ATMJackpot Malware Stealing Cash From ATMs

By Waqas This new ATMJackpot malware originates from Hong Kong. A new This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: ATMJackpot Malware Stealing Cash From ATMs...

Boeing production plant hit by malware, apparently WannaCry ransomware

By Waqas The world's largest aerospace company Boeing has been hit by a This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Boeing production plant hit by malware, apparently WannaCry ransomware...

US government gets its hand on $15,000 iPhone cracking device

By Waqas Until a couple of weeks ago, Cellebrite was one of the This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US government gets its hand on $15,000 iPhone cracking device...

Data Stealer Malware Hits Critical Cyber Infrastructure in US and S.Korea

By Waqas IT security researchers at FireEye have discovered a malware that aims This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Data Stealer Malware Hits Critical Cyber Infrastructure in US and S.Korea...

DolphinAttack: Voice Assistant Apps Siri and Alexa Can Be Hacked

By Waqas Mainstream Voice Assistants Including Siri and Alexa Plagued with Serious This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DolphinAttack: Voice Assistant Apps Siri and Alexa Can Be Hacked...

Emotet malware reemerges, building botnet via Trickbot malware

By Deeba Ahmed Bad news for the cybersecurity fraternity. Emotet malware that was dubbed the World's Most Dangerous and Widely Spread Malware is back. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Emotet malware reemerges, building botnet via Trickbot malware...

SEC charges dark web user of insider trading, money laundering

By Deeba Ahmed The accused is a Greek national who used AlphaBay marketplace with the alias "The Bull" on the dark web for insider trading information. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: SEC charges dark web user of insider trading, money laundering...

SolarWinds hackers using NativeZone backdoor against 24 countries

By Waqas Microsoft has disclosed that the SolarWinds hackers or SolarWinds supply chain attack-fame threat actors are back in action. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: SolarWinds hackers using NativeZone backdoor against 24 countries...

Hackers phish 615,000 login credentials by using Facebook ads

By Sudais Asif Once again, Facebook ads have been misused by cybercriminals in a large-scale phishing scam to steal victims' login credentials. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers phish 615,000 login credentials by using Facebook ads...

Winnti hacking group hits gaming firms with new backdoor malware

By Deeba Ahmed Winnti hacking group previously targeted GRAVITY gaming firm in South Korea. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Winnti hacking group hits gaming firms with new backdoor malware...

Dark Web search engine Kilos lets users find hidden marketplaces

By Waqas The kilos search engine can be accessed through the Tor browser but not everyone is talking positively about it. Here's why. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Dark Web search engine Kilos lets users find hidden marketplaces...

Online Privacy: What to Expect in 2020

By Uzair Amir Without much ado, let's see what to expect in the world of online privacy in 2020 and how to prepare for the new changes. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Online Privacy: What to Expect in 2020...

New Linux vulnerability puts VPN connections at risk of hijacking

By Waqas Researchers believe that vulnerability can specifically affect VPN users by hijacking encrypted traffic. Here's how it happens... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Linux vulnerability puts VPN connections at risk of hijacking...

7 Tips to Increase Your WordPress Security

By Uzair Amir Do you have a Wordpress website? Here are some quick and easy tips to increase your Wordpress security and keep your site safe. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 7 Tips to Increase Your WordPress Security...

Insights and Tips on Video Compression using VLC

By Owais Sultan Video compression is a technique of converting a video into a smaller sized file compared to the original video by erasing repetitive and non-functional content of the source video file. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Insights and Tips on Video Compressio...

ShadowHammer: ASUS software updates exploited to distribute malware

By Waqas The victims of ShadowHammer malware attack are Windows users. Kaspersky Lab researchers have made a startling new revelation that the world’s leading computer maker ASUS’s live software update system was compromised by cybercriminals to install a backdoor, which affected ASUS customers...

415,000 routers infected by cryptomining malware – Prime target MikroTik

By Waqas According to a new report, around 415,000 routers throughout the world are infected with malware having the potential to steal computer resources and discreetly mine for the cryptocurrency. The campaign is an active one and it primarily targets MikroTik routers. Researchers claim that th...

Hacker vows to delete Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook account; reports it for bounty instead

By Waqas Hacker Cancels Plan to Live Stream Deletion of Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Account. It was just yesterday when Facebook announced that it was hacked after attackers exploited a vulnerability in its View As feature and gained access to over 50 million accounts. Now, a well-known hacker fro...

Dark Web: US court seizes assets and properties of deceased AlphaBay operator

By Carolina AlphaBay was one of the largest dark web marketplaces - In 2017, its admin Alexandre Cazes committed suicide in a Thai prison. The Fresno Division of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California has finally concluded a 14-month long civil forfeiture case and allowed...

8 Google Maps hidden places You are not allowed to see

By Waqas If you thought you have seen it all then you This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 8 Google Maps hidden places You are not allowed to see...

Hackers attack Casino’s fish tank thermometer to obtain sensitive data

By Waqas The Internet of Things IoT has transformed the way we This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers attack Casino’s fish tank thermometer to obtain sensitive data...

Acer Laptop Vulnerability Allows Malware Infection During Secure Boot

By Deeba Ahmed ESET assigned the vulnerability a CVSS score of 8.1 and tracked it as CVE-2022-4020. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Acer Laptop Vulnerability Allows Malware Infection During Secure Boot...

Unpatched vulnerable VPN servers hit by Cring ransomware

By Deeba Ahmed According to Kaspersky's researchers, Cring ransomware operators are targeting vulnerable Fortinet VPN devices/servers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Unpatched vulnerable VPN servers hit by Cring ransomware...

Cyber criminals using Coronavirus emergency to spread malware

By Waqas Yes, you read that right! Coronavirus is being used to spreads dangerous Emotet trojan! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cyber criminals using Coronavirus emergency to spread malware...

Google hackers successfully use remote exploit to hack iPhone

By Waqas From law enforcement to hacking firms everyone wants to hack iPhone security researchers at Google have done it again. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google hackers successfully use remote exploit to hack iPhone...

Signal app flaw allowed incoming calls to be connected without user interaction

By Sudais This little eavesdropping process happened to be possible because of a method named "handleCallConnected" in their Android client. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Signal app flaw allowed incoming calls to be connected without user interaction...

White hat hackers infect Canon DSLR camera with ransomware

By Waqas In a blog post published by Check Point, researchers have demonstrated how malicious hackers can remotely infect Canon DSLR camera with malware and lockout user from accessing their personal data including private photos and video files which can be a highly lucrative target for...

How to identify & protect yourself from online dating scams

By Waqas The Internet is an addictive world due to its unlimited and lucrative opportunities for people from almost every facet of life. Some use the Internet to make money, some use it to keep in touch with their loved ones, and some to find love - and then there are those who use it for nefario...

Inside job: Bithumb crypto exchange hacked again; loses $20 million

By Waqas This is the third time that Bithumb has been hacked to steal millions in cryptocurrency. Crypto industry is being hammered by cybercriminals with full frequency lately. There are reports of a new attack against South Korean bitcoin exchange called Bithumb due to which the exchange got...

Indian police & Microsoft busts tech support scam centers

By Uzair Amir You may have watched YouTube videos about tech support scam tricking unsuspecting users into believing that their devices have been compromised with some nasty malware and the only way to get rid of it is to pay the technician for their "services" over the phone or Skype call. This...

Dunkin Donuts Perks loyalty data breach: Change your password

By Waqas Dunkin Donuts says it has suffered a data breach in which customer data of its DD Perks loyalty program may have been stolen - The DD Perk is a reward program for the company's regular customers. According to a now-inaccessible security advisory, Dunkin Donuts stated that the data breach...

Swedish court tells ISP to block The Pirate Bay in the country

By Waqas Another day, another court order against The Pirate Bay TPB. This time, the Patent and Market Court of Sweden has ordered the telephone company and mobile network operator Telia to block The Pirate Bay and other torrenting websites including NyaFilmer, FMovies, and Dreamfilm in the...

Teen arrested for DDoS attack on ProtonMail & making fake bomb threats

By Waqas ProtonMail, a Swiss-based end-to-end email encryption service, has announced the name of one of the attackers involved in the DDoS attack against the company earlier this year. Due to the attack, the email service of ProtonMail stopped responding for a minute several times despite having...

CamuBot Malware Camouflaged as Bank Security App to Steal Credentials

By Waqas A new banking malware has been discovered that is targeting bank customers in Brazil. Dubbed as CamuBot, it is identified to be a unique malware because it is disguised as a necessary security module of the bank. The malware can also bypass the biometric authentication feature, which is ...

Google, PlayStation & NRA suffered DDoS attacks via Memcached servers

By Waqas By now the vulnerability in Memcached Servers has been exposed to This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google, PlayStation & NRA suffered DDoS attacks via Memcached servers...

Kill Switch Can Mitigate Massive DDoS Attacks Via Memcached Servers

By Waqas Recently we informed our readers about how attackers are abusing This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Kill Switch Can Mitigate Massive DDoS Attacks Via Memcached Servers...

Cybercriminals Selling Social Security Numbers of Infants on Dark Web

By Waqas Dark Web has become a creepy place since it is This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cybercriminals Selling Social Security Numbers of Infants on Dark Web...

OnePlus website hacked; credit card data of 40,000 users stolen

By Waqas If you are a OnePlus customer and bought their products This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: OnePlus website hacked; credit card data of 40,000 users stolen...

Operator of hacked password service Leakedsource.com arrested

By Waqas On January 27, 2017, the breach notification and password service Leakedsource.com This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Operator of hacked password service Leakedsource.com arrested...

How SS7 Flaw Can Be Used to Hack Gmail ID and Bitcoin Wallet

By Waqas An old vulnerability in the Signalling System No. 7 SS7 This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How SS7 Flaw Can Be Used to Hack Gmail ID and Bitcoin Wallet...

watchTowr Warns of Active Exploitation of SonicWall SMA 100 Devices

watchTowr reveals active exploitation of SonicWall SMA 100 vulnerabilities CVE-2024-38475 & CVE-2023-44221 potentially leading to full system takeover…...

Fake PoC Script Used to Trick Researchers into Downloading VenomRAT

By Waqas New Malware Campaign Targets CVE-2023-40477 Vulnerability in WinRAR - Researchers Advise Users to Update WinRAR and Be Cautious of Clicking on Links. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake PoC Script Used to Trick Researchers into Downloading VenomRAT...

Critical Flaw Exploited to Bypass Fortinet Products and Compromise Orgs

By Waqas The flaw is tracked as CVE-2022-40684 in FortiOS, while its exploit is being sold on a popular Russian hacker forum. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Critical Flaw Exploited to Bypass Fortinet Products and Compromise Orgs...

Poker player jailed for illegal video streaming, downloading websites

By Deeba Ahmed Talon White has received 12 months of prison sentence after being involved in the illegal streaming of copyright-protected TV shows and movies. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Poker player jailed for illegal video streaming, downloading websites...

How to repair suspect database in SQL Server

By Waqas Programs work with databases, and if the database crashes essential information can be lost and this will be disastrous to the user. So what are your options? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to repair suspect database in SQL Server...

Moscow’s cable car service shuts down in 2 days after ransomware attack

By Waqas The first cable-car service was launched in Moscow this Tuesday, and free rides to and from Luzhniki Stadium were promised to the visitors throughout the first month. Naturally, people were eager to ride the cable-car and thronged the location. However, much to their dismay, only after a...

Critical Vulnerability in Drupal CMS Used for Cryptomining

By Uzair Amir For your information, Drupal is also an open-source content management This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Critical Vulnerability in Drupal CMS Used for Cryptomining...

Hacker erase 1 terabyte of data from spyware developers server

By Waqas Another day, another data breach - This time it is Retina-X This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker erase 1 terabyte of data from spyware developers server...

CrossRAT keylogging malware targets Linux, macOS & Windows PCs

By Waqas Another day, another malware - This time, it is CrossRAT malware This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: CrossRAT keylogging malware targets Linux, macOS & Windows PCs...

Fake Symantec Blog Caught Spreading Proton macOS Malware

By Waqas In February this year, HackRead published a detailed report on Proton malware This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake Symantec Blog Caught Spreading Proton macOS Malware...