Category: HackRead

World's Largest Bank ICBC Discloses Crippling Ransomware Attack
10
Nov
2023

World’s Largest Bank ICBC Discloses Crippling Ransomware Attack

The ransomware attack caused the US arm of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) to resort to unconventional…

Hacker Leaks 800,000 Scraped Chess.com User Records
10
Nov
2023

Hacker Leaks 800,000 Scraped Chess.com User Records

The scraped Chess.com data was leaked on Breach Forums on November 8th, 2023 by a threat actor operating under the…

Opinion: The Pros and Cons of the UK's New Digital Regulation Principles
09
Nov
2023

The Pros and Cons of the UK’s New Digital Regulation Principles

By Liz Smith, Digital Marketing Consultant for Elsewhen – Digital technologies have transformed how we live, work, and play. The…

Hive Ransomware Resurfaces as Hunters International, Bitdefender Claim
09
Nov
2023

Hive Ransomware Resurfaces as Hunters International, Bitdefender Claim

Bitdefender researchers and the cybersecurity community speculate that Hunters International might be a revival or successor to the Hive Ransomware,…

ChatGPT Down? OpenAI Blames Outages on DDoS Attacks
09
Nov
2023

ChatGPT Down? OpenAI Blames Outages on DDoS Attacks

Is your ChatGPT down? Are you experiencing issues with ChatGPT, such as connectivity problems or encountering a ‘Network error on…

Chinese APT Posing as Cloud Services to Spy on Cambodian Government
09
Nov
2023

Chinese APT Posing as Cloud Services to Spy on Cambodian Government

Cybersecurity researchers are confident that the targeted organizations are “still compromised” by “two prominent Chinese APT” groups. Palo Alto Networks’…

Microsoft Azure Exploited to Create Undetectable Cryptominer
08
Nov
2023

Microsoft Azure Exploited to Create Undetectable Cryptominer

SafeBreach Labs’ researchers have successfully exploited MS Azure Automation Service to develop the first Free and Undetectable Cryptocurrency miner. Cryptomining…

BlueNoroff Deploying New RustBucket Malware Variant to Target macOS- Jamf Threat Labs.
08
Nov
2023

Lazarus-Linked BlueNoroff APT Targets macOS with ObjCShellz Malware

Jamf Threat Labs’ security experts have discovered a new malware variant attributed to the BlueNoroff APT group. According to the…

BlueNoroff Deploying New RustBucket Malware Variant to Target macOS- Jamf Threat Labs.
08
Nov
2023

BlueNoroff Deploying New RustBucket Malware Variant to Target macOS- Jamf Threat Labs.

Jamf Threat Labs’ security experts have discovered a new malware variant attributed to the BlueNoroff APT group. According to the…

Hacker Leaks Scrapped LinkedIn Database with 35 Million User Data
08
Nov
2023

Hacker Leaks 35 Million Scraped LinkedIn User Records

The scraped LinkedIn database was leaked in two parts: one part contained 5 million user records, while the second part…

US Man Sentenced to Over 21 Years for Dark Web Distribution of CSAM
07
Nov
2023

US Man Sentenced to Over 21 Years for Dark Web Distribution of CSAM

In April 2023, Austen Peppers from Lawton, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to advertising and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on…

GootBot: New Gootloader Variant Evades Detection with Stealthy Lateral Movement
07
Nov
2023

IBM X-Force Discovers Gootloader Malware Variant- GootBot

The original Gootloader malware was used by numerous threat groups, including ransomware affiliates and in additional payloads like SystemBC and…