Advanced StrongPity Hackers Target Syria and Turkey with Retooled Spyware

The Hacker News Daily Updates Networking Fundamentals ($27.99 Value) FREE for a Limited Time Become well-versed with basic networking concepts such as routing, switching, and subnetting, and prepare for the Microsoft 98-366 exam. Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Jun 30, 2020 Advanced StrongPity Hackers Target Syria and Turkey with Retooled Spyware Cybersecurity researchers today uncovered new details of watering hole attacks against the Kurdish community in Syria and Turkey for surveillance and intelligence exfiltration purposes. The advanced persistent threat behind the operation, called StrongPity, has retooled with new tactics to control ... Read More Russian Hacker Gets 9-Year Jail for Running Online Shop of Stolen Credit Cards A United States federal district court has finally sentenced a Russian hacker to nine years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty of running two illegal websites devoted to facilitating payment card fraud, computer hacking, and other crimes. Aleksei Yurievich Burkov, 30, pleaded guilty in ... Read More e-Commerce Site Hackers Now Hiding Credit Card Stealer Inside Image Metadata In what's one of the most innovative hacking campaigns, cybercrime gangs are now hiding malicious code implants in the metadata of image files to covertly steal payment card information entered by visitors on the hacked websites. "We found skimming code hidden within the metadata of an image file ... Read More 'Satori' IoT DDoS Botnet Operator Sentenced to 13 Months in Prison The United States Department of Justice yesterday sentenced a 22-year-old Washington-based hacker to 13 months in federal prison for his role in creating botnet malware, infecting a large number of systems with it, and then abusing those systems to carry out large scale distributed ... Read More WikiLeaks Founder Charged With Conspiring With LulzSec & Anonymous Hackers The United States government has filed a superseding indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange accusing him of collaborating with computer hackers, including those affiliated with the infamous LulzSec and "Anonymous" hacking groups. The new superseding indictment does not contain any ... Read More Networking Fundamentals ($27.99 Value) FREE for a Limited Time Become well-versed with basic networking concepts such as routing, switching, and subnetting, and prepare for the Microsoft 98-366 exam. 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