SpriteCoin cryptocurrency ransomware spy on user, steal saved passwords

By Waqas Another day, another ransomware scam but this time scammers are This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: SpriteCoin cryptocurrency ransomware spy on user, steal saved passwords...

Hacker demands ransom in Bitcoin after taking over hospital servers

By Uzair Amir It is a fact that the healthcare industry has been This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker demands ransom in Bitcoin after taking over hospital servers...

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...

WikiLeaks’ Vault 8 Leaks Show CIA Impersonated Kaspersky Lab

By Waqas Wikileaks released the source code for Hive on Thursday, a CIA This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: WikiLeaks Vault 8 Leaks Show CIA Impersonated Kaspersky Lab...

User claims Facebook employees went through his file sent in private chat

By Waqas It is a well-known fact that Facebook, the social media This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: User claims Facebook employees went through his file sent in private chat...

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...

NFT Marketplace OpenSea Suffers Data Breach- Users’ Email IDs Leaked

By Deeba Ahmed In a blog post published Wednesday, OpenSea said the issue was caused by an employee of Customer.io, which is… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: NFT Marketplace OpenSea Suffers Data Breach- Users Email IDs Leaked...

Hackers leak data, 600k card info from Swarmshop cybercrime forum

By Habiba Rashid Swarmshop data breach took place on March 17th, 2021 when an unknown hacker group leaked the data on underground hacker forums. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers leak data, 600k card info from Swarmshop cybercrime forum...

Is It Illegal To Watch Netflix Using a VPN?

By Waqas It’s reported that approximately 3 in every 10 VPN users stream Netflix each month to access a more extensive content library, but is it legal? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Is It Illegal To Watch Netflix Using a VPN?...

Fake supreme court subpoena phishing scam steals Office 365 credentials

By Sudais Asif The new phishing scams redirect users multiple times and also uses CAPTCHA before stealing credentials. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake supreme court subpoena phishing scam steals Office 365 credentials...

“Operation Poisoned News” infecting iPhones with LightSpy spyware

By Deeba Ahmed The operation uses "Local News Websites" to spread spyware infection. Here's what's going on and how. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: "Operation Poisoned News" infecting iPhones with LightSpy spyware...

What Brings The Essence Of Secured Web Hosting

By Uzair Amir Here's why secure hosting is a must! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: What Brings The Essence Of Secured Web Hosting...

Whistleblower says Apple contractors listen to your Siri conversions

By Uzair Amir A whistleblower is claiming that the tech giant Apple is listening to Siri recording and allegedly, the Apple Watch is also playing a big role in collecting these records. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Whistleblower says Apple contractors listen to your Si...

WhatsApp flaw lets hackers install spyware on iOS & Android devices

By Ryan De Souza It is unclear whether the WhatsApp vulnerability has been exploited or how many victims have been targeted. WhatsApp is used by roughly 1.5 billion people around the world, and the presence of a security hole that can be exploited for conducting spying on targeted individuals is...

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...

What If Your VPN Keeps Logs and Why You Should Care

By David Balaban Have you ever asked yourself the question: “So what if my VPN keeps logs?" Don't worry. It's a good question to ask. It means you're actually curious about the nuances of data collection, management and how they affect you. In order to answer this question, we first have to delve...

Zerodium is paying $2 million for Apple iOS remote jailbreak

By Waqas Zerodium, an infosec and premium zero-day acquisition platform known for selling zero-day exploits to governments has announced that it will be paying a huge amount of money to buy iOS remote jailbreak and exploits related to WhatsApp, iMessage, or SMS/MMS. See: Zerodium uses Twitter to...

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...

John McAfee backed Bitfi wallet pwned again

By Uzair Amir The presumably unhackable Bitfi wallet backed by John McAfee has released a statement announcing that the unhackable tag will be removed from their marketing materials. The step comes after the device’s security was compromised by a Twitter user under the name @spudowiar. The...

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...

Muslim Hacktivists Hack ISIS website; expose 2,000 subscribers list

By Waqas Correction 6:33 AM ET: This article previously stated that hackers This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Muslim Hacktivists Hack ISIS website; expose 2,000 subscribers list...

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...

Python Malware in Zebo-0.1.0 and Cometlogger-0.1 Found Stealing User Data

Fortinet discovers two malicious Python packages, Zebo-0.1.0 and Cometlogger-0.1, designed to steal data, capture keystrokes, and gain system control. Learn about their malicious behavior and how to protect yourself...

Mandiant Tracks Four Uncategorized Groups Exploiting Citrix Vulnerability

By Waqas Mandiant Investigates Zero-Day Exploitation in Citrix Vulnerability, CVE-2023-4966. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Mandiant Tracks Four Uncategorized Groups Exploiting Citrix Vulnerability...

Calgary Parking Authority exposed sensitive data of residents

By Waqas In total, CPA exposed 502 GB worth of data without any security authentication. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Calgary Parking Authority exposed sensitive data of residents...

Microsoft warns of PetitPotam attack taking over Windows domains

By Deeba Ahmed Experts reveal that the PetitPotam attack forces remote Windows servers such as Domain Controllers to validate a malicious destination. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft warns of PetitPotam attack taking over Windows domains...

What to Do If Your Mac Keeps Freezing

By Owais Sultan In this article, we will explore the common reasons your Mac keeps freezing and the recommended solutions. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: What to Do If Your Mac Keeps Freezing...

Hacker leaks 150 million user records from Iranian Raychat app

By Waqas If you are on the Raychat app, here's what you should know about the breach and get in touch with the company to inquire about the data breach. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker leaks 150 million user records from Iranian Raychat app...

Windows 10 is about to get a Big Sun Valley update

By Owais Sultan Apparently, Windows 10 Sun Valley update will be one of the largest updates through which Microsoft hopes to “refresh the desktop PCs.” This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Windows 10 is about to get a Big Sun Valley update...

Cl0p ransomware gang leaks sensitive data from 6 US universites

By Habiba Rashid For now, there has been no confirmation from any of the universities if they were targeted and breached by the Cl0p ransomware gang. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cl0p ransomware gang leaks sensitive data from 6 US universites...

Cookiethief Android malware hijacks Facebook accounts without password

By Waqas Cookiethief Android malware hijacks Facebook accounts by using browser cookies it transfers to the attacker’s C&C server. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cookiethief Android malware hijacks Facebook accounts without password...

Virgin Media & T-Mobile data breach exposes customers data

By Deeba Ahmed Virgin Media and T-Mobile have suffered a data breach in which customers' data has been impacted. Heres's what happened. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Virgin Media & T-Mobile data breach exposes customers data...

Keep Your Home Protected: 5 Best Indoor Home Security Cameras

By Waqas We’ve listed five best indoor security cameras that are worth considering. So, take a read! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Keep Your Home Protected: 5 Best Indoor Home Security Cameras...

How to spot online dating scam and its never ending fakery

By Uzair Amir Dating can be hard, especially when you’re doing it online. Swiping right can always give you that little niggle in the back of your head, “are they who they say they are?” This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to spot online dating scam and its never ending...

How to have your favorite playlist with you using iMusic

By Uzair Amir Ever passed an avenue without seeing someone humming a song and heaving a headphone glued over their head? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to have your favorite playlist with you using iMusic...

Cyber ​​attacks cost $45 billion in 2018 with Ransomware at top

By Waqas An estimated 2 million cyberattacks took place in 2018 costing more than $45 billion in damages worldwide. The worse part is that while cyberattacks are surging authorities are struggling to tackle the growing threat, said study released on Tuesday. Ransomware attacks According to the...

Cellular networks worldwide hit by hackers in espionage attempt

By Uzair Amir Cybereason, an Israeli-US security firm based in Boston, has reported that certain nation-state hackers managed to compromise the systems of no less than ten cellular carriers across the globe to steal metadata of specific users. Without naming anyone, the company claims that the...

Toyota data breach: Hackers steal 3.1 million customers’ data

By Waqas Toyota suffers third consecutive data breach within a few weeks. World famous Japanese automobile maker Toyota has become the target of a third data breach only within two months’ time. In the latest data breach, it is reported that the company lost data of 3.1 million customers...

Cellular networks flaws expose 4G & 5G devices to IMSI capturing attacks

By Waqas A team of researchers has disclosed their findings at the NDSS Network and Distributed System Security symposium 2019 held in San Diego, revealing that cellular networks have certain vulnerabilities that can potentially affect not only 4G but 5G LTE protocols to IMSI capturing attacks. T...

Videographer sues Adobe after losing $250k worth of data through Premiere Pro bug

By Waqas A class action lawsuit has been filed by Dave Cooper, a freelance videographer, against Adobe for a bug in its video-editing software Premiere Pro that deleted years of his work within no time. Cooper software watched in horror as his important videos and clips got permanently deleted. I...

Elite North Koreans aren’t opposed to exploiting internet for financial gain

By David Balaban According to a report from Recorded Future, it seems the ruling elite in North Korea are now using the Internet more and more to take advantage of money-making opportunities and avoid various economic sanctions. Not only is the Kim regime utilizing interbank transfer systems,...

Employee infects US govt network with malware after visiting 9,000 porn sites

By Uzair Amir Due to the carelessness of an employee, who apparently was a porn fan, the network of the satellite imaging facility, the U.S. Geological Survey USGS at the EROS Center, South Dakota got infected with malware. An audit carried out by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s inspector...

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...

Uber driver recorded passengers & live-streamed videos on Twitch

By Carolina What is shocking about this incident is that what the Uber driver did was legal under Missouri law. Jason Gargac, an Uber and Lyft driver from St Louis Missouri, USA recorded and live-streamed his passengers' activities on the video-sharing website Twitch, without their consent and...

Meet Summit, world’s fastest AI-powered supercomputer

By Waqas Scientists at IBM along with researchers at Mellanox, Nvidia and RedHat have unveiled an Artificial This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Meet Summit, world's fastest AI-powered supercomputer...

Man hacked 200 firms & sold data of millions of users on dark web

By Waqas Grant West, a cunning hacker who goes by the online This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Man hacked 200 firms & sold data of millions of users on dark web...

A Facebook malware has compromised thousands of accounts

By Waqas The IT security researchers at Radware have discovered a sophisticated This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: A Facebook malware has compromised thousands of accounts...

Animal abuse website hacked; thousands of users exposed

By Waqas An animal abuse website or otherwise called a "bestiality" platform This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Animal abuse website hacked; thousands of users exposed...

$250k bounty for anyone exposing hackers behind Binance attempted attack

By Waqas The Chinese cryptocurrency exchange Binance is offering a whopping $250,000 This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: $250k bounty for anyone exposing hackers behind Binance attempted attack...