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Patchwork, an Indian hacking group also known by such bizarre names as Hangover Group, Dropping Elephant, Chinastrats, and Monsoon, has proven the old adage that to err is human, but to really cock things up you need to be a cybercriminal. Continue reading Hacking group accidentally infects itself with Remote Access Trojan horse
By Waqas
The IT security researchers at Malwarebytes have published a report revealing details of an ironic incident involving Patchwork…
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By Deeba Ahmed
According to the US DoJ, Fahd remotely unlocked phones belonging to AT&T despite knowing that an investigation was launched against him.
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By Waqas
FBR has acknowledged the data breach and called it out as cyber-terrorism on Pakistan’s independence day.
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Researchers say that suspected Chinese hackers are posing as the United Nations and a fake human rights organization in an ongoing campaign to target Uyghurs, an ethnic group that’s repeatedly been on the receiving end of surveillance and cyberattacks this year. “We believe that these cyber-attacks are motivated by espionage, with the end-game of the operation being the installation of a backdoor into the computers of high-profile targets in the Uyghur community,” said Lotem Finkelsteen, head of threat intelligence at Check Point, which published the research on Wednesday along with fellow security firm Kaspersky. Researchers observed targeting of the Turkic ethnic group in China, Pakistan and China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. In one attack method, the hackers use malicious documents bearing the name of the United Nations Human Rights Council. They also erected a website for a non-existent Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation, luring would-be grant applicants to download a […]
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For years, suspected Pakistani hackers have sought to pry their way into Indian government computer networks as part of broader dueling cyber-espionage campaigns between the rival nations. Over the last 18 months, a spying group known as Transparent Tribe has expanded its use of a hacking tool capable of stealing data and taking screenshots from computers, according to research published Thursday by Talos, Cisco’s threat intelligence unit. Hackers also are going after additional targets beyond Indian military personnel, including defense contractors and attendees of Indian government-sponsored conferences. Talos did not mention Pakistan in its research, but multiple security researchers told CyberScoop the Transparent Tribe group is suspected of operating on behalf of the Pakistani government. Similarly, research from email security firm Proofpoint has previously linked a Pakistan-based company to the development of the group’s malicious code. Talos’ findings reflect a relentless appetite for defense-related secrets among hacking groups with suspected […]
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By Waqas
Another day, another Android spyware – This time, there are two spyware targeting sensitive infrastructure in Pakistan on behalf of India.
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By Waqas
According to researchers, BYKEA’s 200 GB worth of database was exposed on an Elasticsearch server.
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By Waqas
The database contains personal data including full names, physical addresses, and phone numbers.
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By Waqas
The spyware campaign is sophisticated considering the use of fake yet convincing apps and domains. Here’s what we know so far.
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