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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

North Korea Hit By Konni and Inexsmar Malware After Missile Tests

By Uzair Amir An unknown hacking group has been targeting organizations in North This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: North Korea Hit By Konni and Inexsmar Malware After Missile Tests...

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...

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...

ShinyHunters Defaces Canvas LMS Portal, Hundreds of Universities Affected

ShinyHunters hackers defaced the official Canvas LMS portal after breaching Instructure systems, disrupting university access worldwide...

Why Outdated Maintenance Software Is a Growing Ransomware Risk

Outdated maintenance software increases ransomware risk by exposing weak access controls, unpatched systems, and critical operational data to attackers...

New Linux FIRESTARTER Backdoor Targets Cisco Firepower Devices

CISA and NCSC warn that FIRESTARTER, a Linux-based backdoor, targets Cisco Firepower devices, evades patches, and enables persistent access even after firmware updates...

Hacker Claims Full Breach of Russia’s Max Messenger, Threatens Public Leak (Update: Fake Breach)

A hacker claims a full breach of Russia’s Max Messenger, threatening to leak user data and backend systems if demands are not met...

Fake Crypto Exchange Ads on Facebook Spread Malware

Bitdefender exposes Facebook ad scams using fake crypto sites and celebrity lures to spread malware via malicious desktop…...

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…...

Efficient Document Merging Strategies for Professionals

By Uzair Amir Discover time-saving document merging strategies for professionals. Learn how to streamline workflows, enhance collaboration, and protect document integrity for increased productivity and peace of mind. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Efficient Document...

Crypto ATM Manufacturer General Bytes Suffers $1.5m Bitcoin Theft

By Habiba Rashid The company has disclosed the wallet addresses and three IP addresses used by the attacker in the hack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Crypto ATM Manufacturer General Bytes Suffers $1.5m Bitcoin Theft...

Beware- FontOnLake Rootkit Malware Attacking Linux Systems

By Deeba Ahmed According to ESET's researchers, components of FontOnLake malware are divided into three groups: Trojamized app, Rootkit, and Backdoor. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Beware- FontOnLake Rootkit Malware Attacking Linux Systems...

Why your remote employees may underperform? Top 10 problems

By Owais Sultan Organizing remote work is a challenge for any business owner. Read on to find workable strategies to maximize the output of your distributed team. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Why your remote employees may underperform? Top 10 problems...

5 must-try user flow diagramming tools for UX designing 2021

By Uzair Amir Want to come up with a smooth user flow diagram for your website or app? Then find out about the best user flow and flowchart creation tools in this guide. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 5 must-try user flow diagramming tools for UX designing 2021...

4 Ways For Employees To Distinguish Phishing Attacks

By Waqas It’s vital that employees are taught about the different types of phishing attacks and that they are aware of what to look out for. Let's dig further. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 4 Ways For Employees To Distinguish Phishing Attacks...

GitHub Will Now Support Security Keys for SSH Git Operations

By Deeba Ahmed To prevent account takeover in SSH Git operations, GitHub has now added support for security keys. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: GitHub Will Now Support Security Keys for SSH Git Operations...

OGUsers hacker forum hacked for 4th time; database leaked

By Waqas OGUsers was also hacked in May 2019, April 2020, and December 2020. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: OGUsers hacker forum hacked for 4th time; database leaked...

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...

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...

Hackers dropping DearCry ransomware using Exchange Server exploit

By Waqas Currently, there are over 80,000 servers exposed to DearCry ransomware - Microsoft has urged customers to install patches issued last week. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers dropping DearCry ransomware using Exchange Server exploit...

Android users hit by banking trojan in 10 Play Store apps

By Deeba Ahmed Another day, another Android banking trojan caught targeting unsuspecting users but this time it does it from Play Store without any prevention. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Android users hit by banking trojan in 10 Play Store apps...

FluBot Android malware mimics FedEx, Chrome apps to steal user data

By Deeba Ahmed Cybersecurity company PRODAFT reports that newly discovered FluBot Android malware is impersonating an Android mobile banking application. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: FluBot Android malware mimics FedEx, Chrome apps to steal user data...

IT Security firm Qualys extorted by Clop gang after data breach

By Waqas Qualys has confirmed that the Clop ransomware gang is behind the cyber attack that exploited Accellion exploit. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: IT Security firm Qualys extorted by Clop gang after data breach...

US charges 3 North Korean hackers for extorting $1.3+ billion

By Deeba Ahmed One of the hackers was also charged in 2018 for playing a role in the Sony Pictures hacking and WannaCry ransomware attacks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US charges 3 North Korean hackers for extorting $1.3+ billion...

Why you should never use free a VPN

By Sudais Asif Almost every major free VPN service is a glorified data farm that collects information and shares it with advertisers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Why you should never use free a VPN...

Hack the US Army for good with ‘Hack The Army’ bug bounty program

By Sudais Asif For now, only those with invitation can join the new bug bounty program. Here's what we know so far and what to expect. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hack the US Army for good with Hack The Army bug bounty program...

US COVID-19 relief bill to make copyrighted content streaming a felony

By Deeba Ahmed The $300/week unemployment legislation includes a clause that will make streaming of protected content a punishable crime. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US COVID-19 relief bill to make copyrighted content streaming a felony...

Norweigian researcher exposes how a US firm collected his location data

By Sudais Asif The researcher identified over 75000 data points of his phone being tracked. Here's how he found and exposed the firm behind the scenes. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Norweigian researcher exposes how a US firm collected his location data...

New skimmer attack uses fake credit card form to steal data

By Sudais Asif The unique aspect of this attack is that WebSockets is used instead of other methods such as HTML tags to extract the information needed. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New skimmer attack uses fake credit card form to steal data...

Chowbus food delivery service suffers breach; trove of data stolen

By Deeba Ahmed The data breach could have affected hundreds of thousands of customers of Fantuan Group Inc. owned Chowbus. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chowbus food delivery service suffers breach; trove of data stolen...

“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...

Nasty malware duo pre-installed on thousands of cheap Android phones

By Zara Khan The pre-installed Triada and xhelper malware have so far carried out a total of 19.2 million suspicious transactions. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Nasty malware duo pre-installed on thousands of cheap Android phones...

How much does a data breach cost? + How to prevent it (Best practices)

By Waqas By some estimates, close to 30 percent of businesses in the United States will experience a data breach. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How much does a data breach cost? + How to prevent it Best practices...

Database of dark web host with 7600 websites leaked by KingNull

By Sudais Asif The dark web hosting firm known as Daniel's Hosting was under cyber attacks since 2018. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Database of dark web host with 7600 websites leaked by KingNull...

The Increasing Need For Application Security During COVID-19

By Sudais Asif Application security is the implementation of measures that can... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Increasing Need For Application Security During COVID-19...

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...

VictoryGate cryptominer infected 35,000 devices via USB drives

By Waqas VictoryGate is the name of a malware botnet that remained undocumented until recently while being active since May 2019. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: VictoryGate cryptominer infected 35,000 devices via USB drives...

Nintendo accounts hacked: 160,000 accounts accessed by hackers

By Waqas Nintendo suffered a massive data breach in which upto 160,000 Nintendo accounts were accessed by hackers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Nintendo accounts hacked: 160,000 accounts accessed by hackers...

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...

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...

Login details of verified Zoom accounts posted on Dark Web

By Deeba Ahmed These Zoom accounts are currently on the dark web but not for sale but free rather for a very wrong reason against Zoom users. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Login details of verified Zoom accounts posted on Dark Web...

Marriott hacked AGAIN – Millions of guests’ data accessed by hackers

By Waqas Marriott International has been hacked again and this time millions of customer data has been stolen just like in 2018. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Marriott hacked AGAIN - Millions of guests' data accessed by hackers...

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...

PayPal rejects report that exposed critical account takeover vulnerabilities

By Sudais Asif In a shocking decision, PayPal has rejected vulnerabilities reported by researchers as part of the payment giant's bug bounty program. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: PayPal rejects report that exposed critical account takeover vulnerabilities...

Man uses 99 smartphones to cause traffic jam on Google Maps

By Sudais Asif He took 99 smartphones running the Google Maps app and then asked someone to roam them on the streets of Berlin. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Man uses 99 smartphones to cause traffic jam on Google Maps...