Hackers exploiting SharePoint zero-day seen targeting government agencies

Hackers exploiting SharePoint zero-day seen targeting government agencies

The hackers behind the initial wave of attacks exploiting a zero-day in Microsoft SharePoint servers have so far primarily targeted government organizations, according to researchers and news reports. Over the weekend, U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA published an alert, warning that hackers were exploiting a previously unknown bug — known as a “zero-day” — in Microsoft’s…

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US Army soldier pleads guilty to hacking telcos and extortion

US Army soldier pleads guilty to hacking telcos and extortion

Former U.S. Army soldier Cameron John Wagenius pleaded guilty to hacking telecommunication companies and attempting to extort them by threatening to release stolen files, the Department of Justice announced on Tuesday. According to the DOJ, Wagenius, who went online with the nickname “kiberphant0m,” conspired to defraud 10 victim companies by stealing their login credentials, using…

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Mysterious hacking group Careto was run by the Spanish government, sources say

Mysterious hacking group Careto was run by the Spanish government, sources say

More than a decade ago, researchers at antivirus company Kaspersky identified suspicious internet traffic of what they thought was a known government-backed group, based on similar targeting and its phishing techniques. Soon, the researchers realized they had found a much more advanced hacking operation that was targeting the Cuban government, among others. Eventually the researchers…

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