Google advertised a fake Google Authenticator website with phishing
Google has faced a serious security problem with its advertising platform. Attackers are creating fake Google Authenticator ads that actually distribute DeerStealer malware that can steal users’ confidential information.
Hackers can see the text on the screen via HDMI emissions — the method is already in use
Researchers have demonstrated access to the image on the screen using HDMI electromagnetic radiation. Hackers are already using this.
Hackers massively spoof UKR.NET and other services for phishing purposes — how to avoid data theft
In July, cybercrime in Ukraine intensified significantly. Hackers are hunting for personal data of citizens — for this purpose, in particular, they have faked the website UKR.NET
Largest database of stolen passwords in history with 10 billion records appears on a hacker forum
The largest database of stolen passwords with almost 10 billion unique records has been leaked on a popular hacker forum. The Cybernews research group believes that the leak poses a serious danger to users who tend to reuse passwords.
OpenAI «hacked» by a hacker, the company did not report it — insiders
It became known that in early 2023, a hacker gained access to OpenAI’s internal messaging systems and stole information about artificial intelligence technologies The New York Times claims that OpenAI reported the incident to employees, but not to the public or law enforcement.
Attack «evil twin»: attacker simulates airplane Wi-Fi and steals passenger data
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has accused a suspect of launching a fake Wi-Fi network on an airplane and using it to harvest passenger email and social media credentials – the so-called «evil twin attack». Suspicion fell on the man after the airline reported a suspicious Wi-Fi network that its employees discovered during the flight.
Destroyed 180 servers with scripts from Google — fired employee caused $600,000 in losses
Kandula Nagaraju, a 39-year-old Indian citizen who worked for NCS (National Computer Systems) in Singapore, was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison after a court found him guilty of unauthorized access to computers. As reported by CNAKandula accessed his former employer’s systems for several months after he was fired. He…
Cyber police catch hacker in Kyiv who helped Russians attack European companies
Cyberpolice detained a hacker in Kyiv who created crypto-currencies for Russian money — special software for disguising computer viruses as safe files.
Hackers are attacking GitHub users again — this is OAuth phishing
A new type of phishing attack has spread among developers — attackers pretend to be recruiters and the GitHub security team and ask to follow a link.
270 GB of The New York Times source code stolen via GitHub token surfaces on 4chan
Unknown hackers have uploaded 270 GB of source code for one of the world’s most popular publications, The New York Times, to the 4chan image board.
The GRU conducts a large-scale DDoS attack on Russian government agencies and companies. The work of ministries and public services is paralyzed
The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is conducting a large-scale DDoS attack on government agencies and large companies of the Russian Federation.
Ukrainian hacker from the REvil ransomware team is sentenced to 13 years in prison and a $16 million fine
On October 8, 2021, Ukrainian Yaroslav Vasinsky was arrested on the border of Poland and Ukraine, accused of hacking into business software provider Kaseya in Florida. In March 2022, Vasynsky was extradited to Dallas, Texas.
Russian hackers intensify attacks on Ukrainian military computers
The State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine has warned of increased activity of the hacker group UAC-0184, which is trying to gain access to military computers.
Up to a month to restore: Ukrainian hackers BLACKJACK hacked Moscow sewage system
Hackers from the BLACKJACK group, close to the cyber department of the Security Service of Ukraine, destroyed the IT infrastructure of «Moscollector».
Ukraine sends thanks to American hackers for attacks on Russia. Western experts are concerned
The command of the airborne assault troops sent letters of appreciation to the American hackers who systematically attacked the IT infrastructure of the Russian Federation.
SBU finds Russian hackers who attacked «Kyivstar»: data will be transferred to The Hague
Cyber specialists and investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine have found Russian hackers who attacked the mobile operator «Kyivstar».
AI models can be easily distorted by buying $60 domains or editing Wikipedia — research
A group of artificial intelligence researchers recently discovered that for as little as $60, an attacker can tamper with the datasets generated by AI tools like ChatGPT.
Khmelnytsky programmer retrained as a hacker and hacked 7327 computers through cheats on GTA San Andreas
A programmer from Khmelnytskyi decided to become a hacker and after a while on special forums started distributing malware. He did this through infected files in GTA San Andreas mods, which he posted on YouTube.
Millions of accounts for IPSO sold: cyber police expose group of hackers
Kharkiv cyberpolice identified three criminals aged 20 to 40 who stole email accounts and Instagram accounts of Internet users. In particular, the stolen accounts were used to conduct IPSO in the interests of Russia.
SBU prevents supply of thousands of components «Shahedin» and cruise missiles to Russia — Head of Department
SBU digital technology specialists are constantly working to block the supply of weapons components to Russia and have already blocked the supply of components for the production of cruise missiles and drones «Shahed». This was announced during a telethon by Ilya Vitiuk, Head of the SBU Cyber Security Department.
Hackers exploit Popup Builder WordPress plugin vulnerability to infect 3300 websites
Hackers have been hacking WordPress sites by exploiting a vulnerability in outdated versions of the Popup Builder plugin, infecting more than 3,300 sites with malicious code.
Hackers hacked into one of the divisions of the «Kalashnikov» concern and published data on missiles
Hackers from the Head Mare group got into the servers of the Russian military company NGO @High Precision Systems and Technologies”, part of the “Kalashnikov” concern, and posted a lot of documentation online. In particular, it includes descriptions of two types of missiles.
Ukrainian hacker pleads guilty to Zeus and IcedID attacks — faces up to 40 years in prison
Vyacheslav Penchukov (also known as «tank» and «father»), one of the leaders of the well-known cybercrime group JabberZeus, a citizen of Ukraine, was arrested in 2022 — while traveling with his wife to Geneva, Switzerland — and extradited to the United States in 2023.
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