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...

7 Times Apple Watch Saved Lives

By Uzair Amir Who doesn’t like elegant watches, especially those which could literally save your life, right? There are several types of watches out there such as a divers watch, Mechanical Watch, and Chronograph Watch, etc. but the life saviors lately are powered with smart technology. In this...

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...

Apps on smartphones are selling and sharing our location data 24/7

By Waqas It's no surprise that the apps we download on our smartphones are tracking our movements and also transferring the information to third parties without our consent. Last year it was Google caught collecting location data of Android users even if their device's location service was off th...

Baby Got Bots

By Ian Trump This is the first in a series of blog posts “on all things Bot.” From bad to good and looking towards the future, Bots remain an information security issue which has the potential to impact all commercial and recreational online activity. This series will explore the security and...

Most Threatening DNS Security Risks And How To Avoid Them

By Zehra Ali The DNS or Domain Name System is one of the most necessary components for the internet functionality. Most often, the internet businesses are negligent to the security of their digital identity that is the DNS. This poor security of DNS makes it vulnerable to many cyber attacks which...

Crooks hack gas station fuel pump to steal 600 gallons of gas

By Uzair Amir We have read about credit card skimmers at ATMs or This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Crooks hack gas station fuel pump to steal 600 gallons of gas...

10 years prison for man who hacked 200 firms & sold data on Dark Web

By Waqas The hacker also sold drugs on Dark Web and taught This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 10 years prison for man who hacked 200 firms & sold data on Dark Web...

Bytecoin cryptocurrency mining malware found in Ubuntu Snap Store

By Uzair Amir A Github user going by the handle of "Tarwirdur" recently This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Bytecoin cryptocurrency mining malware found in Ubuntu Snap Store...

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...

ATM hacker behind $1 billion malware heists arrested in Spain

By Waqas In a joint operation, Europol along with the law enforcement authorities from Belarus, This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: ATM hacker behind $1 billion malware heists arrested in Spain...

Pre-installed malware on Android devices made $115k revenue in 10 days

By Waqas Check Point Mobile Security Team discovered a massive, on-going malware This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Pre-installed malware on Android devices made $115k revenue in 10 days...

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...

Hackers who stole $300 million, hacked Citibank & Nasdaq are jailed

By Uzair Amir Two Russian Hackers Charged with Running America’s Largest Credit-Card Information This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers who stole $300 million, hacked Citibank & Nasdaq are jailed...

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...

Russian Hacker Exploits GTA 5 PC Mod to Install Cryptocurrency Miner

By Waqas Gamers were delighted with the release of world’s second most This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian Hacker Exploits GTA 5 PC Mod to Install Cryptocurrency Miner...

Massive Viacom Data Exposed Through Amazon Web Services

By Waqas Database on Amazon Web Services Containing Sensitive Data of Viacom This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Massive Viacom Data Exposed Through Amazon Web Services...

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...

HBO hackers upload Games of Thrones episodes & other data on their site

By Carolina On 31st July, it was reported that HBO Home Box This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: HBO hackers upload Games of Thrones episodes other data on their site...

Kikimora Announces Launch of Kikimora Agent: Accessible AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platform for SME Security

Sofia, Bulgaria, 10th September 2025, CyberNewsWire...

CACTUS ransomware evades antivirus and exploits VPN flaws to hack networks

By Deeba Ahmed CACTUS ransomware operators target large-scale commercial organizations with double extortion to steal sensitive data before encryption. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: CACTUS ransomware evades antivirus and exploits VPN flaws to hack networks...

US Govt’s secret terrorist watchlist with 2M records exposed online

By Waqas The watchlist was exposed on a misconfigured server hosted on a Bahrain IP address instead of a US one. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US Govts secret terrorist watchlist with 2M records exposed online...

U.S Govt launches new website to fight ransomware, help victims

By Sudais Asif The US government is also offering $10 million in rewards for information on foreign hackers involved in ransomware attacks on the United States. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: U.S Govt launches new website to fight ransomware, help victims...

Hackers leak scraped data of 87,000 GETTR users

By Deeba Ahmed GETTR has been attacked twice since its launch on July 4th, 2021. Here's what Hackread.com's exclusive analysis reveals. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers leak scraped data of 87,000 GETTR users...

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...

How SASE Supports Digital Transformation

By Waqas To effectively build security into their digital transformation strategies, companies need to know what is SASE and how it can support improved visibility and security for the modern enterprise. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How SASE Supports Digital...

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...

Hackers access 150,000+ security cameras in massive Verkada hack

By Waqas According to sources, security cameras accessed by hackers belong to prisons, hospitals, and offices of firms like Tesla and Cloudflare. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers access 150,000+ security cameras in massive Verkada hack...

Marketing firm Friendemic exposed 2.7 million customer records

By Deeba Ahmed Exposed data belonged to Friendemic and included full names, email addresses, and contact numbers of its customers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Marketing firm Friendemic exposed 2.7 million customer records...

Scammers using voicemail email phishing scam to steal data

By Waqas Scammers are taking advantage of COVID-19 pandemic to spread a voicemail email phishing scam. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Scammers using voicemail email phishing scam to steal data...

Hackers infect authentic 2FA app to infect Mac devices with malware

By Sudais Asif It is believed that an infamous group is behind this malware. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers infect authentic 2FA app to infect Mac devices with malware...

World’s Largest Private Torrent Site Filelist.ro Seized

By Deeba Ahmed Romania Seizes Domain of the World’s Largest Private Torrent Site Filelist.ro... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: World’s Largest Private Torrent Site Filelist.ro Seized...

Fake Zoom installers infect PCs with RevCode WebMonitor RAT

By Deeba Ahmed Zoom is being actively targeted by hackers in the past few weeks. Now, hackers are dropping fake Zoom installers with RevCode WebMonitor RAT. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake Zoom installers infect PCs with RevCode WebMonitor RAT...

Hackers using famous movies to spread malware through torrents

By Deeba Ahmed Your favorite movies are being used as bait to spread malware through torrent files, Microsoft warns. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers using famous movies to spread malware through torrents...

How Modern Technology is Making Business Life Easier

By Owais Sultan Technology is an ever-changing and advancing industry, and nowadays, it is used in all aspects of life... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How Modern Technology is Making Business Life Easier...

How to secure your website – InfoSec tips for newbie website owners

By David Balaban And Again About Hosting Security! Today, there are still many people who think that the Internet is as a comprehensive encyclopedia of the world. However, their number is decreasing. There are more and more people who rightfully consider the Internet as a means of earning money. ...

EU launches Bug Bounty program for 14 free open-source products

By Waqas The European Union EU will be offering bug bounty rewards for the 14 open-source products that it uses. The EU’s Member of Parliament Julia Reda announced that the European Commission will offer bounties worth of €851,000 under its Free and Open Source Software Audit FOSSA. Bug bounty...

New AI tool aims to make CAPTCHA a thing of the past

By Waqas Text-based options for verification purposes on websites and other digital forums are going to be a thing of the past, that too, pretty soon. So, get ready to identify objects like cars, parks, and storefronts form CAPTCHA image grids. CAPTCHA is the abbreviation for Completely Automated...

Amazon data breach: Names & email addresses of customers exposed online

By Carolina The e-commerce giant Amazon has announced that it has suffered a major data breach in which names and email addresses of its registered customers have been exposed on its website - The incident occurred a few days before Black Friday. The company did not reveal what exactly happened,...

Hackers can intercept and manipulate DNS queries, researchers warn

By Waqas DNS Queries Intercepted Due to Bogus DNS Traffic Protection Standards. Would you believe that a majority of the DNS queries that are sent remain unprotected on the web? We would never have believed it but the fact is that DNS traffic interception is a reality and it is happening quite...

Hackers attack Russian bank to steal $1m using an outdated router

By Waqas Cybercriminals part of a notorious hacking group attacked the PIR Bank of Russia and stole $1m. The hacking was carried out after infiltrating the bank’s systems by compromising an old, outdated router. The router was installed at one of the regional branches of the bank. The money was...

Top 7 Most Popular and Best Cyber Forensics Tools

By Maria Thomas We often watch experts in movies using forensic tools for This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Top 7 Most Popular and Best Cyber Forensics Tools...

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...

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 Android Malware Stealing Data from Popular Messenger Apps

By Waqas Almost all Instant Messaging Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Line, This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Android Malware Stealing Data from Popular Messenger Apps...

US Cops Using Dead Suspects’ Fingerprints to Unlock iPhones

By Waqas Believe it or not but in the US, police are This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US Cops Using Dead Suspects’ Fingerprints to Unlock iPhones...

Hackers steal banking & personal data of 800,000 Orbitz customers

By Waqas Orbitz.com, a Chicago, Illinois based popular travel website owned by Expedia This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers steal banking & personal data of 800,000 Orbitz customers...

MS Word Maybe Used for Cryptojacking Attacks

By David Balaban Cryptojacking JavaScript can be launched in Word documents - New This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: MS Word Maybe Used for Cryptojacking Attacks...

Woman scammed for $60,000 through fake Police website

By Waqas With every passing day, cybercriminals are getting sophisticated in their This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Woman scammed for $60,000 through fake Police website...

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...