Cybersecurity News
Hackers hijack smart contracts in cryptocurrency token 'rug pull' exit scams
Misconfiguration provides the perfect opportunity for token-based theft.24 January 2022
The Internet’s Most Tempting Targets
What attracts the attackers? David "moose" Wolpoff, CTO at Randori, discusses how to evaluate your infrastructure for juicy targets.
21 January 2022
Merck Awarded $1.4B Insurance Payout over NotPetya Attack
Court rules ‘War or Hostile Acts’ exclusion doesn’t apply to the pharma giant's 2017 cyberattack.
21 January 2022
20K WordPress Sites Exposed by Insecure Plugin REST-API
The WordPress WP HTML Mail plugin for personalized emails is vulnerable to code injection and phishing due to XSS.
21 January 2022
McAfee Bug Can Be Exploited to Gain Windows SYSTEM Privileges
McAfee has patched two high-severity bugs in its Agent component, one of which can allow attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges.
21 January 2022
Crime Shop Sells Hacked Logins to Other Crime Shops
Up for the "Most Meta Cybercrime Offering" award this year is Accountz Club, a new cybercrime store that sells access to purloined accounts at services built for cybercriminals, including shops peddling stolen payment cards and identities, spamming tools, email and phone bombing services, and those selling authentication cookies for a slew of popular websites.21 January 2022
Spyware Blitzes Compromise, Cannibalize ICS Networks
The brief spearphishing campaigns spread malware and use compromised networks to steal credentials that can be sold or used to commit financial fraud.
21 January 2022
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
ESET research into Donot Team attacks – Common signs that your email has been hacked – Social media dos and don'ts in the workplace
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21 January 2022
Chinese APT deploys MoonBounce implant in UEFI firmware
The highly targeted attack reveals a new level of sophistication in attacks against UEFI firmware.21 January 2022
Amazon fake crypto token investment scam steals Bitcoin from victims
Criminals are peddling the idea of a new Amazon cryptocurrency token to swindle victims.21 January 2022
2FA Bypassed in $34.6M Crypto.com Heist
In a display of 2FA's fallibility, unauthorized transactions approved without users' authentication bled 483 accounts of funds.
20 January 2022
Critical Cisco StarOS Bug Grants Root Access via Debug Mode
Cisco issued a critical fix for a flaw in its Cisco RCM for Cisco StarOS Software that could give attackers RCE on the application with root-level privileges.
20 January 2022
Microsoft Sees Log4j Attacks Exploiting SolarWinds Serv-U Bug
SolarWinds has fixed a Serv-U bug that threat actors were exploiting to unleash Log4j attacks on networks’ internal devices.
20 January 2022
Pervasive Apple Safari Bug Exposes Web-Browsing Data, Google IDs
The information-disclosure issue, affecting Macs, iPhones and iPads, allows a snooping website to find out information about other tabs a user might have open.
20 January 2022
Red Cross Begs Attackers Not to Leak 515K People’s Stolen Data
A cyberattack forced the Red Cross to shut down IT systems running the Restoring Family Links system, which reunites families fractured by war, disaster or migration.
20 January 2022
SEC Filing Reveals Fortune 500 Firm Targeted in Ransomware Attack
R.R. Donnelly, the integrated services company, confirmed a ‘systems intrusion’ that occurred in late December and is still under investigation.
20 January 2022
How to know if your email has been hacked
Think your email may have been hacked? Here are the signs to look for, how account takeover attacks commonly occur, and how to recover your account and avoid falling victim again
The post How to know if your email has been hacked appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
20 January 2022
Multichain token hack losses reach $3 million: report
Multichain messaging seems confusing, at best.20 January 2022
'Serial' romance fraudster jailed for trying to scam 670 people in the UK
Victims were conned out of thousands of pounds, including one woman who was terminally ill.20 January 2022
Destructive Wiper Targeting Ukraine Aimed at Eroding Trust, Experts Say
Disruptive malware attacks on Ukrainian organizations (posing as ransomware attacks) are very likely part of Russia’s wider effort to undermine Ukraine’s sovereignty, according to analysts.
19 January 2022