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...

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...

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...

4 Helpful Tips to Make Your WiFi Fast and Efficient

By Uzair Amir WiFi is great to have in the home — until it is as slow as molasses going uphill. It is frustrating to try to watch a movie or work from home only to have a slow connection put a dent in your day. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 4 Helpful Tips to Make Your...

Pakistani Govt’s passport application tracking site hacked with Scanbox framework

By Waqas Hackers are after anyone seeking Pakistani passport while there is no response from the website's administrator. Researchers at information security firm Trustwave have made a startling new discovery about data breach on a Pakistani government website involving the Scanbox Framework. It ...

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,...

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...

DNS rebinding attack puts half a billion IoT devices at risk

By Waqas Armis, an Internet of Things IoT security vendor and cyber-security firm, reports that about half a billion smart devices being used around the globe are vulnerable to a decade-old attack called DNS rebinding. It is the same firm that previously detected the presence of a BlueBorne...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Severe flaws in password managers let hackers extract clear-text passwords

By Waqas Password Managers aren’t as secure as you might assume - Security researchers claim that hackers can steal master passwords in PC memory. Password managers are considered as one of the most suitable options when it comes to keeping your online credentials safe from being hijacked and...

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...

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...

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...

Download Kali Linux 2018.2 with new security features

By Waqas Kali Linux 2018.2 is now available for download with new This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Download Kali Linux 2018.2 with new security features...

MailChimp Bans ICO & Blockchain Marketing- Fundraisers Devastated

By Waqas Well-known email distribution platform MailChimp announced a change in its This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: MailChimp Bans ICO & Blockchain Marketing- Fundraisers Devastated...

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...

Threat Actor Claims TikTok Breach, Puts 428 Million Records Up for Sale

Alleged TikTok Breach: Threat actor “Often9” claims to sell 428M user records, including emails, phones, and account details on dark web forum. TikTok is investigating!...

Xiid SealedTunnel: Unfazed by Yet Another Critical Firewall Vulnerability (CVE-2024-3400)

By Cyber Newswire Zero Knowledge Networking vendor shrugs off firewall flaw! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Xiid SealedTunnel: Unfazed by Yet Another Critical Firewall Vulnerability CVE-2024-3400...

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...

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...

Watch out for Shlayer malware targeting Mac devices

By Waqas Researchers believe Shlayer malware is the most widespread macOS threat... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Watch out for Shlayer malware targeting Mac devices...

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...

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...

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...

MySpace loses 12 years worth of photos, songs & video files

By Waqas MySpace says it happened during a server migration project. Last time the once prominent social network website MySpace made headlines in 2016 after it suffered a massive data breach in which personal data of 427 million users including emails and passwords was stolen and leaked online...

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...

Someone hacked 50,000 printers to promote PewDiePie YouTube channel

By Waqas Nearly 50,000 printers across the globe were hacked by a hacker using the alias TheHackerGiraffe for the sake of promoting PewDiePie’s YouTube channel and encouraging users to subscribe to the channel. The hacker claims that the primary motive behind this hijacking spree is to spread...

Facebook Messenger to offer Unsend feature to delete sent messages

By Waqas Facebook has made many efforts so far to refine its Messenger app. This year in May, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg along with other executives of the social network admitted that the Facebook Messenger has to be refined since the current app contained many useless features while lacked...

This Chrome extension reveals if your password has been breached

By Waqas Okta has introduced new password manager PassProtect in its latest, This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: This Chrome extension reveals if your password has been breached...

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...

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...

Fake Snow White Movie Torrent Infects Devices with Malware

Disney’s latest Snow White movie, with a 1.6/10 IMDb rating, isn’t just the biggest flop the company has…...

Data Leak Exposes 1.5 Billion Real Estate Records, Including Elon Musk, Kylie Jenner

By Waqas A Campbell, New York-based real estate training platform called Real Estate Wealth Network exposed a massive treasure trove of real estate records due to cloud server misconfiguration. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Data Leak Exposes 1.5 Billion Real Estate...

Z2U Market Leak Exposes Access to Illicit Services and Malware

By Habiba Rashid According to documents analyzed by Jeremiah Fowler, Z2U sells malware and other malicious services to customers under the guise of online trading. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Z2U Market Leak Exposes Access to Illicit Services and Malware...

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...

Tesla cars can be remotely hacked using drone, WIFI dongle

By Waqas Researchers were able to open Tesla Model X’s doors with a remote hack they perform via a DJI Mavic 2 drone carrying a WIFI dongle. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Tesla cars can be remotely hacked using drone, WIFI dongle...

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...