hackers

An inside look at the ecosystem of hacking contests in China. The Chinese Capture the Flag (CTF) competition ecosystem is considered one of the most developed in the world, uniting hundreds of teams annually. On the basis of such a system, national and industry competitions are held, which...

The group's new arsenal weaves a network of cyber espionage in Eastern Europe. Cisco Talos specialists have identified a new wave of attacks by the UAT-5647 (RomCom) group, which has been targeting Ukrainian government agencies and unnamed Polish organizations since the end of 2023. The latest...

The interface of Ambient Finance – a decentralized trading protocol – was hacked on October 17, and the team warned users not to interact with the site, connect wallets, or sign transactions during this time. According to Ambient Finance, the site's domain was hacked, but the hacked site is an...

Vulnerable contracts on Arbitrum and BSC have been in the spotlight. On October 16, 2024, decentralized finance protocol Radiant Capital fell victim to a major cyberattack that resulted in the theft of over $50 million. In response to the incident, the platform suspended its lending markets and...

The statistics of 0Day attacks hide a real digital pandemic. Google Mandiant analysts warn of a new trend: hackers are increasingly discovering and exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in software. Experts studied 138 vulnerabilities identified in 2023, which were actively used in real attacks...

Western agencies warn of new digital deception schemes. American, Australian and Canadian cyber experts have warned about the actions of Iranian hackers targeting critical infrastructure organizations. Among the key areas of interest of the attackers are healthcare, the public sector, IT...

What are the secrets of the CounterSEVeillance and TDXDown attacks? Cybersecurity researchers have recently discovered a number of vulnerabilities in the Protected Execution Environments (TEEs) of AMD and Intel processors. For example, the attack, called CounterSEVeillance, targets AMD's Secure...

Researchers have found critical vulnerabilities in a number of popular brand models. Network security experts have discovered critical vulnerabilities in popular models of Netgear WiFi amplifiers that allow attackers to execute malicious commands on vulnerable devices. Bugs with the...

22 million users are at risk of losing their data due to security flaws in the services. Researchers from ETH Zurich conducted a security analysis of five popular end-to-end encrypted cloud storage services: Sync, pCloud, Icedrive, Seafile, and Tresorit. During the study, experts identified...

Is the country at the forefront of a cyber war? The Finnish company Fortum has faced an unprecedented level of cyber threats in recent times. The company's CEO, Marcus Rauramo, revealed in an interview the details of the incidents that the energy giant has to deal with. In addition to Finland...

Cyberattacks have struck at the heart of Iran. As the conflict in the Middle East continues to escalate, Iran has been subjected to large-scale cyberattacks that have affected almost all three branches of government and targeted the country's nuclear facilities. As a result of the attacks on...

Since 2018, the defendants, using encryption viruses developed by them, have attacked the servers of the world's leading companies. During the international police operation, law enforcement officers conducted more than 30 searches and suppressed the activities of the group. Operatives of the...

Experts warn of the growing danger of hacking smart devices. Robot vacuum cleaners have been hacked in the United States over the past few days, according to an article by ABC News. Hackers not only gained the ability to control the devices, but also used their speakers to make offensive...

Cyberattacks on universities are becoming more frequent every week. What to do? Educational institutions are becoming a frequent target of cyberattacks, facing thousands of incidents every week. According to Microsoft's May "Cyber Signals" report, this sector ranks third in terms of the number...

Cybercriminals manage to attack the same sites at the same time. How do they divide the revenue? Security researchers at Jscrambler have discovered a new digital skimming campaign that uses Unicode characters, many of which are invisible, to hide malicious code called Mongolian Skimmer. The...

The FBI and CISA warn of a new round of digital attacks. U.S. intelligence agencies are warning of cyberattacks by Iranian hackers aimed at undermining confidence in the upcoming U.S. election. Of particular danger, according to experts, are employees of political campaigns, who become the main...

The company is strengthening security measures after the attack. Dr.Web was subjected to a cyberattack, as a result of which hackers announced that its infrastructure had been hacked and more than 10 TB of data had been stolen. The attackers were reportedly on the company's network for more...

Chinese hackers have infiltrated U.S. Internet service providers and obtained information from systems that the federal government uses to wiretap in court. The largest providers - Verizon Communications, AT&T, Lumen Technologies - became victims of hackers. Hacking American ISPs Hackers...

The company is already conducting an internal investigation in an attempt to assess the damage. The Japanese company Casio confirmed the fact of unauthorized access to its network on October 5, which led to serious failures in its operation. An internal investigation found that the incident...

The consequences of the attack are actually more serious than expected. MoneyGram confirmed that as a result of the September cyberattack, the attackers had personal customer data and transaction information. The incident occurred on September 20, after which the company's website and mobile...