StalinLocker ransomware: Put unlock code or say goodbye to your data

By Waqas StalinLocker ransomware gives victim ten minutes to put the code This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: StalinLocker ransomware: Put unlock code or say goodbye to your data...

Securus lets cops perform real-time cellphone tracking of US Mobile Users

By Waqas We all are well-aware of the pervasive ways governments employ This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Securus lets cops perform real-time cellphone tracking of US Mobile Users...

PyRoMine malware disables security & mines Monero using NSA exploits

By Waqas The IT security researchers at Fortinet have discovered a dangerous new This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: PyRoMine malware disables security & mines Monero using NSA exploits...

British doctor says his laptop was hacked & led to Aleppo hospital airstrike

By Uzair Amir A British surgeon and consultant David Nott was just trying This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: British doctor says his laptop was hacked & led to Aleppo hospital airstrike...

Memcached DDoS Attack PoC Code & 17,000 IP addresses Posted Online

By Waqas For the last few days, hackers have been using vulnerable Memcached This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Memcached DDoS Attack PoC Code & 17,000 IP addresses Posted Online...

119,000 FedEx users​ ​passports, security ID & driving licenses exposed

By Waqas It is just another day with just another privacy invasion This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 119,000 FedEx users​ ​passports, security ID & driving licenses exposed...

Critical Intel AMT Flaw Lets Attackers Hack Laptops in Mere Seconds

By Waqas It has been a matter of days when we found This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Critical Intel AMT Flaw Lets Attackers Hack Laptops in Mere Seconds...

Nintendo Switch Hacked to Run Pirated Games

By Waqas There is no doubt about the fact that Nintendo Switch This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Nintendo Switch Hacked to Run Pirated Games...

Someone hacked N. Korean Radio Station to Play “The Final Countdown”

By Waqas Its just another day with just another radio station transmission This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Someone hacked N. Korean Radio Station to Play The Final Countdown...

Google just can not get rid of BankBot malware from Play Store

By Waqas Google is trying its best to make Chrome secure again, This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google just can not get rid of BankBot malware from Play Store...

iPhone apps can access cameras to secretly take photos and record videos

By Waqas There was a time when Apple devices were considered secured This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: iPhone apps can access cameras to secretly take photos and record videos...

Bad Rabbit ransomware spreading like wildfire but there is a way out

By Waqas Ransomware attacks are on an all-time rise lately. This particular This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Bad Rabbit ransomware spreading like wildfire but there is a way out...

FIN7 Spear Phishing Attacks Now Aim At Avoiding Detection

By Uzair Amir The FIN7 hacking group has been targeting organizations from the This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: FIN7 Spear Phishing Attacks Now Aim At Avoiding Detection...

A $500 Device can Crack iPhone 6 and 7 Passcodes within Minutes

By Uzair Amir If you remember the FBI paid millions of dollars to Israeli This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: A $500 Device can Crack iPhone 6 and 7 Passcodes within Minutes...

Uber users beware; Faketoken Android malware hits ride-sharing apps

By Waqas The new version of Faketoken Malware Targets Uber-Like Apps to This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Uber users beware; Faketoken Android malware hits ride-sharing apps...

10 gadgets to have while traveling

By Carolina When you work hard all year, it is only fair This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 10 gadgets to have while traveling...

Someone DDoSed Chinese Telecom Firm For 11 Days

By Waqas It seems like cyber criminals have taken the challenge to This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Someone DDoSed Chinese Telecom Firm For 11 Days...

Hackers Behind Jaff Ransomware Selling Victims’ Data on Dark Web

By Jahanzaib Hassan The dark web marketplaces and undergrown marketplaces are full of vendors selling databases, weapons, illegal drugs and malicious software. Now security researchers have discovered yet another ransomware malware not only selling victims data but also selling them online...

2025’s Top OSINT Tools: A Fresh Take on Open-Source Intel

Check out the top OSINT tools of 2025, an updated list featuring the best free and paid open-source…...

Windows SmartScreen Flaw Enabling Data Theft in Major Stealer Attack

New Stealer Campaign Exploits Windows SmartScreen Vulnerability CVE-2024-21412 - This large-scale attack targets Windows users, stealing passwords, browsing…...

Misconfigured ElasticSearch Servers Exposed 579 GB of Users’ Website Activity

By Waqas In total, two misconfigured ElasticSearch servers belonging to an unknown organization exposed 359,019,902 359 million records that were… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Misconfigured ElasticSearch Servers Exposed 579 GB of Users’ Website Activity...

Anonymous leaks more EPIK host data; ‘larger than previous leak’

By Waqas According to Anonymous, the EPIK data leak involves bootable disk images, API tokens, over 500,000 private keys, etc. all in plain-text format. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Anonymous leaks more EPIK host data; larger than previous leak...

Bandwidth.com is latest victim of nonstop DDoS attacks against VoIP

By Deeba Ahmed Bandwidth.com has been suffering DDoS attacks for the past 3 days nonstop and at the time of publishing this article, its service was still down. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Bandwidth.com is latest victim of nonstop DDoS attacks against VoIP...

Lead generation firm exposed household data of 63 million Americans

By Waqas The data leak contains email addresses with .gov suffixes or indicated that the user worked for New York Police Department. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Lead generation firm exposed household data of 63 million Americans...

New WeTransfer phishing attack spoofs file-sharing to steal credential

By Deeba Ahmed The phishing email claims that WeTransfer has shared two files with the victim, and there’s a link to view them. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New WeTransfer phishing attack spoofs file-sharing to steal credential...

Online learning provider New Skills Academy alerts users of data breach

By Waqas According to the data breach notification email sent by New Skills Academy, the number of victims impacted by the breach is yet unknown. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Online learning provider New Skills Academy alerts users of data breach...

FBI accessing computers across US to remove malicious web shells

By Deeba Ahmed FBI is Accessing Computers Across the Us to Prevent Hafnium from Exploiting MS Exchange Server Vulnerabilities - All without telling owners. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: FBI accessing computers across US to remove malicious web shells...

ShinyHunters dump partial database of broker firm Upstox

By Waqas The hackers behind the breach is ShinyHunters while their target Upstox is India’s second-largest discount brokerage firm. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: ShinyHunters dump partial database of broker firm Upstox...

Gamers targeted in new malware attack with games cheat codes

By Habiba Rashid The malware used in this attack is XtremeRat ExtRat which is a commercially available remote access trojan RAT. Here's what we know so far. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Gamers targeted in new malware attack with games cheat codes...

Major vulnerability exposes 5G core network slicing to DoS attacks

By Habiba Rashid This 5G vulnerability allows data access and DoS attacks leaving enterprise customers exposed to malicious cyberattacks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Major vulnerability exposes 5G core network slicing to DoS attacks...

Google removes ClearURLs Chrome extension from its store

By Deeba Ahmed Google blocked ClearURLs Chrome extension from the Chrome web store- Here's how you can install it manually and what we know so far. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google removes ClearURLs Chrome extension from its store...

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...

One sticker could have exposed your Telegram secret chats

By Waqas The flaw originated in the way the Telegram app handled animated stickers and how the secret chat functionality operated. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: One sticker could have exposed your Telegram secret chats...

10 SIM-swapping hackers nabbed for targeting US celebrities

By Waqas Europol has announced arresting 10 hackers involved in large scale SIM-swapping attacks targeting high-profile celebrities in the United States. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 10 SIM-swapping hackers nabbed for targeting US celebrities...

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...

NetWalker ransomware disrupted – Cryptocurrency and domain seized

By Waqas Authorities have arrested a Canadian national affiliated with the NetWalker ransomware operation. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: NetWalker ransomware disrupted - Cryptocurrency and domain seized...

Transferring data between smartphones seamlessly

By Sudais Asif Apple is strict on privacy which is a positive thing to do but what if you would like to transfer or backup WhatsApp data from an iPhone to a PC? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Transferring data between smartphones seamlessly...

Security researchers claims downloading 70TB of sensitive Parler data

By Waqas Parler has been booted off by Amazon from its AWS cloud platform while Apple and Google have already suspended its apps from their app stores. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Security researchers claims downloading 70TB of sensitive Parler data...

Google ReCaptcha flaw lets bots bypass audio captcha challenge

By Sudais Asif According to researchers, the idea of the attack is to grab the MP3 file of the audio reCAPTCHA and submit it to Google's own Speech to Text API. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google ReCaptcha flaw lets bots bypass audio captcha challenge...

Google, YouTube, Gmail service suffered major outage worldwide

By Deeba Ahmed Google states that the problem is fixed now, and all services are back online for most users. Let us know if these services are back in your area. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google, YouTube, Gmail service suffered major outage worldwide...

Hackers steal sensitive client data in Israeli insurance firm data breach

By Deeba Ahmed BlackShadow hackers took responsibility for the attack and leaked the data online belonging to Shirbit's customers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers steal sensitive client data in Israeli insurance firm data breach...

Indian job portal IIMJobs hacked; database leaked online

By Waqas According to Alexa traffic analysis, IIMJobs is among the top 700 visited websites in India. Here's what was leaked and what happened. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Indian job portal IIMJobs hacked; database leaked online...

Robotic vacuum cleaners could be hacked to spy on you

By Sudais Asif According to researchers, robotic vacuum cleaners can be hacked to spy on users by recording both conversations and music. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Robotic vacuum cleaners could be hacked to spy on you...

Android TVs from top manufacturer plagued with ‘extraordinary’ flaws

By Sudais Asif A researcher reported 'extraordinary' vulnerabilities in TCL Android TVs - TCL is the world's 3rd largest TV manufacturer. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Android TVs from top manufacturer plagued with extraordinary flaws...

Ransomware attack on top Brazilian court encrypts files, backups

By Waqas The ransomware attack was carried out by unknown operators who are now demanding a ransom for the decryption key. The cyberinfrastructure of the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice STJ has suffered a massive ransomware attack, as a result, its services including the official website have...

Lessons from COVID-19 Cyberattacks: Where Do We Go Next?

By Uzair Amir The COVID-19 cyberattacks have shone a harsh light on the status of web security enabling us to strengthen web security measures. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Lessons from COVID-19 Cyberattacks: Where Do We Go Next?...

Top anti-virus, anti-malware products contain security flaws

By Deeba Ahmed According to cybersecurity firm CyberArk, at least one anti-malware software is vulnerable to exploitation in every Windows system. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Top anti-virus, anti-malware products contain security flaws...

Exposed: 6 year old Iranian espionage campaign using Android backdoor

By Sudais Asif Dubbed Rampant Kitten; the campaign has been going on for the last 6 years in which, among other tools and platforms, Iranian hackers have been utilizing Android backdoor apps. State-sponsored attackers happen to be one of the most dangerous threats out there due to the vast amount...

“Biggest webmaster forum” Digital Point exposes trove of user data

By Zara Khan Digital Point exposed the data on a misconfigured Elasticsearch database. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: "Biggest webmaster forum" Digital Point exposes trove of user data...

New vulnerability lets hackers use your credit card without pin code

By Sudais Asif The vulnerability was revealed in a report called "The EMV Standard: Break, Fix, Verify." Every time we make a payment using credit/debit cards, the EMV communication protocol is used for processing payments. Having been developed by Europay, Mastercard and Visa, etc. it is used fo...