17-Year-Old 'Mastermind', 2 Others Behind the Biggest Twitter Hack Arrested

A 17-year-old teen and two other 19 and 22-year-old individuals have reportedly been arrested for being the alleged mastermind behind the recent Twitter hack that simultaneously targeted several high-profile accounts within minutes as part of a massive bitcoin scam. According to the U.S. Departme...

17-Year-Old 'Mastermind', 2 Others Behind the Biggest Twitter Hack Arrested

A 17-year-old teen and two other 19 and 22-year-old individuals have reportedly been arrested for being the alleged mastermind behind the recent Twitter hack that simultaneously targeted several high-profile accounts within minutes as part of a massive bitcoin scam. According to the U.S. Departme...

Avoid these PayPal phishing emails

For the last few weeks, there’s been a solid stream of fake PayPal emails in circulation, twisting FOMO fear of missing out into DO THIS OR BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN. It’s one of the most common tools in the scammer’s arsenal, and a little pressure applied in the right way often brings results for...

Twitter: Epic Account Hack Caused by Mobile Spearphishing Scam

A mobile spearphishing attack targeting “a small number of employees” is what led to the unprecedented, major attack earlier in the month on high-profile Twitter accounts to push out a Bitcoin scam. The company posted an update late Thursday on the situation, which has been unfolding since July 1...

Chris Vickery: AI Will Drive Tomorrow’s Data Breaches

From malicious hacks to accidental misconfigurations, Chris Vickery has seen it all. But as cybercriminals continue to innovate, Vickery, the director of risk research with UpGuard, said one emerging security threat will “blindside” the world: “fakeable” voices. More bad actors using artificial...

Bill & Melinda Gates foundation impersonated in Bitcoin phishing scam

By Sudais Asif The importance of this Bitcoin phishing scam has increased... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Bill & Melinda Gates foundation impersonated in Bitcoin phishing scam...

Twitter Hack Update: What We Know (and What We Don't)

UPDATED 7/18 at 12:50 p.m. ET Earlier this week, Twitter locked down thousands of verified accounts, including the accounts of Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Apple, Uber and others, after it became clear that hackers had been able to compromise them. The tip-off? Suddenly these high-profile...

Twitter Hacked in Bitcoin Scam

It started with one weird tweet. Then another. Quickly, some of the most prominent accounts on Twitter were all sending out the same message; I am giving back to the community. All Bitcoin sent to the address below will be sent back double! If you send $1,000, I will send back $2,000. Only doing...

The Twitter Hack Could Have Been Much Worse—and Maybe Was

The meltdown appears to be part of a bitcoin scam and not something more nefarious, but security experts are troubled that it happened at all...

Coordinated Twitter attack rakes in 100 grand

Update 7/18/2020 Twitter released an update about the situation and their investigation on their blog. Update 8/2/2020 ZDNet published a timeline based on the court documents released by the DOJ "Im feeling generous because of Covid-19. Ill double any BTC payment sent to my BTC address for the ne...

Crypto scam: Twitter’s internal tool was used in hijacking verified accounts

By Waqas Twitter has acknowledged that hackers used its internal tool. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Crypto scam: Twitter's internal tool was used in hijacking verified accounts...

A New Flaw In Zoom Could Have Let Fraudsters Mimic Organisations

In a report shared with The Hacker News, researchers at cybersecurity firm CheckPoint today disclosed details of a minor but easy-to-exploit flaw they reported in Zoom, the highly popular and widely used video conferencing software. The latest Zoom flaw could have allowed attackers mimic an...

Several High-Profile Accounts Hacked in the Biggest Twitter Hack of All Time

Social media platform Twitter, earlier today on Wednesday, was on fire after it suffered one of the biggest cyberattacks in its history. A number of high-profile Twitter accounts, including those of US presidential candidate Joe Biden, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Uber, and Apple...

Several High-Profile Accounts Hacked in the Biggest Twitter Hack of All Time

Social media platform Twitter, earlier today on Wednesday, was on fire after it suffered one of the biggest cyberattacks in its history. A number of high-profile Twitter accounts, including those of US presidential candidate Joe Biden, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Uber, and Apple...

Twitter Confirms it was Hacked in an Unprecedented Cryptocurrency Scam

Twitter locked down thousands of verified accounts belonging to elite Twitter users and high-profile companies Wednesday afternoon in an effort to prevent hackers from perpetrating a massive cryptocurrency scam. The accounts fell victim to a compromise of the company’s internal systems by a group...

Prominent & verified Twitter accounts hacked to run crypto scam

By Waqas Official Twitter account of Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Justin Sun are among the list of hacked accounts used in the crypto scam. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Prominent & verified Twitter accounts hacked to run crypto scam...

Tax Day Fraud: “Identity Theft Subscriptions” in High Demand on the Dark Web

With billions of stolen usernames, passwords, banking information and more circulating on the dark web, identity theft is an evolving and lucrative business, one notorious for exploiting vulnerable times and vulnerable populations. COVID-19 was no exception, opening up a world of new opportunitie...

New smishing scam spreads fake TikTok App loaded with malware

By Deeba Ahmed The smishing scam is targeting TikTok app users and fans in... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New smishing scam spreads fake TikTok App loaded with malware...

FBI arrests Famous Instagrammer Ray Hushpuppi over $125m BEC scam

By Deeba Ahmed Ray Hushpuppi also targeted the English Premier League soccer club... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: FBI arrests Famous Instagrammer Ray Hushpuppi over $125m BEC scam...

Verified Instagram account running copyright infringement phishing scam

By Waqas Hackread.com can confirm that scammers have compromised The... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Verified Instagram account running copyright infringement phishing scam...