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...

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...

The 5 Best and Secure Facial Recognition Tools

By Owais Sultan Over the years there have been several well-documented issues with facial recognition technology. Let's discuss facial recognition tech in detail. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The 5 Best and Secure Facial Recognition Tools...

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...

Hackers Targeting Apple’s M1 Chip with Mac Malware

By Waqas Ex-NSA researcher has discovered malware that is equipped with anti-analysis capabilities and designed to specifically target Apple's new chip. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Targeting Apples M1 Chip with Mac Malware...

How to Use Excel to Scrape a Website

By Owais Sultan There are two ways to use Excel as a scraper: the web queries method and the VBA method. Here is how to use Excel to scrape a website using each. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to Use Excel to Scrape a Website...

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...

Facebook bug exposed email addresses of Instagram users

By Deeba Ahmed According to the researcher, the private information of Instagram users was just a DM away. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Facebook bug exposed email addresses of Instagram users...

Ransomware attack disrupts Metro Vancouver’s payment systems

By Deeba Ahmed The payments systems remained ineffective for three days after the ransomware attack, but payment data is safe, claims TransLink. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ransomware attack disrupts Metro Vancouvers payment systems...

Sophos breach: Customer data exposed due to permission access flaw

By Sudais Asif Sophos has acknowledged the breach by sending email notifications to targeted customers. Here's what happened and what data was exposed. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Sophos breach: Customer data exposed due to permission access flaw...

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...

Hackers actively compromising VoIP phone system for monetization

By Deeba Ahmed One of the most interesting yet complex methods of exploitation employed by hackers is using the servers to make outgoing phone calls to generate profits. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers actively compromising VoIP phone system for monetization...

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...

Nasty malware duo pre-installed on thousands of cheap Android phones

By Zara Khan The pre-installed Triada and xhelper malware have so far carried out a total of 19.2 million suspicious transactions. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Nasty malware duo pre-installed on thousands of cheap Android phones...

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...

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...

Hacker leaks 2.3 million Indonesian citizenship data for download

By Waqas The stolen Indonesian citizenship and electoral data is currently available for free download on a hacker forum. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker leaks 2.3 million Indonesian citizenship data for download...

Adult streaming site CAM4 leaks 7 TB of data with 11 billion records

By Waqas The adult streaming site CAM4 has leaked 7 terabytes of data containing 10.88 billion records... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Adult streaming site CAM4 leaks 7 TB of data with 11 billion records...

Login details of verified Zoom accounts posted on Dark Web

By Deeba Ahmed These Zoom accounts are currently on the dark web but not for sale but free rather for a very wrong reason against Zoom users. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Login details of verified Zoom accounts posted on Dark Web...

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...

All You Need To Know For External Hard Drive Recovery

By Uzair Amir Prevention is better than cure, so before getting started with discussing the methods for external hard drive recovery, it is better first to address the causes and things you need to avoid before starting the recovery process. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post...

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...

Pro-PewDiePie messages appear on hacked Wall Street Journal website

By Waqas The official website of the Wall Street Journal was hacked earlier today after unknown hackers defaced it with messages in support of PewDiePie Felix Kjellberg, the most widely followed YouTuber. The hackers left a deface page along with a message on the domain partners.wsj.com that WSJ...

Cloud communication firm exposes millions of sensitive text messages to public access

By Waqas There’s bad news for those who rely upon SMS-based 2FA authentication. A Berlin-based security researcher Sébastien Kaul has revealed that Voxox exposed a huge database containing tens of millions of text messages by storing it on an unprotected server. The VOIP and Cloud communication f...

GoogleUserContent CDN Hosting Images Infected with Malware

By Waqas The malware targets trusted Google sites. The metadata fields of images uploaded on trusted Content Delivery Network CDN of Google have been embedded with malicious code by hackers to compromise websites. This approach is indeed damaging because users never scan images for malware. The...

Dark web marketplace found selling access to airport’s security system

By Waqas Dark Web has become the hub of illegal activities over This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Dark web marketplace found selling access to airport's security system...

Hamas hacked smartphones of over 100 IDF soldiers

By Waqas IDF blames Palestinian hackers for spying on its soldiers with This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hamas hacked smartphones of over 100 IDF soldiers...

PBot adware spams ads & installs cryptominer on Windows PCs

By Waqas The IT security researchers at Kaspersky have discovered an adware This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: PBot adware spams ads & installs cryptominer on Windows PCs...

Malicious Chrome & Edge extension drops backdoor and spy on users

By Waqas Trend Micro researchers have identified malicious Google Chrome and Microsoft This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Malicious Chrome & Edge extension drops backdoor and spy on users...

Visa card payment network goes down across Europe

By Waqas You are not alone; Visa payment network is down across This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Visa card payment network goes down across Europe...

Sonic & Ultra signals can be used to crash Windows, Linux & hard drives

By Waqas It is quite common to have crashed hard drives, which This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Sonic & Ultra signals can be used to crash Windows, Linux & hard drives...

Data of millions of Japanese sold on underground hacking forums

By Waqas A cybercriminal operating from outside China was found to be This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Data of millions of Japanese sold on underground hacking forums...

Tracking firm caught leaking realtime location data of US Mobile users

By Waqas Location tracking firm "LocationSmart" has been caught putting the physical This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Tracking firm caught leaking realtime location data of US Mobile users...

Mainstream Live Chat widgets leaking personal details of employees

By Waqas According to the findings of Project Insecurity researchers Cody Zacharias This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Mainstream Live Chat widgets leaking personal details of employees...

Lord & Taylor & Saks customers payment cards stolen, sold on Dark Web

By Carolina Apparently, FIN7 hackers are behind the breach - The same This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Lord & Taylor & Saks customers payment cards stolen, sold on Dark Web...

iTunes will no longer work on old PCs & 1st Generation Apple TV

By Carolina iTunes will stop working on millions of devices as of This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: iTunes will no longer work on old PCs & 1st Generation Apple TV...

Coldroot Mac Malware Silently Performs System-Wide Keylogging

By Waqas Another day, another malware - This time it targets macOS This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Coldroot Mac Malware Silently Performs System-Wide Keylogging...

Ethereum Startup Leaves Penis for Investors & Vanishes with $11

By Waqas Another Ethereum Startup Prodeum Vanished Into Thin Air After Collecting This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ethereum Startup Leaves Penis for Investors & Vanishes with $11...

You are not alone Netflix is down for many and slow for some

By Carolina You are not alone, Netflix is down for many while for some This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: You are not alone Netflix is down for many and slow for some...

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...

Lenovo removes backdoor present in networking switches since 2004

By Waqas Engineers at Chinese firm Lenovo have identified a backdoor in This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Lenovo removes backdoor present in networking switches since 2004...

Best Encrypted Email Services for 2018

By Waqas The year 2017 is gone but the hunt for the This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Best Encrypted Email Services for 2018...

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...

The Pirate Bay Caught Secretly Running Cryptocurrency Miner Again

By Waqas In September 2017, we reported that The Pirate Bay TPB was running This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Pirate Bay Caught Secretly Running Cryptocurrency Miner Again...

Man gets 25 years for hacking lottery computers and winning $2.2 million

By Waqas In April 2015, it was reported that Eddie Raymond Tipton, This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Man gets 25 years for hacking lottery computers and winning $2.2 million...

Beware – Smartphones Can Be Hacked With Malicious Replacement Parts

By Waqas IT security researchers at Israel based the Ben-Gurion University of This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Beware Smartphones Can Be Hacked With Malicious Replacement Parts...

Autistic Man Hacked Sports Direct Website To Get Employment

By Uzair Amir The retail giant Sports Direct’s website went down for 30m This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Autistic Man Hacked Sports Direct Website To Get Employment...

Anubis Ransomware Lists Disneyland Paris as New Victim

Anubis ransomware group claims a 64GB data breach at Disneyland Paris, leaking some engineering files and attraction plans via its dark web site...

Microsoft Discovers macOS Flaw CVE-2024-44243, Bypassing SIP

CVE-2024-44243, a critical macOS vulnerability discovered recently by Microsoft, can allow attackers to bypass Apple's System Integrity Protection…...

“HM Surf” macOS Flaw Lets Attackers Access Camera and Mic – Patch Now!

Researchers at Microsoft discovered a new macOS vulnerability, "HM Surf" CVE-2024-44133, which bypasses TCC protections, allowing unauthorized access…...