Fashion marketplace giant 21 Buttons exposes millions of users’ data

By Sudais Asif According to researchers, the misconfigured AWS bucket is still exposed and 21 Buttons has not responded to them. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fashion marketplace giant 21 Buttons exposes millions of users data...

Fake Cyberpunk 2077 Android App Delivering Ransomware

By Waqas It seems like the problems for Cyberpunk 2077 video game are far from over as the bogus Android app is infecting Windows and Android devices. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake Cyberpunk 2077 Android App Delivering Ransomware...

Leading French IT firm Sopra Steria hit ry Ryuk ransomware

By Waqas The firm claims that the Ryuk ransomware attack was detected on 20 October, and it may take weeks to restore its systems. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Leading French IT firm Sopra Steria hit ry Ryuk ransomware...

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...

Google ‘accidentally’ enabled smart speakers to listen passive sounds

By Zara Khan Google accidentally enabled home smart speakers to listen to more than just voice commands This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google accidentally enabled smart speakers to listen passive sounds...

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...

7 VPN firms with no-logs policy end up exposing 1.2 TB of user data

By Sudais Asif If you are using any of these VPN services now is the time to call it quits. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 7 VPN firms with no-logs policy end up exposing 1.2 TB of user data...

240 top Microsoft Azure-hosted subdomains hacked to spread malware

By Waqas UNESCO, Red Cross, Siemens, Xerox, and 3M, etc. are also... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 240 top Microsoft Azure-hosted subdomains hacked to spread malware...

Records with data on 129 million Russian car owners sold on dark web

By Sudais Asif Sensitive data of 129 million car owners located for sale on the dark web. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Records with data on 129 million Russian car owners sold on dark web...

Authorities bust hacker group planning to hit hospitals with ransomware

By Deeba Ahmed PentaGuard Hackers Crew was operating from Romania. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Authorities bust hacker group planning to hit hospitals with ransomware...

New malware Ramsay can steal data from air-gapped computers

By Sudais Asif We've seen the use of air-gapped computers rise... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New malware Ramsay can steal data from air-gapped computers...

Flaws in 2 famous WordPress plugins put millions of sites at risk

By Sudais Asif WordPress WP is one of the most popular content management systems CMS on the planet... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Flaws in 2 famous WordPress plugins put millions of sites at risk...

Hackers claim to breach Microsoft’s GitHub account; steal 500GB of data

By Sudais Asif In October 2018, Microsoft acquired GitHub... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers claim to breach Microsoft's GitHub account; steal 500GB of data...

iOS exploit lets attackers access default iPhone mail app

By Sudais Asif The iOS exploit in the discussion is being used by hackers since 2018 but it existed since 2012. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: iOS exploit lets attackers access default iPhone mail app...

Exercise tech firm Kinomap leaks 40GB database with 42M records

By Waqas Kinomap did not respond to researchers whatsoever and left the database exposed to public access. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Exercise tech firm Kinomap leaks 40GB database with 42M records...

EA Sports down – Gaming giant hit by massive DDoS attacks

By Waqas The DDoS attack has affected EA Sport's Origin platform which lets customers purchase and playing video games. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: EA Sports down - Gaming giant hit by massive DDoS attacks...

“World’s most secure online backup” provider exposes 135M records

By Waqas “The World’s Most Secure Online Backup” cloud service. leaks secure backup - Oh, the irony. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: "World’s most secure online backup" provider exposes 135M records...

5 Best Android Emulators for PC

By Uzair Amir Some times, third-party Android emulators can help to solve several issues and then there is no shortage of Android emulators, which could be hard for you to pick up the best one. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 5 Best Android Emulators for PC...

7 Cybersecurity Trends to Look Out for in 2020

By Waqas Fortunately, predicting the coming cybersecurity trends in 2020 is easier with the help of log events that reveal how data breaches and attacks have occurred in the past. So what cybersecurity trends are in store for 2020? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 7...

Welp – Google sent your photos & videos to strangers

By Uzair Amir Not a Good news for Google Takeout users. Were you photos or videos were also shared by Google with strangers? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Welp - Google sent your photos & videos to strangers...

Plundervolt: A new attack on Intel processors threatening SGX data

By Waqas Plundervolt flaw lets attackers manipulate voltage delivered to targeted CPU and steal data. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Plundervolt: A new attack on Intel processors threatening SGX data...

How to Ship Your Ecommerce Goods At Lightning Speed

By Uzair Amir Want better results for your Ecommerce store? Here are some well-rounded tips on how you can ship faster and more expediently while spending less money. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to Ship Your Ecommerce Goods At Lightning Speed...

Internet connected cars can be hacked to gridlock major cities

By Sudais Hacking Internet Connected Cars - a near possibility for cybercriminals to cause major havoc. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Internet connected cars can be hacked to gridlock major cities...

Hackers targeting embassies with trojanized version of TeamViewer

By Ryan De Souza Researchers believe the trojanized version of TeamViewer is being spread by a Russian speaking hacker. The latest report from Check Point reveals that multiple embassies in Europe were targeted with a trojanized version of TeamViewer. The embassies affected in the latest wave of...

Your next Game of Thrones download can be a malware – Here’s why

By Uzair Amir Game of Thrones the most Exploited Series by Hackers and Scammers in 2018- Research reveals. Cybercriminals never miss out on an opportunity to exploit any potentially fruitful event and now that the final season of Game of Thrones is about to be released, they are trying to use it...

Flaw in NSA’s GHIDRA leads to remote code execution attacks

By Waqas GHIDRA is NSA's reverse engineering tool released earlier this month. Earlier this month, Hackread.com posted about the National Security Agency’s NSA publicly releasing its decompiler and disassembler tool GHIDRA and make it open-source software. Now, it has been revealed that the gener...

Town of Salem data breach: Personal data of 7.6M gamers stolen

By Uzair Amir Over 7.6 million players have been impacted by a massive data breach suffered by the well-known browser-based role-playing game “Town of Salem.” BlankMediaGames, the owner of the game, has confirmed on its online forum that the breach did occur. A copy of the compromised database fr...

Personal & banking data of 120 million Brazilians leaked online

By Carolina The Cadastro de Pessoas Físicas CPFs is a taxpayer registry identification for Brazilians - In this case, 120 million CPFs were exposed online. The IT security researchers at InfoArmor's Advanced Threat Intelligence team discovered a treasure trove of personal sensitive data belonging...

235 members of dark web money counterfeiting gang busted

By Waqas The Dark Web has become a thriving hub of all sorts of criminal activities from selling illegal drugs to the distribution of ransomware and running child porn platforms. To tackle the situation, a wide-scale crackdown was launched by European law enforcement agencies throughout Europe...

Who’s Reading Your Gmail Messages?

By Kayla Matthews Are any of our online activities private anymore? That’s the This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Who's Reading Your Gmail Messages?...

Are Your Smartphones’ Batteries Spying on You?

By Kayla Matthews Most batteries in today's smartphone are intelligent enough to detect This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Are Your Smartphones' Batteries Spying on You?...

74 arrested after FBI disrupts International gang of BEC scammers

By Waqas In a joint operation, the FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation, This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 74 arrested after FBI disrupts International gang of BEC scammers...

Thousands of Android apps for kids are secretly tracking their activities

By Waqas Have you ever noticed you are talking about a product This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Thousands of Android apps for kids are secretly tracking their activities...

Students fell prey to phishing attacks conducted by their universities

By Waqas Universities Educating Students on Cybersecurity by Simulating Fake Phishing Attacks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Students fell prey to phishing attacks conducted by their universities...

Baltimore’ 911 CAD system hacked; remained suspended for 17 hours

By Waqas The 911 dispatch system of Baltimore became the target of This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Baltimore’ 911 CAD system hacked; remained suspended for 17 hours...

Northern Irish Parliament Hit by Brute Force Attack

By Carolina The email service at the Northern Ireland Parliament, Stormont has This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Northern Irish Parliament Hit by Brute Force Attack...

3 of 5 Fortune 500 companies vulnerable due to ManageEngine flaws

By Waqas Hackers can exploit security flaws in ManageEngine software to gain administrator type control This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 3 of 5 Fortune 500 companies vulnerable due to ManageEngine flaws...

YouTube terminated its own channel “Citizentube” for multiple or severe violations

By Waqas In April 2007, YouTube launched its official channel on the This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: YouTube terminated its own channel Citizentube for multiple or severe violations...

Misconfigured Amazon S3 Buckets Exposed US Military’s Social Media Spying Campaign

By Waqas UpGuard’s security researcher Chris Vickery has discovered three misconfigured AWS This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Misconfigured Amazon S3 Buckets Exposed US Military’s Social Media Spying Campaign...

DDoS attacks on Sweden’ Transport Agencies Delay Train Service

By Waqas The official website of Transportstyrelsen, Swedens Transport Agency STA came under This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DDoS attacks on Sweden Transport Agencies Delay Train Service...

CloudFlare Boots Off Torrent Site For Using Cryptocurrency Miner

By Waqas CloudFlare says sites running mining code without notifying users are considered to This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: CloudFlare Boots Off Torrent Site For Using Cryptocurrency Miner...

Locky ransomware campaign launched 20M attacks in a single day

By Uzair Amir Another ‘Aggressive’ Locky ransomware campaign launched with 20 million attacks This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Locky ransomware campaign launched 20M attacks in a single day...

Spam Campaigns Using Trickbot Banking Trojan Against Cryptocurrencies

By Uzair Amir Spam Campaigns Using Trickbot Banking Trojan on the Rise Targeting This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Spam Campaigns Using Trickbot Banking Trojan Against Cryptocurrencies...

New Ransomware Email Scam Using FBI and IRS as Bait

By Carolina Email scams have become so common nowadays that every other This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Ransomware Email Scam Using FBI and IRS as Bait...

Blizzard Entertainment hit by massive DDoS attack

By Agan Uzunovic The web servers of Blizzard Entertainment have suffered a series of This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Blizzard Entertainment hit by massive DDoS attack...

Man caught downloading child porn during raid; gets 10 years in prison

By Carolina In 2015, a 60-year-old man Robert D. Jackson from Georgetown Kentucky had This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Man caught downloading child porn during raid; gets 10 years in prison...

PythonAnywhere Cloud Platform Abused for Hosting Ransomware

Razr ransomware is exploiting PythonAnywhere to distribute and encrypt files with AES-256. ANY.RUNs analysis reveals its behaviour, C2…...

Hackers Claim Major Data Breach at Smart WiFi Provider Plume

By Waqas Plume has not confirmed the data breach but has acknowledged that the company is aware of the claims made by hackers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Claim Major Data Breach at Smart WiFi Provider Plume...

GitHub Disables Pages of Pro-Russia DDoS Group NoName057(16)

By Deeba Ahmed NoName05716 is a group that has been targeting NATO and Czech presidential election candidates' websites recently. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: GitHub Disables Pages of Pro-Russia DDoS Group NoName05716...