Graham Cluley reports: Experiencing a problem logging into GoToMyPC? There’s a reason for that. Your password has been reset by Citrix, the company which runs GoToMyPC.com, after hackers reportedly attacked the service. Read more on GrahamCluley.com. I wonder what the “very sophisticated password attack” was.
Category: Hack
Cryptocurrency-Backed Venture Capital Fund Hacked; Ether Plunges
Olga Kharif reports: Hackers moved some digital money from the Decentralized Autonomous Organization, a cryptocurrency-backed venture capital fund, sending the price of ether — the virtual currency underlying the project — plunging. Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, which supports ether, asked exchanges in a Reddit post to “please pause ETH and DAO trading, deposits and withdrawals until further notice,”…
BesaMafia hitman site hacked again
Remember when BesaMafia, a dark web site where people can allegedly hire hitmen was hacked and data was dumped in May? What could be worse, right? Well, they could be hacked again and their data dumped again. The hacker known as “bRpsd” has again embarrassed the site, which claims to be linked to the Albanian Mafia, by…
Over 2,100 servers in Malaysia hacked
Nicholas Cheng reports: Malaysia’s national cybersecurity agency said it detected intrusions in several local servers for years and issued advisories to victims but ignorance was still making them easy targets for hackers. It was found that over 2,100 servers have been compromised and their access sold to hackers for as low as RM29 (US$6) up…
DNC hacker slams CrowdStrike, publishes opposition memo on Donald Trump
Steve Ragan reports: A hacker claiming responsibility for the DNC hack that made headlines earlier this week has slammed the security company responsible for the incident response, and leaked several documents compromised during the incident – including a 235-page opposition memo on Donald Trump. On Tuesday, the Washington Post reported that hackers – believed to be Russian…
ISIL-Linked Hacker Pleads Guilty to Providing Material Support
There’s an update to a previously reported prosecution. From the DOJ: Ardit Ferizi, aka Th3Dir3ctorY, 20, a citizen of Kosovo, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkemaof the Eastern District of Virginia to providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and…