Security News

FIN7 Group Advertises Security-Bypassing Tool on Dark Web Forums
2024-07-17 10:33

The financially motivated threat actor known as FIN7 has been observed using multiple pseudonyms across several underground forums to likely advertise a tool known to be used by ransomware groups like Black Basta. "AvNeutralizer, a highly specialized tool developed by FIN7 to tamper with security solutions, has been marketed in the criminal underground and used by multiple ransomware groups," cybersecurity company SentinelOne said in a report shared with The Hacker News.

BunkerWeb: Open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF)
2024-07-10 04:00

BunkerWeb is an open-source Web Application Firewall distributed under the AGPLv3 free license. The solution's core code is entirely auditable by a third party and the community.

HUMINT: Diving Deep into the Dark Web
2024-07-09 11:00

Clear Web - Web assets that can be viewed through public search engines, including media, blogs, and other pages and sites. Deep Web - Websites and forums that are unindexed by search engines.

Dark Web Malware Logs Expose 3,300 Users Linked to Child Abuse Sites
2024-07-08 15:08

An analysis of information-stealing malware logs published on the dark web has led to the discovery of thousands of consumers of child sexual abuse material, indicating how such information could be used to combat serious crimes. Distributed via phishing, spam campaigns, cracked software, fake update websites, SEO poisoning, and malvertising, data harvested using such programs typically find their way onto the dark web in the form of stealer logs from where they are purchased by other cybercriminals to further their schemes.

Google Chrome to let Isolated Web App access sensitive USB devices
2024-06-30 21:17

Google is working on a new Unrestricted WebUSB feature, which allows trusted isolated web apps to bypass security restrictions in the WebUSB API. WebUSB is a JavaScript API that allows web applications to access local USB devices on a computer. Google is now testing an "Unrestricted WebUSB" feature that allows Isolated Web Apps to access these restricted devices and interfaces.

New SnailLoad Attack Exploits Network Latency to Spy on Users' Web Activities
2024-06-28 09:59

A group of security researchers from the Graz University of Technology have demonstrated a new side-channel attack known as SnailLoad that could be used to remotely infer a user's web activity....

Web scraping is not just a security or fraud problem
2024-06-28 03:30

Bots compose 42% of overall web traffic, and 65% of these bots are malicious, according to Akamai. Web scraping is not just a fraud or security problem, it is also a business problem.

Dark-web kingpin puts 'stolen' internal AMD databases, source code up for sale
2024-06-18 23:01

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Suspected bosses of $430M dark-web Empire Market charged in US
2024-06-17 20:13

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Empire Market owners charged for enabling $430M in dark web transactions
2024-06-17 18:47

Two men have been charged in a Chicago federal court for operating "Empire Market," a dark web marketplace that facilitated over $430 million in illegal transactions between February 2018 and August 2020. Empire Market was a popular dark web marketplace that sold illegal drugs, chemicals, jewelry, credit card numbers, counterfeit money bills, malware, and other illicit goods, offering payment options including Monero, Litecoin, and Bitcoin.