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Hackers poison source code from largest Discord bot platform
2024-03-25 18:00

The Top.gg Discord bot community with over 170,000 members has been impacted by a supply-chain attack aiming to infect developers with malware that steals sensitive information. One of the more recent victims of the attacker is Top.gg, a popular search-and-discovery platform for Discord servers, bots, and other social tools geared towards gaming, boosting engagement, and improving functionality.

Hackers poison source code for largest Discord bot platform
2024-03-25 18:00

The Top.gg Discord bot community with over 170,000 members has been impacted by a supply-chain attack aiming to deliver malware that steals sensitive information. One of the more recent victims of the attacker is Top.gg, a popular search-and-discovery platform for Discord servers, bots, and other social tools geared towards gaming, boosting engagement, and improving functionality.

US sanctions APT31 hackers behind critical infrastructure attacks
2024-03-25 16:06

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a Wuhan-based company used by the Chinese Ministry of State Security as cover in attacks against U.S. critical infrastructure organizations. The Office of Foreign Assets Control has also designated two Chinese nationals linked to the APT31 Chinese state-backed hacking group and who worked as contractors for the Wuhan Xiaoruizhi Science and Technology Company, Limited MSS front company for their involvement in the same attacks and "Endangering U.S. national security."

Hackers Hijack GitHub Accounts in Supply Chain Attack Affecting Top-gg and Others
2024-03-25 11:58

Unidentified adversaries orchestrated a sophisticated attack campaign that has impacted several individual developers as well as the GitHub organization account associated with Top.gg, a Discord...

Russian Hackers Use 'WINELOADER' Malware to Target German Political Parties
2024-03-23 06:03

The WINELOADER backdoor used in recent cyber attacks targeting diplomatic entities with wine-tasting phishing lures has been attributed as the handiwork of a hacking group with links to Russia's...

Russian hackers target German political parties with WineLoader malware
2024-03-22 19:27

Researchers are warning that a notorious hacking group linked to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service is targeting political parties in Germany for the first time, shifting their focus away from the typical targeting of diplomatic missions. APT29 is a Russian espionage hacking group believed to be part of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.

Hackers earn $1,132,500 for 29 zero-days at Pwn2Own Vancouver
2024-03-22 05:13

Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 has ended with security researchers collecting $1,132,500 after demoing 29 zero-days. Vendors have 90 days to release security fixes for zero-day vulnerabilities reported during Pwn2Own contests before TrendMicro's Zero Day Initiative discloses them publicly.

Russian Hackers May Have Targeted Ukrainian Telecoms with Upgraded 'AcidPour' Malware
2024-03-22 03:06

The data wiping malware called AcidPour may have been deployed in attacks targeting four telecom providers in Ukraine, new findings from SentinelOne show. The cybersecurity firm also confirmed...

Unsaflok flaw can let hackers unlock millions of hotel doors
2024-03-21 18:14

Researchers disclosed vulnerabilities today that impact 3 million Saflok electronic RFID locks deployed in 13,000 hotels and homes worldwide, allowing the researchers to easily unlock any door in a hotel by forging a pair of keycards. As first reported by Wired, the researchers were invited to a private hacking event in Las Vegas, where they competed with other teams to find vulnerabilities in a hotel room and all the devices within it.

Russia Hackers Using TinyTurla-NG to Breach European NGO's Systems
2024-03-21 16:03

The Russia-linked threat actor known as Turla infected several systems belonging to an unnamed European non-governmental organization (NGO) in order to deploy a backdoor called TinyTurla-NG. "The...