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Hackers found selling private messages of 81k hacked Facebook accounts
By Waqas Unsurprisingly, the price of each account is just 10 cents 8p. Last September, the social media giant Facebook revealed that it suffered a data breach in which hackers managed to steal access tokens of over 50 million accounts after exploiting a vulnerability in its View As feature. A...
Facebook Blames Malicious Extensions in Breach of 81K Private Messages
Hackers have published what they claim are private messages from at least 81,000 Facebook accounts – and they say the trove contains a fraction of the details they have from a larger cadre of 120 million accounts. In an English-language Dark Web advertisement now taken down, the perpetrators...
Apple's New MacBook Disconnects Microphone "Physically" When Lid is Closed
Apple introduces a new privacy feature for all new MacBooks that "at some extent" will prevent hackers and malicious applications from eavesdropping on your conversations. Apple's custom T2 security chip in the latest MacBooks includes a new hardware feature that physically disconnects the...
Cathay Pacific hit by massive data breach; 10 million passengers affected
By Waqas Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways Limited has suffered a massive data breach in which personal data of 9.4 million customers has been stolen by unknown hackers. Cathay Pacific states that the stolen data includes passenger name, date of birth, nationality, email, phone number, frequent...
This Week in Security News: Apex One™ Release and Java Usage Tracker Flaws
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, Apex One enters as the evolution of Trend Micro’s endpoint security solution for enterprise. Also, learn about Java Usage Tracker’s new...
DarkPulsar FAQ
What's it all about? In March 2017, a group of hackers calling themselves "the Shadow Brokers" published a chunk of stolen data that included two frameworks: DanderSpritz and FuzzBunch. The Fuzzbunch framework contains various types of plugins designed to analyze victims, exploit vulnerabilities,...
Information operations on Twitter: new data released on election tampering
Back in April, we talked about the wealth of options available to Russian hackers and others launching social engineering campaigns, whether on social networks or through clever attacks launched via Advanced Persistent Threats. Some of that was information published by Twitter at the time in...
Facebook Offers Details on ‘View As’ Breach, Revises Numbers
The data breach first disclosed by Facebook in September has directly impacted the access tokens of 30 million accounts, the social media giant confirmed Friday. Facebook recently admitted that hackers exploited a flaw in its “View As” feature, which lets users see what their profiles look like...
30 Million Facebook Accounts Were Hacked: Check If You're One of Them
Late last month Facebook announced its worst-ever security breach that allowed an unknown group of hackers to steal secret access tokens for millions of accounts by taking advantage of a flaw in the 'View As' feature. At the time of the initial disclosure, Facebook estimated that the number of...
30M Facebook breach; includes users phone numbers and location data
By Waqas FBI has asked Facebook not to discuss who may be behind this attack. On September 28th, 2018 the social media giant Facebook announced that it suffered a massive data breach in which hackers stole access tokens of millions of accounts after exploiting a critical vulnerability in its "Vie...
How Facebook Hackers Compromised 30 Million Accounts
Facebook has revealed more details about the unprecedented breach of its platform—including how hackers got away with the access tokens of 30 million users...
Shocking: Hackers using Googlebots in cryptomining malware attacks
By Waqas Hackers are abusing Googlebot servers to deliver malicious payloads. Last year, HackRead exclusively reported on how hackers were using Google Adwords and Google Sites to spread malware. Then came another shocking research from Cisco Talos exposing how hackers exploited Google Search...
Hackers illegally selling stolen Fortnite accounts & botnets on Instagram
By Waqas It is not happening on Dark Web but Instagram. Instagram has become much more than a platform to share your traveling, culinary, or fitness-related experiences, but a thriving portal for selling stolen accounts. Reportedly, hackers are using Instagram to sell access to botnets as well as...
Hackers are holding Instagram accounts of influencers for ransom
By Waqas The social media giant Facebook was hacked a few days ago after hackers exploited a vulnerability in its "View As" feature. As a result, 90 million users were affected but now, in another hacking spree hackers are targeting high-profile Instagram accounts and holding them for ransom - In...
Hackers Can Stealthily Avoid Traps Set to Defend Amazon's Cloud
In the cat and mouse game of protecting cloud services, attackers find a sneaky advantage...
Facebook Hacked — 10 Important Updates You Need To Know About
If you also found yourself logged out of Facebook on Friday, you are not alone. Facebook forced more than 90 million users to log out and back into their accounts in response to a massive data breach. On Friday afternoon, the social media giant disclosed that some unknown hackers managed to explo...
Facebook's Massive Security Breach: Everything We Know
Up to 50 million Facebook users were affected—and possibly 40 million more—when hackers compromised the social network's systems...
Facebook Data Breach Impacts Almost 50 Million Accounts
Facebook on Friday said that hackers have exploited a flaw in its platform that left the access tokens of almost 50 million Facebook accounts ripe for the taking. Access tokens are the digital keys that keep users logged into Facebook so they don’t need to re-enter their password every time they...
Hackers Stole 50 Million Facebook Users' Access Tokens Using Zero-Day Flaw
Logged out from your Facebook account automatically? Well you're not alone… Facebook just admitted that an unknown hacker or a group of hackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in its social media platform that allowed them to steal secret access tokens for more than 50 million accounts. UPDATE...