Millions of Web Camera and Baby Monitor Feeds Are Exposed

A vulnerability in the Kalay platform leaves countless IoT devices susceptible to hackers...

The T-Mobile Data Breach Is One You Can’t Ignore

Hackers claim to have obtained the data of 100 million people—including sensitive personal information...

Why Is There A Surge In Ransomware Attacks?

The U.S. is presently combating two pandemics--coronavirus and ransomware attacks. Both have partially shut down parts of the economy. However, in the case of cybersecurity, lax security measures allow hackers to have an easy way to rake in millions. It's pretty simple for hackers to gain...

Hackers steal $600 million in largest ever cryptocurrency heist

By Waqas As per Poly Network hackers exploited a vulnerability in contract calls where a contract can modify the keeper of a contract, execute transactions. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers steal $600 million in largest ever cryptocurrency heist...

2021 Mid-Year WordPress Security Report: A Collaboration Between Wordfence and WPScan

Wordfence has collaborated with WPScan to conduct a 2021 mid-year review on the state of WordPress security. Using attack data from Wordfence’s internal threat intelligence platform, and vulnerability data from WPScan’s vulnerability database, we were able to analyze the current trend of attacks ...

Experts Believe Chinese Hackers Are Behind Several Attacks Targeting Israel

A Chinese cyber espionage group has been linked to a string of intrusion activities targeting Israeli government institutions, IT providers, and telecommunications companies at least since 2019, with the hackers masquerading themselves as Iranian actors to mislead forensic analysis. FireEye's...

Someone pubished Conti ransomware gang’s sensitive insider data online

By Sudais Asif The member who goes by the username of “m1Geelka” expressed resentment on the notion that recruited hackers are not paid reasonably by the Conti ransomware gang. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Someone pubished Conti ransomware gangs sensitive insider data...

The 3 biggest threats reaching for your antivirus software’s off switch

Having antivirus AV software on your computer is a staple. Modern antivirus offers layered protection—a cybersecurity approach that uses multiple techniques in one package to keep you safe if you download a malicious file from the Internet, find yourself worrying after clicking a link on a direct...

Chinese Hackers Target Major Southeast Asian Telecom Companies

Three distinct clusters of malicious activities operating on behalf of Chinese state interests have staged a series of attacks to target networks belonging to at least five major telecommunications companies located in Southeast Asian countries since 2017. "The goal of the attackers behind these...

Hackers posed as aerobics instructors in malware attack on defense contractors

By Deeba Ahmed Iranian hackers used social media platforms especially Facebook to target employees of an aerospace defense contractor to steal their login credentials. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers posed as aerobics instructors in malware attack on defense...

Chinese Hackers Implant PlugX Variant on Compromised MS Exchange Servers

A Chinese cyberespionage group known for targeting Southeast Asia leveraged flaws in the Microsoft Exchange Server that came to light earlier this March to deploy a previously undocumented variant of a remote access trojan RAT on compromised systems. Attributing the intrusions to a threat actor...

Hackers Posed as Aerobics Instructors for Years to Target Aerospace Employees

An Iranian cyberespionage group masqueraded as an aerobics instructor on Facebook in an attempt to infect the machine of an employee of an aerospace defense contractor with malware as part of a years-long social engineering and targeted malware campaign. Enterprise security firm Proofpoint...

Biden Puts a $10M Bounty on Foreign Hackers

Plus: REvil goes dark, spyware runs amok, and more of the week's top security news...

Hackers Got Past Windows Hello by Tricking a Webcam

The security researchers used infrared photos and third-party hardware to best Microsoft’s facial-recognition tech...

SolarWinds hackers exploited iOS 0-day to compromise iPhones

By Deeba Ahmed According to Google, SolarWinds hackers exploited an iOS 0-day vulnerability to hack iPhones and made millions from targeting phones worldwide. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: SolarWinds hackers exploited iOS 0-day to compromise iPhones...

Facebook Suspends Accounts Used by Iranian Hackers to Target US Military Personnel

Facebook on Thursday disclosed it dismantled a "sophisticated" online cyber espionage campaign conducted by Iranian hackers targeting about 200 military personnel and companies in the defense and aerospace sectors in the U.S., U.K., and Europe using fake online personas on its platform. The socia...

U.S Govt launches new website to fight ransomware, help victims

By Sudais Asif The US government is also offering $10 million in rewards for information on foreign hackers involved in ransomware attacks on the United States. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: U.S Govt launches new website to fight ransomware, help victims...

The SolarWinds Hackers Used an iOS Flaw to Compromise iPhones

Security researchers say the group exploited a zero-day in Apple’s operating system to target European government officials over LinkedIn...

Facebook Catches Iranian Spies Catfishing US Military Targets

The hackers posed as recruiters, journalists, and hospitality workers to lure their victims...

Chinese Hackers Exploited Latest SolarWinds 0-Day in Targeted Attacks

Microsoft on Tuesday disclosed that the latest string of attacks targeting SolarWinds Serv-U managed file transfer service with a now-patched remote code execution RCE exploit is the handiwork of a Chinese threat actor dubbed "DEV-0322." The revelation comes days after the Texas-based IT monitori...