Tag: hacking
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How Lessons Learned From the 2016 Campaign Led US Officials to Be More Open About Iran Hack
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in SecurityNewsThe lessons learned from the 2016 election hacking made US officials more open about the recent Iranian hack targeting presidential campaigns. The pos… First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/how-lessons-learned-from-the-2016-campaign-led-us-officials-to-be-more-open-about-iran-hack/
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Chinese Volt Typhoon hackers exploited Versa zero-day to breach ISPs, MSPs
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in SecurityNewsThe Chinese state-backed hacking group Volt Typhoon is behind attacks that exploited a zero-day flaw in Versa Director to upload a custom webshell to … First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-volt-typhoon-hackers-exploited-versa-zero-day-to-breach-isps-msps/
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Google tags a tenth Chrome zero-day as exploited this year
Today, Google revealed that it patched the tenth zero-day exploited in the wild in 2024 by attackers or security researchers during hacking contests. … First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-tags-a-tenth-chrome-zero-day-as-exploited-this-year/
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Deadbeat Dad Faked His Own Death By Hacking Government Databases
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in SecurityNewsFirst seen on packetstormsecurity.com Jump to article: packetstormsecurity.com/news/view/36242/Deadbeat-Dad-Faked-His-Own-Death-By-Hacking-Government-Databases.html
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Hacking – Steile Karriere
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in SecurityNews
Tags: hackingDavid Colombo gilt als Ausnahmetalent. Mit zehn Jahren programmierte er, mit 15 schmiss er das Gymnasium, um sich der IT-Sicherheit zu widmen. Mit 20 … First seen on welt.de Jump to article: www.welt.de/wirtschaft/vision-now/digital-security/article246502962/IT-Experte-demonstriert-wie-man-Systeme-hacken-kann.html
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Small Rural Alabama Hospital Reports Big 2023 Hacking Breach
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in SecurityNewsWhy Did it Take So Long to Notify Regulators and Affected Patients?. A small rural Alabama hospital is notifying more than 61,000 patients that their … First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/small-rural-alabama-hospital-reports-big-2023-hacking-breach-a-26137
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Hacker Tried to Dodge Child Support by Breaking Into Registry to Fake His Death, Prosecutors Say
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in SecurityNewsKentucky man attempted to fake his death to avoid paying child support obligations by hacking into state registries and falsifying official records. T… First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/hacker-tried-to-dodge-child-support-by-breaking-into-registry-to-fake-his-death-prosecutors-say/
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North Korean Hackers Pivot Away From Public Cloud
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in SecurityNewsKimsuky, or a Related Group, Deploys XenoRAT Variant. A North Korean hacking team hastily pivoted from using publicly available cloud computing storag… First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/north-korean-hackers-pivot-away-from-public-cloud-a-26122
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Man sentenced for hacking state registry to fake his own death
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in SecurityNewsA 39-year old man from Somerset, Kentucky, was sentenced to 81 months in federal prison for identity theft and faking his own death in government regi… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/man-sentenced-for-hacking-state-registry-to-fake-his-own-death/
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‘Pro-Palestine’ hacking group banned on X as US criticizes Iran over cyberattacks
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in SecurityNewsFirst seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/handala-x-account-banned-twitter-palestine-iran
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French Police Crack Down on $14.4 Million Holograph Hack
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in SecurityNewsFrench authorities have arrested several suspects in connection with the devastating hacking attack on the Holograph platform, which resulted in the t… First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/french-police-crack-down-on-14-4-million-holograph-hack/
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Russian hacking campaign targets rights groups, media, former US ambassador
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in SecurityNewsFirst seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/russian-hacking-campaign-targets-rights-groups-media-former-us-ambassador/
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Windows driver zero-day exploited by Lazarus hackers to install rootkit
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in SecurityNewsThe notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group exploited a zero-day flaw in the Windows AFD.sys driver to elevate privileges and install the FUDModu… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-driver-zero-day-exploited-by-lazarus-hackers-to-install-rootkit/
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Toyota confirms breach after stolen data leaks on hacking forum
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in SecurityNewsToyota confirmed that its network was breached after a threat actor leaked an archive of 240GB of data stolen from the company’s systems on a hacking … First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/toyota-confirms-breach-after-stolen-data-leaks-on-hacking-forum/
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North Korea Exploited Windows Zero-Day to Deploy Fudmodule
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in SecurityNewsLazarus Espionage Group’s Sophisticated Malware Evades Antivirus Monitoring. North Korea’s Lazarus hacking team, which focuses on cryptocurrency theft… First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/north-korea-exploited-windows-zero-day-to-deploy-fudmodule-a-26076
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NCA cracks digitalstress DDoShire operation
The UK authorities have taken down a major component of the multinational DDoS cyber attack-for-hire ecosystem, hacking into the digitalstress.su serv… First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366596070/NCA-cracks-digitalstress-DDoS-for-hire-operation
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US Lawmakers Want Investigation Into TP-Link Over Chinese Hacking Fears
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in SecurityNewsLawmakers want TP-Link to be investigated by the Department of Commerce over concerns that its routers can be easily hacked to infiltrate US systems. … First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/us-lawmakers-want-investigation-into-tp-link-over-chinese-hacking-fears/
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Chinese Hacking Firm iSoon Targeted European Networks
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in SecurityNewsGermany Government Analysis Finds Screenshots of File Directories. A massive February leak of internal documents from Chinese hacking contractor iSoon… First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/chinese-hacking-firm-isoon-targeted-european-networks-a-26059
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Kimsuky APT Group Targets University Researchers in Espionage Campaign
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in SecurityNewsThe North Korean state-backed hacking group known as Kimsuky is at it again, this time setting its sights on university researchers and professors in … First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/kimsuky-apt-group-targets-university-researchers-in-espionage-campaign/
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ISMG Editors: Who Isn’t Hacking the US Election?
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in SecurityNewsAlso: The AI Voice Tech Debate; Highlights From the Black Hat 2024 Conference. In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed the Trump campaign’… First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/ismg-editors-who-isnt-hacking-us-election-a-26058
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Google disrupted hacking campaigns carried out by Iran-linked APT42
Google disrupted a hacking campaign carried out by the Iran-linked APT group APT42 targeting the US presidential election. Google announced that it di… First seen on securityaffairs.com Jump to article: securityaffairs.com/167095/security/google-disrupted-apt48-hacking-campaign.html
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Russian FSB Hackers Behind Espionage Campaign Targeting NGOs
Security Researchers Also Uncovered a New Suspected Russian Threat Group. A Russian hacking group notorious for hack-and-leak operations is behind a r… First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/russian-fsb-hackers-behind-espionage-campaign-targeting-ngos-a-26039
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Google Disrupts Iranian Hacking Activity Targeting US Presidential Election
Google says it blocked Iranian APT42 hackers from accessing the personal email accounts of individuals affiliated with the US elections. The post Goog… First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/google-disrupts-iranian-hacking-activity-targeting-us-presidential-election/
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Google Confirms an Iranian Group Is Trying to Access Emails Linked to Both US Presidential Campaigns
Google said an Iranian hacking group has tried to infiltrate the personal email accounts of roughly a dozen people linked to President Joe Biden and f… First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/google-confirms-an-iranian-group-is-trying-to-access-emails-linked-to-both-us-presidential-campaigns/
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How to Weaponize Microsoft Copilot for Cyberattackers
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in SecurityNewsAt Black Hat USA, security researcher Michael Bargury released a LOLCopilot ethical hacking module to demonstrate how attackers can exploit Microsoft … First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/how-to-weaponize-microsoft-copilot-for-cyberattackers
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Kfz-Hacking: Echte Autos per Open-Source-Software in Rennsimulatoren verwandelt
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in SecurityNewsFirst seen on heise.de Jump to article: www.heise.de/news/Kfz-Hacking-Echte-Autos-per-Open-Source-Software-in-Rennsimulatoren-verwandelt-9832820.html
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Chinese hacking groups target Russian government, IT firms
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in SecurityNewsA series of targeted cyberattacks that started at the end of July 2024, targeting dozens of systems used in Russian government organizations and IT co… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-hacking-groups-target-russian-government-it-firms/
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Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers
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in SecurityNewsAlmost 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States were leaked on a hacking forum, exposing names, social security num… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-leak-27-billion-data-records-with-social-security-numbers/
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In Other News: KnowBe4 Product Flaws, SEC Ends MOVEit Probe, SOCRadar Responds to Hacking Claims
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in SecurityNewsNoteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: KnowBe4 product vulnerabilities, SOCRadar responds to hacker’s claims, and SEC ends the MO… First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-knowbe4-product-flaws-sec-ends-moveit-probe-socradar-responds-to-hacking-claims/
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Iran Amplifies US Election Influence Campaign
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in SecurityNewsMicrosoft Says Tehran Has Stepped Up Activity As November Election Day Approaches. Iranian operatives stepped up influence and hacking operations agai… First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/iran-amplifies-us-election-influence-campaign-a-25998