Android users hit by ZooPark malware stealing data & recording calls

By Waqas Kaspersky Lab has discovered a brand new cyber-spying campaign targeting This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Android users hit by ZooPark malware stealing data & recording calls...

Over 20 million Chrome users have installed fake malicious Ad Blockers

By Waqas Ad Blockers play a vital role in hurting the earnings This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Over 20 million Chrome users have installed fake malicious Ad Blockers...

Prilex ATM Malware Modified to Clone Chip-and-Pin Payment Cards

By Uzair Amir It is just another day with just another ATM malware This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Prilex ATM Malware Modified to Clone Chip-and-Pin Payment Cards...

Tor Proxy Used By Cybercriminals To Initiate Bitcoin Theft

By Waqas Tor proxy owners are replacing Bitcoin payment addresses to divert payments This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Tor Proxy Used By Cybercriminals To Initiate Bitcoin Theft...

Alleged HBO hacker identified, charged and indicted

By Waqas HBO suffered a massive data breach in July and August This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Alleged HBO hacker identified, charged and indicted...

465k Pacemakers vulnerable; users must visit doctors for fix

By Waqas Are you using Pacemaker device manufactured by Abbott Laboratories previously St. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 465k Pacemakers vulnerable; users must visit doctors for fix...

WannaCry hero arrested For “creating and distributing Kronos trojan”

By Waqas A couple of hours ago HackRead reported that Marcus Hutchins, a This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: WannaCry hero arrested For “creating and distributing Kronos trojan”...

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...

Malware hits Hive OS cryptomining users; steals funds from wallets

By Sudais Asif The nasty malware specifically targets “wallet configuration” files within Hive OS to steal the victim’s cryptocurrencies. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Malware hits Hive OS cryptomining users; steals funds from wallets...

N Korean hackers used VPN flaws to breach S Korean atomic agency

By Deeba Ahmed Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute KAERI has disclosed that its internal network suffered a cyber attack by hackers from North Korea. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: N Korean hackers used VPN flaws to breach S Korean atomic agency...

Will Microsoft add Android support to Windows 10 next year?

By Asad 2021 is shaping up to be a big year for Microsoft. As per reports, the tech giant is planning to bring Android support in Windows 10 next year. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Will Microsoft add Android support to Windows 10 next year?...

Team Xecuter members arrested for selling Nintendo Switch hacks

By Deeba Ahmed Max Louarn, Yuanning Chen, and Gary Bowser who are alleged members of Team Xecuter were charged with 11 felony counts. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Team Xecuter members arrested for selling Nintendo Switch hacks...

Protect your identity from fraudster with AI-powered Identity Guard

By Uzair Amir Identity Guard is a comprehensive program that offers you not only identity protection but... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Protect your identity from fraudster with AI-powered Identity Guard...

Travelex exchange suffers malware attack; affects Tesco Bank service

By Waqas Travelex acknowledged the malware attack in a series of tweets to its customers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Travelex exchange suffers malware attack; affects Tesco Bank service...

Top 7 PDF Tools to Edit, Merge/Split and Protect PDF

By Uzair Amir This article showcases the Top 7 PDF tools so let's get into it. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Top 7 PDF Tools to Edit, Merge/Split and Protect PDF...

Top VPNs found improperly securing cookies & tokens

By Uzair Amir VPN software programs of Palo Alto, Cisco, Pulse, and F5 don’t Store Session Cookies Securely- DHS. A warning has been issued by the Department of Homeland Security DHS regarding the unreliable nature of Virtual Private Network VPN programmes from several well-known VPN service...

Best password managers for 2019

By Zehra Ali If you use the Internet, password managers should be a part of your online life as users are at high risk of cybercrime in this digital and technological era. Hackers are always looking for a way to access sensitive data of the vulnerable individual, and unfortunately, weak passwords...

A city in Texas is using paper after suffering ransomware attack

By Waqas Another day, another devastating ransomware attack; this time, computers at The City Hall of Del Rio, Texas have suffered a massive ransomware attack forcing authorities to completely shut down the targeted network. The attack took place on Thursday, January 10th after which the City's...

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...

Massive ransomware attack forces authorities to use typewriters

By Waqas The ransomware attack also forced employees to use hand receipts. Two municipalities in Alaska one town and one borough to be precise have become victims of sophisticated encryption-based malware ransomware attack. Reportedly, the Matanuska-Susitna Mat Su and the City of Valdez have both...

Millions of Telefonica customers’ data exposed after security breach

By Waqas Telefonica, a telecom operator based in Spain, has become a victim of a security breach after hackers managed to exploit a vulnerability that led to the exposure of private data of millions of Telefonica customers while leaking billing data of other customers. The billing data is easily...

Paris Police Arrests Alleged Vevo Hackers

By Ionatan Paris Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrest of two 18-year-old French This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Paris Police Arrests Alleged Vevo Hackers...

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...

Russia blocks 50 VPNs & Anonymizers amid Telegram crack down

By Carolina On May 3rd, 2018, Russia's media and communication regularity authority Roskomnadzor This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russia blocks 50 VPNs & Anonymizers amid Telegram crack down...

Website security firm Sucuri hit by large scale volumetric DDoS attacks

By Waqas Another day, another series of DDoS attacks - This time This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Website security firm Sucuri hit by large scale volumetric DDoS attacks...

US may screen social media of Immigrant & Non-Immigrant Visa Applicants

By Uzair Amir Trump administration has announced that it will be starting to This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US may screen social media of Immigrant & Non-Immigrant Visa Applicants...

Mirai Variant ‘OMG’ Turns IoT Devices into Proxy Servers for Cryptomining

By Waqas Mirai IoT bot malware is one such piece of malicious This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Mirai Variant 'OMG' Turns IoT Devices into Proxy Servers for Cryptomining...

Google collects Android location data even if location service is off

By Waqas Smartphones are fun to use, but what if someone is This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google collects Android location data even if location service is off...

A tricky Netflix phishing scam users should be aware of

By Waqas Netflix has over 100 million users, and that is the This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: A tricky Netflix phishing scam users should be aware of...

Hundreds Of websites mining cryptocurrency without user consent

By Waqas Previously it was reported that torrent search platform The Pirate This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hundreds Of websites mining cryptocurrency without user consent...

SolarWinds hackers exploited iOS 0-day to compromise iPhones

By Deeba Ahmed According to Google, SolarWinds hackers exploited an iOS 0-day vulnerability to hack iPhones and made millions from targeting phones worldwide. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: SolarWinds hackers exploited iOS 0-day to compromise iPhones...

Fake DarkSide gang demands 100 BTC from companies

By Waqas The original DarkSide ransomware gang had quit operating last month after the attack on Colonial Pipeline. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake DarkSide gang demands 100 BTC from companies...

Backdoor account found in 100,000+ Zyxel Firewalls, VPN Gateways

By Deeba Ahmed Researchers have discovered a hard-coded admin-level backdoor account as a Zyxel firmware binary revealing username and password. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Backdoor account found in 100,000+ Zyxel Firewalls, VPN Gateways...

16 apps on Google Play Store caught distributing Joker malware

By Deeba Ahmed After removing six apps infected with the Joker malware earlier in Sep, Google has now removed 16 more apps from its Play Store. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 16 apps on Google Play Store caught distributing Joker malware...

Dutch Police takes down 15 DDoS-for-hire services in one week

By Deeba Ahmed The Dutch police have been very vocal about its efforts to take down online DDoS-for-hire services and in the past six months. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Dutch Police takes down 15 DDoS-for-hire services in one week...

Dark web: Child abuse, real-life blackmailing site DarkScandals seized

By Waqas The infamous website DarkScandals was operating on the dark web as well as on the normal web. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Dark web: Child abuse, real-life blackmailing site DarkScandals seized...

Database with 1.2 billion people’s data leaked online without password

By Sudais In total, the database was home to over 4 terabytes of data sitting in plain sight for public access. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Database with 1.2 billion people's data leaked online without password...

The Risks of a Smart City

By Uzair Amir If you’re in a smart city, you can open up an app and report it. This is the goal; that everything can be done through the use of technology. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Risks of a Smart City...

New Samsung Galaxy S10 review and features

By Uzair Amir The all new Samsung Galaxy S10 family has been released by Samsung on 8th March, 2019 and despite the high price & a lazy start, the Galaxy S10 has made a record in pre-orders for Samsung in the US. When the pre-orders for Samsung Galaxy S10 family began, there were rumors and...

WordPress security: Steps to assess an employee before granting admin access to WordPress

By Waqas Are you planning to hand over admin access of your WordPress site to someone else? You certainly need to take some steps to ensure the security of your WordPress website. Since your WordPress site is your creation and you have put in a lot of hard work and efforts to make it what it is …...

Is your Facebook and Instagram down? Well, you are not alone (Updated)

By Waqas Another day, another service outage at social media giant Facebook and its subsidiary company Instagram. Yes, Facebook and Instagram have been hit by a worldwide service outage forcing both platforms to go offline. According to the outage map displayed on DownDetecter, the scale of this...

Safari & Firefox browser to block user data tracking with new security add-ons

By Waqas Apple has been trying hard to improve the security mechanisms of its hardware and software products. The addition of new privacy features in Safari browser is yet another attempt to toughen security measures for preventing breaches and tracking by websites like Facebook. It is a well-kno...

British Airways hacked- Private & financial data of 380,000 customers stolen

By Waqas Hackers are always looking for new and profitable targets for their own malicious gains. So, it is quite natural that the world’s favorite airline is on their radar. Reportedly, British Airways has become a victim of a “worrying” and “astounding” data breach in which private and financia...

Authorities shut down Dark Web marketplace “Black Hand”

By Carolina In a joint operation, French police, the National Directorate of Intelligence This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Authorities shut down Dark Web marketplace "Black Hand"...

Indian Cricket Board Exposes Personal Data of Thousands of Players

By Waqas The IT security researchers at Kromtech Security Center discovered a trove This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Indian Cricket Board Exposes Personal Data of Thousands of Players...

Hackers spread password stealer malware from YouTube comment section

By Waqas Another day, another malware aiming at Windows devices - This This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers spread password stealer malware from YouTube comment section...

Developer permanently deletes 3 months of work files; blames Visual Studio Code

By Waqas In our professional lives, stuff happens like this man who a few This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Developer permanently deletes 3 months of work files; blames Visual Studio Code...

Network access to Pakistan’s top fed agency FBR sold on Russian forum

By Waqas FBR has acknowledged the data breach and called it out as cyber-terrorism on Pakistan's independence day. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Network access to Pakistans top fed agency FBR sold on Russian forum...

Spear phishing attacks underline how much dangerous phishing has gotten

By Waqas Today’s phishing attacks are more sophisticated as attackers have moved on in some cases from going after individuals to targeting businesses. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Spear phishing attacks underline how much dangerous phishing has gotten...