Tag: hacking
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Hackers are finding new ways to leverage AI
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in SecurityNewsAI adoption and integration has continued its rapid momentum within the hacking community, according to Bugcrowd. Nevertheless, it continues to pose b… First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/10/22/ai-hacking-benefits-and-risks/
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VMware failed to fully address vCenter Server RCE flaw CVE-2024-38812
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in SecurityNewsVMware addressed a remote code execution flaw, demonstrated in a Chinese hacking contest, for the second time in two months. VMware failed to fully ad… First seen on securityaffairs.com Jump to article: securityaffairs.com/170096/security/vmware-failed-to-fix-rce-vcenter-server-cve-2024-38812.html
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White Hat Hackers Earn $500,000 on First Day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2024
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in SecurityNewsPwn2Own Ireland 2024 participants have earned half a million dollars on the first day for hacking NAS devices, cameras, speakers and printers. The pos… First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/white-hat-hackers-earn-500000-on-first-day-of-pwn2own-ireland-2024/
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Dental Center Chain Settles Data Breach Lawsuit for $2.7M
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in SecurityNews2023 Hacking Incident Affected 1.9 Million Patients, Employees. A Michigan-based dental practice with 250 centers across nine states has agreed to pay… First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/dental-center-chain-settles-data-breach-lawsuit-for-27m-a-26572
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VMware Struggles to Fix Flaw Exploited at Chinese Hacking Contest
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in SecurityNewsFor the second time in as many months, VMware patches a remote code execution vulnerability first exploited at a Chinese hacking contest in June. The … First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/vmware-struggles-to-fix-flaw-exploited-at-chinese-hacking-contest/
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DEF CON 32 AppSec Village Web2 Meets Web3 Hacking Decentralized Applications
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in SecurityNewsAuthors/Presenters: Peiyu Wang Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON, and the Presenters/Authors for publishing their timely []DEF CON 32]2 erudite cont… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2024/10/def-con-32-appsec-village-web2-meets-web3-hacking-decentralized-applications/
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AI and Hardware Hacking on the Rise
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in SecurityNewsBugcrowd’s Inside the Mind of a Hacker report surveys the thoughts of one of the world’s largest hacker communities. The post AI and Hardware Hacking … First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/ai-and-hardware-hacking-on-the-rise/
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FBI arrest Alabama man suspected of hacking SEC’s X account
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in SecurityNews
Tags: hackingAn Alabama man was arrested today by the FBI for his suspected role in hacking the SEC’s X account to make a fake announcement that Bitcoin ETFs were … First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-arrest-alabama-man-suspected-of-hacking-secs-x-account/
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Alabama Man Arrested in SEC Social Media Account Hack That Led the Price of Bitcoin to Spike
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Tags: hackingAn Alabama man has been arrested over his role in the hacking of the SEC’s X account, which led to a Bitcoin price spike. The post Alabama Man Arreste… First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/alabama-man-arrested-in-sec-social-media-account-hack-that-led-the-price-of-bitcoin-to-spike/
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GhostStrike: Open-source tool for ethical hacking
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in SecurityNewsGhostStrike is an open-source, advanced cybersecurity tool tailored for ethical hacking and Red Team operations. It incorporates cutting-edge techniqu… First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/10/17/ghoststrike-open-source-tool-ethical-hacking/
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Price Drop: This Complete Ethical Hacking Bundle is Now $40
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in SecurityNewsGet a comprehensive, potentially lucrative ethical hacking education with 18 courses on today’s top tools and tech. This bundle is just $39.97 through… First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/ethical-hacking-course-bundle/
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Police make arrests after hacking Ghost encrypted comms app
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in SecurityNewsAn international police operation has penetrated an end-to-end encrypted communications service allegedly used by organised criminals in Australia, Ir… First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366611112/Police-make-arrests-after-hacking-Ghost-encrypted-comms-app
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Malicious ads exploited Internet Explorer zero day to drop malware
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in SecurityNewsThe North Korean hacking group ScarCruft launched a large-scale attack in May that leveraged an Internet Explorer zero-day flaw to infect targets with… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-ads-exploited-internet-explorer-zero-day-to-drop-malware/
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Hackers Turn to AI as Hardware Attacks Surge
There has been a sharp increase in the perceived value of AI technologies in hacking, according to a report from Bugcrowd platform, which surveyed 1,3… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2024/10/hackers-turn-to-ai-as-hardware-attacks-surge/
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Cisco investigates breach after stolen data for sale on hacking forum
Cisco has confirmed to BleepingComputer that it is investigating recent claims that it suffered a breach after a threat actor began selling allegedly … First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-investigates-breach-after-stolen-data-for-sale-on-hacking-forum/
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Hacking with a BBQ Lighter: The Unlikely Method to Gain Laptop Access
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in SecurityNewsA new and unconventional method of hacking has emerged. David Buchanan, a well-known hardware hacker, has demonstrated how a simple BBQ lighter can be… First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/hacking-with-a-bbq-lighter/
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Iranian hackers now exploit Windows flaw to elevate privileges
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in SecurityNewsThe Iranian state-sponsored hacking group APT34, aka OilRig, has recently escalated its activities with new campaigns targeting government and critica… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/oilrig-hackers-now-exploit-windows-flaw-to-elevate-privileges/
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In Other News: Traffic Light Hacking, Ex-Uber CSO Appeal, Funding Plummets, NPD Bankruptcy
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in SecurityNewsNoteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: traffic lights in the Netherlands can be hacked, cybersecurity funding tumbles, ex-Uber CS… First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-traffic-light-hacking-ex-uber-cso-appeal-funding-plummets-npd-bankruptcy/
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How the FBI and Mandiant caught a ‘serial hacker’ who tried to fake his own death
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in SecurityNewsJesse Kipf was a prolific hacker who sold access to systems he hacked, had contacts with a notorious cybercrime gang, and tried to use his hacking ski… First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2024/10/01/how-the-fbi-and-mandiant-caught-a-serial-hacker-who-tried-to-fake-his-own-death/
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Alert: Over 700,000 DrayTek Routers Exposed to Hacking via 14 New Vulnerabilities
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in SecurityNewsA little over a dozen new security vulnerabilities have been discovered in residential and enterprise routers manufactured by DrayTek that could be ex… First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2024/10/alert-over-700000-draytek-routers.html
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Did a Chinese University Hacking Competition Target a Real Victim?
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in SecurityNewsParticipants in a hacking competition with ties to China’s military were, unusually, required to keep their activities secret, but security researcher… First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/china-hacking-competition-real-victim/
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Andariel Hacking Group Shifts Focus to Financial Attacks on U.S. Organizations
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in SecurityNewsThree different organizations in the U.S. were targeted in August 2024 by a North Korean state-sponsored threat actor called Andariel as part of a lik… First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2024/10/andariel-hacker-group-shifts-focus-to.html
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European govt air-gapped systems breached using custom malware
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in SecurityNewsAn APT hacking group known as GoldenJackal has successfully breached air-gapped government systems in Europe using two custom toolsets to steal sensit… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/european-govt-air-gapped-systems-breached-using-custom-malware/
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Iranian hackers charged with hacking Trump campaign to ‘stoke discord’
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in SecurityNewsThree Iranian hackers working for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeted the Trump campaign in an attempted hack-and-leak operation, ac… First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2024/09/27/iranian-hackers-charged-with-hacking-trump-campaign-to-sow-discord/
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AT&T, Verizon reportedly hacked to target US govt wiretapping platform
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in SecurityNewsMultiple U.S. broadband providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, have been breached by a Chinese hacking group tracked as Salt Typh… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/atandt-verizon-reportedly-hacked-to-target-us-govt-wiretapping-platform/
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Microsoft DOJ Dismantles Hundreds of Websites Used by Russian Hackers
Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have disrupted the operations of Star Blizzard, a notorious Russian hacking group. This collaborati… First seen on gbhackers.com Jump to article: gbhackers.com/microsoft-doj-dismantles-hundreds-of-websites/
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Hacker pleads guilty after arriving on plane from Ukraine with a laptop crammed full of stolen credit card details
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in SecurityNewsA man from New York City has admitted to computer hacking and associated crimes after being caught with a laptop containing hundreds of thousands of s… First seen on bitdefender.com Jump to article: www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/hacker-pleads-guilty-after-arriving-on-plane-from-ukraine-with-a-laptop-crammed-full-of-stolen-credit-card-details/
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Microsoft, DOJ Dismantle Domains Used by Russian FSB-Linked Hacking Group
Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have successfully dismantled a network of domains a Russian hacking group linked to the Federal Sec… First seen on gbhackers.com Jump to article: gbhackers.com/microsoft-doj-dismantle-domains/
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Dutch police breached by a state actor
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in SecurityNewsThe Dutch government blames a >>state actor
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Microsoft and DOJ disrupt Russian FSB hackers’ attack infrastructure
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in SecurityNewsMicrosoft and the Justice Department have seized over 100 domains used by the Russian ColdRiver hacking group to target United States government emplo… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-and-doj-seize-spear-phishing-domains-used-by-star-blizzard-russian-hackers/