Yandex Source Code Online Leaked,…
Mirantis acquires Shipa to extend management capabilities beyond containers to applications
Mirantis has acquired Shipa to add automated application discovery, operations, security, and observability to the Lens Kubernetes Platform. Lens helps eliminate Kubernetes complexity – accelerating mainstream developer adoption – and empowers users to easily manage, develop, debug, monitor, and troubleshoot…
Hive! Hive! Hive! Ransomware site submerged by FBI
Categories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: DoJ Tags: FBI Tags: Europol Tags: HIve Tags: ransomware Tags: RDP Tags: Patch management Tags: Vulnerability Tags: phishing The DoJ, FBI, and Europol have released details about a months-long international disruption campaign against the Hive…
Copycat Criminals mimicking Lockbit gang in northern Europe
Recent reports of Lockbit locker-based attacks against North European SMBs indicate that local crooks started using Lockbit locker variants. Executive Summary Incident Insights Recently, there has been a significant increase in ransomware attacks targeting companies in northern Europe. These attacks…
IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-01-28
Sandworm APT targets Ukraine with new SwiftSlicer wiper Extradited Alleged ShinyHunters Hacker Pleads Not Guilty in US Court Managing Cybersecurity for Critical National Infrastructure Take Steps to Protect Your Enterprise Against the Risks No experience, No Problem – (ISC)² Recruits…
Sandworm APT targets Ukraine with new SwiftSlicer wiper
Russia-linked Sandworm APT group is behind a new Golang-based wiper, tracked as SwiftSlicer, that hit Ukraine, ESET reports. Researchers from ESET discovered a new Golang-based wiper, dubbed SwiftSlicer, that was used in attacks aimed at Ukraine. The experts believe that…