Major UK Security Provider Leaks Trove of Guard and Suspect Data

By Deeba Ahmed Over 1.2 million records were exposed in a major data breach at UK security firm Amberstone. Learn the potential impact, what to do if affected, and how to stay secure. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Major UK Security Provider Leaks Trove of Guard and...

How to check if your data was exposed in the AT&T breach

AT&T has notified US state authorities and regulators about its recent or not data breach, saying 51,226,382 people were affected. For those that have missed the story so far: Back in 2021, a hacker named Shiny Hunters claimed to have breached AT&T. On March 20, 2024, we reported how the data of...

Twitter’s Clumsy Pivot to X.com Is a Gift to Phishers

On April 9, Twitter/X began automatically modifying links that mention "twitter.com" to read "x.com" instead. But over the past 48 hours, dozens of new domain names have been registered that demonstrate how this change could be used to craft convincing phishing links -- such as fedetwitter.com,...

LayerSlider WordPress Plugin Flaw Impacts Over 1 Million Sites

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AT&T confirms 73 million people affected by data breach

Telecommunications giant AT&T has finally confirmed that 73 million current and former customers have been caught up in a massive dark web data leak. The leaked data includes names, addresses, mobile phone numbers, dates of birth, and social security numbers. Malwarebytes VP of Consumer Privacy,...

Powerloom Announces Expansion to Base as It Surpasses 5200 Snapshotter Lite Nodes

By Uzair Amir In the last 30 days, Powerloom generated over 250 million snapshots unique data points, with a daily increase to approximately 10 million snapshots This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Powerloom Announces Expansion to Base as It Surpasses 5200 Snapshotter Lite No...

After Denial, AT&T Confirms Data Breach Affecting 73 Million Users

By Waqas Another day, another massive data breach affecting critical infrastructure in the United States! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: After Denial, AT&T Confirms Data Breach Affecting 73 Million Users...

Ukraine Arrests Hackers for Selling 100 Million Email, Instagram Accounts

By Waqas Ukrainian police seized a massive trove of 100 million stolen email and Instagram accounts - Three individuals were… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ukraine Arrests Hackers for Selling 100 Million Email, Instagram Accounts...

The ‘AT&T breach’—what you need to know

Earlier this week, the data of over 70 million people was posted for sale on an online cybercrime forum. The person selling the data claims it stems from a 2021 breach at AT&T. Back in 2021, a hacker named Shiny Hunters claimed to have breached AT&T and put the alleged stolen data up for sale for...

Exit Scam: BlackCat Ransomware Group Vanishes After $22 Million Payout

The threat actors behind the BlackCat ransomware have shut down their darknet website and likely pulled an exit scam after uploading a bogus law enforcement seizure banner. "ALPHV/BlackCat did not get seized. They are exit scamming their affiliates," security researcher Fabian Wosar said. "It is...

U.S. Charges Iranian Hacker, Offers $10 Million Reward for Capture

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ on Friday unsealed an indictment against an Iranian national for his alleged involvement in a multi-year cyber-enabled campaign designed to compromise U.S. governmental and private entities. More than a dozen entities are said to have been targeted, including th...

CutOut.Pro AI Tool Data Breach: Hacker Leak 20 Million User Info

By Waqas In an exclusive statement to Hackread.com, CutOut.Pro denied the breach and labeled the leak as a 'clear scam.' This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: CutOut.Pro AI Tool Data Breach: Hacker Leak 20 Million User Info...

PT-2024-2150 · Hikvision · Hikcentral Professional

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: HikCentral Professional affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to insufficient server-side validation, which could allow an attacker to gain access to certain URLs that they should not have access to. This is a...

WordPress LiteSpeed Plugin Vulnerability Puts 5 Million Sites at Risk

A security vulnerability has been disclosed in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that could enable unauthenticated users to escalate their privileges. Tracked as CVE-2023-40000, the vulnerability was addressed in October 2023 in version 5.7.0.1. "This plugin suffers from unauthenticated...

LoanDepot Ransomware Attack Leads to Data Breach; 17 Million Impacted

By Waqas LoanDepot identified the ransomware attack on January 4, 2024 This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: LoanDepot Ransomware Attack Leads to Data Breach; 17 Million Impacted...

NCA’s LockBit Takedown: Source Code, Arrests and Recovery Tool Revealed

By Waqas To date, the LockBit ransomware gang targeted over 2,000 victims and received more than $120 million in ransom payments. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: NCAs LockBit Takedown: Source Code, Arrests and Recovery Tool Revealed...

Massive Cloud Database Leak Exposes 380 Million Records

By Waqas Another day, another Cloud database leak in the wild! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Massive Cloud Database Leak Exposes 380 Million Records...

U.S. Offers $10 Million Bounty for Info Leading to Arrest of Hive Ransomware Leaders

The U.S. Department of State has announced monetary rewards of up to $10 million for information about individuals holding key positions within the Hive ransomware operation. It is also giving away an additional $5 million for specifics that could lead to the arrest and/or conviction of any perso...

Ripple Co-Founder’s Personal XRP Wallet Breached in $112 Million Hack

By Deeba Ahmed Ripple’s co-founder Chris Larsen has acknowledged that his personal XRP wallet was hacked. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ripple Co-Founders Personal XRP Wallet Breached in $112 Million Hack...

Hackers Crack Tesla Twice, Rake in $1.3 Million at Pwn2Own Automotive

By Deeba Ahmed Vendors have 90 days to release security patches before Trend Micro publicly discloses it. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Crack Tesla Twice, Rake in $1.3 Million at Pwn2Own Automotive...