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Hackers Impersonate Bank Customers and Make $500k in Fraudulent Credit Card Payments

19/09/2021ishaan

Hackers from other countries were able to impersonate 75 bank clients and made $500,000 in fraudulent credit card payments. This was accomplished using a clever way of intercepting one-time passwords (OTPs) sent by banks via SMS text messages. In a joint statement released on Wednesday, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), the Monetary Authority […]

Anonymous Hacktivists Leak 180 GB of Data from Web Host Epik

17/09/2021Anushka Agnihotri

One of the most prominent hacktivists gangs, Anonymous, has returned. Security analysts have verified that the most recent attack by malicious hackers focuses on Epik, an alt-right web host company. Anonymous Hacktivist group claims that they have seized gigabytes of Epik’s data which supplies several customers with the domain name, hosting, and DNS services. […]

This Aspiring Hacker was Caught in a Quite Embarrassing Manner

14/09/2021Shruti Jain

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has arrested a Ukrainian citizen for using a botnet to hack people’s passwords. He was caught by his alleged messages to vape shops in Ukraine, including an invoice with his home location. Glib Oleksandr Ivanov-Tolpintsev is accused by the Department of Justice of deploying a botnet to break […]

To Disseminate Malware, Hackers are Increasingly Relying on DaaS Platforms

03/09/2021ishaan

According to cybersecurity specialists, malware authors are increasingly depending on dropper-as-a-service (DaaS) platforms to propagate their malicious inventions. Sophos recently published a report detailing the rise of DaaS platforms that infect victims who visit piracy websites in search of cracked versions of major business and consumer software. A dropper is a programme that, when […]

The US State Department was Recently Hit by a Cyber Attack

23/08/2021ishaan

According to a Fox News correspondent, the US State Department was hit by a cyberattack, and the Department of Defense Cyber Command was notified of a potentially significant breach. The date of the breach is unknown, but it is thought to have occurred a few weeks ago, according to the Fox News reporter’s Twitter […]

DHS Called On Hackers to Join Government During Black Hat Speech

09/08/2021Shivani Tiwari

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at a conference of Black Hat motivated participants to come forward and share their creativity, ideas, and boldness with the government agencies on defining the future of cybersecurity policy that has not been mapped yet. “We need your creativity, your ideas, your boldness, and your willingness to push […]

Wiper Malware Used in Attack Against Iranian Railway

31/07/2021Shruti Jain

The cyber-attack that crippled Iran’s national railway system at the beginning of the month was caused by a disk-wiping malware strain called Meteor, not a ransomware attack, as per the research published by security firms Amnpardaz and SentinelOne. According to Reuters, the attack caused train services to be affected as well as the transport […]

Facebook says Iranian Hackers Targeted U.S. Military Personnel

18/07/2021Shruti Jain

On Thursday, Facebook announced that it had shut down approximately 200 accounts operated by a group of hackers in Iran as part of a cyber-spying operation that focused primarily on US military officials and others working in defense and aerospace firms. The group, termed ‘Tortoiseshell’ by security experts, utilized fraudulent online identities to interact […]

Hackers Have Devised a New Trick to Disable Macro Security Warnings

12/07/2021ishaan

Threat actors have found a novel method for disabling macro security warnings in malspam assaults that use non-malicious documents. Microsoft Office macro malware that uses social engineering to infect computers has been a common feature of the threat landscape in recent years. Malware authors are constantly refining their strategies in order to avoid detection. […]

EA Faces Criticism After Ignoring Warnings from Cybersecurity Researchers

06/07/2021ishaan

After dismissing cybersecurity researchers’ warnings in December 2020 that various flaws left the firm extremely vulnerable to hackers, gaming giant Electronic Arts is facing even more criticism from the cybersecurity industry. Electronic Arts Inc. is a video game developer and publisher based in Redwood City, California. As of May 2020, it is the second-largest […]