MEGA Chrome extension hacked with cryptocurrency malware

By Waqas Cloud storage solution MEGA delivered Monero cryptocurrency malware. 21st-century technologies like blockchain are regarded as groundbreaking inventions. However, the security aspect of the new age digital systems has always been criticized for being lackluster and flawed. This concern i...

Reddit hacked: Hackers steal complete copy of old database backup

By Waqas Reddit says the breach took place after hackers intercepted SMS that were supposed to be delivered to employees. The social media giant Reddit has announced that it has suffered a data breach in which attackers hacked into its system and ended up stealing data of its registered users...

Update your devices: New Bluetooth flaw lets attackers monitor traffic

By Waqas The Bluetooth flaw also opens door to a man-in-the-middle attack. The IT security researchers at Israel Institute of Technology have discovered a critical security vulnerability in some implementations of the Bluetooth standard in which not all the parameters involved are appropriately...

Hackers steal millions of customers’ data from Adidas US website

By Carolina Another day, another data breach - Adidas believes hackers did This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers steal millions of customers' data from Adidas US website...

Prowli malware takes over 40,000 devices worldwide for Monero mining

By Waqas According to a newly released report, a malicious crypto-mining and This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Prowli malware takes over 40,000 devices worldwide for Monero mining...

Teen monitoring app exposes plaintext Apple ID passwords of its users

By Uzair Amir A popular teen monitoring app has become a victim of a This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Teen monitoring app exposes plaintext Apple ID passwords of its users...

WannaCry hero charged with creating Kronos banking malware

By Waqas The 23-year-old cybersecurity expert, Marcus Hutchins @Malwaretech on Twitter, who This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: WannaCry hero charged with creating Kronos banking malware...

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...

iPhone crackers GrayShift become victim of extortion after code Leak

By Waqas GrayKey's code snippets recently appeared online and an unknown party was This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: iPhone crackers GrayShift become victim of extortion after code Leak...

Gay dating app Grindr shared user HIV & location data with third-parties

By Waqas Grindr shared personal, HIV and geolocation-related data with two of This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Gay dating app Grindr shared user HIV & location data with third-parties...

How to delete your Facebook data in bulk with this Chrome extension

By Waqas If you are planning to delete your Facebook account it This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to delete your Facebook data in bulk with this Chrome extension...

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...

Reddit user leaks alleged Game of Thrones Season 8 script pages

By Carolina Game of Thrones season 7 was marred by hacks and This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Reddit user leaks alleged Game of Thrones Season 8 script pages...

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...

Amazon Echo and Google Home Devices Vulnerable to BlueBorne Attack

By Waqas In September 2017, the IT security researchers at Armis found eight This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Amazon Echo and Google Home Devices Vulnerable to BlueBorne Attack...

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...

New Vulnerability Exploits Antivirus Programs to Install Malware

By Waqas It is common notion that antivirus software keeps our computers This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Vulnerability Exploits Antivirus Programs to Install Malware...

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...

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...

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...

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...

AccuKnox Wins Best AI Startup Award for Enterprise Agentic AI Security at BSides Bangalore

Bangalore, India, 22nd July 2026, CyberNewswire...

GitLost: GitHub’s AI Agent Tricked Into Leaking Private Repository Data

Noma Labs details GitLost, a prompt injection flaw that made GitHub's AI agent expose private repo data through a crafted public issue and guardrail failures...

Hackers Use Excel Exploit to Hide XWorm 7.2 in JPEG Files, Hijack PCs

A new phishing campaign is spreading XWorm 7.2 via malicious Excel files, hiding the malware in Windows processes, and using AES encryption to steal passwords and Wi-Fi keys...

Everest Ransomware Claims AT&T Careers Breach with 576K Records

Everest ransomware group claims a breach of AT&T Careers, alleging theft of 576,000 applicant and employee records locked behind a password-protected listing...

AgentFlayer 0-click exploit abuses ChatGPT Connectors to Steal 3rd-party app data

AgentFlayer is a critical vulnerability in ChatGPT Connectors. Learn how this zero-click attack uses indirect prompt injection to…...

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…...

New Vulnerability “LeakyCLI” Leaks AWS and Google Cloud Credentials

By Waqas A critical vulnerability named LeakyCLI exposes sensitive cloud credentials from popular tools used with AWS and Google Cloud. This poses a major risk for developers, showing the need for strong security practices. Learn how to mitigate LeakyCLI and fortify your cloud infrastructure. Thi...

Global Retailer BuyGoods.com Leaks 198GB of Internal and User PII, KYC data

By Waqas Hailing from Wilmington, Delaware BuyGoods.com boasts a user base of 3 million consumers spanning across 17 countries. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Global Retailer BuyGoods.com Leaks 198GB of Internal and User PII, KYC data...

Smoke Loader Botnet Drops Location Tracker Whiffy Recon Malware

By Deeba Ahmed The new Whiffy Recon Malware was identified by cybersecurity researchers at Secureworks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Smoke Loader Botnet Drops Location Tracker Whiffy Recon Malware...

Hacktivists Leak 1.7TB of Cellebrite, 103GB of MSAB Data

By Waqas The data is now available for download on DDoSecrets and the official website Enlace Hacktivista. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacktivists Leak 1.7TB of Cellebrite, 103GB of MSAB Data...

Hacker steals govt database with info of entire Argentine population

By Deeba Ahmed Reportedly, the database also contains personal information of Argentinian President Alberto Fernández, football superstars Sergio Aguero and Lionel Messi. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker steals govt database with info of entire Argentine population...

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...

Malware droppers for hire targeting users on fake pirated software sites

By Deeba Ahmed Some fake piracy websites have been found distributing Crypto Bot and Raccoon Stealer malware in cracked software. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Malware droppers for hire targeting users on fake pirated software sites...

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...

Top Japanese dating app Omiai hacked; 1.71 million users at risk

By Habiba Rashid Hackread.com can confirm that threat actors on several hacker forums are already hunting for stolen Omiai database. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Top Japanese dating app Omiai hacked; 1.71 million users at risk...

Major EU country hit by crippling DDoS attacks

By Waqas Over 200 Belgian Websites Become Target of DDoS Attacks. Here's what happened and which institution was hit by the DDoS attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Major EU country hit by crippling DDoS attacks...

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...

Conti ransomware gang demanded $40m from US school district

By Habiba Rashid Broward County Schools district in Fort Lauderdale, FL was attacked by the infamous Conti ransomware group last month. In a series of ransomware attacks on educational institutions that have been going on for the past few weeks, this time around, Broward County Public Schools in...

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...

CopperStealer malware stealing Facebook, Apple, Google passwords

By Waqas The credential-stealing malware was found in keygen and Cracks' website to circumvent licensing restrictions to legit software. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: CopperStealer malware stealing Facebook, Apple, Google passwords...

Gootloader exploits websites via SEO to spread ransomware, trojans

By Deeba Ahmed Researchers have warned that Gootloader campaigns generally target users in the US, Germany, France, and South Korea. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Gootloader exploits websites via SEO to spread ransomware, trojans...

Hackers access customers database by scamming UScellular staff

By Waqas The data breach may have allowed unauthorized individuals to access UScellular wireless customers' accounts and wireless phone numbers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers access customers database by scamming UScellular staff...

Popular Shopify app exposes private data of thousands of shoppers

By Deeba Ahmed Another day, another breach leaking personal details of unsuspected users - This time, it is Shopify dropshipping app Topdser. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Popular Shopify app exposes private data of thousands of shoppers...

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...

Nissan source code leaked after it used “admin” as username, password

By Waqas The collection is 20 GB large and includes source code of a range of Nissan services including NissanConnect. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Nissan source code leaked after it used "admin" as username, password...