Security News

How hackers stole the personal data of 37 million T-Mobile customers
2023-01-24 20:41

T-Mobile and millions of its customers have been the victims of another data breach - this one apparently carried out by hackers who knew how to exploit an application programing interface used by the carrier. The API did not leak other personal data such as payment card numbers, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, passwords, or PINs, according to T-Mobile.

Riot Games receives ransom demand from hackers, refuses to pay
2023-01-24 17:23

Riot Games says it will not pay the ransom demanded by the attackers responsible for the security breach the company disclosed last week. "While we hope some of these game modes and other changes eventually make it out to players, most of this content is in prototype and there's no guarantee it will ever be released," Riot Games said.

FBI: North Korean hackers stole $100 million in Harmony crypto hack
2023-01-24 14:49

The FBI has confirmed that the North Korean state-sponsored 'Lazarus' and APT38 hacking groups were behind the theft of $100 million worth of Ethereum stolen from Harmony Horizon in June 2022. Yesterday, the FBI confirmed that two North Korean hacking groups, Lazarus and APT38, were behind the attack.

Chinese Hackers Utilize Golang Malware in DragonSpark Attacks to Evade Detection
2023-01-24 14:37

Organizations in East Asia are being targeted by a likely Chinese-speaking actor dubbed DragonSpark while employing uncommon tactics to go past security layers. "The attacks are characterized by the use of the little known open source SparkRAT and malware that attempts to evade detection through Golang source code interpretation," SentinelOne said in an analysis published today.

GoTo says hackers stole customers' backups and encryption key
2023-01-24 13:43

GoTo is warning customers that threat actors who breached its development environment in November 2022 stole encrypted backups containing customer information and an encryption key for a portion of that data. "Our investigation to date has determined that a threat actor exfiltrated encrypted backups related to Central and Pro from a third-party cloud storage facility," reads the notice to customers.

FBI Says North Korean Hackers Behind $100 Million Horizon Bridge Crypto Theft
2023-01-24 11:58

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday confirmed that North Korean threat actors were responsible for the theft of $100 million in cryptocurrency assets from Harmony Horizon Bridge in June 2022. The law enforcement agency attributed the hack to the Lazarus Group and APT38, the latter of which is a North Korean state-sponsored threat group that specializes in financial cyber operations.

Hackers use Golang source code interpreter to evade detection
2023-01-24 11:00

A Chinese-speaking hacking group tracked as 'DragonSpark' was observed employing Golang source code interpretation to evade detection while launching espionage attacks against organizations in East Asia. What makes the campaign stand out is the use of Golang source code iterpretation to execute code from Go scripts embedded in the malware binaries.

Hackers now use Microsoft OneNote attachments to spread malware
2023-01-21 16:15

Threat actors now use OneNote attachments in phishing emails that infect victims with remote access malware which can be used to install further malware, steal passwords, or even cryptocurrency wallets. This comes after attackers have been distributing malware in emails using malicious Word and Excel attachments that launch macros to download and install malware for years.

Beware: Hackers now use OneNote attachments to spread malware
2023-01-21 16:15

Threat actors now use OneNote attachments in phishing emails that infect victims with remote access malware which can be used to install further malware, steal passwords, or even cryptocurrency wallets. This comes after attackers have been distributing malware in emails using malicious Word and Excel attachments that launch macros to download and install malware for years.

Publisher’s Weekly Review of A Hacker’s Mind
2023-01-21 12:18

Publisher's Weekly reviewed A Hacker's Mind-and it's a starred review! "Hacking is something that the rich and powerful do, something that reinforces existing power structures," contends security technologist Schneier in this excellent survey of exploitation.