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...

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...

Man arrested for possession of 58 terabytes of child sexual abuse material

By Carolina On May 15th, 2018, a man from Allen city Texas This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Man arrested for possession of 58 terabytes of child sexual abuse material...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

British judge says Julian Assange will not be extradited to the US

By Deeba Ahmed The US' fight to get Wikileaks founder Julian Assange extradited so that he could stand a trial in a US court doesn't seem to conclude anytime soon. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: British judge says Julian Assange will not be extradited to the US...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

US Navy Tweets about Julian Assange after his account disappeared

By Carolina While people around the world are celebrating Christmas, WikiLeaks founder This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US Navy Tweets about Julian Assange after his account disappeared...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Silk Road Admin Pleads Guilty- Might Receive 20 Years Jail Time

By Waqas An Irish national Gary Davis, who is also known as Libertas, has pleaded guilty to charges related to drug trafficking and is now facing up to 20 years in prison. Davis is accused of running the infamous marketplace Silk Road and served as forum moderator and site administrator while he...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Palo Alto Patches 0-Day (CVE-2024-3400) Exploited by Python Backdoor

By Deeba Ahmed Firewall on fire! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Palo Alto Patches 0-Day CVE-2024-3400 Exploited by Python Backdoor...

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...

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...

Police shut down illegal video streaming app Mobdro with 100M users

By Habiba Rashid Authorities have arrested 4 people from Spain and Andorra while servers behind Mobdro have also been seized. Here's why it happened. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Police shut down illegal video streaming app Mobdro with 100M users...

German army’s sensitive data found on laptop bought from eBay

By Sudais Asif When dug, it turns out that the laptop contained highly sensitive information including military secrets. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: German army's sensitive data found on laptop bought from eBay...

Google kicks out 600 malicious apps from Play Store

By Sudais Asif Google has kicked out 600 malicious apps from Play Store - Here's what happened and why it's good news. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google kicks out 600 malicious apps from Play Store...

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...

An info stealer .exe malware is targeting Mac users around the globe

By Waqas Cybercriminals have identified a unique method of attacking Mac devices, which involves exploiting executable or .EXE files. Those files that can be executed both on Mac and Windows devices have the potential of infecting Mac computers as these unload a .exe malware. Discovered by Trend...

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 ...

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...