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...

Microsoft Bug Bounty Programs Year in Review: $13.6M in Rewards

Partnering with the security research community is an important part of Microsoft’s holistic approach to defending against security threats. Bug bounty programs are one part of this partnership. By discovering and reporting vulnerabilities to Microsoft through Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure...

Xmind 2020 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

Exploit Title: Xmind 2020 - XSS to RCE Exploit Author: TaurusOmar Date: May 4th, 2021 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Risk: High 8.8 Vendor Homepage: https://www.xmind.net/ Version: 2020 Tested on: Windows, Linux, MacOs Software Description: XMind, a full-featured mind mapping and...

A Barcode Scanner App With Millions of Downloads Goes Rogue

After an update in December, the app began infecting Android devices, bombarding users with ads on their default browser...

Security of Millions At Risk Due to Unpatched Android Apps

By Deeba Ahmed High-profile Android apps still aren't using the latest version of Google app's update library, jeopardizing hundreds of millions of smartphone users' security. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Security of Millions At Risk Due to Unpatched Android Apps...

Animal Jam data breach – Hacker leaks database with millions of accounts

By Waqas The developer of famous online playground Animal Jam has suffered a data breach that exposed tens of millions of users' data. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Animal Jam data breach - Hacker leaks database with millions of accounts...

Malicious Minecraft apps on Play Store scamming millions of users

By Sudais Asif Although these apps have been reported to Google, they are yet to be removed from the Play Store putting Minecraft users at risk of further scams. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Malicious Minecraft apps on Play Store scamming millions of users...

Google Removes 21 Malicious Android Apps from Play Store

Google has stepped in to remove several Android applications from the official Play Store following the disclosure that the apps in question were found to serve intrusive ads. The findings were reported by the Czech cybersecurity firm Avast on Monday, which said the 21 malicious apps list here we...

Experian South Africa Suffers Data Breach Affecting Millions; Attacker Identified

The South African arm of one of the world's largest credit check companies Experian yesterday announced a data breach incident that exposed personal information of millions of its customers. While Experian itself didn't mention the number of affect customers, in a report, the South African Bankin...

Experian South Africa Suffers Data Breach Affecting Millions; Attacker Identified

The South African arm of one of the world's largest credit check companies Experian yesterday announced a data breach incident that exposed personal information of millions of its customers. While Experian itself didn't mention the number of affect customers, in a report, the South African Bankin...

Zoom web client flaw could’ve let hackers crack meetings passcode

By Deeba Ahmed The vulnerability, if exploited, would have affected millions of Zoom users worldwide. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Zoom web client flaw could've let hackers crack meetings passcode...

Over 100 New Chrome Browser Extensions Caught Spying On Users

Google recently removed 106 more extensions from its Chrome Web Store after they were found illegally collecting sensitive user data as part of a "massive global surveillance campaign" targeting oil and gas, finance, and healthcare sectors. Awake Security, which disclosed the findings late last...

Israeli firm leaks database with addresses of millions of Americans

By Waqas Israeli marketing company Straffic has leaked personal sensitive data of millions of unsuspecting users mostly from the US and European countries. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Israeli firm leaks database with addresses of millions of Americans...

Owner of dark web Freedom hosting pleads guilty to host child abuse content

By Waqas The culprit ran a hosting firm on the dark web which was home to millions of images and videos showing explicit content against children. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Owner of dark web Freedom hosting pleads guilty to host child abuse content...

Stolen card data of millions of Wawa customers sold on dark web

By Waqas Wawa, as you may know was hacked earlier but now, it is time for the company to face its worse nightmare... the Dark Web! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Stolen card data of millions of Wawa customers sold on dark web...

Massive leak exposes browsing history of millions of users

By Sudais The data includes sensitive information including one’s browsing history that ended up embarrassing a lot of users. Here's what else was in there... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Massive leak exposes browsing history of millions of users...

Android Keyboard App Could Swindle 40M Users Out of Millions

Researchers are warning users to delete a popular Android keyboard app that, once downloaded, makes unauthorized purchases of premium digital content. Google told Threatpost it has removed the app from its Google Play marketplace – but researchers say it was downloaded on at least 40 million phon...

Leading Web Domain Name Registrars Disclose Data Breach

Another day, another massive data breach—this time affecting a leading web technology company, as well as both of its subsidiaries, from where millions of customers around the world have purchased domain names for their websites. The world's top domain registrars Web.com, Network Solutions, and...

Browser Extensions Scraped Data From Millions of People

Slack passwords, NSO spyware, and more of the week's top security news...

Freedom Mobile leaked millions of card data with CVV codes in plain text

By Uzair Amir The company claims it does not share user data with others but looks like it does. Another day, another data breach; this time an unprotected database has been discovered leaking personal and financial data of millions of Canadians. Identified by researchers at vpnMentor along with...