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Hacker, Threats & Malware

Europe, North America Most Impacted by 3CX Supply Chain Hack

April 3, 2023

Via: SecurityWeek

According to data collected by Fortinet, based on the number of devices connecting to attacker-controlled infrastructure, the highest percentage of victims is in Italy, followed by Germany, Austria, the United States, South Africa, Australia, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Canada and the […]


Data loss, Threats & Malware

Hacker stole the records of 5.4 million Twitter users

August 18, 2022

Via: Panda Security

A hacker attack hit Twitter after an unknown individual managed to steal the records (emails and phone numbers) of approximately 5.4 million Twitter users. The issue with Twitter’s cyber security was reported via a bug bounty portal in January 2022, […]


Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities

Hack Allows Drone Takeover Via ‘ExpressLRS’ Protocol

July 7, 2022

Via: Threat Post

The popular protocol for radio controlled (RC) aircraft called ExpressLRS can be hacked in only a few steps, according to a bulletin published last week. ExpressLRS is an open-source long range radio link for RC applications, such as first-person view […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

SolarWinds hack investigation reveals new Sunspot malware

January 12, 2021

Via: Help Net Security

Crowdstrike researchers have documented Sunspot, a piece of malware used by the SolarWinds attackers to insert the Sunburst malware into the company’s Orion software. SolarWinds has also revealed a new timeline for the incident and the discovery of two customer […]


Mobile, Wireless security

T-Mobile Got Hacked Again at the End of 2020

January 7, 2021

Via: Panda Security

USA’s third-biggest cellular service provider reported a security incident that took place in December 2020. This was the company’s second data breach during the pandemic-ridden year. T-Mobile appears to not be off to a good start in 2021 as the […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

Global Espionage Campaign Used Software Supply Chain Hack To Compromise Targets, Including US Gov

December 14, 2020

Via: Security Week

Incident response teams are scrambling as after details emerged late Sunday of a sophisticated espionage campaign leveraging a software supply chain attack that allowed hackers to compromise numerous public and private organizations around the world. Among victims are multiple US […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Hardware hacks: The next generation of cybercrime

December 19, 2019

Via: Help Net Security

Every 39 seconds there is a cyber attack affecting one out of three Americans. All organizations need to take proactive measures and think like the attackers that are infiltrating their networks. Despite the fact that businesses around the world are […]


Network security, Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities

Alexa, Google Home Eavesdropping Hack Not Yet Fixed

December 17, 2019

Via: Threat Post

Months after researchers disclosed a new way to exploit Alexa and Google Home smart speakers to spy on users, those same researchers now warn that Amazon and Google have yet to create effective ways to prevent the eavesdropping hack. The […]


Mobile security, Vulnerabilities

Google Will Award $1M-Plus to People Who Can Hack Titan M Security Chip

November 22, 2019

Via: Threat Post

Google is willing to award up to $1.5 million to hackers who can successfully hack its Titan M security chip on the company’s Pixel devices as part of an expansion of its Android bug-bounty program unveiled this week. The company […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Mueller Documents: Manafort Pushed Ukraine Hack Theory

November 4, 2019

Via: Security Week

During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pushed the idea that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind the hack of the Democratic National Committee servers, Manafort’s deputy told investigators during the special counsel’s Russia probe. The unsubstantiated theory, […]


Mobile, Network security, Privacy protection

Government officials worldwide targeted in WhatsApp hack: report

November 1, 2019

Via: The Hill

Officials in several countries have reportedly been targeted in a hack affecting the messaging app WhatsApp. Reuters reported Friday, citing people familiar with an investigation into the matter, that senior officials were targeted through WhatApp, by a hacking software that […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

No ‘Silver Bullet’ Fix for Alexa, Google Smart Speaker Hacks

October 23, 2019

Via: Threat Post

Researchers this week disclosed new ways that attackers can exploit Alexa and Google Home smart speakers to spy on users. The hacks, which rely on the abuse of “skills,” or apps for voice assistants, allow bad actors to eavesdrop on […]


Hacker, Network security, Threats & Malware

FBI Reviewed Cybersecurity Firm’s Evidence in 2016 DNC Election Hack

September 27, 2019

Via: Security Week

Social media posts are wrongly claiming that the FBI failed to review evidence in the hack of the DNC’s computer network before concluding that Russia was responsible for the breach. The claims circulated widely on Twitter and Facebook after the […]


Vulnerabilities

DHS Warning: Small Aircraft are Ripe for Hacking

July 31, 2019

Via: Threat Post

The Department of Homeland Security issued an alert Tuesday warning that small aircraft are vulnerable to hackers that can gain physical access to a plane. It warned that a hacker can easily manipulate aircraft telemetry data, which can result in […]


Hacker, Malware, Threats & Malware

Rare Steganography Hack Can Compromise Fully Patched Websites

July 29, 2019

Via: Threat Post

An unusual steganographic technique that an attacker can use to implant a malicious webshell on unsuspecting websites has been spotted in Latin America. According to research from Trustwave shared exclusively with Threatpost, a forensic investigation showed that an adversary is […]


Cyber warfare, Cyber-crime, Hacker, Threats & Malware

Rubio says hackers penetrated Florida elections systems

April 29, 2019

Via: The Hill

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) told The New York Times on Friday that hackers penetrated a Florida county’s elections system in 2016. Rubio’s comments come a week after special counsel Robert Mueller’s report revealed that Russians sent malicious software to Florida […]


Hacker, Network security

CSRF flaw in WordPress potentially allowed the hack of websites

March 14, 2019

Via: Security Affairs

Security researcher Simon Scannell from RIPS Technologies has discovered a new CSRF vulnerability in WordPress, that could potentially lead to remote code execution attacks. The flaw is a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) that resides in the comment section of WordPress […]


Hacker

At least six accounts robbed in hack of Bitcoin exchange LocalBitcoins

January 28, 2019

Via: Hot for Security

A breach of peer-to-peer exchange trading platform LocalBitcoins led to a series of unauthorized transactions from a number of accounts. The exchange, which covers more than 16,000 cities around the globe, lets traders buy and sell Bitcoin in their vicinity. […]


Network security

How accepting that your network will get hacked will help you develop a plan to recover faster

January 28, 2019

Via: Help Net Security

As anyone in the network security world will tell you, it is an extremely intense and stressful job to protect the corporate network from ever-evolving security threats. For a security team, a 99 percent success rate is still a complete […]


Hacker, Network security

US Health Insurer Humana Announces Third Data Breach after Third-Party Hack

January 9, 2019

Via: Hot for Security

Kentucky-based health insurance provider Humana fell victim to a third data breach from December 2018, this time caused by a third-party vulnerability. According to a detailed notice to the California Attorney General’s Office and affected customers, Humana was informed on […]