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The United States Justice Department today announced charges against a Chinese hacker and his hacking team member for their alleged role in the 2015 massive data breach at health insurance giant Anthem and three other unnamed American companies. Fujie Wang (王 福 杰) and another hacker named John Doe with three different aliases—Deniel Jack, Kim […]
Arrests have been made in Israel, Europe, Brazil, and the United States. The popular dark web news and index website DeepDotWeb (DDW) has been seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Those visiting the website can see a message left by the FBI on its homepage stating that “This site has been seized.” The […]
API keys and 2FA codes along with other sensitive data has also been stolen. Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world by volume, has become a victim of a massive data breach in which hackers stole roughly 7,000 bitcoin (worth over $40 million). According to Binance, the hackers not only stole API […]
Top Executive at Bay Area School Lunch Provider Arrested for Hacking into Competitor’s Website to Access Students Meal Preferences. Personal rivalry and competitiveness can compel people to get involved in all sorts of bizarre activities and the latest incident is clear proof of that. Reportedly, two lunch companies Choicelunch and The LunchMaster located in Danville […]
Turla cyberespionage groups developed an advanced piece of Malware named as LightNeuron that specifically target the Microsoft exchange server and spying on sensitive emails. Turla, also known as Snake is one of the most potent APT hacker’s group and the This APT group well-known for using sophisticated customized tools to attack high profile targets. Tular […]
Researchers discovered a new wave of sophisticated banking malware called Retefe that targeting Windows and Mac users financial data by routing the online banking traffic via proxy. Retefe malware initially appeared in 2018, since then it targets victims who reside in various countries including Swiss and German especially in April 2019. Unlike some of the […]
Researchers believe the trojanized version of TeamViewer is being spread by a Russian speaking hacker. The latest report from Check Point reveals that multiple embassies in Europe were targeted with a trojanized version of TeamViewer. The embassies affected in the latest wave of attacks include Nepal, Lebanon, Italy, Kenya, Liberia, Guyana, and Bermuda. According to […]
The IT security researchers at Netskope Threat Research Labs have discovered a new malware hosted on the Google Sites, a dedicated platform offered by Google for developing websites. Dubbed LoadPCBanker by researchers; the malware is actually an executable that is hidden inside a PDF file titled “PDF Reservations Details MANOEL CARVALHO hospedagem familiar detalhes PDF.exe.” […]
Wall Street market vendors on the dark web are urging others not to deposit their coins. As you may know, a majority of the dark web users are migrating to the Wall Street marketplace after the closure of the Dream market. Initially, this migration was successful but now a significant number of vendors are claiming […]
The ransomware took The Weather Channel’s live transmission offline for almost an hour. Another day, another ransomware attack; this time The Weather Channel suffered a powerful ransomware attack forcing its live TV telecast to go offline for 90 minutes. The ransomware attack took place on April 18th at around 6:00 am, local time, when the […]
MalwareTech is now facing 10 years in prison. In 2017, Marcus Hutchin who goes by the Twitter handle of MalwareTech halted the infamous WannaCry ransomware after registering its killswitch domain. As a result, Hutchin was hailed as WannaCry hero but in August the same year, MalwareTech was arrested by the FBI at Las Vegas airport when […]
Financial Crimes to Reach an Unprecedented High by 2023 if Dark Web marketplaces like Genesis are allowed to Operate- Researchers Claim. According to the latest research from Juniper Research, cybercriminals have developed a wide range of advanced tools to help users evade machine learning-based anti-fraud systems. On the other hand, Kaspersky Lab researchers have identified […]
PayPal Phishing Casts a Wide Net One of the most successful phishing methods is to co-opt a well-respected brand. PayPal topped the list by a wide margin in a recent analysis of over 100 million endpoints by Comodo Threat Intelligence Lab. PayPal was impersonated in 39% of all such attacks, with Microsoft a distant second […]
Two 14-year old 9th graders have been arrested by the police for disrupting the WiFi system of their school, Secaucus High School, Hudson County in March. According to reports, the students used an especially designed app to make the connection so overloaded with traffic that it became difficult for the teachers to upload test results […]
Cybercriminal host dozens of Facebook groups to serve as a marketplace for carrying out a number of illicit services and for exchanges. Instead of using hidden services cybercriminals prefer to operate in the massive social media platform. Talos research uncovered several groups on Facebook that involved in illegal activities, some groups found active for 8 […]
The Internet is an addictive world due to its unlimited and lucrative opportunities for people from almost every facet of life. Some use the Internet to make money, some use it to keep in touch with their loved ones, and some to find love – and then there are those who use it for nefarious […]
A Chinese woman carrying malware in USB drive was arrested at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club over the weekend during his Florida visit. Yujing Zhang, 32 have been charged for 2 Federal crimes: For making a false statement to Federal officers and entering the restricted property. According to court documents, she told Secret Service agents that she […]
This is the third time that Bithumb has been hacked to steal millions in cryptocurrency. Crypto industry is being hammered by cybercriminals with full frequency lately. There are reports of a new attack against South Korean bitcoin exchange called Bithumb due to which the exchange got hacked. The attack occurred on the morning of Saturday. This […]
Apparently, the malware attack is carried out by Russian speaking hackers. The IT security researchers at Zscaler have discovered a sophisticated malware campaign targeting websites based on WordPress and Joomla content management system (CMS). The campaign works in such a way that hackers take advantage of a hidden directory on HTTPS and exploit vulnerabilities in extensions, plugins, and themes […]
Microsoft has announced that it has seized some key websites that Iranian hackers used for stealing sensitive information from unsuspecting users in the US as well as launching cyber attacks. Reportedly, 99 websites have been seized by Microsoft of an Iranian hacker group that is known by many names including Phosphorus, Charming Kitten and APT […]
Relentless espionage Group also called as aka APT33 (Elfin) targeting various organization in Saudi Arabia and United States by deploying a variety of malware in their network. Aka APT33 group specifically targeting corporate networks and it compromised around 50 organizations in different countries since 2015. Cybercriminals scanning the vulnerable websites of a specific target, later […]