3 arrested, 30,000+ piracy sites shut down in global operation IOSX

By Waqas The US National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center & Eurojust initiated operation against piracy sites named Operation In Our Sites X IOSX. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 3 arrested, 30,000+ piracy sites shut down in global operation IOSX...

Programmer hacks his attacker; releases decryption keys for Mushtik ransomware

By Sudais "Hey guys, I hacked back this criminal and got the whole database with Mushtik ransomware keys." The last laugh - it's something that everyone would like to have. Turns out, a German programmer by the name of Tobias Fromel had it in a very dramatic fashion. It all started when he was...

Cynet is Launching a Free Threat Assessment for Businesses

By Zehra Ali In the age of regular cyber attacks and constant digital threats, it’s no wonder that businesses find themselves spending more and more on defense. Cyber security spending by businesses climbed to $13 million per company in 2018, an increase of 12% on the previous year. It’s an...

Top 10 VPN Services For 2019

By Zehra Ali VPN is a billion dollar industry and lately, it has become a vital part of users conscious about their online privacy - Here are the top 10 VPN services for 2019. If you are an Internet user, VPN should be part of your online life but choosing a reliable VPN can be a tough nut to...

Authorities seize 15 popular DDoS-for-hire websites

By Waqas Authorities have seized and shut down 15 popular DDoS-for-hire websites used by cybercriminals for revenge and DDoS distributed denial of service attacks on private individuals as well as businesses including online gaming giants, email service providers and hosting sites. The operation...

Parental control spyware app Family Orbit hacked; 281 GB of data exposed

By Waqas Spyware is supposed to spy upon people, most notably criminals or threat actors. However, nowadays even spyware aren’t protected from vulnerabilities and are exposed to hackers. Recently we reported on the hacking of several spyware apps including FlexiSpy, Retina-X and TheTruthSpy. Now...

Update MikroTik routers – 170,000 devices hit by cryptocurrency malware

By Waqas Currently, the malware is targeting unpatched MikroTik routers in Brazil but researchers believe it's about time it will spread worldwide. Unpatched routers manufactured by MikroTik have become potential targets of cryptojacking malware campaigns in Brazil. According to the analysis of...

Flight tracking service Flightradar24 hacked; 230,000 accounts affected

By Waqas One of the largest flight tracking services, Flightradar24, which shows This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Flight tracking service Flightradar24 hacked; 230,000 accounts affected...

Google Maps flaw lets hackers redirect users to malicious sites

By Uzair Amir Google Maps users need to stay vigilant as cybercriminals are taking This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google Maps flaw lets hackers redirect users to malicious sites...

Copenhagen city’s bicycle sharing system hacked; 1,800 bikes affected

By Waqas You have heard about ride-sharing companies like Uber and Careem This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Copenhagen city's bicycle sharing system hacked; 1,800 bikes affected...

Fake Chrome & Firefox browser update lead users to malware infection

By Waqas Another day, another malware scam - This one uses Chrome This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake Chrome & Firefox browser update lead users to malware infection...

World’s Largest DDoS Attack: US Firm Suffers 1.7 Tbps of DDoS Attack

By Waqas Last week we reported on the world's largest DDoS attack This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: World's Largest DDoS Attack: US Firm Suffers 1.7 Tbps of DDoS Attack...

New IoT Botnet DoubleDoor Bypass Firewall to Drop Backdoor

By Waqas A new Internet of Things IoT botnet campaign dubbed as This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New IoT Botnet DoubleDoor Bypass Firewall to Drop Backdoor...

All it took for researchers was a mask to bypass iPhone X Face ID

By Waqas Apple Inc. introduced Face ID facial recognition system on September This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: All it took for researchers was a mask to bypass iPhone X Face ID...

Millions of Accounts From Previous Bitly and Kickstarter Breaches Exposed

By Waqas Its another day with yet another story of a data This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Millions of Accounts From Previous Bitly and Kickstarter Breaches Exposed...

All 3 Billion Yahoo Users Were Hacked in 2013 Data Breach

By Uzair Amir If you had an account on Yahoo back in the This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: All 3 Billion Yahoo Users Were Hacked in 2013 Data Breach...

Chinese Bitcoin Trading Exchange Blames User For Losing $3M

By Waqas Popular Chinese Bitcoin Trading Exchange Denies Hacking Rumors And Blames This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chinese Bitcoin Trading Exchange Blames User For Losing $3M...

Night Vision Enabled Security Cameras Secretly Transfer Your Data

By Waqas A team of researchers from the Ben-Gurion University of the This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Night Vision Enabled Security Cameras Secretly Transfer Your Data...

WikiLeaks official website hacked by OurMine hacking group

By Waqas The official website of whistleblowing platform WikiLeaks was hacked Thursday morning by OurMine, This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: WikiLeaks official website hacked by OurMine hacking group...

Enigma Marketplace Hacked; $500,000 in Ethereum Stolen

By Waqas On August 20th, Enigma, a decentralized marketplace and cryptocurrency investment This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Enigma Marketplace Hacked; $500,000 in Ethereum Stolen...

Neo Nazi site DailyStormer moves to dark web that’s as good as dead

By Waqas On August 14th it was reported that Internet domain registrar and This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Neo Nazi site DailyStormer moves to dark web thats as good as dead...

Vietnamese Group Hacks and Sells Bedroom Camera Footage

By Waqas Cheap Security, Costly Privacy: Vietnamese Group Profits from Hacked Home Cameras by Selling Bedroom Camera Footage- Change Your Passwords Now! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Vietnamese Group Hacks and Sells Bedroom Camera Footage...

Russia seizes Trump Dumps, Ferum, and SkyFraud carding forums

By Waqas All three carding forums were popular among cybercriminals for buying and selling stolen credit and debit cards. Russian… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russia seizes Trump Dumps, Ferum, and SkyFraud carding forums...

Israeli firm Kape Technologies buys ExpressVPN raising privacy concerns

By Waqas Kape Technologies is an Israeli cybersecurity firm that has bought ExpressVPN for $936 million. However, its users are now flipping out. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Israeli firm Kape Technologies buys ExpressVPN raising privacy concerns...

Malicious Office documents make up 43% of all malware downloads

By Waqas In the 3rd quarter of 2020, around 38% of all downloadable malware were found hidden in Office documents, a new report reveals. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Malicious Office documents make up 43% of all malware downloads...

Fake Brave browser website dropped malware, thanks to Google Ads

By Waqas Threat actors used Google Ads to buy top search results on Google to advertise fake Brave browser websites which delivered malware as the browser's download file. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake Brave browser website dropped malware, thanks to Google Ads...

Hackers posed as aerobics instructors in malware attack on defense contractors

By Deeba Ahmed Iranian hackers used social media platforms especially Facebook to target employees of an aerospace defense contractor to steal their login credentials. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers posed as aerobics instructors in malware attack on defense...

New LinkedIn phishing campaign found using Google Forms

By Sudais Asif In the latest LinkedIn phishing scam, the sender’s email address as shown appears to be from Paul University which is based in Nigeria. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New LinkedIn phishing campaign found using Google Forms...

How data collected in gaming can be used to breach user privacy

By Sudais Asif Gaming firms collect user data to improve user experience but how that data can be used for malicious purposes? Here's what researchers say. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How data collected in gaming can be used to breach user privacy...

Spanish telecom giant MasMovil hit by Revil ransomware gang

By Waqas Revil ransomware gang is claiming to have downloaded databases and other important data belonging to the MasMovil group. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Spanish telecom giant MasMovil hit by Revil ransomware gang...

Android apps on APKPure store caught spreading malware

By Habiba Rashid APKPure, a popular third-party and unofficial alternative hub to download Android and iOS applications, was recently infiltrated with malware. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Android apps on APKPure store caught spreading malware...

Gamarue malware found in UK Govt-funded laptops for homeschoolers

By Waqas Gamarue malware is also known as Andromeda or Wauchos having linked to Russian servers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Gamarue malware found in UK Govt-funded laptops for homeschoolers...

Signal, Google Duo, FB Messenger vulnerabilities allowed eavesdropping

By Deeba Ahmed Although patched now, if exploited, these vulnerabilities posed a major threat to user's privacy and security. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Signal, Google Duo, FB Messenger vulnerabilities allowed eavesdropping...

Cyberattacks targeting BLM movement see widespread increase

By Sudais Asif Cloudflare says that there has been a staggering increase in cyberattacks against the BLM movement. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cyberattacks targeting BLM movement see widespread increase...

Personal data of 12 million Facebook users exposed online

By Sudais Asif Another day, another Facebook breach! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Personal data of 12 million Facebook users exposed online...

Dark Web hackers publish 200GB of Toll Group’s stolen corporate data

By Deeba Ahmed The trend of targeting companies with ransomware then leaking on the dark web is increasing. In the latest, Toll group is the victim. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Dark Web hackers publish 200GB of Toll Group’s stolen corporate data...

Researchers detected 400 million malware infections in April 2020

By Waqas Worldwide Malware Infections Rise to 404 Million with Daily 10 Million Infections in April 2020. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Researchers detected 400 million malware infections in April 2020...

Hackers breach Ghost blogging platform to mine cryptocurrency

By Waqas The popular open-source blogging platform Ghost has suffered a security breach in which hackers attempted to mine cryptocurrency on... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers breach Ghost blogging platform to mine cryptocurrency...

These smart contact lenses equip your eyes with augmented reality

By Waqas So far we have seen smart contact lenses in thriller and sci-fi movies but now... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: These smart contact lenses equip your eyes with augmented reality...

Names & Phone numbers of 267 million Facebook users exposed

By Waqas Another day, another data breach putting the privacy of hundreds of millions of Facebook users at risk. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Names & Phone numbers of 267 million Facebook users exposed...

Private data of 540 million Facebook users exposed in plain text

By Waqas Unprotected Amazon Web Services has a new victim and it's Facebook users. It’s just been a year since the Cambridge Analytics scandal made headlines the world in which Facebook failed to secure its users’ information. Now the cybersecurity firm UpGuard’s researchers have identified the...

Linux & Windows hit with disk wiper, ransomware & cryptomining Xbash malware

By Waqas Xbash is an "all in one" malware. Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 researchers have come to the conclusion that the notorious Xbash malware that has been attacking Linux and Windows servers is being operated by the Iron Group which is an infamous hacker collective previously involved in a...

New sextortion scheme uses victims’ real password for blackmailing

By Carolina The Sextortion Campaign involves Passwords Stolen from Old Data Breaches. Internet users need to be wary of a new phishing scam that is actually a sextortion scheme, which utilizes old passwords of users and blackmails them for watching pornography. The scammers claim to have recorded...

Cyberwar: Greek & Turkish hackers target each other’s media outlets

By Ionatan Last week the world witnessed cyber-confrontation between Turkish and Greek This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cyberwar: Greek & Turkish hackers target each other's media outlets...

How to know if your Facebook data was shared with Cambridge Analytica?

By Waqas Did Cambridge Analytica had access to your Facebook data? This new This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to know if your Facebook data was shared with Cambridge Analytica?...

US government seizes classified advertising website Backpage

By Waqas Backpage was once the second largest classified advertising site after This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US government seizes classified advertising website Backpage...

Android Malware in QR Reader apps on Play Store downloaded 500k times

By Waqas Another day, another Android malware - This time the malware This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Android Malware in QR Reader apps on Play Store downloaded 500k times...

9 Iranian hackers charged with hacking universities & stealing secrets

By Waqas The US Justice Department charged nine Iranian nationals with allegedly This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 9 Iranian hackers charged with hacking universities & stealing secrets...

Critical macOS Sierra disk image flaw leads to data loss

By Uzair Amir Apple and its much-hyped APFS or Apple File System have This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Critical macOS Sierra disk image flaw leads to data loss...

There is a Pre-Installed Backdoor in OnePlus 5, 3 and 3T Devices

By Waqas If you are using OnePlus 5, 3 or its 3T model, This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: There is a Pre-Installed Backdoor in OnePlus 5, 3 and 3T Devices...