The Russian firm Operation Zero has announced a staggering $20m reward for hacking tools capable of compromising iPhones and Android devices. The company unveiled this increased payout on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, aiming to attract top-tier researchers and developer teams to collaborate with their platform. Under this program, Operation Zero is willing to pay […]
Sep 30, 2023THNEmail Security / Hacking News Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the Exim mail transfer agent that, if successfully exploited, could result in information disclosure and remote code execution. The list of flaws, which were reported anonymously way back in June 2022, is as follows – CVE-2023-42114 (CVSS score: 3.7) – Exim […]
Cybersecurity agencies from Japan and the U.S. have warned of attacks mounted by a state-backed hacking group from China to stealthily tamper with branch routers and use them as jumping-off points to access the networks of various companies in the two countries. The attacks have been tied to a malicious cyber actor dubbed BlackTech by […]
A Chinese state-sponsored APT called BlackTech has been caught hacking into network edge devices and using firmware implants to stay hidden and silently hop around the corporate networks of U.S. and Japanese multinational companies. According to a high-powered joint advisory from the NSA, FBI, CISA and Japan’s NISC, BlackTech has been observed modifying router firmware […]
A cyberattack suspected to be carried out by a pro-Russia hacking group reportedly resulted in widespread service disruptions at several Canadian airports. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) confirmed to Recorded Future News that the connectivity issues that affected check-in kiosks and electronic gates at airports last week are the result of a distributed denial […]
Regarding how the hacking was successful, it is reported that the hacker compromised Buterin’s account and shared a post on his behalf, celebrating the arrival of Proto-Danksharding to the Ethereum platform.
The FBI says that the North Korea-linked hacking group Lazarus is responsible for the theft of $41 million in cryptocurrency from online casino and betting platform Stake.com. The incident occurred on September 4, when the Australian-Curaçaoan online platform Stake.com announced that hackers had stolen funds from its Ethereum (ETH) and Binance Smart Chain (BSC) hot […]