Japanese police to charge scammers with crypto mining without consent

By Waqas The investigators believe that the case involving crypto mining is This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Japanese police to charge scammers with crypto mining without consent...

HR software firm suffers massive data breach after malware attack

By Waqas The Australia-based SaaS provider firm PageUp has confirmed discovering ‘unusual This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: HR software firm suffers massive data breach after malware attack...

Securus firm that lets US Cops track cellphone users has been hacked

By Uzair Amir Securus has not confirmed the breach but evidence suggests that This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Securus firm that lets US Cops track cellphone users has been hacked...

Authorities bust world’s largest DDoS-for-hire service & seize its domain

By Waqas In a large-scale joint operation called "Operation Power Off", the This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Authorities bust world's largest DDoS-for-hire service & seize its domain...

Bitcoin Ransomware Hits Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy website

By Waqas The official website of Ukraine's Ministry of Energy and coal was This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Bitcoin Ransomware Hits Ukraine's Ministry of Energy website...

Woman who hacked airline network busted through VPN logs

By Waqas VPN Logs Lead to Capturing of an Ex-PenAir Employee Who This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Woman who hacked airline network busted through VPN logs...

New malware mine cryptocurrency without open browser session

By Waqas Initially, the cryptomining malware aimed at generating cryptocurrency using open browser This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New malware mine cryptocurrency without open browser session...

Magento sites hacked with cryptominers & credential stealing malware

By Waqas At least 1,000 Magento based websites including shops have been This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Magento sites hacked with cryptominers & credential stealing malware...

Hackers can Send Fake Emergency Alerts by Exploiting 4G LTE Protocol Flaws

By Waqas Researchers at the Purdue University and the University of Iowa, This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers can Send Fake Emergency Alerts by Exploiting 4G LTE Protocol Flaws...

Opera Mobile Browser for Android & iOS Blocks Cryptocurrency Mining

By Waqas Last month Opera introduced its browsers 50 beta version with This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Opera Mobile Browser for Android iOS Blocks Cryptocurrency Mining...

Sacramento Regional Transit System in California Held for $7,000 Ransom

By Waqas On Saturday night an unknown hacker targeted the Sacramento Regional This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Sacramento Regional Transit System in California Held for $7,000 Ransom...

Xafecopy Malware Secretly Steals Money From Android Devices

By Waqas In May 2017, Google announced there are more than 2 billion Android This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Xafecopy Malware Secretly Steals Money From Android Devices...

13-year-old Japanese Kid Caught Selling Malware

By Carolina It is no surprise that malware attacks are increasing and This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 13-year-old Japanese Kid Caught Selling Malware...

Crosstalk Flaw: Hackers can steal sensitive data with unsecure USBs

By Waqas University of Adelaide School of Computer Science’ research team led This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Crosstalk Flaw: Hackers can steal sensitive data with unsecure USBs...

Popular Chrome extension hacked to deliver adware

By Uzair Amir Copyfish extension of Google Chrome lets users extract textual content This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Popular Chrome extension hacked to deliver adware...

SquareX Launches “Year of Browser Bugs” (YOBB) to Expose Critical Security Blind Spots

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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 signed a driver called Netfilter, turns out it contained malware

By Habiba Rashid Microsoft signed off a driver, Netfilter, for Windows that contains rootkit malware and has been circulating mainly amongst the gaming community. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft signed a driver called Netfilter, turns out it contained malware...

5 Top Cybersecurity Threats to Businesses

By Waqas Cybersecurity threats are unpredictable but taking a closer look at them and implementing proper security measures seems like a wise decision. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 5 Top Cybersecurity Threats to Businesses...

Hackers claims to be selling 13tb of Domino’s India data

By Habiba Rashid According to IT security researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia, "If you ever had ordered pizza online from Domino’s India your data is leaked now." This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers claims to be selling 13tb of Domino’s India data...

2021 and Emerging Cybersecurity Threats

By Owais Sultan Here are some of the emerging cybersecurity threats of 2021 and some steps you can take to keep the organization safe: This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 2021 and Emerging Cybersecurity Threats...

ParkMobile parking app data breach – 21M user records stolen, sold

By Habiba Rashid The sample data from ParkMobile shared by a hacker on a cybercrime forum reveals data allegedly belonging to some big names. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: ParkMobile parking app data breach - 21M user records stolen, sold...

“Hacker Games” launched to challenge and improve cybersecurity skills

By Habiba Rashid Launched by Veracode; Hacker Games will last for 2 weeks March 15-26, 2021. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: “Hacker Games” launched to challenge and improve cybersecurity skills...

Pray.com exposed data of millions after database mess up

By Deeba Ahmed Pray.com applied lackluster security practices potentially exposing nearly 10 million users to frauds and cyberattacks, claim VpnMentor's researchers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Pray.com exposed data of millions after database mess up...

Coronavirus Tracking App is ransomware; locks phones for ransom

By Waqas A website has been found tricking users into downloading a Coronavirus tracking app on their Android phones which in reality is ransomware. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Coronavirus Tracking App is ransomware; locks phones for ransom...

Thousands of Windows PCs infected by Nodersok/Divergent fileless malware

By Sudais A new fileless malware is on the rise which converts computers into bots that can be controlled by hackers remotely. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Thousands of Windows PCs infected by Nodersok/Divergent fileless malware...

Amazon, Apple, Google & Microsoft issue patches to fix ZombieLoad bug

By Uzair Amir Computers containing Intel chips from 2011 onwards are vulnerable to ZombieLoad bug. Intel processor chips have lately been accused of being flawed and unreliable in ensuring optimal computer performance and the current news further reinforces the fact that Intel needs to up its gam...

Torrent uploader CracksNow caught distributing GrandCrab ransomware

By Waqas Famous Uploader CracksNow Banned from Torrents for Distributing GrandCrab Ransomware. CracksNow is a prominent software uploader who appears regularly on torrent sites. However, recently the account of CracksNow was banned by several torrent sites while the uploader is accused of...

Flaws in RDP protocols leaving machines prone to remote code execution

By Waqas Major Security Flaws Identified in RDP Protocols making Machines Prone to Remote Code Execution and Reverse RDP Attacks. Check Point researchers have identified that three remote desktop protocol RDP tools, which are probably the most popular ones for Windows, macOS, and Linux systems, a...

Presumed technical issue disrupts Google Adsense payouts worldwide

By Waqas Still didn't receive your Google Adsense payouts? Don't worry, you are not alone. For the many millions of Google Adsense users, the earnings derived from it is their bread and butter so when there is a delay in AdSense payouts, predictably there is online pandemonium as many seek answer...

Official mobile version of Tor Browser released for Android – Download now

By Waqas There is good news for pro-anonymity web users who rely upon the Tor browser for using the internet. The first ever mobile browser app for the Tor browser has been released by the Tor Project, the organization behind the Tor network. The mobile version of the Tor browser is available for...

FBI seizes VPNFilter botnet domain that infected 500,000 routers

By Waqas It is believed that the botnet was run by infamous This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: FBI seizes VPNFilter botnet domain that infected 500,000 routers...

Popular Chrome VPN extensions are leaking your DNS data

By Waqas Last month, HackRead reported how tons of popular VPN Virtual Private This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Popular Chrome VPN extensions are leaking your DNS data...

Hackers compromise AOL advertising platform to mine cryptocurrency

By Waqas The IT security researchers at Trend Mirco have discovered that This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers compromise AOL advertising platform to mine cryptocurrency...

New macOS malware aims at infecting devices with malicious macros

By Waqas The general perception about Apple devices is that they are This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New macOS malware aims at infecting devices with malicious macros...

New FlawedAmmyy RAT steals data and intercepts audio chat

By Waqas The FlawedAmmyy RAT has been developed using the leaked source This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New FlawedAmmyy RAT steals data and intercepts audio chat...

The Pirate Bay suffers 40% traffic drop after domain ban in Netherlands

By Waqas The Pirate Bay is in hot water once again - This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Pirate Bay suffers 40% traffic drop after domain ban in Netherlands...

“Wire bank transfer” malware phishing scam hits SWIFT banking system

By Waqas Hackers are becoming persistent in phishing scams against banking and This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: "Wire bank transfer" malware phishing scam hits SWIFT banking system...

Hackers Compromise Tesla Cloud Server to Mine Cryptocurrency

By Waqas It is 2018 and the easiest way to make quick This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Compromise Tesla Cloud Server to Mine Cryptocurrency...

Over 1 million Android users downloaded fake WhatsApp app

By Waqas Scammers tricked over 1 million Android users into downloading a This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Over 1 million Android users downloaded fake WhatsApp app...

Old crypto malware makes come back, hits Windows, Linux devices

By Deeba Ahmed LemonDuck was first discovered in China in 2019 as a cryptocurrency botnet that used affected systems for Monero mining. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Old crypto malware makes come back, hits Windows, Linux devices...

Revil ransomware increases ransom to $70M in Kaseya attack

By Sudais Asif The Revil ransomware group has released a notice stating that more than 1 million systems have been infected - far more than initially believed. A couple of days ago, we reported on how the infamous REvil ransomware had targeted over 40 Managed Service Providers MSPs compromising...

Cybersecurity firm exposes 5 billion data breach records

By Habiba Rashid Cybersecurity firm Cognyte fails to secure its database exposing 5 billion records comprise of previous data breaches. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cybersecurity firm exposes 5 billion data breach records...

PasswordState password manager’s update hijacked to drop malware

By Habiba Rashid The customers were warned through an email that confirmed that the PasswordState software update feature had been compromised. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: PasswordState password managers update hijacked to drop malware...

Russian hacker pleads guilty to planting malware in Tesla Gigafactory

By Waqas The hacker Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov traveled from Russia to the US in an attempt to recruit Tesla employees to exfiltrate data and extort the company. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian hacker pleads guilty to planting malware in Tesla Gigafactory...

COVID-19 testing service in US exposes patients’ photos, passports

By Habiba Rashid COVID-19 testing service in the State of Utah stored passport scans and other highly personal data on unsecured Amazon S3 buckets. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: COVID-19 testing service in US exposes patients photos, passports...

Sarbloh ransomware aims at supporting Indian Farmers’ Protest

By Deeba Ahmed The attackers behind Sarbloh ransomware are not looking for money neither do they demand ransom but seek support for Farmers' Protest in India. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Sarbloh ransomware aims at supporting Indian Farmers Protest...

Marketing firm CallX exposed customers data including call recordings

By Habiba Rashid CallX was using an unsecured Amazon Web Services S3 bucket to store audio client files. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Marketing firm CallX exposed customers data including call recordings...

Misconfigured baby monitors exposing video stream online

By Habiba Rashid A vulnerability in baby monitors due to their misconfiguration could potentially allow dangerous parties to have access to the camera’s video stream. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Misconfigured baby monitors exposing video stream online...

Windows finger command abused to download MineBridge backdoor

By Habiba Rashid A new phishing campaign has been identified which uses the Windows Finger command to download a malware variant called MineBridge. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Windows finger command abused to download MineBridge backdoor...