Europe’s largest known illegal IPTV operation dismantled by police
By Waqas Massive crackdown on illegal IPTV services across Europe: Europol assists Dutch authorities in taking down a major network. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Europe’s largest known illegal IPTV operation dismantled by police
Data Stealing Malware Discovered in Popular Android Screen Recorder App
Google has removed a screen recording app named “iRecorder – Screen Recorder” from the Play Store after it was found to sneak in information stealing capabilities nearly a year after the app was published as an innocuous app. The app (APK package name “com.tsoft.app.iscreenrecorder”), which accrued over 50,000 installations, was first uploaded on September 19, […]
What to Look for When Selecting a Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Solution
If you’re involved in securing the applications your organization develops, there is no question that Static Application Security Testing (SAST) solutions are an important part of a comprehensive application security strategy. SAST secures software, supports business more securely, cuts down on costs, reduces risk, and speeds time to development, delivery, and deployment of mission-critical
Legion Malware Upgraded to Target SSH Servers and AWS Credentials
An updated version of the commodity malware called Legion comes with expanded features to compromise SSH servers and Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials associated with DynamoDB and CloudWatch. “This recent update demonstrates a widening of scope, with new capabilities such the ability to compromise SSH servers and retrieve additional AWS-specific credentials from Laravel web applications,”
Cyber Attacks Strike Ukraine’s State Bodies in Espionage Operation
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of cyber attacks targeting state bodies in the country as part of an espionage campaign. The intrusion set, attributed to a threat actor tracked by the authority as UAC-0063 since 2021, leverages phishing lures to deploy a variety of malicious tools on infected systems. The origins […]
N. Korean Lazarus Group Targets Microsoft IIS Servers to Deploy Espionage Malware
The infamous Lazarus Group actor has been targeting vulnerable versions of Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) servers as an initial breach route to deploy malware on targeted systems. The findings come from the AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC), which detailed the advanced persistent threat’s (APT) continued abuse of DLL side-loading techniques to deploy malware. […]
Employee guilty of joining ransomware attack on his own company
A 28-year old IT Security Analyst pleaded guilty and will consequently be convicted of blackmail and unauthorized access to a computer with intent to commit other offences. It all started when the UK gene and cell therapy company Oxford BioMedica fell victim to a cybersecurity incident which involved unauthorized access to part of the company’s […]
AI generated Pentagon explosion photograph goes viral on Twitter
Twitter’s recent changes to checkmark verification continue to cause chaos, this time in the realm of potentially dangerous misinformation. A checkmarked account claimed to show images of explosions close to important landmarks like the Pentagon. These images quickly went viral despite being AI generated and containing multiple overt errors for anyone looking at the supposed […]
The Pros and Cons of Smart Homes
By Owais Sultan The world is more connected than ever before, and the rise of the smart home is just one… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Pros and Cons of Smart Homes
Understand the Evolution of Captive Portal to Cloud Authentication Solutions
By Owais Sultan In today’s digital age, the use of the internet has become an integral part of our lives. Whether… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Understand the Evolution of Captive Portal to Cloud Authentication Solutions