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Bahrain calling Freedom and Democracy !

Bahrain calling Freedom and Democracy !

May 08, 2011
Bahrain calling Freedom and Democracy ! THN  received an Email last night, The mail was from one of the Citizens of Bahrain .. Here is the email we received is as following : You say you are helping people good, people of bahrain need your help All what we want is attacking government websites  By Anonymous group or any one To expose their crimes,and to expose Revealed lists of intelligence and mercenary of them, revealing lists of arrests two months ago Specifically February 14, at least 70% of the population of this country are demonstrating to demand democracy,but Were brutally suppressed by the local army and occupation forces from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates,The called GCC Killed 30 citizens By a live bullets, 4 of them died in the prison Because of torture Political figures were arrested in addition to at least 2000 detainees from citizens,Arrested at least 100 women,Arrest medical staff of doctors, par...
Google Exposes GLASSBRIDGE: A Pro-China Influence Network of Fake News Sites

Google Exposes GLASSBRIDGE: A Pro-China Influence Network of Fake News Sites

Nov 23, 2024 Cloud Security / Threat Intelligence
Government agencies and non-governmental organizations in the United States have become the target of a nascent China state threat actor known as Storm-2077. The adversary, believed to be active since at least January 2024, has also conducted cyber attacks against the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), aviation, telecommunications, and financial and legal services across the world, Microsoft said . The activity cluster, the company added, overlaps with a threat group that Recorded Future's Insikt Group is tracking as TAG-100 . Attack chains have involved targeting various internet-facing edge devices using publicly available exploits to gain initial access and drop Cobalt Strike as well as open-source malware such as Pantegana and Spark RAT, the cybersecurity company noted back in July. "Over the past decade, following numerous government indictments and the public disclosure of threat actors' activities, tracking and attributing cyber operations originating from China has b...
China-Linked 'Muddling Meerkat' Hijacks DNS to Map Internet on Global Scale

China-Linked 'Muddling Meerkat' Hijacks DNS to Map Internet on Global Scale

Apr 29, 2024 DNS Security / Cyber Espionage
A previously undocumented cyber threat dubbed  Muddling Meerkat  has been observed undertaking sophisticated domain name system (DNS) activities in a likely effort to evade security measures and conduct reconnaissance of networks across the world since October 2019. Cloud security firm Infoblox described the threat actor as likely affiliated with the People's Republic of China (PRC) with the ability to control the Great Firewall ( GFW ), which censors access to foreign websites and manipulates internet traffic to and from the country. The moniker is reference to the "bewildering" nature of their operations and the actor's abuse of DNS open resolvers – which are DNS servers that accept recursive queries from all IP addresses – to send queries from the Chinese IP space. "Muddling Meerkat demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of DNS that is uncommon among threat actors today – clearly pointing out...
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26 Australian Beer/Wine shop websites Hacked By 'Pak Cyber Combat Squad' !

26 Australian Beer/Wine shop websites Hacked By 'Pak Cyber Combat Squad' !

Mar 03, 2011
26 Australian Beer/Wine shop websites Hacked By ' Pak Cyber Combat Squad ' ! 1. https://argentinewine.com.au/pccs.html https://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/13164024 2. https://www.bestamericanwines.com.au/pccs.html https://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/13164209 3. https://www.bestargentinianwines.com.au/pccs.html https://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/13164213 4. https://bestbeers.com.au/pccs.html https://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/13164216 5. https://www.bestchileanwines.com.au/pccs.html https://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/13164220 6. https://besteuropeanbeer.com.au/pccs.html https://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/13164221 7. https://bestitalianwines.com.au/pccs.html https://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/13164222 8. https://bestliqueurs.com.au/pccs.html https://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/13164225 9. https://www.bestnewzealandwines.com.au/pccs.html https://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/13164226 10. https://www.bestpremiumwines.com.au/pccs.html https://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/13164228 11. https://bes...
Facebook Launches Free Mobile Internet Service In India

Facebook Launches Free Mobile Internet Service In India

Feb 11, 2015
Last year, the founder of the Social Network giant highlighted the future of universal Internet access, the dream that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wants to fulfill — Making Internet access available to everyone across the world just like a service as essential as of 911 in the case of an emergency. Dreams are transforming into Reality!! Facebook's Internet.org app has launched in India to offer free Internet access to a set of websites for users in seven different circles, including Mumbai, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Chennai, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Internet.org , with motto ' Internet for All ' , named after a project developed by the world's biggest social network site Facebook to expand Internet access to "the next 5 billion people" around the world who currently don't have it. Facebook has tied up with India's Reliance Communications in an effort to provide free Internet services to users on mobile phones, making India ...
Unpatched Flaw in UC Browser Apps Could Let Hackers Launch Phishing Attacks

Unpatched Flaw in UC Browser Apps Could Let Hackers Launch Phishing Attacks

May 08, 2019
A bug hunter has discovered and publicly disclosed details of an unpatched browser address bar spoofing vulnerability that affects popular Chinese UC Browser and UC Browser Mini apps for Android. Developed by Alibaba-owned UCWeb, UC Browser is one of the most popular mobile browsers, specifically in China and India, with a massive user base of more than half a billion users worldwide. According to the details security researcher Arif Khan shared with The Hacker News, the vulnerability resides in the way User Interface on both browsers handles a special built-in feature that was otherwise designed to improve users Google search experience. The vulnerability, which has yet not assigned any CVE identifier, could allow an attacker to control URL string displayed in the address bar, eventually letting a malicious website to pose as some legitimate site. The vulnerability affects the latest UC Browser version 12.11.2.1184 and UC Browser Mini version 12.10.1.1192—that is current...
Data Stealing Malware Discovered in Popular Android Screen Recorder App

Data Stealing Malware Discovered in Popular Android Screen Recorder App

May 24, 2023 Mobile Security / Data Safety
Google has removed a screen recording app named "iRecorder - Screen Recorder" from the Play Store after it was found to sneak in information stealing capabilities nearly a year after the app was published as an innocuous app. The app (APK package name "com.tsoft.app.iscreenrecorder"), which accrued over 50,000 installations, was first uploaded on September 19, 2021. The malicious functionality is believed to have been introduced in version 1.3.8, which was released on August 24, 2022. "It is rare for a developer to upload a legitimate app, wait almost a year, and then update it with malicious code," ESET security researcher Lukáš Štefanko  said  in a technical report. "The malicious code that was added to the clean version of iRecorder is based on the open source  AhMyth  Android RAT (remote access trojan) and has been customized into what we named AhRat." iRecorder was  first flagged  as harboring the AhMyth trojan on October 28, 2022, by ...
SpyLoan Scandal: 18 Malicious Loan Apps Defraud Millions of Android Users

SpyLoan Scandal: 18 Malicious Loan Apps Defraud Millions of Android Users

Dec 11, 2023 Data Security / Mobile Security
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered 18  malicious loan apps  for Android on the Google Play Store that have been collectively downloaded over 12 million times. "Despite their attractive appearance, these services are in fact designed to defraud users by offering them high-interest-rate loans endorsed with deceitful descriptions, all while collecting their victims' personal and financial information to blackmail them, and in the end gain their funds," ESET  said . The Slovak cybersecurity company is tracking these apps under the name  SpyLoan , noting they are designed to target potential borrowers located in Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The list of apps, which have now been taken down by Google, is below - AA Kredit: इंस्टेंट लोन ऐप (com.aa.kredit.android) Amor Cash: Préstamos Sin Buró (com.amorcash.credito.prestamo) Oro Préstamo - Efectivo rápido (com.app.lo.go) Cashwow (com.cashwow.cow.eg) CrediBus Préstamos de crédito (com.dinero.prof...
[THN] The Hacker News Exclusive Report on Sony 3rd Attack Issue !

[THN] The Hacker News Exclusive Report on Sony 3rd Attack Issue !

May 08, 2011
[THN] The Hacker News Exclusive   Report on  Sony 3rd Attack Issue ! On May 5th 2011 THN received an email that Hackers once again attacked Sony for the 3rd Time. The Hacker News is a responsible an online Hacker News Organisation. We propagate news specifically related to security threats.  Also, hacking threads and security issues from all over the world.  We are NOT associated with any HACKING GROUP like ANONYMOUS or Others . Lets talk about the " 3rd Sony Hack Issue ". As I said, on 5th May we got the mail from a hacker  that they got some new Information from Sony's Site. Here the Email Screenshot : We check the links, that contains some waste list of user names , Even there is not a single email ID in whole excel sheet that can be used against some spam/hack. Then why Sony so Scared ?? Now WHAT? !!  Is  it our responsibility as The Hacker News , that we inform Sony and Other Cyber Security Experts that hackers can attack again...
Patchwork Using Romance Scam Lures to Infect Android Devices with VajraSpy Malware

Patchwork Using Romance Scam Lures to Infect Android Devices with VajraSpy Malware

Feb 05, 2024 Cyber Espionage / Cyber Extortion
The threat actor known as Patchwork likely used romance scam lures to trap victims in Pakistan and India, and infect their Android devices with a remote access trojan called  VajraSpy . Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET said it uncovered 12 espionage apps, six of which were available for download from the official Google Play Store and were collectively downloaded more than 1,400 times between April 2021 and March 2023. "VajraSpy has a range of espionage functionalities that can be expanded based on the permissions granted to the app bundled with its code," security researcher Lukáš Štefanko  said . "It steals contacts, files, call logs, and SMS messages, but some of its implementations can even extract WhatsApp and Signal messages, record phone calls, and take pictures with the camera." As many as 148 devices in Pakistan and India are estimated to have been compromised in the wild. The malicious apps distributed via Google Play and elsewhere primarily masqueraded ...
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