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E-Mails Hacked By Anonymous Hackers Raise Concerns !

E-Mails Hacked By Anonymous Hackers Raise Concerns !

Feb 17, 2011
Late last year, activists attacked websites belonging to companies that refused to do business with WikiLeaks, an online group that has disclosed classified U.S. government documents. When the activists, who called themselves Anonymous, found out they were being investigated by the Internet security company HBGary Federal, the group hacked the company's servers and stole thousands of private e-mails. And then it dumped them onto the Internet. It was an embarrassment for the security company to get hacked — but the content of some of those e-mails is raising concerns. 'Brazen' E-mails HBGary Federal was trying to use social networks to unmask the members of Anonymous, so Anonymous struck back. One man, who calls himself Owen, says his Anonymous colleagues broke into the company's servers. Hackers have a name for what they did. "They decided to just rape his servers and take all the information they wanted," he says. "Forgive that term ... 'R
Four arrested in 1st cyber fraud in J&K !

Four arrested in 1st cyber fraud in J&K !

Jan 05, 2011
Srinagar: A Nigerian national is under the scanner of Jammu and Kashmir Police while four other persons have been arrested in the first case of cyber bank fraud in the Kashmir Valley. Four persons, including two residents of Mumbai, were arrested last week in connection with a case of bank fraud caused by cyber hacking, in which Rs 3.25 lakh were swindled from three accounts in Kashmir. "It is the first case of its kind in the Valley. The first cyber related bank fraud case carried out in Kashmir by using tampered credit cards which are cloned and linked," said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Srinagar, Ashiq Bukhari. The case could lead to a breakthrough in busting a "huge nexus involved in bank frauds across the country or may be outside the country," he said. On December 30, police received a complaint from a local jeweller that a "fraudulent" digital transaction worth Rs 1.35 lakh had been made from his shop. "Investigation revealed that a l
Network Threats: A Step-by-Step Attack Demonstration

Network Threats: A Step-by-Step Attack Demonstration

Apr 25, 2024Endpoint Security / Cyber Security
Follow this real-life network attack simulation, covering 6 steps from Initial Access to Data Exfiltration. See how attackers remain undetected with the simplest tools and why you need multiple choke points in your defense strategy. Surprisingly, most network attacks are not exceptionally sophisticated, technologically advanced, or reliant on zero-day tools that exploit edge-case vulnerabilities. Instead, they often use commonly available tools and exploit multiple vulnerability points. By simulating a real-world network attack, security teams can test their detection systems, ensure they have multiple choke points in place, and demonstrate the value of networking security to leadership. In this article, we demonstrate a real-life attack that could easily occur in many systems. The attack simulation was developed based on the MITRE ATT&CK framework, Atomic Red Team,  Cato Networks ' experience in the field, and public threat intel. In the end, we explain why a holistic secur
Manchu Manoj Email ID Hacked !

Manchu Manoj Email ID Hacked !

Feb 19, 2011
Collection king  Mohanbabu's son Manchu Manoj's email id was hacked last week. The star who came back from USA recently after treatment for his arm injury was in for a shock when his email id was hacked. Sources say the hacker even chat with Manoj's friends online. Manoj rectified the problem but the email id was hacked again. Though his bank accounts and other financial transactions are not operated from that email id, the star was amazed at the technological advancement in hacking his email id twice in one week. However, he has not lodged any complaint against the hackers yet with City Cyber Crime department. Meanwhile, he is gearing up to do Uukodathara Ulikkipadathara in his home production Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures which will go on floors next month.
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Richard Kirk hacked into more than 300 eBay users' e-mail & PayPal accounts !

Richard Kirk hacked into more than 300 eBay users' e-mail & PayPal accounts !

Feb 21, 2011
Richard Kirk Kirk hacked into more than 300 eBay users' e-mail accounts after cracking their passwords. He then was able to steal money from his victims' usually secure PayPal accounts. He transferred money from PayPal into hundreds of his own accounts, and then used the stolen cash to buy valuable items, including gold bars. On Friday he was jailed for three and a half years for fraud and theft committed between 2008 and 2010. Nottingham Crown Court heard he stole more than £180,000 from his victims to buy gold jewellery, gold bullion bars and a Mitsubishi Shogun car on eBay. Victims were mainly individual account holders from Mansfield, Nottingham, Australia and Sweden. One account belonged to a special school in the North West for children with a short life expectancy. Kirk used the school's website, which sold memorabilia, to sell gold bars. After he agreed a sale of £3,000, the gold was never sent to the buyer. "Richard Kirk is a professional eBa
How Did 50 Female Celebrities Get Hacked ?

How Did 50 Female Celebrities Get Hacked ?

Mar 19, 2011
Jessica Alba, Scarlett Johansson, Christina Aguilera Reportedly Hit; Some Had Nude Photos FBI agents are reportedly closing in on a ring of hackers thought to be responsible for stealing nude photos and videos from at least 50 female celebrities. According to TMZ.com, the ring broke into the accounts of stars' cell phones and other computerized devices to obtain the compromising photos and videos. Among the celebrities reportedly hacked: Jessica Alba, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Christina Aguilera, Vanessa Hudgens, Scarlett Johansson, Ali Larter, and Miley Cyrus. TMZ reported that Hudgens met with FBI agents on Thursday to discuss the hacking of her Gmail account. The FBI declined ABCNews.com's requests for comment; representatives for Hudgens did not immediately respond. One report suggested that Alexa Nikolas, an actress on the now-canceled Nickelodeon TV series "Zoey 101," is responsible for leaking one of the personal photos, a shot of her kissing Hudgens.
The Hacker News Hacking Awards : Best of Year 2011

The Hacker News Hacking Awards : Best of Year 2011

Dec 31, 2011
The Hacker News Hacking Awards : Best of Year 2011 2011 has been labeled the " Year of the Hack " or " Epic #Fail 2011 ". Hacking has become much easier over the years, which is why 2011 had a lot of hacking for good and for bad. Hackers are coming up with tools as well as finding new methods for hacking faster then companies can increase their security.  Every year there are always forward advancements in the tools and programs that can be used by the hackers. At the end of year 2011 we decided to give " The Hacker News Awards 2011 ". The Hacker News Awards will be an annual awards ceremony celebrating the achievements and failures of security researchers and the Hacking community. The THN Award is judged by a panel of respected security researchers and Editors at The Hacker News. Year 2011 came to an end following Operation Payback and Antisec, which targeted companies refusing to accept payments to WikiLeak's, such as, Visa and Amazon. Those attacks were carrie
Senior bank manager's account hacked !

Senior bank manager's account hacked !

Feb 11, 2011
JAIPUR: A senior manager of a private bank has registered an FIR against some unidentified persons who allegedly hacked his email ID and sent objectionable emails. The Ashok Nagar police are investigating the matter. SHO, Ashok Nagar and investigating officer of the case Jagmohan said one Brijesh Kumar registered the FIR on Wednesday. "He says that someone hacked his email account and sent mails with pornographic content and other objectionable mails," the officer said. "We have lodged a case under sections of Information Technology Act," the officer added.
Reserve Bank of Australia Hacked by Chinese malware

Reserve Bank of Australia Hacked by Chinese malware

Mar 11, 2013
If hackers want to get into your computer network, they will find a way. You can make it harder but you can't stop them. According to  Australian Financial Review report on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was hacked by hackers who infiltrated its networks and allegedly stole information using a Chinese piece of malware. After investigations they found multiple computers had been compromised by malicious software seeking intelligence. Several RBA staffers including heads of department were sent the malicious emails over two days, but it isn't known if the malware executed and succeeded in capturing information from the compromised computers.  The malware consisted of a web address that linked to a zip file that contained a Trojan which at the time was not detected by the anti-virus program, according to the bank.  A Defence department spokesperson said: " The government does not discuss specific cyber incidents, activities or capabilities. [Doing so] could jeopardise
ProCredit Bank Georgia hacked by RetnOHacK

ProCredit Bank Georgia hacked by RetnOHacK

Feb 05, 2012
ProCredit Bank Georgia hacked by RetnOHacK #AntiSerbs Group of Hackers named - B!JemBeX, RetnOHacK, Weedh0aX, mR.Thg hack into ProCredit Bank of Georgia (procreditbank.ge) . They Deface the Administrator panel page located at  https://www.procreditbank.ge/admin/login.php  as shown in image attached. On Deface page Hacker said " This day have received that much time..when will you accept that you lose the fight ?in this game you do not have no chance to win..you always were and always will be losers remain losersMitrovica do not sell , Mitrovica is ours as alwaysWe do not want peace with you , because I hate slaves.Date of " 28 November " is approaching to unite all Albanians... ". Till now its unclear that Hacker damage anything else rather than site pages.
DomainFactory Hacked—Hosting Provider Asks All Users to Change Passwords

DomainFactory Hacked—Hosting Provider Asks All Users to Change Passwords

Jul 09, 2018
Besides Timehop , another data breach was discovered last week that affects users of one of the largest web hosting companies in Germany, DomainFactory, owned by GoDaddy. The breach initially happened back in last January this year and just emerged last Tuesday when an unknown attacker himself posted a breach note on the DomainFactory support forum. It turns out that the attacker breached company servers to obtain the data of one of its customers who apparently owes him a seven-figure amount, according to Heise . Later the attacker tried to report DomainFactory about the potential vulnerability using which he broke into its servers, but the hosting provider did not respond, and neither disclosed the breach to its customers. In that situation, the attacker head on to the company's support forum and broke the news with sample data of a few customers as proof, which forced DomainFactory to immediately shut down the forum website and initiate an investigation. Attacker G
Saudi ministry restores hacked website !

Saudi ministry restores hacked website !

Jan 04, 2011
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Education has restored its website, weeks after it was taken offline in the latest of a series of hacking attempts on some of the kingdom's most prominent sites. "The website was hacked a few weeks back, but has now been fully restored, and is safe and functional," Mohammed Al Dukhainy, a spokesman for the ministry, told Arab News. The official said that it was a matter of concern that cyber crimes were now becoming more common. The Ministry of Education has been targeted a number of times in the past year. The hackers, who have referred to themselves as the True Promise Organisation, posted a picture of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Other official bodies to have suffered cyber attacks include the website of King Saud University and the Al Watan online news site. Earlier last year, the homepage of Riyad Bank, one of Saudi Arabia's largest financial institutions, was also hacked. However, the bank later said that none of its customer accounts ha
Top Cyber Attacks of 2020

Top Cyber Attacks of 2020

Jan 27, 2021
With so much of the world transitioning to working, shopping, studying, and streaming online during the coronavirus pandemic, cybercriminals now have access to a larger base of potential victims than ever before. "Zoombomb"  became the new photobomb—hackers would gain access to a private meeting or online class hosted on Zoom and shout  profanities and racial slurs  or flash  pornographic images . Nation-state hacker groups mounted attacks against organizations involved in the coronavirus pandemic response, including the World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, some in an attempt to politicize the pandemic. Even garden-variety cyber attacks like email phishing, social engineering, and refund theft took on a darker flavor in response to the widespread economic precarity brought on by the pandemic.  "Hackers were mostly trying to take advantage of people's fear by offering medical equipment like thermometers and masks for cheap, low
Hacker Leaks Info of 30,000 FBI and DHS Employees

Hacker Leaks Info of 30,000 FBI and DHS Employees

Feb 09, 2016
An unknown hacker who promised to release the personal information on government employees has dump online a list of nearly 20,000 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents and 9,000 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers. Though the authenticity of the information has not been verified, at least, some of the leaked data appears to be legitimate. Here's What the Hacker Leaked: The hacker leaked first round of data belonging to roughly 9,000 DHS employees on Sunday, which was followed by the release of 20,000 FBI agents information on Monday. The hacker, who goes on Twitter by the username of @DotGovs , published the supposed data on an encrypted text-sharing website, including: Names Job titles Phone numbers Email addresses The Reason Behind the Hack The message at the top of the data dump includes the hashtag " #FreePalestine " and reads "Long Live Palestine, Long Live Gaza: This is for Palestine, Ramallah, West Bank,
Texas Man Indicted for Hacking Into Computer Network, Stealing $274,000 !

Texas Man Indicted for Hacking Into Computer Network, Stealing $274,000 !

Dec 24, 2010
A federal indictment unsealed earlier today alleges that a 35-year-old Texas man hacked into the computer network of an Eden Prairie business and stole approximately $274,000. The indictment, which was filed in Minneapolis on October 13, 2010, charges Jeremey Parker, of Houston, Texas, with one count of unauthorized access to a protected computer in furtherance of fraud and one count of wire fraud. The indictment was unsealed following Parker's initial appearance in United States District Court. The indictment alleges that from December 23, 2008, through October 15, 2009, Parker hacked into the computer network in order to obtain money belonging to Digital River, Inc ., a cyber-based business, through a subsidiary, SWReg ., Inc. SWReg. pays independent software developers who write code that can run on Digital River's system. Royalties owed to those developers are accumulated at SWReg, and the developers have the ability to go online, view the royalty balances i
Hackers Targeting Italian Corporate Banking Clients with New Web-Inject Toolkit DrIBAN

Hackers Targeting Italian Corporate Banking Clients with New Web-Inject Toolkit DrIBAN

May 05, 2023
Italian corporate banking clients are the target of an ongoing financial fraud campaign that has been leveraging a new web-inject toolkit called  drIBAN  since at least 2019. "The main goal of drIBAN fraud operations is to infect Windows workstations inside corporate environments trying to alter legitimate banking transfers performed by the victims by changing the beneficiary and transferring money to an illegitimate bank account," Cleafy researchers Federico Valentini and Alessandro Strino  said . The bank accounts, per the Italian cybersecurity firm, are either controlled by the threat actors themselves or their affiliates, who are then tasked with laundering the stolen funds. The use of web injects is a time-tested tactic that makes it possible for malware to inject custom scripts on the client side by means of a man-in-the-browser ( MitB ) attack and intercept traffic to and from the server. The fraudulent transactions are often realized by means of a technique call
CBI arrests Indian mastermind behind Hire-a-Hacker service on FBI tip-off

CBI arrests Indian mastermind behind Hire-a-Hacker service on FBI tip-off

Jan 25, 2014
For the first time in history, Indian Law Enforcement Agency 'Central Bureau of Investigation' (CBI) has arrested a Cyber criminal after getting a tip-off from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). 33-Year-old Amit Vikram Tiwari , son of an Indian Army colonel and an engineering dropout, who allegedly ran two websites offering services for hacking into email accounts was arrested on Friday from Pune city. According to the details submitted by FBI, he had compromised more than 1,000 Accounts around the world and offering illegal services for cracking email account login for $250 - $500 via two websites www.hirehacker.net and www.anonymiti.com hosted on U.S. Based servers. Amit received most of the payments from his Clients via Western Union Money Transfer or PayPal. During the investigation, police found several fictitious names of clients and bank account numbers in his computer. Initial investigation clarifies that he has clients in China, Romania, an
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