Popular free Android VPN apps on Play Store contain malware

By Waqas If you want to ensure optimal privacy while surfing the web, a VPN virtual private network is the only reliable option. In this regard, a majority of web and smartphone users rely upon free VPN services, which according to the latest research is a risky step. In 2017, researchers...

Hackers bypassed Gmail & Yahoo’s 2FA to target US officials

By Waqas The attack was carried out by Iran-backed charming kitten hackers and victims include dozens of US government officials. Private emails of US sanctions officials and nuclear scientists have been breached by Iranian state-sponsored hackers. As per the data obtained by Certfa, a...

Thousands of Android Apps Infected with SonicSpy Spyware

By Uzair Amir Google Play is believed to be the best platform for This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Thousands of Android Apps Infected with SonicSpy Spyware...

Unheard recordings of Radiohead from Ok Computer hacked; refuses to pay ransom

By Waqas Popular British rock band Radiohead is in the news for all the wrong reasons. According to an announcement made by Radiohead this Tuesday, the band had to release 18 hours of unheard material from the studio sessions recorded in 1997 for their landmark album "Ok Computer." Guitarist Jonn...

Anonymous hacker jailed for 10 years over hospital DDoS attacks

By Waqas He conducted those DDoS attacks for OpJustina back in 2014. In April 2014, Martin Gottesfeld 34 from Massachusetts claimed his affiliation with the online hacking group Anonymous and conducted a series of massive DDoS attacks distributed denial-of-service on Boston Children’s Hospital an...

17-years-old kid hacks US air force for the good

By Uzair Amir In April 2017, it was reported that the US Department of Defence This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 17-years-old kid hacks US air force for the good...

New attack vector ReVoLTE lets hackers monitor phone calls

By Sudais Asif New attack vector ReVoLTE breaks the encryption on VoLTE calls. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New attack vector ReVoLTE lets hackers monitor phone calls...

Bitcoin Gold loses over $18 million after hack attack

By Waqas Hackers are conducting Double Spend attack on cryptocurrency exchanges and the This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Bitcoin Gold loses over $18 million after hack attack...

Use 1Password’ ‘pwned password’ to verify if your password was leaked

By Waqas 1Password's "pwned password" will check your password on the list This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Use 1Password' 'pwned password' to verify if your password was leaked...

What to do if your email is found on the Dark Web

By Owais Sultan If your email is on the dark web it is quite possible that its password is leaked as well either in plain text or encrypted with some hash format. The dark web is 99% of the Internet we can’t access from the browsers we’ve got. Regularly used by hackers and black hats, any...

Irish tram system website hacked; held for 1 BTC ransom

By Waqas The official website of Luas, a tram and light rail system in Dublin, Ireland was hacked on Thursday, January 3rd after a hacker defaced its homepage and left a message demanding ransom payment of 1 Bitcoin BTC. In their deface message, an unknown hacker claimed that Luas was informed...

Vault 7 Leak: CIA Collected Biometric Data from Partner Agencies

By Waqas New Vault 7 Documents by WikiLeaks Show How CIA Collected This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Vault 7 Leak: CIA Collected Biometric Data from Partner Agencies...

7 Easy-to-Use Java Performance Tuning Tips

By Owais Sultan Are you looking for easy-to-use Java performance tuning tips because you want to learn more developer knowledge and experience because of the current over-complicated process of optimization techniques? With a bit of practice, there are a few easy ways to learn best practices that...

How to become a better writer with Wordeep using artificial intelligence

By Owais Sultan Wordeep uses Artificial Intelligence to improve what you write. Writing may seem to be an easy task to overcome, but it is definitely not for the faint-hearted. No one can even master writing overnight, and it may take someone years to master it. You also have to consider the fact...

What is VPS Hosting? How Does it Work?

By Owais Sultan VPS hosting is storage space on a server which a service provider allocates, according to the amount you think your website needs. Overall, VPS web hosting lies somewhere in between shared hosting and dedicated hosting. A Virtual Private Server gives you administrative power over...

SimBad malware on Play Store infected millions of Android devices

By Waqas Most of the applications infected by SimBad malware are simulator games. The IT security researchers at Check Point have discovered a sophisticated malware campaign that has been targeting Android users through Google Play Store on a global level and so far more than 150 million users ha...

FreeMilk Phishing Scam Hijacks Active Email Conversations to Deploy Malware

By Waqas The IT security researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: FreeMilk Phishing Scam Hijacks Active Email Conversations to Deploy Malware...

Guilty in Absence: Pirate Bay Founders to pay €405,000 to Record Labels

By Uzair Amir The file sharing giant, The Pirate Bay, is in the This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Guilty in Absence: Pirate Bay Founders to pay €405,000 to Record Labels...

Facebook stored 600m user passwords in plain text exposed to 20k employees

By Uzair Amir The company says it discovered the issue in January and there is no need to change passwords. The social media giant Facebook has revealed that its internal data storage systems saved user passwords in plain text that could be accessed by employees. The social media said an ongoing...

New Mac Malware steals iPhone text messages from iTunes backups

By Waqas The IT security researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have discovered a dangerous new Mac malware capable of targeting devices for multi-purposes including stealing cryptocurrency. Dubbed CookieMiner by researchers; the Mac malware is a variant of OSX.DarthMiner, another nasty piece...

30M Facebook breach; includes users phone numbers and location data

By Waqas FBI has asked Facebook not to discuss who may be behind this attack. On September 28th, 2018 the social media giant Facebook announced that it suffered a massive data breach in which hackers stole access tokens of millions of accounts after exploiting a critical vulnerability in its "Vie...

Russian Lawmaker’ Son Pleads Guilty to $50M Hacking Scam

By Uzair Amir Russian Lawmaker’s Son Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Identity This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian Lawmaker’ Son Pleads Guilty to $50M Hacking Scam...

Hidden Kill Switch Identified in Controversial Intel ME controller chip

By Uzair Amir Europe’s leading cyber-security firm Positive Technologies’ security researchers have a This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hidden Kill Switch Identified in Controversial Intel ME controller chip...

Beware; dangerous new malware ‘Joao’ hits gamers worldwide

By Waqas Gaming is an addiction but for cyber criminals, it is This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Beware; dangerous new malware Joao hits gamers worldwide...

New malware mimics Windows scanner to infect PCs with ransomware

By Sudais This trojan horse was discovered which pretends to be a Windows scanner by Microsoft but in reality, it is everything evil but so. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New malware mimics Windows scanner to infect PCs with ransomware...

Hackers used fake job website to scam jobless US veterans

By Sudais If users who happen to be mostly military veterans, in this case, followed standard principles of double-checking URLs and not downloading files from untrusted sources, they could have remained safe and avoided being the victim. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post:...

LinkedIn Phishing Scam Steals Gmail Credentials Through Google Docs

By Waqas LinkedIn, a business and employment-oriented social networking website contain personal information This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: LinkedIn Phishing Scam Steals Gmail Credentials Through Google Docs...

OpDomesticTerrorism: Anonymous shut down Charlottesville city website

By Waqas The online hacktivist group Anonymous has claimed responsibility for carrying This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: OpDomesticTerrorism: Anonymous shut down Charlottesville city website...

The Logic of a Classic Advanced Persistent Threat Attack

By David Balaban Story of an Advanced Persistent Threat attack against a large corporation that started with a series of blank emails. Advanced persistent threats APTs are increasingly targeting enterprise networks nowadays. This article highlights a recent attack against a large, well-protected...

Latin American social media giant Taringa hacked; 28M accounts stolen

By Waqas Another day, another data breach This time Taringa, a Reddit-like This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Latin American social media giant Taringa hacked; 28M accounts stolen...

Hacker Charged for Crashing Businesses Using Millions of Mirai botnet

By Waqas Daniel ‘BestBuy’ Kaye Extradited to the UK Hacker Charged for This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker Charged for Crashing Businesses Using Millions of Mirai botnet...

A Dangerous Vulnerability in Solar Panels can Cause Power Outage

By Waqas Willem Westerhof, a cybersecurity researcher at Dutch security firm ITsec, This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: A Dangerous Vulnerability in Solar Panels can Cause Power Outage...

Chinese hackers using RedXOR backdoor against Linux systems

By Deeba Ahmed RedXOR malware can steal data, gather system information such as the MAC address, username, clock speed, distribution, and kernel version, etc. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chinese hackers using RedXOR backdoor against Linux systems...

9 risky apps that you need to monitor on your kids’ smartphone

By Owais Sultan Parents should know if their under 18 child has these apps on their smartphone - No underage child should use these apps. Apart from being a great invention, smartphones are also taken as a most apt tool for killing time. Kids between the age of 11-19 spend 90 percent of their tim...

MetaTrader 4 vs MetaTrader 5 iPhone app

By Owais Sultan If you are an online trading enthusiast, you can use MetaTrader 5 and MetaTrader 4 iPhone apps to trade forex. Though the prime objective of MetaTrader 4 iPhone app and MetaTrader 5 iPhone app is to enable users to have great trading experience, these forex trading apps vary in...

Fake Adobe updates installing cryptomining malware while updating Flash

By Waqas The IT security researchers at Palo Alto Networks has identified that a fake Flash updater is circulating the web and fooling computer users by sneakily installing cryptocurrency mining bot XMRig. In the past few months, researchers have identified 113 fake updaters installing cryptomini...

Samsung wants you to hack its devices and get up to $200,000

By Waqas Its a fact that Android is one of the most This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Samsung wants you to hack its devices and get up to $200,000...

Court Orders DreamHost to handover data on anti-Trump site

By Waqas About a week ago, it was reported that the Department This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Court Orders DreamHost to handover data on anti-Trump site...

8 million users installed 9 adware apps from Play Store

By Uzair Amir This is the second time in one week that adware apps have been found on Google Play Store. Lukas Stefanko, an IT security researcher at ESET has discovered 9 Android apps on Google Play Store spamming users with unwanted ads. One of the apps called "Remote control for TV and home...

Vega Stealer malware steals passwords & card data from Chrome & Firefox

By Waqas The IT security researchers at Proofpoint have discovered a new This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Vega Stealer malware steals passwords & card data from Chrome & Firefox...

Israeli Rabbi arrested for hacking CCTV cameras at women’ bathing suit shop

By Carolina Israeli police have arrested a 41-year-old man for allegedly hacking This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Israeli Rabbi arrested for hacking CCTV cameras at women’ bathing suit shop...

DDoS Attacks Now Launched with Monero Ransom Notes

By Waqas After a brief hiatus, attackers have returned with a series This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DDoS Attacks Now Launched with Monero Ransom Notes...

TrickBot Variant Steals Bitcoin by Hijacking Cryptocurrency Transactions

By Waqas Another day, another malware - This time TrickBot's variant is This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: TrickBot Variant Steals Bitcoin by Hijacking Cryptocurrency Transactions...

Hackers Leak Nude Photos of WWE Diva Maria Kanellis AGAIN

By Carolina The latest WWE celebrity to have her privacy invaded is 35-year-old This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Leak Nude Photos of WWE Diva Maria Kanellis AGAIN...

Critical vulnerability lets hackers play with safety system of modern cars

By Waqas According to the latest research from a collaborative team of This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Critical vulnerability lets hackers play with safety system of modern cars...

Cloudflare’s recent 502 Bad Gateway outage blamed on bad software

By Waqas If you are visiting a website and it is displaying “502 Bad Gateway” error it is not your fault but an issue with Cloudflare. Cloudflare, the world's largest "Content Delivery Network" CDN on the internet has suffered a service disruption causing “502 Bad Gateway” error on thousands of...

Hackers steal 6TB of data from enterprise software developer Citrix

By Waqas Enterprise software developer Citrix becomes a victim of state-sponsored hack attack after hackers steal the company's secrets. One of the most popular enterprise software and networking and remote access technology provider firm Citrix affirmed that its internal network was compromised ...

Bad to the Bot Bone

By Ian Trump This is the second 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...

3,000 Databases with 200 Million Unique accounts found on Dark Web

By Waqas Dark Web is a strange place where one can conduct This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 3,000 Databases with 200 Million Unique accounts found on Dark Web...

Experts Show How Easy It Is To Hack Home & Industrial Robots Remotely

By Waqas From IoT to IIoT everything seems vulnerable. A Seattle based This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Experts Show How Easy It Is To Hack Home Industrial Robots Remotely...