Thousands of Government Websites Hacked to Mine Cryptocurrencies

The Hacker News Daily Updates System Administration & Security - Salary & Skills Report (Plus 3 Bonus Resources!) This kit will tell you what you need to know to earn more in system administration and security. Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Feb 13, 2018 Hackers Exploit 'Telegram Messenger' Zero-Day Flaw to Spread Malware A zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in the desktop version for end-to-end encrypted Telegram messaging app that was being exploited in the wild in order to spread malware that mines cryptocurrencies such as Monero and ZCash. The Telegram vulnerability was uncovered by security researcher ... Read More PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Disrupted by Malware Attack The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics taking place in South Korea was disrupted over the weekend following a malware attack before and during the opening ceremony on Friday. The cyber attack coincided with 12 hours of downtime on the official website for the Winter Games, the collapse of Wi-Fi in the ... Read More Thousands of Government Websites Hacked to Mine Cryptocurrencies There was a time when hackers simply defaced websites to get attention, then they started hijacking them to spread banking trojan and ransomware, and now the trend has shifted towards injecting scripts into sites to mine cryptocurrencies. Thousands of government websites around the world have been ... Read More Russian Scientists Arrested for Using Nuclear Weapon Facility to Mine Bitcoins Two days ago when infosec bods claimed to have uncovered what's believed to be the first case of a SCADA network (a water utility) infected with cryptocurrency-mining malware, a batch of journalists accused other authors of making fear-mongering headlines, taunting that the next headline could be ... Read More WordPress Update Breaks Automatic Update Feature—Apply Manual Update WordPress administrators are once again in trouble. WordPress version 4.9.3 was released earlier this week with patches for a total 34 vulnerabilities, but unfortunately, the new version broke the automatic update mechanism for millions of WordPress websites. WordPress team has now issued a new ... Read More System Administration & Security - Salary & Skills Report (Plus 3 Bonus Resources!) This kit will tell you what you need to know to earn more in system administration and security. Download Now Sponsored This email was sent to balvistudio4.raaj@blogger.com. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from The Hacker News. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please click here. Contact The Hacker News: info@thehackernews.com Unsubscribe The Hacker News | Pearls Omaxe, Netaji Subash Place, Pitampura, Delhi 110034 India