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...

Code for Satori malware posted on Pastebin

By Waqas The code behind Satori malware which is a variant of This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Code for Satori malware posted on Pastebin...

New Android Ransomware Permanently Changes PIN, Demands Ransom

By Waqas DoubleLocker Android Ransomware Encrypts Data and Changes PIN to Permanently This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Android Ransomware Permanently Changes PIN, Demands Ransom...

iOS Flaw Makes Apple ID Passwords Prone to Phishing Attacks

By Uzair Amir According to the findings of Felix Krause, a mobile app This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: iOS Flaw Makes Apple ID Passwords Prone to Phishing Attacks...

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...

Pakistani Teen Shocks Scientist By Explaining Electric Honeycomb Phenomena

By Waqas Pakistani Teenager Explains Yet Ill-Understood Rose Window Phenomenon. The Rose This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Pakistani Teen Shocks Scientist By Explaining Electric Honeycomb Phenomena...

Alaska Voter Database Exposed Online

By Waqas IT security researchers at Kromtech Security Center discovered an unprotected database This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Alaska Voter Database Exposed Online...

OurMine hacks video hosting service Vevo; leaks 3.12TB data online

By Waqas Vevo Becomes Victim of Targeted Data Breach OurMine Hackers This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: OurMine hacks video hosting service Vevo; leaks 3.12TB data online...

What Type of Home Security System Should You Get?

By Waqas There are many reasons to invest in a home security system, especially in today’s day and age. But... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: What Type of Home Security System Should You Get?...

Federal Agency that maintains secure communication for Trump got hacked

By Deeba Ahmed The United States’ federal defense agency is responsible for ensuring safe communications with many high profile people including Trump. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Federal Agency that maintains secure communication for Trump got hacked...

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...

Getting a VPN in Japan

By David Balaban Virtual private networks VPN are very popular in Japan however.... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Getting a VPN in Japan...

How to Secure a Website by Monitoring DNS Records

By Waqas Although you may have ignored their existence, DNS servers are vital in creating DNS records and provide information about a domain or hostname, more specifically its current IP address. Here are some common DNS records. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to...

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...

5 Free Best Internet Speed Test Websites

By Uzair Amir There are tons of websites currently allowing users to check their Internet speed but only a few show accurate and authentic results. For your ease, we have completed a list of 10 of the best Internet speed test websites. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 5 Fr...

Selfie stealing malware found in popular Android beauty camera apps

By Waqas We all want to look perfect in the pictures that we post online and beauty camera apps are our best bet in order to fine-tune our pictures. However, according to the findings of Trend Micro researchers, these kinds of applications are performing more functions than what we think they are...

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...

Gang sentenced for installing card skimmers on gas pumps & stealing data

By Carolina On Wednesday, a group of ten individuals including the head of the group received a total of 30 years sentence. The group was involved in installation of card skimmers on gas pumps across five states in the US including main cities of Northeast Ohio. Through card skimmers, credit card...

ShinyHunters’ Instructure Canvas LMS and Vimeo Breaches Impact Millions of Users

ShinyHunters breached Instructure and Vimeo, exposing millions of student and user records through direct and supply chain attacks...

Black Basta Ransomware Suspected of Exploiting Windows 0-day Before Patch

The cybersecurity researchers at Symantec have found "strong evidence" suggesting that the Black Basta ransomware gang exploited a critical Windows vulnerability CVE-2024-26169 before it was patched by Microsoft on March 12, 2024, through its regular Patch Tuesday updates...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Top Play Store Weather app steals user data & sends to Chinese server

By Sudais The weather app called Weather Forecast: World Weather Accurate Radar on two of Alcatel's Android smartphone models, namely the Pixi 4 and A3 Max. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Top Play Store Weather app steals user data & sends to Chinese server...

An illegal prostitution ring took Kazakhstan offline

By Sudais On 31st July 2019, internet users within Kazakhstan experienced a show of dismay unseen before. Suddenly, hundreds of website could not be accessed. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: An illegal prostitution ring took Kazakhstan offline...

What makes a secure & successful website: A Guide

By Ryan De Souza There’s nothing more frustrating – especially for small and fledgling businesses – than making a huge investment in a sleek, modern website, only to see the traffic trickling in at alarmingly low numbers. Not only will this leave you feeling like you’ve wasted a huge amount of...

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...

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...

Worse than Equifax: Personal records of 340M people leaked online

By Waqas Last year the credit reporting firm Equifax revealed how unknown This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Worse than Equifax: Personal records of 340M people leaked online...

Microsoft Outlook bug expose Windows credentials to hackers

By Uzair Amir The bug would allow attackers to steal Windows credentials literally This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft Outlook bug expose Windows credentials to hackers...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sopra Steria records heavy financial loss after Ryuk ransomware attack

By Deeba Ahmed The company stated that it ‘rapidly’ blocked the ransomware attack; however, it had to bear heavy financial losses post the attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Sopra Steria records heavy financial loss after Ryuk ransomware attack...

Iranian hackers deface US government & African bank website

By Waqas Iranian hackers are back in action and this time they have found targets in the US and Africa. Here's what happened: This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Iranian hackers deface US government & African bank website...

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...

100s of Flashlight apps on Play Store ask for dangerous permissions

By Sudais Just now Avast has released a report that details an analysis of 937 flashlight apps on Google's Play Store and the variety of permissions that they seek which can be categorized into the following. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 100s of Flashlight apps on Play...

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...

Hackers steal 560,000 user accounts in XKCD forum breach

By Waqas If you have an account on XKCD change your password right now and also change the password on other accounts in case you used the same password. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers steal 560,000 user accounts in XKCD forum breach...

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...

Crooks are selling “Digital Doppelgangers” to bypass anti-fraud protection

By Waqas Financial Crimes to Reach an Unprecedented High by 2023 if Dark Web marketplaces like Genesis are allowed to Operate- Researchers Claim. According to the latest research from Juniper Research, cybercriminals have developed a wide range of advanced tools to help users evade machine...

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...

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...