Fellow website security firm Wordfence, meanwhile, said in its own post that it had blocked more than 450,000 exploit attempts in the past few days. The post said that the attackers are trying to inject various files. In some cases, those files were empty, most likely in an attempt to probe for vulnerable sites and, if successful, inject a malicious file later. Files being uploaded had names including hardfork.php, hardfind.php, and x.php.
The File Manager plugin helps administrators manage files on sites running the WordPress content management system. The plugin contains an additional file manager known as elFinder, an open source library that provides the core functionality in the plugin, along with a user interface for using it. The vulnerability arises from the way the plugin implemented elFinder.
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DHS, FBI rebut reports about hacked voter data on Russian forum - POLITICO
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI said on Tuesday they've seen no cyberattacks on voter registration databases this year.
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The agencies also said they'd not seen attacks "on any systems involving voting," according to the statement . "Information on U.S. elections is going to grab headlines, particularly if it as cast as foreign interference. Early, unverified claims should be viewed with a healthy dose of skepticism."
Iranian hackers are selling access to compromised companies on an underground forum | ZDNet
Today's security threats have expanded in scope and seriousness. There can now be millions -- or even billions -- of dollars at risk when information security isn't handled properly.
The company identified the group using the codename Pioneer Kitten , which is an alternative designation for the group, also known as Fox Kitten or Parisite.
The group, which Crowdstrike believes is a contractor for the Iranian regime, has spent 2019 and 2020 hacking into corporate networks via vulnerabilities in VPNs and networking equipment , such as:
Exclusive: Hackers test defenses of Trump campaign websites ahead of U.S.
The security assessment was prepared by staff at U.S. cybersecurity firm Cloudflare, which has been hired by President Donald Trump to help defend his campaign’s websites in an election contest overshadowed by warnings about hacking, disinformation and foreign interference.
Cloudflare is widely used by businesses and other organizations to help defend against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, which aim to take down websites by flooding them with malicious traffic.
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Stolen Fortnite Accounts Earn Hackers Millions Per Year | Threatpost
More than 2 billion breached Fortnite accounts have gone up for sale in underground forums so far in 2020 alone.
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Hackers are scoring more than a million dollars annually selling compromised accounts for the popular Fortnite video game in underground forums.
With Fortnite’s immense popularity skyrocketing over the past few years – it currently has more than 350 million global players – the game is a lucrative target for cybercriminals. After tallying the auction sales for several high-end and low-end Fortnite account sellers over a three month period, researchers found that on the high end, sellers averaged $25,000 per week in account sales — roughly $1.2 million per year.
Hackers loot $7.5 million from Washington Jewish endowment
Federal and international law enforcement agencies are investigating the theft of $7.5 million from the United Jewish Endowment Fund, an arm of The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, and diverted to international accounts.
The theft was discovered on Aug. 4, but was made known to The Federation's board today after federal law enforcement lifted a blackout on the information, Federation CEO Gil Preuss told WJW on Wednesday.
Preuss said the funds were taken from a single organization's fund that the United Jewish Endowment Fund manages. He said the endowment's donor-advised funds and The Federation's own endowment were not touched. No other organizational funds that the United Jewish Endowment Fund manages were touched.
'John Wick': How Keeanu Reeves' character inspired hackers targeted PM Modi's website Twitter
The tweets, which have since been taken down, asked the followers to donate to the PM National Relief Fund through cryptocurrency.
“Yes, this account is hacked by John Wick (hckindia@tutanota.com), We have not hacked Paytm Mall,” another message had said.
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John Wick is a 2014 American action-thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski and written by Derek Kolstad. The film John Wick stars Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Bridget Moynahan and many other Hollywood stars.
Norway's parliament struck by hackers | WeLiveSecurity
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Hackers are exploiting a critical flaw affecting >350,000 WordPress sites https://t.co/g4G4rDID2o by @dangoodin001 arstechnica (from NYC - Boston - Chicago - SF) Wed Sep 02 01:51:03 +0000 2020
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