Category: Technobabble

Microsoft accounts are now faced with a new and scary way of phishing
Posted on October 12, 2022 at 6:02 PM Because of some phishing-as-a-service framework called Caffeine, establishing Microsoft 365 is now relatively straightforward. According to Bleeping Computer, the platform allows malicious hackers to pinpoint specific people to gain entry to their...

Blizzard was targeted by another DDoS attack as the company completed the maintenance process
Posted on October 12, 2022 at 12:41 PM A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack has targeted Blizzard. The attack in question has triggered issues for players of Overwatch 2. This is the latest in a series of similar attacks...

Russian hacker group KillNet claims to be behind the US airport websitesâ DDoS attacks
Posted on October 11, 2022 at 7:58 PM The representative from the Department of Homeland Security’s Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Organization, or CISA, refused to elaborate on who was behind what showed a synchronized sequence of DDoS occurrences that did not...

Intel confirms their UEFI code was leaked, which concerns customers
Posted on October 10, 2022 at 7:59 PM Intel has ultimately recognized the occurrence in a statement to Tom Hardware. According to them, a foreign entity appeared to make their specialized UEFI software public. They trust this does not reveal...

Meta sues app developers for stealing over 1 million WhatsApp accounts
Posted on October 9, 2022 at 4:10 PM Meta, formerly Facebook, has filed a lawsuit against multiple Chinese companies. The companies in question were conducting business under HeyMods, Highlight Mobi, and HeyWhatsApp. Meta sues app developers for stealing over 1...

New e-book: Do you know what External Attack Surface Management is?
External Attack Surface Management (EASM) has become a bit of a buzzword within the cybersecurity industry in the last year. This is not surprising, seeing as the expanding attack surface was listed as the #1 cybersecurity risk in 2022 by...

Optus said that 2.1 million ID numbers were exposed in a data breach
Posted on October 6, 2022 at 7:29 PM Optus has said that 2.1 million customers had their government identification numbers compromised. The numbers were compromised through a cybersecurity attack that happened last month. Optus says 2.1 million customer ID numbers...

3x more subdomain takeovers now discovered
TL/DR: It’s been a busy past couple of months, from several under-the-hood improvements like improved subdomain takeovers discovery to new features. We’ve also shipped dozens of new tests to customers from our community of ethical hackers. Major improvement to subdomain...

Detectify continues consolidating its authority in G2âs security categories
TL/DR. Detectify’s solution has been recognized by the G2 Fall Report 2022 as a Leader in the categories Website Security (ranking #1), Penetration Testing, and Vulnerability Scanner thanks to users’ high ratings, substantial satisfaction, and market presence scores. Detectify ranks...

Russiaâs second-largest retail chain exploited by hackers
Posted on October 4, 2022 at 4:56 PM Digital Network System (DNS), one of the largest retail chains in Russia, has admitted to suffering a data breach that exposed the personal details of customers and the company’s employees. DNS admits...

Lazarus Hacking Group Uses Windows Rootkit to Exploit a Dell Driver
Posted on October 3, 2022 at 11:36 AM Lazarus Group, one of the largest hacking groups in North Korea, installed a Windows rootkit. The Windows rootkit abuses a Dell hardware driver using an attack dubbed Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver....

Hackers leak thousands of documents from Mexico’s Ministry of Defense
Posted on October 2, 2022 at 9:24 AM The Mexican government has admitted to a hack inducted by a global group of hackers against the Ministry of National Defense. The hackers managed to steal thousands of emails from the Ministry’s...