Privacy-focused True social network exposed user data online

By Deeba Ahmed A security lapse at the privacy-focused social networking app True exposed one of its servers, leading to private user data exposure. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Privacy-focused True social network exposed user data online...

Brave Browser enters dark web with its own Tor Onion service

By Deeba Ahmed Now Brave browser pages will be accessible on the Dark Web via the Tor gateway. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Brave Browser enters dark web with its own Tor Onion service...

White hat hacker infects smart coffee machine with ransowmare

By Waqas Avast security researcher reverse-engineered an IoT coffee machine to upload ransomware and mine Monero coin. Smart appliances have always remained a risky option for consumers, specifically when it comes to coffee machines. Back in 2015, Pen Test Partners researchers discovered security...

Personal data of 600,000 customers of U.S. fitness chain exposed Online

By Waqas An unprotected database containing private data of Town Sports’ employees and members was leaked on the internet. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Personal data of 600,000 customers of U.S. fitness chain exposed Online...

Ransomware attack on hospital causes patient’s death

By Sudais Asif Cybercriminals inflict damages every day on innocent people for monetary benefits especially when it comes to a ransomware attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ransomware attack on hospital causes patients death...

Empire market exit scam- Admins allegedly steal $30 million worth of BTC

By Sudais Asif Empire market has been offline for more than 4 days. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Empire market exit scam- Admins allegedly steal $30 million worth of BTC...

Sensitive data of cyber security firm & other businesses leaked online

By Sudais Asif Other than the cyber security firm, the leaked data belongs to universities, an insurance firm, non-profit, and public limited firms. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Sensitive data of cyber security firm & other businesses leaked online...

Cloudflare suffered data leak; exposing 3 million IP addresses: Ukraine

By Sudais Asif The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine claims the data leak has... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cloudflare suffered data leak; exposing 3 million IP addresses: Ukraine...

Argentina’s largest telecom hacked with hackers demanding $7.5 million

By Sudais Asif The ransomware attack was carried out by hackers on Wednesday. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Argentina's largest telecom hacked with hackers demanding $7.5 million...

Crypto scam: Twitter’s internal tool was used in hijacking verified accounts

By Waqas Twitter has acknowledged that hackers used its internal tool. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Crypto scam: Twitter's internal tool was used in hijacking verified accounts...

Smartwatch vulnerability allowed hackers to overdose dementia patients

By Sudais Asif The vulnerability also allowed hackers to send threatening messages to patients. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Smartwatch vulnerability allowed hackers to overdose dementia patients...

CIA failed to protect its sophisticated hacking tools from hackers

By Sudais Asif CIA report reveals a lack of security measures in its operations. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: CIA failed to protect its sophisticated hacking tools from hackers...

Lamphone attack recovers secretive conversations via hanging light bulb

By Deeba Ahmed Lamphone attack allowed researchers to recover conversations from a distance of 25 meters. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Lamphone attack recovers secretive conversations via hanging light bulb...

Barcode Reader Apps on Play Store Infected with Adware

By Deeba Ahmed The adware has the capability to disappear every 15 minutes to avoid detection. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Barcode Reader Apps on Play Store Infected with Adware...

Hackers use Github bot to steal $1,200 in ETH within 100 seconds

By Sudais Asif Hackers are remotely stealing cryptocurrencies using bots on Github. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers use Github bot to steal $1,200 in ETH within 100 seconds...

8Belts exposes personal data of 100,000 e-learners globally

By Deeba Ahmed 8Belts database was hosted on a misconfigured Amazon Web Services AWS S3 bucket. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 8Belts exposes personal data of 100,000 e-learners globally...

Member of global child abuse ring caught with 650,000 images, videos

By Waqas He will not rot in hell for years. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Member of global child abuse ring caught with 650,000 images, videos...

4 million Quidd user accounts dumped on hacker forum for download

By Waqas 4 million Quidd user accounts dumped on hacker forum for download - The hacker forum is letting anyone download the data. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 4 million Quidd user accounts dumped on hacker forum for download...

Europol nabs SIM hacking network from across Europe

By Deeba Ahmed SIM Swapping SIM hijacking or SIM hacking is rapidly becoming the biggest threat to mobile service providers and mobile users alike. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Europol nabs SIM hacking network from across Europe...

Friend’s girlfriend sextortion scam infects PCs with Raccoon malware

By Deeba Ahmed Hackers are using supposed nude photos of a friend's girlfriend in the latest sextortion scam - Here's what's happening... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Friend's girlfriend sextortion scam infects PCs with Raccoon malware...

Hamas hackers posed as women to con IDF into downloading malware

By Waqas The hackers posed as women to send out malware and receive crucial information about the device as well as controlling key functions of the phone. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hamas hackers posed as women to con IDF into downloading malware...

Institute of International Education leaks data of thousands of students

By Waqas Another day, another data breach - This time, MongoDB instances at it again owned by the Institute of International Education IIE. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Institute of International Education leaks data of thousands of students...

Owner of dark web Freedom hosting pleads guilty to host child abuse content

By Waqas The culprit ran a hosting firm on the dark web which was home to millions of images and videos showing explicit content against children. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Owner of dark web Freedom hosting pleads guilty to host child abuse content...

UN hacked, becomes target of massive state-sponsored spying op

By Waqas The organization admits experiencing sophisticated cyberattacks after Media Leaked Details. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: UN hacked, becomes target of massive state-sponsored spying op...

Hackers now use web skimmers to steal credit card data

By Sudais Remember, in the usual scenario, cybercriminals use skimmers to steam card data from ATM and gas stations. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers now use web skimmers to steal credit card data...

Ride-hailing app leaks personal data of millions of Iranians

By Ryan De Souza The ride-hailing app database was hosted on an insecure MongoDB server. Another day, another data breach - This time, security researchers have identified a ride-hailing app exposing personal data of 1 to 2 million Iranian drivers, thanks to an insecure MongoDB database. The...

Avengers: End Game leaked online soon after releasing in China

By Uzair Amir Avengers: End Game has been leaked online because why not? Marvel’s latest and perhaps the most anticipated flick ever to be released Avengers: End Game has become an object of controversy lately as hackers and cybercriminals are trying their best to benefit from the movie’s...

How To Improve Your Online Processes

By Carolina In today’s internet-driven world, every business relies very heavily on the internet for their operation. There will be various online processes that a company uses no matter what industry they are in and you may find that there are ways that you can improve these processes. While thi...

6 Critical Website Elements You Need to Review

By Carolina Just like a car needs regular maintenance, your business’s website needs a review to ensure that it is performing to the best of its capabilities. Whether you have noticed a reduction in visitor numbers, or are responding to feedback from customers, reviewing your website is a busines...

Fraudsters changing contact details of banks on Google Maps to scam users

By Waqas Don’t trust Google Maps for banks’ contact details - At least not for now. Scammers are now increasingly interested in defrauding users through Google Maps that lets users change or correct the listings displayed on the service. Seeing this as an effectively exploitable opportunity,...

iKeyMonitor Spy App for iPhone and Android: Best Remote Monitoring Tool

By Carolina Nowadays, it has become a social rule to own a smartphone, and humanity has become more dependent on social networks than ever before. We need to be connected to the Internet at all times and we publish our most private and personal thoughts there. Even in social events people spend...

WordPress GDPR Compliance plugin hacked to spread backdoor

By Waqas Update your GDPR Compliance plugin right now. Security researchers have identified a critical vulnerability in the popular WP GDPR Compliance plugin assisting over 100,000 website owners around the world to comply with European privacy regulations known as GDPR that was announced by...

HSBC suffers data breach after hackers access customers’ personal data

By Uzair Amir The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation HSBC has suffered a data breach in which unknown hackers have accessed personal and financial data of its customers. The data breach, according to the notification from HSBC, took between October 4, 2018, and October 14, 2018. Upon...

Hackers behind Mirai botnet to avoid jail for working with the FBI

By Waqas Mirai has been known as one of the most powerful botnets comprised of millions of hacked Internet of Things IoT devices including routers, digital video recorders DVRs and security cameras. Mirai was also used by hackers to carry out one of the largest DDoS attacks on the servers of DynD...

Flaw in Google Home and Chromecast devices reveals user location

By Waqas Craig Young, an IT security expert from Tripwire has found This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Flaw in Google Home and Chromecast devices reveals user location...

Watch thieves steal keyless Mercedes within 23 seconds

By Waqas As recently as May 17th, 2018, a security camera recorded This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Watch thieves steal keyless Mercedes within 23 seconds...

Trustjacking: iTunes’ Wi-Fi Sync Feature Vulnerable to Exploitation

By Waqas Hackers can exploit the vulnerability in iTunes' Wi-Fi Sync feature and This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Trustjacking: iTunes' Wi-Fi Sync Feature Vulnerable to Exploitation...

You are not alone Facebook and Instagram are down for many

By Carolina You are not alone, Facebook and Instagram are down for This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: You are not alone Facebook and Instagram are down for many...

New Android Malware Disguised as Uber App

By Waqas It is just another day with just another Android malware targeting This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Android Malware Disguised as Uber App...

15-year-old Unpatched Root Access Bug found in Apple’s macOS

By Waqas An IT security researcher has leaked details on an unpatched This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 15-year-old Unpatched Root Access Bug found in Apple’s macOS...

Spoofed Emails from Supposedly Corporate Printer Vendors Install Backdoor

By Waqas Corporate printers and scanners related emails are quite common in This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Spoofed Emails from Supposedly Corporate Printer Vendors Install Backdoor...

unCAPTCHA algorithm can Crack Google’s AI System reCAPTCHA

By Waqas A new algorithm called unCAPTCHA has been developed by researchers This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: unCAPTCHA algorithm can Crack Google’s AI System reCAPTCHA...

Lenovo to Pay $3.5m for Secretly Installing Adware in 750,000 Laptops

By Waqas A few years back Lenovo Inc., a world famous and This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Lenovo to Pay $3.5m for Secretly Installing Adware in 750,000 Laptops...

15 Malicious JetBrains Plugins Caught Stealing DeepSeek, OpenAI API Keys

Hackers are using 15 malicious JetBrains plugins posing as AI coding assistants to steal DeepSeek, OpenAI, and other developer API keys...

Feds Seize AudiA6 and Dark2Web in $389M Crypto Laundering Case

Feds seized AudiA6 and Dark2Web in a major crypto laundering case, arresting two suspects linked to over $389M in alleged illicit transactions...

Hackers Use Fake Claude Code Guide and AI PDFs to Spread AsyncRAT Malware

Hackers are using fake Claude Code guide and AI PDFs to spread AsyncRAT malware via Windows attack using PowerShell and Defender exclusions...

Instagram Recovery Tool Bug Exposed 20,225 Accounts to Password Reset Abuse

Meta says an Instagram recovery tool bug allowed attackers to abuse password resets, affecting 20,225 accounts and exposing users without 2FA to account takeover risk...

Zero-Click pretalx XSS Flaw Lets Hackers Hijack Conference Organizer Accounts

pretalx XSS flaw lets attackers hijack conference organizer accounts, steal sessions, auto-accept talks, and demote admins. Patched in v2026.1.0...

Pride Month Phishing Targets Employees via Trusted Email Services

Attackers are using Pride Month themed phishing emails to target employees worldwide, abusing trusted email platforms like SendGrid to harvest credentials...

Ivanti EPMM Hit by Two Actively Exploited 0day Vulnerabilities

Ivanti EPMM users urgently need to patch against actively exploited 0day vulnerabilities CVE-2025-4427, CVE-2025-4428 that enable pre-authenticated remote…...