Category: Hack

Hackers broke into a contractor for Russia’s spy agency

Post author By Randall
Post date July 21, 2019
Categories In 0v1ru$, active directory, anonymity, data breach, fsb, gear, Hack, Internet, ovirus, Politics, Privacy, Russia, Security, spying, surveillance, sytech, Tech, tor

[ad_1] The most prominent of the projects, Nautilus-S, was meant to deanonymize Tor traffic and create a database of Tor users and devices. Work started on it in 2012, and it appears to have been put into use in 2014, when Swedish researchers discovered Russian Tor nodes trying to decipher data. It’s unclear how successful […]

Bulgarian tax agency breach may have compromised 5 million people

Post author By Randall
Post date July 17, 2019
Categories In bulgaria, gear, Hack, national revenue agency, Security, security breach, Tech

[ad_1] The email’s author said they infiltrated 110 databases that contain sensitive data, including “critically confidential” information. They also claimed that their attack affected 5 million Bulgarian citizens, foreign citizens and companies — an enormous number for a country with a population of 7 million. In an announcement posted on its website on July 15th, […]

Hackers broke into Sprint accounts through Samsung’s website

Post author By Randall
Post date July 16, 2019
Categories In data breach, gear, Hack, hacking, Internet, Mobile, Samsung, Security, Sprint, Tech

[ad_1] The network found out about the breach on June 22nd, and reset PIN codes for all the affected accounts on June 25th. In a statement to CNET, Samsung said the attempts were using Sprint login details that “were not obtained from Samsung.” The phone maker also rolled out additional “measures” to reduce the chance […]

TrickBot malware may have hacked 250 million email accounts

Post author By Randall
Post date July 12, 2019
Categories In accounts, contacts, Cybersecurity, deep instinct, Email, emails, gear, Gmail, governments, Hack, hotmail, Internet, malicious, malware, Security, Tech, trickbooster, trickbot, yahoo

[ad_1] In a recent investigation, Deep Instinct found a database containing 250 million compromised email accounts. The firm says millions of those belong to governments in the US and UK, as well as agencies in Canada. The database contained more than 25 million Gmail addresses, 19 million Yahoo.com addresses and 11 million Hotmail.com addresses. AOL, […]

US Cyber Command warns of nation-state hackers exploiting Outlook

Post author By Randall
Post date July 2, 2019
Categories In apt33, cyber command, Email, exploit, gear, Hack, Internet, iran, malware, Microsoft, outlook, Security, shamoon, Tech, vulnerability

[ad_1] ZDNet noted that a known Iran-backed hacking team, APT33, had used the same vulnerability in December to install back doors on servers and promptly push the flaw to Outlook users. Chronicle Security’s Brandon Levene also found that Cyber Command’s code samples appeared related to APT33’s disk-wiping Shamoon malware. Symantec had also warned of increased […]

Government hackers reportedly broke into Russian search company Yandex

Post author By Randall
Post date June 28, 2019
Categories In agency, Cyberattack, Cybersecurity, five eyes, Hack, hackers, intelligence, Internet, malware, Politics, reign, Security, spy, spying, Tech, tomorrow, user accounts, western intelligence, yandex

[ad_1] In the fall of 2018, the hackers deployed a type of malware called Reign, which is linked to “Five Eyes,” an intelligence-sharing alliance comprised of the US, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. It’s unclear which of those countries might be behind the breach, though. A Yandex spokesperson told Reuters that the hack was […]

FEMA’s presidential alerts are an easy target for spoofing attacks

Post author By Randall
Post date June 21, 2019
Categories In fake, fema, gear, Hack, lte, Mobile, Politics, presidential alerts, Security, spoof, Tech, vulnerability, wea, wireless emergency alert

[ad_1] In their paper, the researchers developed and tested a spoofing attack on presidential alerts. They used commercially available hardware and modified open-source software to send messages to nearly every phone in a 50,000-seat stadium with a 90 percent success rate. The vulnerability is due to the fact that WEA alerts use LTE. Alerts are […]

Ransomware attacks in US cities are using a stolen NSA tool

Post author By Randall
Post date May 25, 2019
Categories In baltimore, Cyberattack, eternalblue, gear, Hack, hacking, Internet, nsa, ransomware, Security, Tech

[ad_1] Microsoft has issued fixes for affected Windows version after the NSA disclosed the long-secret vulnerabilities. However, these attacks frequently succeed due to fragmented local governments that tend to be cautious about upgrades. In addition to using a mishmash of software and configurations that complicates updates, cities may be hesitant to patch or upgrade their […]

Hackers turn tables on account hijackers by stealing forum data

Post author By Randall
Post date May 19, 2019
Categories In breach, data, data breach, gear, Hack, hacking, Internet, ogusers, poetic justice, Security, sim hijacking, sim swapping, Tech

[ad_1] The incident reportedly sparked chaos, with users receiving phishing emails. The main OGusers administrator even turned off self-bans so that users couldn’t leave and theoretically cover some of their tracks. The hack’s consequences could extend significantly beyond giving account thieves and SIM hijackers a taste of their proverbial medicine. There’s a real chance law […]

Boost Mobile informs customers about a data breach — two months ago

Post author By Randall
Post date May 13, 2019
Categories In boost mobile, business, data breach, gear, Hack, Security, Sprint, Tech

[ad_1] Boost Mobile did not say how many people were affected by the breach. Engadget reached out to Sprint for additional information and will update this story if we hear back. As noted by TechCrunch, Boost Mobile notified California’s attorney general of the breach, an action that is required if more than 500 people in […]