The attacks on Gilead reflect a growing trend of state-backed hackers targeting intelligence related ... [+] to a treatment for coronavirus.
The attempts represent a growing trend in which state-backed hackers have been gathering intelligence related to coronavirus and a possible treatment.
Many things are taking place:
Hackers targeting healthcare to steal COVID-19 info, U.S., U.K. warn
Sophisticated hackers are targeting healthcare and medical research organizations to gain information about the novel coronavirus, according to U.S. and U.K. cybersecurity agencies.
Hackers have also been taking advantage of the shift to remote work by searching out vulnerabilities in virtual private network, better known as VPN, products.
The CISA and the NCSC warned that they're investigating multiple attacks against organizations involved in COVID-19 research, including against pharmaceutical companies, medical research organizations and universities. Those attacks may have been perpetrated to "steal sensitive research data and intellectual property for commercial and state benefit," the agencies said.
A hacker group is selling more than 73 million user records on the dark web | ZDNet
A hacker group going by the name of ShinyHunters claims to have breached ten companies and is currently selling their respective user databases on a dark web marketplace for illegal products.
The hackers are the same group who breached last week Tokopedia, Indonesia's largest online store. Hackers initially leaked 15 million user records online, for free, but later put the company's entire database of 91 million user records on sale for $5,000.
Encouraged and emboldened by the profits from the Tokopedia sale, the same group has, over the course of the current week, listed the databases of 10 more companies.
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Even though the 80's were a long time ago, the term hacker still elicits an instantly negative response from most people. While there's no doubt hackers have often been malicious bad actors in the dark recesses of the web, a new breed of cyber infiltrators, known commonly as ethical hackers, are carving out a new reputation testing and securing vital computer systems for some of the world's largest organizations. Heck, hackers are even helping in the fight against COVID-19 .
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Hackers hide web skimmer behind a website's favicon | ZDNet
In one of the most complex and innovative hacking campaigns detected to date, a hacker group created a fake icons hosting website in order to disguise malicious code meant to steal payment card data from hacked websites.
The operation is what security researchers refer to these days as a web skimming, e-skimming, or a Magecart attack .
Hackers breach websites and then hide malicious code on its pages, code that records and steals payment card details as they're entered in checkout forms.
World's largest in-person hackers convention 'Def Con' called off
Hyderabad: The largest and most influential in-person convention of hackers around the world, Def Con, which is held in Las Vegas, Nevada in the USA, was called on Friday, as per the forums official website, defcon.org, and also said that the event will take place online this year.
Jeff Moss, founder and CEO of both Def Con and Black Hat, and also known by his hacker alias, Dark Tangent, on Friday, wrote on his blog post, "Def Con 28 has entered 'Safe Mode with Networking'. I have shut down the in person conference. You might even say that Def Con 28 is cancelled."
Report: Microsoft's GitHub Account Gets Hacked | Threatpost
The Shiny Hunters hacking group said it stole 500 GB of data from the tech giant's repositories on the developer platform, which it owns.
Hackers have broken into Microsoft’s GitHub account and stolen 500 GB of data from the tech giant’s own private repositories on the developer platform, according to published reports.
A group that calls itself Shiny Hunters claims it stole and then leaked the data, which did not appear to include any critical or sensitive information. The data was then posted on hacker forum, according to a multiple reports .
Hackers post racist comments on Giannis Antetokounmpo's Twitter account
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WMTV) -- Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo's Twitter account was hacked Thursday after someone wrote in a series of posts on Giannis' account that he had been "Diagnosed with Corona" and that he's "going to the warriors," referring to the Golden State Warriors.
Fans soon found out Giannis' account had been hacked when his account began posting about Giannis having COVID-19 as well as racist comments and slurs against the Asian community.
Happening on Twitter
Exclusive - Hackers linked to Iran have targeted staff at Gilead Sciences in recent weeks, the U.S. pharma giant wh… https://t.co/K9SvoLUm9K jc_stubbs (from Europe) Fri May 08 17:25:37 +0000 2020
U.S. to allow states to distribute Gilead's remdesivir to fight COVID-19 https://t.co/vad1qEBrhf https://t.co/m5qMNxFkA7 Reuters (from Around the world) Sat May 09 19:00:40 +0000 2020
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