VPN Usage Increased 5016% in Bangladesh Amidst Online Censorship
VPN demand skyrockets in Bangladesh due to internet restrictions. Learn about the global impact of VPNs on internet censorship and privacy as Hackread continues to…
Month: July 2024
Ransomware attacks are inevitable on Paris Olympics 2024
A recent study by ExtraHop reveals that ransomware attacks on the Paris 2024 Olympics are almost unavoidable. Over the past year, the IT infrastructure supporting…
UK government sets up AI action plan unit
Matt Clifford, tech entrepreneur and chair of Aria, has been hired by Peter Kyle, secretary of state for science, to deliver an AI Opportunities Action…
Threat Actots Leveraging ChatGPT To Craft Sophisticated Attacks
Adversaries are employing Large Language Models to generate malicious code, delivered via phishing emails, for downloading diverse payloads, including Rhadamanthys, NetSupport, CleanUpLoader, ModiLoader, LokiBot, and…
The Dual Nature of Ransomware Attacks
Financial Gain and Geopolitical Strategy Ransomware attacks have evolved from mere cybercriminal activities to sophisticated operations serving dual purposes: financial gain for attackers and advancing…
Scam CrowdStrike domains growing in volume
As global efforts to recover and learn from the Friday 19 July CrowdStrike incident continue, cyber criminals and scammers are predictably lurking on the fringes…
$100K GitHub Malware Network Exposed
In a startling revelation, cybersecurity experts have uncovered a sophisticated malware distribution network known as the Stargazers Ghost Network. Operated by the threat actor dubbed…
Hidden XSS? No User Interaction!
@kinugawamasato가 정말 멋진 페이로드를 가지고 왔습니다. 최근 글 XSS Bypass: alert_?_(45)에서 이야기 드렸듯이 요즘 XSS 벡터에 대한 리서치가 활발해지고 있는데요, 드디어 Hidden XSS에서 사용자 인터렉션을…
Proofpoint settings exploited to send millions of phishing emails daily
A massive phishing campaign dubbed “EchoSpoofing” exploited now-fixed, weak permissions in Proofpoint’s email protection service to dispatch millions of spoofed emails impersonating big entities like Disney,…
Ukraine Hacked Russian Banks, Leading Major Disruption
A large-scale cyberattack orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence led to disruptions in the Russian banking sector. According to a source from Ukrainian intelligence, ATM services at…
Proofpoint Email Routing Flaw Exploited to Send Millions of Spoofed Phishing Emails
An unknown threat actor has been linked to a massive scam campaign that exploited an email routing misconfiguration in email security vendor Proofpoint’s defenses to…
WTO digital trade agreement aims to modernise global commerce
The UK and 90 other countries have reached the first ever global digital trade agreement, after five years of negotiations at the World Trade Organization…