Dow Jones’ screening watchlist data exposed online

By Waqas A database hosted on Amazon Web Services AWS and owned by Dow Jones has accidentally been exposed putting approx. 2.4 million corporate entities and individuals at risk of data theft. Reportedly, the exposed database comprises sensitive information about terrorists, criminals, and shady...

iPhone hacking tool Cellebrite being sold on eBay

By Waqas Cellebrite UFED, an iPhone hacking tool made in Israel and widely used by the law enforcement authorities including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs Enforcement and Immigration departments is surprisingly up for sale on eBay. This tool is mainly used for hacking or breaking...

Website uses Artificial Intelligence to create utterly realistic human faces

By Waqas A new way for cybercriminals to create fake social media profiles and carry identity scams using Artificial Intelligence powered tool? A couple of months ago it was reported that NVIDIA has developed a tool that uses Artificial Intelligence to create extremely realistic human faces which...

Digital exchange joins law enforcement in hunt for WannaCry ransom bitcoins

By Waqas Patrick O’Neill, a journalist at CyberScoopNews, has claimed that since This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Digital exchange joins law enforcement in hunt for WannaCry ransom bitcoins...

Hackers Leak PII Data and Photos of Brazilian Plastic Surgery Patients

By Waqas The victim of the data breach is the Roberto Polizzi Plastic Surgery Clinic based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Leak PII Data and Photos of Brazilian Plastic Surgery Patients...

DeepDotWeb, Wall St and Valhalla markets seized by authorities

By Uzair Amir Arrests have been made in Israel, Europe, Brazil, and the United States. The popular dark web news and index website DeepDotWeb DDW has been seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI. Those visiting the website can see a message left by the FBI on its homepage stating that...

5 Cybersecurity Best Practices You Should Be Following Right Now

By Owais Sultan If you have a business and you don’t have an online presence, you’re handicapping yourself. That’s just how it is today. Without harnessing the power of the internet and social media, you’re losing out on a substantial number of customers. But putting yourself and your business ou...

Upcoming Firefox version to offer fingerprinting & cryptomining protection

By Uzair Amir There is very good news for Mozilla Firefox users. After improving the user experience with tracking protection function offering content blocking features and other changes in Firefox 63, Mozilla is aiming for another significant update in the upcoming version of the browser. The n...

Top 10 Best Antivirus software for 2019

By Zehra Ali Open the Internet and your screen will be flooded with hacking news and exploits carried out through the use of sophisticated techniques. It is not uncommon to land on news reports of millions of compromised Internet devices. These stories emerge not merely because of the hacker’s...

Facebook gave Amazon, Netflix, Spotify & others access to private user data

By Waqas Facebook allowed Netflix, Spotify, Amazon, Microsoft, Yandex and Royal Bank of Canada unprecedented access to its users' private data. The social media giant Facebook has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons lately. Now, according to reports, Facebook allowed video streaming...

Cloudflare Launches Android and iOS version of 1.1.1.1 DNS Service

By Waqas Download the app and toggle on it to generate a VPN profile that will automatically reroute the DNS traffic using the 1.1.1.1 DNS servers. On April 1, 2018, Cloudflare and APNIC launched the 1.1.1.1 public DNS service to speed up the searching process for web addresses faster and more...

Austria seeks Interpol’s help to bust Bitcoin scammers who stole $115M

By Waqas Another day another Bitcoin scam in which unsuspected users have This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Austria seeks Interpol's help to bust Bitcoin scammers who stole $115M...

Radio Station Broadcast Cold War Era Messages Despite Being Non-operational

By Carolina Now, this is one such creepy news that has all This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Radio Station Broadcast Cold War Era Messages Despite Being Non-operational...

New macOS malware XcodeSpy found sneaking into spy on victims

By Habiba Rashid According to researchers, XcodeSpy malware is targeting Xcode Developers in a supply-check attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New macOS malware XcodeSpy found sneaking into spy on victims...

10 Powerful But Not Yet Promoted Antivirus for PC, Mac, Android, iPhone

By Lesley Haught The vulnerability of the regular computer user is at an all-time high. Not even the strongest of world governments have been able to stay safe from attacks, unauthorized accesses, and data leakages attempted by hackers, malware programs. The big question, then, that every compute...

Security Basics for the Novice Online Traders

By David Balaban The popularity of online trading is growing and there is a need to always use the best security measures in order to protect your online wallets and investment portfolios. New types of fraud appear every day, so it is crucial to stay attentive in order to protect your hard-earned...

Hackers steal credit card data of 14,579 BevMo customers

By Uzair Amir A warning has been issued by the Concord, California-based alcoholic beverages retailer BevMo informing its customers about a data breach that its online store experienced between 2 August and 26 September. During the attack, credit card data of its customers was exposed. “BevMo tak...

ProtonVPN Subscriptions Now Available on Firefox for $10

By Waqas Mozilla has announced that it will be launching an experimental feature in the new version of Firefox that will offer ProtonVPN subscriptions. The feature, however, will be accessible by users only after they subscribe for a monthly package. It is basically, a subscription-based VPN...

Ex-NSA staffer creates app to notify users of evil maid attack on MacBook

By Uzair Amir It is a fact that a MacBook cannot be easily This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ex-NSA staffer creates app to notify users of evil maid attack on MacBook...

Credit Reporting Firm Equifax Hacked; SSNs of 143M Americans Stolen

By Waqas Another day, another data breach but this one will haunt This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Credit Reporting Firm Equifax Hacked; SSNs of 143M Americans Stolen...

Healthcare Clinic Suffers Ransomware Attack; 300K Patients Impacted

By Waqas This without a doubt is the second largest health data This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Healthcare Clinic Suffers Ransomware Attack; 300K Patients Impacted...

Hacker steals databases from breach monitoring site; sells them online

By Sudais Asif DataViper, a breach monitoring site is owned by... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker steals databases from breach monitoring site; sells them online...

Capital One data breach: 106m customers affected; suspected hacker arrested

By Uzair Amir The hacker behind the breach Paige Adele Thompson has been arrested after they bragged about hacking Capital One. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Capital One data breach: 106m customers affected; suspected hacker arrested...

Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter hacked with photo of Pakistani PM Imran Khan

By Uzair Amir Turkish hackers left a message protesting against Ireland on a Twitter account owned by India actor. The official Twitter account of Bollywood's legend Amitabh Bachchan has apparently been hacked by Turkish hacking group calling itself "Ayyildiz Tim." The verified Twitter account wi...

State Spy Programs, espionage & Monero mining – fingers point at Sandvine

By Waqas Sandvine Products and Technology Used by Egypt, Turkey, and Syrian This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: State Spy Programs, espionage & Monero mining - fingers point at Sandvine...

Facebook password stealer; hacking the attacker rather than victim

By Uzair Amir How to hack a Facebook account is one the most This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Facebook password stealer; hacking the attacker rather than victim...

BYKEA data breach: Pakistani ride-hailing app exposed 400m records

By Waqas According to researchers, BYKEA's 200 GB worth of database was exposed on an Elasticsearch server. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: BYKEA data breach: Pakistani ride-hailing app exposed 400m records...

New privacy tool exposes which website leaves your data unprotected

By Sudais The new privacy tool will inform you if the site you are visiting expose your data or not. Here's how it's done... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New privacy tool exposes which website leaves your data unprotected...

Israeli fintech firms hit by Cardinal RAT malware

By Waqas The IT security researchers at Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 have discovered a malware that has been targeting Israeli cyberspace especially those dealing with technology and financial sector. Dubbed Cardinal RAT remote access Trojan by researchers; the malware is currently targeting two...

Gmail “From field” bug makes phishing attacks easier for hackers

By Waqas Gmail, as we know, is a popular and commonly preferred email platform around the world. That’s why any news about a bug in this platform is bound to create chaos among users. And, that’s exactly the case this time. Software developer Tim Cotten has discovered a bug Gmail’s ‘From:’ header...

Hacker unlocks vehicle for family who’d lost keys months ago

By Waqas Our world is full of good and bad people and This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker unlocks vehicle for family whod lost keys months ago...

Image stock site 123RF hacked; 8.3M user database leaked

By Waqas According to our analysis, 123RF suffered a data breach earlier this year in March and leaked on a hacker forum on November 8th. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Image stock site 123RF hacked; 8.3M user database leaked...

Sensitive data of 900 Pulse Secure VPN servers leaked on hacker forum

By Sudais Asif The team behind Pulse Secure VPN had a year to fix the flaw but it did not get a fix. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Sensitive data of 900 Pulse Secure VPN servers leaked on hacker forum...

How Will Blockchain Technology Revolutionize Logistics?

By Waqas If you haven’t noticed, blockchain technology is taking the world by storm, catapulting technology into unchartered, new territory.... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How Will Blockchain Technology Revolutionize Logistics?...

Meet Retadup botnet that was infected by another malware

By Sudais Meet Retadup malware botnet that was infected by another malware - Avast and French authorities have now dismantled the nasty Retadup botnet. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Meet Retadup botnet that was infected by another malware...

Steam fixes 10-year-old critical remote code execution vulnerability

By Waqas A vulnerability in the Steam client was an open door This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Steam fixes 10-year-old critical remote code execution vulnerability...

Anonymous hacks Russian Govt website against ongoing censorship

By Waqas On May 10th, 2018, the online hacktivist group Anonymous conducted a This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Anonymous hacks Russian Govt website against ongoing censorship...

Disqus Hacked: 17.5 Million Users Affected

By Uzair Amir Who doesn’t know about Disqus? It is the most commonly This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Disqus Hacked: 17.5 Million Users Affected...

Russia boots off DailyStormer and CloudFlare removes DDoS protection

By Waqas It looks like the racist and neo-nazi website DailyStormer has no This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russia boots off DailyStormer and CloudFlare removes DDoS protection...

Hackers disabling Macro security warnings in new malspam campaign

By Waqas This means hackers are downloading/executing malicious DLLs/ZLoader without any malicious code in the spammed attachment macro. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers disabling Macro security warnings in new malspam campaign...

PyMICROPSIA Windows malware steals browsing data, record audio

By Waqas PyMICROPSIA malware is developed to target Windows operating systems yet it checks for other operating systems, such as “darwin” or “POSIX.” This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: PyMICROPSIA Windows malware steals browsing data, record audio...

Here is a list of top 25 worst passwords of 2019

By Waqas If your password is on the list, the risk of having your account hacked and identity stolen is high. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Here is a list of top 25 worst passwords of 2019...

How To Stop Someone From Spying On Your Cell Phone

By Waqas Are you privacy-conscious especially when it comes to your smartphone? Look no further, here are 15 ways you can stop people from spying on your cell phone. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How To Stop Someone From Spying On Your Cell Phone...

New SystemBC malware targets Windows PCs by evading detection

By Sudais While finding and removing malware on your computer system may indeed be a joyous moment, there's a new malware out there that will give you a headache instead. To know why, a dive through is needed into SystemBC, a malware written in C++ that has been discovered by researchers at...

China’s BGP rerouting leaves European mobile carriers stranded for 2 hours

By Uzair Amir On Thursday, June 6th 9:43 am UTC, Europe’s leading mobile providers received a shock when a large chunk of the traffic destined to reach them was misdirected or rerouted to another path by the network of a Chinese state-operated telecom firm, China Telecom. The misdirection of the...

National Censorship: Pros and Cons

By David Balaban Is Internet filtering at the state level good or bad? As always, there are different opinions. I do not want to give a definite answer to this question now. On the one hand, the degree of filtering and the profile of filtering can be different, on the other hand, partly the answe...

ProtonMail denies that it offers real-time surveillance assistance

By Ryan De Souza A Swiss lawyer has accused ProtonMail that the company has initiated offering IP Logging upon request of Swiss authorities. ProtonMail, the famous end-to-end encrypted email service from Switzerland, has denied the claims made by a Swiss lawyer Martin Steiger regarding the...

Xbox Two vs PlayStation 5: Which console is winning the race of anticipation?

By Uzair Amir Excitement is mounting among gamers as Microsoft and Sony continue to tease tantalizing details of their upcoming next-generation console releases. The PlayStation 5 is expected to launch towards the end of 2020 and lead architect Mark Cerny has already revealed details of the...

TeamViewer was Targeted by Chinese Hackers in 2016

By Ryan De Souza TeamViewer has only confirmed now that Chinese state-sponsored hackers targeted the company in 2016. The Germany-based company behind the world-famous remote desktop software TeamViewer has confirmed that in 2016 TeamViewer software was compromised. The confirmation comes right...

The Pitfalls of Keeping Your Ports Wide Open

By David Balaban Based on security assessment results, penetration testers often recommend hiding an enterprise network’s ports behind a whitelist. However, corporate IT teams don’t always understand the need for such a countermeasure. Even some admins and DevOps specialists with tons of experien...