‘Operation Power Off’, law enforcement efforts in the U.S., U.K., the Netherlands and elsewhere, have taken down the DDoS-for-hire webstresser.org (previously webstresser.co) website. At its takedown, there were apparently 136,000 registered users … [Read more...] about Authorities Close Down Webstressor.org
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Facebook – “Malicious Actors” Discover Identities on Two Billion Users
On Wednesday, Facebook said that “malicious actors” had taken advantage of search tools on its platform, allowing them to discover the identities of most of its 2 billion users, and collect information about them. The abuse of Facebook’s search … [Read more...] about Facebook – “Malicious Actors” Discover Identities on Two Billion Users
PHP Weathermap Bug Allows Cryptocurrency Mining
Hackers are exploiting CVE-2013-2618, a five-year-old security vulnerability in Cacti’s Network Weathermap plug-in to infect x86-64 Linux web servers with cryptocurrency-mining malware. The Weathermap plug-in is an open source tool that network … [Read more...] about PHP Weathermap Bug Allows Cryptocurrency Mining
U.S. Administration Levies Sanctions on Russia for Cyber Attacks
On Thursday, the U.S. stepped up sanctions on Russian intelligence for its attempt to interfere in the U.S. 2016 elections, and accused Russia of coordinating a far-reaching cyber-assault on its energy, nuclear, water and “critical manufacturing” … [Read more...] about U.S. Administration Levies Sanctions on Russia for Cyber Attacks
U.K. and U.S. States Russia Responsible for NotPetya
The U.K. government, backed by an assessment made by its National Cyber Security Centre, stated yesterday that the Russian military was “almost certainly” responsible for the June 2017 NotPetya cyber attacks, mainly aimed at the Ukraine. The White … [Read more...] about U.K. and U.S. States Russia Responsible for NotPetya
U.S. Takes Down $530M Cybercrime Forum InFraud
The U.S. Justice Department just took down an online crime forum, which is believed to have trafficked in stolen identities, financial data and contraband goods thought to be worth over $530M in intended losses. The goal over the course of the … [Read more...] about U.S. Takes Down $530M Cybercrime Forum InFraud
PZChao Steals Bitcoinc via mining malware software
Researchers at Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender have discovered a custom-built piece of malware that has been sowing havoc in Asia since last July at least that could mark the return of the infamous Chinese hacker group Iron Tiger. Active … [Read more...] about PZChao Steals Bitcoinc via mining malware software