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Malicious 'SNS Sender' Script Abuses AWS for Bulk Smishing Attacks

A malicious Python script known as SNS Sender is being advertised as a way for threat actors to send bulk smishing messages by abusing Amazon Web Services (AWS) Simple Notification Service (SNS). The SMS phishing messages are designed to propagate malicious links that are designed to capture victims' personally identifiable information (PII) and payment card details, SentinelOne

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Why the toothbrush DDoS story fooled us all

There was about a 24-hour period where many news outlets reported on a reported DDoS attack that involved a botnet made up of thousands of internet-connected toothbrushes.

New TicTacToe Dropper Steals Data, Spreads Multiple Threats on Windows

By Deeba Ahmed TicTacToe Dropper Obfuscates Code for Maximum Damage. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New TicTacToe Dropper Steals Data, Spreads Multiple Threats on Windows

Massive utility scam campaign spreads via online ads

Malwarebytes researchers have discovered a prolific campaign of fraudulent energy ads shown to users via Google searches.

Nexo Teams Up with Sift for Enhanced Digital Security and User Experience

By Owais Sultan February 15, 2024 – Nexo, the leading institution for digital assets, announced a partnership with Sift, the Leader… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Nexo Teams Up with Sift for Enhanced Digital Security and User Experience

GHSA-cw9j-q3vf-hrrv: Scrapy authorization header leakage on cross-domain redirect

### Impact When you send a request with the `Authorization` header to one domain, and the response asks to redirect to a different domain, Scrapy’s built-in redirect middleware creates a follow-up redirect request that keeps the original `Authorization` header, leaking its content to that second domain. The [right behavior](https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#ref-for-cors-non-wildcard-request-header-name) would be to drop the `Authorization` header instead, in this scenario. ### Patches Upgrade to Scrapy 2.11.1. If you are using Scrapy 1.8 or a lower version, and upgrading to Scrapy 2.11.1 is not an option, you may upgrade to Scrapy 1.8.4 instead. ### Workarounds If you cannot upgrade, make sure that you are not using the `Authentication` header, either directly or through some third-party plugin. If you need to use that header in some requests, add `"dont_redirect": True` to the `request.meta` dictionary of those requests to disable following redirects for them. If you need to kee...

44CON 2024 Call For Papers

The 44CON 2024 Call For Papers has been announced. 44CON is the UK's largest combined annual Security Conference and Training event. The event takes place September 18th through the 20th, 2024 at the Novotel London West near Hammersmith, London.

Metabase 0.46.6 Remote Code Execution

Metabase version 0.46.6 pre-authentication remote code execution exploit.

New iOS Trojan “GoldPickaxe” Steals Facial Recognition Data

By Deeba Ahmed This is the first instance of an iOS trojan that has been found stealing facial data from victims. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New iOS Trojan “GoldPickaxe” Steals Facial Recognition Data

TinyTurla Next Generation - Turla APT spies on Polish NGOs

This new backdoor we’re calling “TinyTurla-NG” (TTNG) is similar to Turla’s previously disclosed implant, TinyTurla, in coding style and functionality implementation.