Tag: hacks

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Microsoft: Russia behind 58% of all state-sponsored hacks

Microsoft: Russia behind 58% of all state-sponsored hacks

The attacks mostly targeted government agencies and think tanks in the United States, Ukraine and U.K. Russia was behind 58 percent of all state-backed cyber attacks carried out over the past year on Western targets, according to new research conducted by Microsoft. The report also found that Ch... Read more

date3 years ago
‘South Korea hacked North Koreans through 5 zero-day weaknesses’

‘South Korea hacked North Koreans through 5 zero-day weaknesses’

Five Zero-Day vulnerabilities are said to have been used over the past year to hack targets in North Korea, according to researchers from the Google Threat Analysis Group. While Google itself makes no statements about who is behind the attacks, cyber security firm Kaspersky points to neighbouring S... Read more

date4 years ago
Hackers hijacked DNS traffic on D-Link routers for three months

Hackers hijacked DNS traffic on D-Link routers for three months

A hacker group has been hacking in-house routers over the past three months - especially D-Link models - to adjust DNS server settings and hijack traffic intended for legitimate sites and redirect them to rogue cloning. The attackers use known exploits and router firmware to hack into vulnerable de... Read more

date5 years ago
Unpatched Docker hosts target of cryptojacking campaign

Unpatched Docker hosts target of cryptojacking campaign

Hackers have successfully attacked hundreds of unpatched Docker hosts. The cybercriminals were able to use the hosts to run cryptomining scripts. That puts security firm Imperva in a new report, reports Silicon Angle. The new wave of attacks on Docker follows the announcement of a vulnerability in F... Read more

date5 years ago