Evilnum hackers targeting financial firms with a new Python-based RAT

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An adversary known for targeting the fintech sector at least since 2018 has switched up its tactics to include a new Python-based remote access Trojan (RAT) that can steal passwords, documents, browser cookies, email credentials, and other sensitive information. In …

Former Uber Security Chief Charged Over Covering Up 2016 Data Breach

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The federal prosecutors in the United States have charged Uber’s former chief security officer, Joe Sullivan, for covering up a massive data breach that the ride-hailing company suffered in 2016. According to the press release published by the U.S. Department …

New Attack Lets Hackers Decrypt VoLTE Encryption to Spy on Phone Calls

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A team of academic researchers—who previously made the headlines earlier this year for uncovering severe security issues in the 4G LTE and 5G networks—today presented a new attack called ‘ReVoLTE,’ that could let remote attackers break the encryption used by …

Capital One Fined $80 Million for 2019 Data Breach Affecting 106 Million Users

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A United States regulator has fined the credit card provider Capital One Financial Corp with $80 million over last year’s data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 100 million credit card applicants of Americans. The fine was …

17-Year-Old ‘Mastermind’, 2 Others Behind the Biggest Twitter Hack Arrested

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A 17-year-old teen and two other 19 and 22-year-old individuals have reportedly been arrested for being the alleged mastermind behind the recent Twitter hack that simultaneously targeted several high-profile accounts within minutes as part of a massive bitcoin scam. According …

Unpatched Critical Flaw Disclosed in Zoom Software for Windows 7 or Earlier

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A zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in Zoom video conferencing software for Windows that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a victim’s computer running Microsoft Windows 7 or older. To successfully exploit the zoom vulnerability, all an …

Police Arrested Hundreds of Criminals After Hacking Into Encrypted Chat Network

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In a joint operation, European and British law enforcement agencies recently arrested hundreds of alleged drug dealers and other criminals after infiltrating into a global network of an encrypted chatting app that was used to plot drug deals, money laundering, …

‘Satori’ IoT DDoS Botnet Operator Sentenced to 13 Months in Prison

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The United States Department of Justice yesterday sentenced a 22-year-old Washington-based hacker to 13 months in federal prison for his role in creating botnet malware, infecting a large number of systems with it, and then abusing those systems to carry …

InvisiMole Hackers Target High-Profile Military and Diplomatic Entities

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Cybersecurity researchers today uncovered the modus operandi of an elusive threat group that hacks into the high-profile military and diplomatic entities in Eastern Europe for espionage. The findings are part of a collaborative analysis by cybersecurity firm ESET and the …

A Bug in Facebook Messenger for Windows Could’ve Helped Malware Gain Persistence

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Cybersecurity researchers at Reason Labs, the threat research arm of security solutions provider Reason Cybersecurity, today disclosed details of a vulnerability they recently discovered in the Facebook Messenger application for Windows. The vulnerability, which resides in Messenger version 460.16, could …