Netflix’s Password Sharing Crackdown Goes Global: 103 Countries Affected
By Habiba Rashid Netflix is sending emails addressing password sharing between households, and users are not happy about it as #CancelNetflix trends on social media. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Netflix’s Password Sharing Crackdown Goes Global: 103 Countries Affected
The Imperative of Automating Fraud Detection in Financial Institutions
By Owais Sultan In light of a recent report exposing the active automation of scams with Telegram by phishers, it raises the question: Why not safeguard your business by automating fraud detection? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Imperative of Automating Fraud Detection in Financial Institutions
Zyxel Issues Critical Security Patches for Firewall and VPN Products
Zyxel has released software updates to address two critical security flaws affecting select firewall and VPN products that could be abused by remote attackers to achieve code execution. Both the flaws – CVE-2023-33009 and CVE-2023-33010 – are buffer overflow vulnerabilities and are rated 9.8 out of 10 on the CVSS scoring system. A brief description of the two issues […]
Dark Frost Botnet Launches Devastating DDoS Attacks on Gaming Industry
A new botnet called Dark Frost has been observed launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the gaming industry. “The Dark Frost botnet, modeled after Gafgyt, QBot, Mirai, and other malware strains, has expanded to encompass hundreds of compromised devices,” Akamai security researcher Allen West said in a new technical analysis shared with The Hacker News. Targets include
Cynet Protects Hospital From Lethal Infection
A hospital with 2,000 employees in the E.U. deployed Cynet protections across its environment. The hospital was in the process of upgrading several expensive imaging systems that were still supported by Windows XP and Windows 7 machines. Cynet protections were in place on most of the Windows XP and Windows 7 machines during the upgrade […]
New PowerExchange Backdoor Used in Iranian Cyber Attack on UAE Government
An unnamed government entity associated with the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) was targeted by a likely Iranian threat actor to breach the victim’s Microsoft Exchange Server with a “simple yet effective” backdoor dubbed PowerExchange. According to a new report from Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, the intrusion relied on email phishing as an initial access pathway, leading to […]
How Cross-Chain DEXes are Democratizing the Crypto Market?
By Owais Sultan In this article, we will explore how cross-chain DEXes are revolutionizing the crypto market and levelling the playing field for traders of all backgrounds. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How Cross-Chain DEXes are Democratizing the Crypto Market?
Alert: Brazilian Hackers Targeting Users of Over 30 Portuguese Banks
A Brazilian threat actor is targeting more than 30 Portuguese financial institutions with information-stealing malware as part of a long-running campaign that commenced in 2021. “The attackers can steal credentials and exfiltrate users’ data and personal information, which can be leveraged for malicious activities beyond financial gain,” SentinelOne researchers Aleksandar Milenkoski and Tom
Webinar with Guest Forrester: Browser Security New Approaches
In today’s digital landscape, browser security has become an increasingly pressing issue, making it essential for organizations to be aware of the latest threats to browser security. That’s why the Browser Security platform LayerX is hosting a webinar featuring guest speaker Paddy Harrington, a senior analyst at Forrester and the lead author of Forrester’s browser security report […]
China’s Stealthy Hackers Infiltrate U.S. and Guam Critical Infrastructure Undetected
A stealthy China-based group managed to establish a persistent foothold into critical infrastructure organizations in the U.S. and Guam without being detected, Microsoft and the “Five Eyes” nations said on Wednesday. The tech giant’s threat intelligence team is tracking the activity, which includes post-compromise credential access and network system discovery, under the name Volt Typhoon. The