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Microsoft says hackers viewed its source code

cyware Jan 01, 2021 Incident Response, Learnings

The disclosure highlights the broad reach of the attackers, whom investigators have described as extremely sophisticated and well-resourced. And it suggests that corporate espionage may have been as much a motive as a hunt for government secrets.

Ticketmaster pays $10M fine to settle charges of using stolen passwords to spy on rival company

cyware Jan 01, 2021 Incident Response, Learnings

One of the biggest brands in the music and events business, Ticketmaster, has agreed to pay a $10 million fine for “computer intrusion and fraud offenses” after employees used stolen credentials to spy on a competitor.

Cyber Attackers Still Punching Hard Against Healthcare Organizations

cyware Jan 01, 2021 Breaches and Incidents

From SolarWinds hack to vaccine-related attacks, the final weeks of a challenging year have proven even more difficult with the exposure of the latest serious nation-state cyberattack.

Magecart Active Again with New Multi-platform Skimmer

cyware Jan 01, 2021 Breaches and Incidents

Researchers have found a new credit card skimmer that is capable of affecting multiple e-commerce hosting platforms such as Shopify, Zencart, Woocommerce, and BigCommerce.

New Malware Strain Abuses GitHub and Imgur

cyware Jan 01, 2021 Malware and Vulnerabilities

Researchers reported a new strand of malware, purportedly by the MuddyWater APT group, that downloads a PowerShell script from GitHub, Imgur to targeted systems.

Hacked Home Cams Used To Livestream Police Raids In Swatting Attacks

packetstormsecurity Jan 01, 2021 headline,hacker,government,spyware

What's Next For Ransomware In 2021?

packetstormsecurity Jan 01, 2021 headline,malware,cybercrime,fraud,crypto

SolarWinds Hackers Accessed Microsoft Source Code

packetstormsecurity Jan 01, 2021 headline,hacker,microsoft,russia,data lo

cryptmount Filesystem Manager 5.3.3

packetstormsecurity Jan 01, 2021 Feed

cryptmount is a utility for creating and managing secure filing systems on GNU/Linux systems. After initial setup, it allows any user to mount or unmount filesystems on demand, solely by providing the decryption password, with any system devices needed to access the filing system being configured automatically. A wide show more ...

variety of encryption schemes (provided by the kernel dm-crypt system and the libgcrypt library) can be used to protect both the filesystem and the access key. The protected filing systems can reside in either ordinary files or disk partitions. The package also supports encrypted swap partitions, and automatic configuration on system boot-up.

FireHOL 3.1.7

packetstormsecurity Jan 01, 2021 Feed

FireHOL a simple yet powerful way to configure stateful iptables firewalls. It can be used for almost any purpose, including control of any number of internal/external/virtual interfaces, control of any combination of routed traffic, setting up DMZ routers and servers, and all kinds of NAT. It provides strong show more ...

protection (flooding, spoofing, etc.), transparent caches, source MAC verification, blacklists, whitelists, and more. Its goal is to be completely abstracted and powerful but also easy to use, audit, and understand.

Packet Storm New Exploits For 2020

packetstormsecurity Jan 01, 2021 Feed

Complete comprehensive archive of all 1,949 exploits added to Packet Storm in 2020.

Packet Storm New Exploits For December, 2020

packetstormsecurity Jan 01, 2021 Feed

This archive contains all of the 225 exploits added to Packet Storm in December, 2020.

Microsoft Says SolarWinds Hackers Accessed Some of Its Source Code

thehackernews Jan 01, 2021 Feed

Microsoft on Thursday revealed that the threat actors behind the SolarWinds supply chain attack were able to gain access to a small number of internal accounts and escalate access inside its internal network. The "very sophisticated nation-state actor" used the unauthorized access to view, but not modify, the source code present in its repositories, the company said.  "We detected

Secret Backdoor Account Found in Several Zyxel Firewall, VPN Products

thehackernews Jan 01, 2021 Feed

Zyxel has released a patch to address a critical vulnerability in its firmware concerning a hardcoded undocumented secret account that could be abused by an attacker to login with administrative privileges and compromise its networking devices. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-29583 (CVSS score 7.8), affects version 4.60 present in wide-range of Zyxel devices, including Unified Security Gateway (

Ticketmaster fined $10 million after hack of business rival

grahamcluley Jan 01, 2021 Data loss

The US Department of Justice has announced that Ticketmaster has been fined $10 million for repeatedly accessing a competitor’s computer systems in order to gain a commercial advantage.

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Microsoft says hackers viewed its source code

Ticketmaster pays $10M fine to settle charges of using stolen passwords to spy on rival company

Cyber Attackers Still Punching Hard Against Healthcare Organizations

Magecart Active Again with New Multi-platform Skimmer

New Malware Strain Abuses GitHub and Imgur

Hacked Home Cams Used To Livestream Police Raids In Swatting Attacks

What's Next For Ransomware In 2021?

SolarWinds Hackers Accessed Microsoft Source Code

cryptmount Filesystem Manager 5.3.3

FireHOL 3.1.7

Packet Storm New Exploits For 2020

Packet Storm New Exploits For December, 2020

Microsoft Says SolarWinds Hackers Accessed Some of Its Source Code

Secret Backdoor Account Found in Several Zyxel Firewall, VPN Products

Ticketmaster fined $10 million after hack of business rival

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