Security News

U.S. No Fly list shared on a hacking forum, government investigating
2023-01-30 12:00

A U.S. No Fly list with over 1.5 million records of banned flyers and upwards of 250,000 'selectees' has been shared publicly on a hacking forum. BleepingComputer has confirmed the list is the same TSA No Fly list that was discovered recently on an unsecured CommuteAir server.

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2023-01-25 16:27

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Microsoft: Cuba ransomware hacking Exchange servers via OWASSRF flaw
2023-01-12 19:53

Microsoft says Cuba ransomware threat actors are hacking Microsoft Exchange servers unpatched against a critical server-side request forgery vulnerability also exploited in Play ransomware attacks. Cloud computing provider Rackspace recently confirmed that Play ransomware used a zero-day exploit dubbed OWASSRF targeting this bug to compromise unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers on its network after bypassing ProxyNotShell URL rewrite mitigations.

Twitter Denies Hacking Claims, Assures Leaked User Data Not from its System
2023-01-12 07:21

Twitter on Wednesday said that its investigation found "No evidence" that users' data sold online was obtained by exploiting any security vulnerabilities in its systems. "Based on information and intel analyzed to investigate the issue, there is no evidence that the data being sold online was obtained by exploiting a vulnerability of Twitter systems," the company said in a statement.

Poland warns of attacks by Russia-linked Ghostwriter hacking group
2023-01-03 18:26

The Polish government is warning of a spike in cyberattacks from Russia-linked hackers, including the state-sponsored hacking group known as GhostWriter. The Polish believe Russian hackers target their country due to the continued support they have provided Ukraine in the ongoing military conflict with Russia.

Hacking the JFK Airport Taxi Dispatch System
2022-12-23 12:03

Two men have been convicted of hacking the taxi dispatch system at the JFK airport. This enabled them to reorder the taxis on the list; they charged taxi drivers $10 to cut the line.

Make sure your company is prepared for the holiday hacking season
2022-12-20 05:30

While employees are preparing for some rest and relaxation, hackers are gearing up for their busy season. The holiday season is when hackers are the most active.

Hacking Using SVG Files to Smuggle QBot Malware onto Windows Systems
2022-12-15 06:02

Phishing campaigns involving the Qakbot malware are using Scalable Vector Graphics images embedded in HTML email attachments. The new distribution method was spotted by Cisco Talos, which said it identified fraudulent email messages featuring HTML attachments with encoded SVG images that incorporate HTML script tags.

Hacking Boston’s CharlieCard
2022-12-14 12:01

Interesting discussion of vulnerabilities and exploits against Boston’s CharlieCard.

Hacking Trespass Law
2022-12-09 20:02

This article talks about public land in the US that is completely surrounded by private land, which in some cases makes it inaccessible to the public. Ever since the Westward Expansion, much of the Western United States has been divided into alternating squares of public and private land.