NATO Special Operations HQ hit by cyberattacks
A pro-Russian hacker group is believed to be responsible for taking down NSHQ's websites.
NATO websites were targeted by a cyberattack on Sunday, German news agency dpa reported, citing the bloc’s spokesperson, Oana Lungescu.
According to the report, the hacker attack struck several website... Read more
Microsoft “strongly urges” admins to update their Exchange Servers
Unpatched servers make a tantalizing target for hackers, according to Microsoft.
This week Microsoft urged customers to keep their on-premises Exchange servers patched by applying the latest supported Cumulative Update (CU) to have them always ready to deploy an emergency security update.
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Cybercriminals use Microsoft OneNote attachments to spread malware
Security researchers warn that cybercriminals have started using OneNote attachments in phishing emails to infect victims with remote access malware, allowing attackers to steal passwords and even cryptocurrency wallets.
The tactic isn't new, as attackers have been sending malware through malici... Read more
‘GitHub Codespaces can be used for malware delivery’
Researchers warn that hackers can use GitHub Codespaces to host and deliver malware.
According to a new report from Trend Micro, threat actors can abuse the port forwarding feature in GitHub Codespaces to host and distribute malware and malicious scripts.
GitHub Codespaces became widely avai... Read more
Twitter refutes reports of massive data breach
The social media giant claims the alleged data leak of 200 million users was not stolen by exploiting its systems.
This week Twitter officially responded to accusations of an enormous dataset of user email addresses being stolen from its systems and subsequently sold online.
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Cybercriminals sell data of 400 million Twitter users
Cybercriminals are selling the public and private data of 400 million Twitter users on a hackers forum. They are asking 188,000 euros ($200,000).
According to the security news website, cybercriminals, under the name Ryushi, have put the Twitter data up for sale on the hacking forum Breached. T... Read more
Hackers hijack Linux devices using PRoot-isolated file systems
Hackers are using BYOF (bring your own filesystem) attacks to abuse the open-source Linux PRoot utility and develop a consistent source of harmful tools compatible with Linux devices.
A BYOF attack involves a threat actor building a malicious file system on their devices that includes a typical ... Read more
Irish privacy watchdog investigates Twitter after massive data breach
Ireland's privacy watchdog is demanding answers from Twitter about a data scraping incident that leaked user information of millions of Twitter accounts.
Last August, Twitter acknowledged that hackers took advantage of a system flaw that has since been repaired to access profiles linked to email... Read more
Hackers abuse discontinued Boa web servers to breach grid operators
Microsoft announced that security flaws discovered in decommissioned Boa web server software have been abused to attack power grid operators.
According to a report published by security firm Recorded Future in April, state-backed Chinese hacking groups targeted several Indian power grid operator... Read more
‘Cybercriminals stole $30M in multi-year international crime spree’
A French-speaking cybercrime ring is said to have hauled off $30 million from fifteen countries over five years.
The threat actor dubbed OPERA1ER has been linked to a series of more than 30 successful cyberattacks aimed at banks, financial services and telecom companies across Africa, Asia, and ... Read more