New macOS malware hijacks DNS settings and takes screenshots

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 hijacks DNS settings and takes screenshots...

Google Home Mini Secretly Recorded Conversations Due to “Flawed Touch Panel”

By Waqas We often hear about smart home speakers eavesdropping on all This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google Home Mini Secretly Recorded Conversations Due to Flawed Touch Panel...

Instagram hacked; data of top celebrities stolen and traded

By Waqas Facebook owned Instagram said that unknown hackers have exploited a This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Instagram hacked; data of top celebrities stolen and traded...

Selena Gomez’ Instagram hacked; posts nude photos of Justin Bieber

By Carolina Earlier today August 28, the official Instagram of popular singer Selena This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Selena Gomez Instagram hacked; posts nude photos of Justin Bieber...

CYREBRO Recognized in Gartner Emerging Tech Report for Detection and Response Startups

Ramat Gan, Israel, 25th March 2025, CyberNewsWire...

OmniGPT AI Chatbot Alleged Breach: Hacker Leaks User Data, 34M Messages

Hacker claims to have breached OmniGPT, leaking over 30,000 user email address, phone numbers, and 34 million lines of chat messages. Data includes API keys, credentials, and file links...

Cyqur Launches A Game-Changing Data Encryption and Fragmentation Web Extension

By Owais Sultan The web extension, patented in the U.S. and U.K., is now available for pre-order in a limited, pre-sale event. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cyqur Launches A Game-Changing Data Encryption and Fragmentation Web Extension...

Zero-Day Exploit Threatens 200,000 WordPress Websites

By Habiba Rashid Tracked as CVE-2023-3460, the zero-day vulnerability possesses a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating its severity. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Zero-Day Exploit Threatens 200,000 WordPress Websites...

12 years jail for man who unlocked phones, defrauded AT&T of $200m

By Deeba Ahmed According to the US DoJ, Fahd remotely unlocked phones belonging to AT&T despite knowing that an investigation was launched against him. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 12 years jail for man who unlocked phones, defrauded AT&T of $200m...

Hacker selling alleged stolen 100 million T-Mobile customer data for $200

By Waqas The hacker claims to have hacked T-Mobile's production, development, and staging servers around two weeks back, including its Oracle database server. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker selling alleged stolen 100 million T-Mobile customer data for $200...

WhatsApp Introduces View Once Feature for Videos and Photos

By Deeba Ahmed View Once feature will keep the images accessible for a maximum of 14 days, and they will expire afterward. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: WhatsApp Introduces View Once Feature for Videos and Photos...

Crippling attack on Iranian trains linked to Meteor file wiper malware

By Deeba Ahmed The Meteor file wiper malware is linked to a cyberattack that took place on July 9th, 2021 on the Iranian railway system and transport ministry. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Crippling attack on Iranian trains linked to Meteor file wiper malware...

WifiDemon – iPhone Wifi bug exposed devices to remote attacks

By Sudais Asif Dubbed WifiDemon by researchers; the attack required the victim’s wifi to be set on auto-join which is by default in iPhones. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: WifiDemon - iPhone Wifi bug exposed devices to remote attacks...

Israeli spyware used in hacking phones of activists, journalists globally

By Waqas In groundbreaking research, it has been revealed that governments and regimes around the world used NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Israeli spyware used in hacking phones of activists, journalists globally...

Malware infected Minecraft modpacks hit Google Play Store

By Deeba Ahmed According to researchers, Minecraft continues to attract the hacking community and a massive increase in infected, malware-laden Minecraft mods. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Malware infected Minecraft modpacks hit Google Play Store...

Influence of technology on gaming industry

By Habiba Rashid With easy access to games and the internet, technology allowed millions around the world to enjoy gaming as a shared interest and activity. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Influence of technology on gaming industry...

Canada Post discloses data breach after malware attack

By Waqas According to Canada Post, sensitive information of over 950,000 customers and 44 of its large business clients has been exposed in the malware attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Canada Post discloses data breach after malware attack...

A UK recruitment firm exposed sensitive applicants data for months

By Habiba Rashid The company was informed about the exposed data in December 2020 but it only responded and secured the data in March 2021. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: A UK recruitment firm exposed sensitive applicants data for months...

Old bugs exposing all WiFi enabled devices to FragAttacks

By Waqas Among 75 WiFi devices tested; all were found to be vulnerable to one of the FragAttacks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Old bugs exposing all WiFi enabled devices to FragAttacks...

ShinyHunters leak database of Indian wedding portal WedMeGood

By Waqas The leaked WedMeGood database contains 41.5 GB worth of data which is another massive data leak from ShinyHunters. ShinyHunters, the notorious hacker known for leaking databases of firms like Animal Jam, Mashable, Upstox, and 123RF, etc., is back with yet another high-profile data breach...

Avaddon hackers steal SIM card data from Telstra service provider

By Waqas Hackread.com can confirm that hackers from the Avaddon ransomware gang are claiming to have gained access to “tens of thousands” of SIM cards. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Avaddon hackers steal SIM card data from Telstra service provider...

Indian supply-chain giant Bizongo exposed 643GB of sensitive data

By Habiba Rashid Bizongo did not respond to the researchers when contacted about the data leak. Here's how it happened and what data was leaked. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Indian supply-chain giant Bizongo exposed 643GB of sensitive data...

Facebook ads dropped malware posing as Clubhouse app for PC

By Deeba Ahmed Upon clicking the ad, the user is taken to a fake Clubhouse app website that looks quite authentic but its download link drops malware. Last year, in two separate incidents hackers abused Facebook ads to phish 615,000 account credentials. Then, the infamous Ragnar Locker ransomware...

A child sent out gibberish tweet from official US Nuclear-agency account

By Deeba Ahmed A Child’s Gibberish Tweet from US Nuclear-agency Account Sends Twitter into Frenzy - Sparks Debates on National Security. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: A child sent out gibberish tweet from official US Nuclear-agency account...

Windows-Only 7-Zip now Available for Linux

By Waqas 7-Zip is now available on Linux as a command-line utility. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Windows-Only 7-Zip now Available for Linux...

John McAfee Charged with Fraud in Cryptocurrency Scam

By Habiba Rashid John McAfee has been charged with fraud and money-laundering related to 2 cryptocurrency schemes, the US Justice Department said on Friday. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: John McAfee Charged with Fraud in Cryptocurrency Scam...

Threat actors hijacking Bitbucket and Docker Hub for Monero mining

By Waqas According to researchers, both developer resources were also targeted last year for Monero mining but now the campaign has resurfaced. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Threat actors hijacking Bitbucket and Docker Hub for Monero mining...

Cryptocurrency exchange in liquidation due to hack, hacked again

By Waqas Cryptopia cryptocurrency exchange was hacked in 2019 and put into liquidation after suffering a loss of USD 30 million in crypto-assets. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cryptocurrency exchange in liquidation due to hack, hacked again...

5G Promises to Increase Adoption of Cryptocurrency Investing

By Owais Sultan Blockchain has been efficient in supporting cryptocurrency alone, but its combination with 5G will greatly enhance cryptocurrency mining. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 5G Promises to Increase Adoption of Cryptocurrency Investing...

Cl0p ransomware gang hits Aviation giant Bombardier, leaks sensitive data

By Waqas The Cl0p ransomware gang has leaked sensitive data belonging to Bombardier on its official website on the dark web accessible through Tor. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cl0p ransomware gang hits Aviation giant Bombardier, leaks sensitive data...

Top Barcode Scanner app infected 10 million users with malware

By Deeba Ahmed The Barcode Scanner app with over 10 million installs has been removed by Google from Play Store after it was reported for malicious activities. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Top Barcode Scanner app infected 10 million users with malware...

Why you should never use free a VPN

By Sudais Asif Almost every major free VPN service is a glorified data farm that collects information and shares it with advertisers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Why you should never use free a VPN...

21 WeLeakInfo customers arrested for buying breached data

By Deeba Ahmed The UK National Crime Agency NCA has arrested 21 individuals for buying breached data from now-defunct online service- WeLeakInfo dot com This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 21 WeLeakInfo customers arrested for buying breached data...

Database leak exposed mass credential stuffing against Spotify users

By Deeba Ahmed Researchers helped Spotify detect and address a severe credential stuffing operation affecting hundreds of millions of its users. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Database leak exposed mass credential stuffing against Spotify users...

New skimmer attack uses fake credit card form to steal data

By Sudais Asif The unique aspect of this attack is that WebSockets is used instead of other methods such as HTML tags to extract the information needed. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New skimmer attack uses fake credit card form to steal data...

Ransomware attack on health tech firm disrupted COVID-19 medical trials

By Waqas Philadelphia-based Health Tech eResearchTechnology ERT Firm Suffered Ransomware Attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ransomware attack on health tech firm disrupted COVID-19 medical trials...

Federal agency compromised leveraging compromised credentials

By Sudais Asif a Federal agency's computer network by gaining access to Microsoft Office 365 login credentials and domain administrator accounts. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Federal agency compromised leveraging compromised credentials...

3 including a juvenile charged over July 15th Twitter hack

By Waqas The Twitter hack allowed hackers to rake in over £80,000/$100,000. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 3 including a juvenile charged over July 15th Twitter hack...

40GB of leaked videos expose how Iranian hackers hijack email accounts

By Deeba Ahmed The trove of videos showing how Iranian hackers function was identified... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 40GB of leaked videos expose how Iranian hackers hijack email accounts...

Locating malicious drone operators through deep neural networks

By Zara Khan Researchers at Ben Gurion University have developed a technique... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Locating malicious drone operators through deep neural networks...

845GB of sensitive explicit data on niche dating apps users exposed online

By Waqas The breach took place due to misconfigured AWS Bucket. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 845GB of sensitive explicit data on niche dating apps users exposed online...

Cybercrime marketplace MagBo selling access to 43,000 hacked websites

By ghostadmin The operation is not limited to websites. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cybercrime marketplace MagBo selling access to 43,000 hacked websites...

E-commerce firm StorEnvy hacked; 1.5m plain-text accounts leaked

By Waqas StorEnvy database is being dumpled on a hacker forum for free download. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: E-commerce firm StorEnvy hacked; 1.5m plain-text accounts leaked...

VictoryGate cryptominer infected 35,000 devices via USB drives

By Waqas VictoryGate is the name of a malware botnet that remained undocumented until recently while being active since May 2019. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: VictoryGate cryptominer infected 35,000 devices via USB drives...

Hacker defaces Escrow.com by hacking GoDaddy employee’s account

By Sudais Asif If you are aware of what Escrow.com is, you may also know how huge this cyber attack is. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker defaces Escrow.com by hacking GoDaddy employee's account...

PayPal rejects report that exposed critical account takeover vulnerabilities

By Sudais Asif In a shocking decision, PayPal has rejected vulnerabilities reported by researchers as part of the payment giant's bug bounty program. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: PayPal rejects report that exposed critical account takeover vulnerabilities...

Chinese DDoS tool Great Cannon resurfaces to target Hong Kong protestors

By Waqas The DDoS tool, on the other hand, intercepts the web traffic from Chinese websites and injects malicious codes... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chinese DDoS tool Great Cannon resurfaces to target Hong Kong protestors...

Chinese hackers accessed NSA hacking tools before Shadow Brokers leak

By Ryan De Souza Chinese hackers then used NSA’s hacking tools and technology to target American allies. Symantec researchers have discovered that in 2016, Chinese intelligence managed to repurpose hacking tools used by the National Security Agency NSA and exploit them to attack American private...

Watch: Hackers send explicit messages to riders on hacked e-scooters

By Uzair Amir Lime believes that hackers somehow managed to swap the audio files on eight of the e-scooters. Lime, a Brisbane-based scooter manufacturer, has been testing its E-Scooters on the streets of Brisbane but sadly, the gadgets are in the news for all the wrong reasons. Reportedly, eight...

PlayStation Classic hacked to become platform-free console

By Uzair Amir Retro remake consoles are the preferred targets of hackers and their latest victim is Sony’s PlayStation Classic. According to reports, the security of PlayStation Classic is substantially affected by weak cryptography and this is why prominent console hackers including madmonkey190...