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...

Hackers can identify if you are using sex toys and exploit them

By Carolina Smart Sex Toys Can Be Switched On/Off and Exploited Remotely This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers can identify if you are using sex toys and exploit them...

BlueBorne Bluetooth Flaw Affects Millions of Smartphones, IoT and PCs

By Waqas A Palo Alto based Internet of Things IoT security company This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: BlueBorne Bluetooth Flaw Affects Millions of Smartphones, IoT and PCs...

Sarahah App Uploads Your Contacts List on Unidentified Server

By Waqas Sarahah is a new app that is gaining popularity among This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Sarahah App Uploads Your Contacts List on Unidentified Server...

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...

HBO accidentally aires upcoming episode 6 of Game of Thrones

By Carolina HBO accidentally aires upcoming Episode 6 of Game of Thrones; This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: HBO accidentally aires upcoming episode 6 of Game of Thrones...

Brazil Health Surveillance Database Exposed 79GB of Sensitive Records

Brazil's SISVISA health surveillance system left 102,215 files totaling 79GB open online, including tax IDs and identity documents, without password protection...

Bluekit Phishing Kit Uses Browser-in-the-Middle Attacks to Evade Detection

A new phishing-as-a-service PHaaS platform called Bluekit is letting cybercriminals steal user accounts using a tricky method. While…...

Alcasec, “Robin Hood of Spanish Hackers,” Jailed for 31 Months Over Data Theft

Alcasec, the "Robin Hood of Spanish Hackers," is jailed for 31 months after admitting to stealing and selling Spanish citizens' banking data...

Hackers Abused Meta’s AI Support Bot to Hijack Major Instagram Accounts

Hackers abused Meta’s AI support bot to hijack major Instagram accounts, bypassing security checks as videos showed the flaw before Meta fixed the issue...

Hackers Exploit Vercel GenAI to Mass-Produce Convincing Phishing Sites

Hackers are abusing Vercel GenAI to create convincing phishing sites that mimic major brands, including Microsoft, Adidas, and Nike, making scams harder to detect...

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...

Threat Actor Selling 1.2 Billion Facebook Records, But Details Don’t Add Up

Threat actor 'ByteBreaker' claims to sell 1.2B Facebook records scraped via API abuse, but inconsistencies in data size and identity raise doubts...

Chinese APT IronHusky Deploys Updated MysterySnail RAT on Russia

Kaspersky researchers report the reappearance of MysterySnail RAT, a malware linked to Chinese IronHusky APT, targeting Mongolia and…...

CISA Urges Patching Microsoft SharePoint Vulnerability (CVE-2023-24955)

By Deeba Ahmed Critical Microsoft SharePoint Flaw Exploited: Patch Now, CISA Urges! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: CISA Urges Patching Microsoft SharePoint Vulnerability CVE-2023-24955...

Advantages of a Cloud VPS Server

By Owais Sultan A Cloud VPS Virtual Private Server is a virtualized instance of a physical server hosted in the cloud, offering scalable computing resources and the ability to run applications and services independently, providing flexibility and cost-effectiveness. This is a post from HackRead.c...

Apple Issues Device Updates to Patch Critical Vulnerability

By Waqas The software vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-37450, has raised concerns due to its potential for arbitrary code execution. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Apple Issues Device Updates to Patch Critical Vulnerability...

‘Optical Adversarial Attack’ uses low-cost projector to trick AI

By Sudais Asif In the latest, we have another piece of research that deals with strikingly similar details but incorporating the trickery of Artificial Intelligence AI. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Optical Adversarial Attack uses low-cost projector to trick AI...

Kaseya issues patches for vulnerabilities exploited in ransomware attack

By Deeba Ahmed Kaseya VSA has released patches for 3 critical vulnerabilities exploited by the REvil ransomware gang in ransomware attack earlier this month. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Kaseya issues patches for vulnerabilities exploited in ransomware attack...

6 official Python repositories plagued with cryptomining malware

By Deeba Ahmed Six malicious typosquatting packages in the official Python programming language’s PyPI repository are found laced with cryptomining malware. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 6 official Python repositories plagued with cryptomining malware...

EU to Launch Bloc-wide Rapid Response Joint Cyber Unit

By Deeba Ahmed The task force is quite similar to Washington’s ransomware task force, but the EU’s version will coordinate with authorities across the bloc. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: EU to Launch Bloc-wide Rapid Response Joint Cyber Unit...

Vulnerability exposed Peloton bike, treadmil to malware attacks

By Deeba Ahmed Peloton workouts are susceptible to hacking leading to malware and spying, claims McAfee's Advanced Threat Research team. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Vulnerability exposed Peloton bike, treadmil to malware attacks...

What You Need to Know About SOX Compliance

By Waqas Achieving SOX compliance is not an extremely difficult objective, but many companies may find it tricky. Let's dig deeper! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: What You Need to Know About SOX Compliance...

Apple kept mum about XcodeGhost malware attack against 128M users

By Deeba Ahmed Apparently, nearly 128 million iOS users downloaded apps containing the XcodeGhost malware but Apple did not inform users about the attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Apple kept mum about XcodeGhost malware attack against 128M users...

Facebook blocks Signal from using ads to show Instagram data collection

By Habiba Rashid Signal attempted to use the Facebook ad program to show how much data is being collected by Instagram to push targeted ads and got banned. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Facebook blocks Signal from using ads to show Instagram data collection...

How to use iOS 14.5 privacy settings to turn off iPhone apps tracking

By Deeba Ahmed Using iPhone? You can now protect your data and location from being tracked by apps on your device with just a tap, thanks to iOS 14.5. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to use iOS 14.5 privacy settings to turn off iPhone apps tracking...

Facebook ads used in spreading Facebook Messenger phishing scam

By Waqas So far, the phishing scam has targeted users in 80 countries. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Facebook ads used in spreading Facebook Messenger phishing scam...

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...

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...

Hackers hit Microsoft Exchange Server to steal email data

By Deeba Ahmed Microsoft says Chinese hackers from the Hafnium group waged "limited and targeted attacks," in which its Exchange Email servers were breached to steal data. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers hit Microsoft Exchange Server to steal email data...

Silver Sparrow malware on 30,000 Macs leaves security pros confused

By Habiba Rashid According to researchers, as of mid-February, Silver Sparrow malware has affected almost 30,000 macOS across 153 countries. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Silver Sparrow malware on 30,000 Macs leaves security pros confused...

Watch out as new Matryosh DDoS botnet hits Android devices

By Deeba Ahmed According to Netlab researchers, Matryosh DDoS botnet reuses the Mirai botnet framework. Here's how the malware works. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Watch out as new Matryosh DDoS botnet hits Android devices...

Steam vulnerabilities allowed remote take over of users’ computers

By Waqas In total, CheckPoint researchers found 4 vulnerabilities all allowing attackers to harm Steam and those using 3rd party game server. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Steam vulnerabilities allowed remote take over of users computers...

Dental clinic learns of ransomware attack after phone call from hackers

By Waqas The ransomware attack was carried out by the Conti ransomware operator in November 2020. A dental clinic in Georgia, Galstan & Ward Family and Cosmetic Dentistry, suffered a ransomware attack. Interestingly, the facility discovered it after the attackers called to inform them about the...

GoDaddy employees tricked in attack against cryptocurrency firms

By Deeba Ahmed Earlier this month, hackers targeted GoDaddy customers to modify the DNS settings of at least two cryptocurrency website. Here's what happened. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: GoDaddy employees tricked in attack against cryptocurrency firms...

SilentFade malware stole Facebook credentials, $4 million in ad fraud

By Deeba Ahmed Facebook claims that a Chinese company is responsible for operating SilentFade malware. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: SilentFade malware stole Facebook credentials, $4 million in ad fraud...

Iranian hackers used RDP to hit businesses with Dharma ransomware

By Waqas The hackers using Dharma ransomware are "far behind the level of sophistication of big-league Iranian APTs." This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Iranian hackers used RDP to hit businesses with Dharma ransomware...

Cryptojacking botnet Prometei uses NSA exploit to steal data, mine Monero

By Waqas Prometei botnet targets Windows devices. Cisco Talos' threat intelligence team published a report revealing startling details of how cybercriminals are continually reinventing the way they can monetize their malicious tools and techniques. Reportedly, Cisco Talos researchers discovered a...

Online Jewish service ‘Zoom bombed’ with hate speech & Swastikas

By Zara Khan A hateful intrusion during a Jewish congregation service on Zoom has... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Online Jewish service 'Zoom bombed' with hate speech & Swastikas...

IT guy from FEMA hacked medical center, sold data on dark web

By Waqas According to prosecutors, the 29-year old Johnson sold it on the dark web. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: IT guy from FEMA hacked medical center, sold data on dark web...

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...

52k Iranian ID cards with selfies sold on dark web & hacking forum

By Waqas The data is being sold both on the dark web and an infamous hacking forum putting the privacy of thousands of Iranians at risk. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 52k Iranian ID cards with selfies sold on dark web & hacking forum...

DoppelPaymer ransomware hits SpaceX, Tesla & Boeing’s parts manufacturer

By Deeba Ahmed According to security researchers, DoppelPaymer Ransomware is a relatively new file-encrypting and data-stealing malware. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DoppelPaymer ransomware hits SpaceX, Tesla & Boeing's parts manufacturer...

Kali Linux 2020.1 released – Download now

By Sudais Asif Kali Linux 2020.1 is out. Download now and explore the endless world of hacking. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Kali Linux 2020.1 released - Download now...

250 million Microsoft customer support records leaked in plain text

By Waqas So Microsoft Customer Service and Support CSS records have been leaked online. Here's what's in the leaked data... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 250 million Microsoft customer support records leaked in plain text...

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...

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...

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...

How to download online video & audio files with new tool from SaveFrom.net

By Sudais With the widespread availability of the Internet today, there are still times when it may not be feasibly available. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to download online video & audio files with new tool from SaveFrom.net...

Unsecured database leaks phone numbers of 419 million Facebook users

By Sudais The unsecured database contained 133 million records from the US, 18 million in the UK and 50 million in Vietnam - All from Facebook users. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Unsecured database leaks phone numbers of 419 million Facebook users...