Database with 271 million Wattpad accounts leaked on hacker forum

By Waqas Wattpad database has been published on an English and Russian speaking hacker forum. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Database with 271 million Wattpad accounts leaked on hacker forum...

GReAT Ideas follow-up

On June 17, we hosted our first "GReAT Ideas. Powered by SAS" session, in which several experts from our Global Research and Analysis Team shared insights into APTs and threat actors, attribution, and hunting IoT threats. Here is a brief summary of the agenda from that webinar: Linking attacks to...

Leaked Details of 142 Million MGM Hotel Guests Found for Sale Online

Researchers have found 142 million personal details from former guests at the MGM Resorts hotels for sale on the dark web, evidence that a data leak from the hotel chain last summer may be far bigger in scope than previously thought. An advertisement on a hacker forum has put 142,479,937 details...

Hacker steals databases from breach monitoring site; sells them online

By Sudais Asif DataViper, a breach monitoring site is owned by... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker steals databases from breach monitoring site; sells them online...

Kasa camera flaw allows enumerating usernames for credential stuffing

By Sudais Asif The hacker who happens to be a hobbyist farmer and Kasa camera... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Kasa camera flaw allows enumerating usernames for credential stuffing...

This Week in Security News: 15 Billion Credentials Currently Up for Grabs on Hacker Forums and New Mirai Variant Expands Arsenal

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, read about how fifteen billion usernames and passwords for a range of internet services are currently for sale on underground forums. Also,...

Feds indict Fxmsp hacker who breached anti-virus firms to sell data

By Sudais Asif The Fxmsp hacker is a Kazakhstani citizen who... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Feds indict Fxmsp hacker who breached anti-virus firms to sell data...

DuckDuckGo collecting user browsing data without consent (Updated)

By Sudais Asif An ethical hacker on Twitter revealed how DuckDuckGo intentionally... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DuckDuckGo collecting user browsing data without consent Updated...

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...

Russian hacker Aleksei Burkov jailed for 9 years in US

By Deeba Ahmed Russian computer hacker and cyber criminal Aleksei Burkov was... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian hacker Aleksei Burkov jailed for 9 years in US...

Russian Cybercrime Boss Burkov Gets 9 Years

A well-connected Russian hacker once described as “an asset of supreme importance” to Moscow was sentenced on Friday to nine years in a U.S. prison after pleading guilty to running a site that sold stolen payment card data, and to administering a highly secretive crime forum that counted among it...

Satori Botnet Creator Sentenced to 13 Months in Prison

A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to more than a year in prison for developing Mirai botnet variants that compromised hundreds of thousands of devices worldwide. The man, Kenneth Currin Schuchman, of Vancouver, Wash., was sentenced to 13 months in prison after pleading guilty to creating and...

Hackers manipulating Google searches to spread nasty Mac malware

By Sudais Asif Currently, Mac malware like macOS Shlayer and macOS Bundlore are being spread by hackers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers manipulating Google searches to spread nasty Mac malware...

What Is a Side Channel Attack?

Computers constantly give off more information than you might realize—which hackers can use to pry out their secrets...

Dark web hacker leaks sensitive Indian defense contractor data

By Waqas Indian defense contactor Bharat Earth Movers Limited BEML has been hacked. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Dark web hacker leaks sensitive Indian defense contractor data...

Hosting Provider's Database of Crooked Customers Leaked

A hacker has leaked online the database of the largest free hosting service popular with cybercriminals, the result of a breach that took down the service earlier this year, according to a published report. A hacker going by the online name of “KingNull” uploaded on a file-hosting site a database...

Career Choice Tip: Cybercrime is Mostly Boring

When law enforcement agencies tout their latest cybercriminal arrest, the defendant is often cast as a bravado outlaw engaged in sophisticated, lucrative, even exciting activity. But new research suggests that as cybercrime has become dominated by pay-for-service offerings, the vast majority of...

Hackers Sell Data from 26 Million LiveJournal Users on Dark Web

A database containing credentials from more than 26 million LiveJournal accounts has been leaked online and is being sold on the Dark Web and hacker forums. The data contained in the files appears to be from a 2014 incident in which 33 million accounts were hacked, according to a published report...

Exclusive: Hacker selling 500 million Facebook user data from 82 countries

By Waqas The entire database is being sold for $30,000 on a hacker forum. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Exclusive: Hacker selling 500 million Facebook user data from 82 countries...

Going dark: encryption and law enforcement

UPDATE, 05/22/2020: In the advent of the EARN IT Act, the debate on government subversion of encryption has reignited. Given that the material conditions of the technology have not changed, and the arguments given in favor of the bill are not novel, we've decided to republish the following blog...