Ticketmaster: Taylor Swift ticket sales disrupted by bot-driven attack

By Habiba Rashid Joe Berchtold, president of Ticketmaster's parent company, Live Nation, claims that despite the cyber attack, hackers were not able to illegally obtain any tickets in the November 2022 incident. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ticketmaster: Taylor Swift...

GoTo’s LastPass Breach: Encrypted Customer Data Taken

By Deeba Ahmed GoTo-owned LastPass revealed that hackers stole customers' encrypted data in a November 2022 data breach. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: GoTos LastPass Breach: Encrypted Customer Data Taken...

Roaming Mantis Malware Returns with DNS Changer Capability

By Deeba Ahmed Roaming Mantis malware was last seen in April 2018 targeting iOS and Android devices with cryptocurrency mining malware but this time, it has new DNS changer capabilities. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Roaming Mantis Malware Returns with DNS Changer...

AI-Powered Smart Glasses Give Deaf People the Power of Speech

By Habiba Rashid Meet XRAI Glass, an AI-powered augmented reality smart glasses that gives deaf people the power to see conversations. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: AI-Powered Smart Glasses Give Deaf People the Power of Speech...

How to use Linked Helper 2 as a LinkedIn Data Export Tool

By Owais Sultan One of the best things about LinkedIn is that it allows you to download a CSV file with… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to use Linked Helper 2 as a LinkedIn Data Export Tool...

34 Russian Hacking Groups Stole 50 Million User Passwords

By Deeba Ahmed Russian hacking groups primarily using Telegram are on a password stealing spree and so far have targeted users on Amazon, Steam, and Roblox. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 34 Russian Hacking Groups Stole 50 Million User Passwords...

Encrypted Email Service ProtonMail Now Supports Physical Security Keys

By Waqas Two Factor Authentication via Physical Security Keys is Now Possible on ProtonMail. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Encrypted Email Service ProtonMail Now Supports Physical Security Keys...

Meet Plexus, An AI-based Browser Security Solution from LayerX

By Waqas With the increasing use of the internet, browser security has become an important issue. Malware, phishing, and adware… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Meet Plexus, An AI-based Browser Security Solution from LayerX...

With $11.5M In Funding, Naoris Protocol Will Use Blockchain & Decentralization To Plug Web3 Security Gaps

By Owais Sultan By creating a decentralized network of trusted devices that are incentivized to continuously validate each other to ensure… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: With $11.5M In Funding, Naoris Protocol Will Use Blockchain & Decentralization To Plug Web3 Security...

British Military’s Twitter and YouTube Accounts Hacked to Scam Crypto Users

By Deeba Ahmed The British Army has confirmed the breaching of its Twitter and YouTube accounts. On Sunday, July 3rd, the… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: British Military’s Twitter and YouTube Accounts Hacked to Scam Crypto Users...

Iran’s Largest Steel Producer Hit By Crippling Cyberattack

By Deeba Ahmed The targeted company, Khouzestan Steel Company KSC, has acknowledged the cyberattack but claimed the attack was successfully thwarted.… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Iran’s Largest Steel Producer Hit By Crippling Cyberattack...

9 Years Jail for iCloud Phishing Scam Hacker Who Stole Nude Photos

By Deeba Ahmed The hacker was arrested in 2021 for breaching Apple iCloud accounts and stealing more than 620,000 private images… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 9 Years Jail for iCloud Phishing Scam Hacker Who Stole Nude Photos...

Elasticsearch Database Mess Up Exposed Login, PII Data of 30,000 Students

By Deeba Ahmed The misconfigured Elasticsearch database apparently belonged to the US-based software solution provider Transact Campus. SafetyDetectives’ cybersecurity research team… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Elasticsearch Database Mess Up Exposed Login, PII Data of...

Anonymous Hacktivists Leak 1TB of Top Russian Law Firm Data

By Waqas Rustam Kurmaev and Partners work with the Russian government and other high-profile banking, media, oil, and industrial companies,… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Anonymous Hacktivists Leak 1TB of Top Russian Law Firm Data...

Russian TV Schedules Hacked on Victory Day to Show Anti-War Messages

By Waqas Hackers targeted Russian television channels program names right before Vladimir Putins speech on Victory Day to commemorate the… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian TV Schedules Hacked on Victory Day to Show Anti-War Messages...

Hackers Hijacked Official Ferrari Subdomain to Host NFT Scam

By Deeba Ahmed After the hijacking, hackers hosted the Mint Your Ferrari NFT scam on the luxury automakers official website. On… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Hijacked Official Ferrari Subdomain to Host NFT Scam...

Anonymous Hacks 2 Russian Industrial Firms, Leak 112GB of Data for Ukraine

By Waqas Anonymous has taken Operation OpRussia a step further by targeting MashOil and RostProekt, which happened to be giants… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Anonymous Hacks 2 Russian Industrial Firms, Leak 112GB of Data for Ukraine...

75% of Tested Smart Infusion Pumps Vulnerable to Hacking

By Deeba Ahmed As of 2020, about 80% of hospitals in the United States were using smart infusion pumps. Palo Alto… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 75% of Tested Smart Infusion Pumps Vulnerable to Hacking...

Ex-Crypto CEO accused of 2016’s $11 billion Ethereum DAO hack

By Waqas According to journalist Laura Shin and Blockchain data security firm Chainalysis, in 2016, a programmer, Toby Hoenisch, allegedly… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ex-Crypto CEO accused of 2016s $11 billion Ethereum DAO hack...

Croatian Police arrests minor over A1 Telecom data breach & ransom demand

By Waqas The 14-year-old schoolboy was accused of stealing data of 100,000 Tele Operator A1 customers and demanding 150 Ethereum… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Croatian Police arrests minor over A1 Telecom data breach & ransom demand...

DDoS attacks cripple government and banking websites in Ukraine

By Waqas Reportedly, the DDoS attacks have also impacted ATM services in Ukraine. A series of DDoS attacks have crippled… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DDoS attacks cripple government and banking websites in Ukraine...

BHUNT password stealer targets crypto wallets through cracked software

By Deeba Ahmed BHUNT is being regarded as an evasive crypto wallet stealer, just like previously identified Redline Stealer and CryptBot.… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: BHUNT password stealer targets crypto wallets through cracked software...

The Benefits of Rapid Prototyping in Manufacturing

By Owais Sultan In the manufacturing industry, rapid prototyping is increasingly becoming the mainstream. It fosters faster manufacturing while reducing costs.… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Benefits of Rapid Prototyping in Manufacturing...

Everything You Need to Know About Amazon Fire TV Stick

By Owais Sultan An Amazon fire stick is a device that plugs into the HDMI slot on your TV and looks similar to a USB stick. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Everything You Need to Know About Amazon Fire TV Stick...

Spider-Man: No Way Home exploited to push phishing and malware scams

By Deeba Ahmed Scammers are exploiting the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home to steal credit card and banking data along with harvesting login credentials of unsuspected users. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Spider-Man: No Way Home exploited to push phishing and malware...

Gumtree exposed users’ personal and GPS location via source code

By Waqas Gumtree.com or Gumtree is a London, England-based online classified advertisement website with millions of registered users. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Gumtree exposed users personal and GPS location via source code...

Irani and Chinese State Hackers Exploiting Log4j Vulnerability

By Waqas According to Mandiant's John Hultquist, Iranian state hackers are specifically aggressive with this Log4j vulnerability. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Irani and Chinese State Hackers Exploiting Log4j Vulnerability...

Ransomware gang behind attacks on 100+ companies busted

By Waqas Law enforcement authorities managed to seize millions in cryptocurrency and luxury vehicles owned by the ransomware gang. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ransomware gang behind attacks on 100+ companies busted...

$120 charging cable O.MG remotely steals data from Apple devices

By Deeba Ahmed O.MG cable can log keystrokes from anything it is connected to, including Mac keyboards, iPhones, or iPads, and send the data to attackers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: $120 charging cable O.MG remotely steals data from Apple devices...

Top Certifications for Network Security Administrators in 2021

By Waqas The demand for security professionals is at its peak like never before. Here are some certifications that will help you polish your skills. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Top Certifications for Network Security Administrators in 2021...

Voting system in Georgia county hit by ransomware attack

By Waqas The ransomware attack impacted the voting precinct map and voter signature database among other services. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Voting system in Georgia county hit by ransomware attack...

Researchers track malware developers through fingerprints

By Sudais Asif Researchers have developed a new technique using which they can identify the profile of a malware developer. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Researchers track malware developers through fingerprints...

Two major flight tracking services hit by crippling cyberattacks

By Waqas It is still unclear who is behind these cyberattacks however both Flightradar24 and PlaneFinder suffered major service disruption after the attacks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Two major flight tracking services hit by crippling cyberattacks...

Microsoft Bing server exposed user search queries and location data

By Waqas Microsoft Bing server logged some horrific search terms including searchers for murder and child abuse content. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft Bing server exposed user search queries and location data...

Hackers breach e-commerce websites operated by Warner Music Group

By Zara Khan WMG hasn’t disclosed the number of websites compromised or how the hackers accessed such critical information. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers breach e-commerce websites operated by Warner Music Group...

AI firm exposes 2.5 million sensitive medical records online

By Zara Khan The data also includes records belonging to victims of auto-related incidents. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: AI firm exposes 2.5 million sensitive medical records online...

The Ritz London’s customers hit by phone scams after data breach

By Deeba Ahmed London’s top hotel ‘s clients became vulnerable to phone-based identity fraud attacks after the hotel reported data breach. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Ritz Londons customers hit by phone scams after data breach...

350 million email addresses exposed on misconfigured AWS S3 bucket

By Sudais Asif It is still unclear who owned the misconfigured Amazon S3 bucket. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 350 million email addresses exposed on misconfigured AWS S3 bucket...

YouTube deletes 2 million channels and 51 million videos over scams

By Sudais Asif Previously YouTube was accused of not taking any action again growing malware and cryptocurrency-related scams. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: YouTube deletes 2 million channels and 51 million videos over scams...

New variant of Joker malware found in Android apps on Play Store

By Sudais Asif The original Joker malware was identified on Play Store back in September 2019. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New variant of Joker malware found in Android apps on Play Store...

FBI arrests Famous Instagrammer Ray Hushpuppi over $125m BEC scam

By Deeba Ahmed Ray Hushpuppi also targeted the English Premier League soccer club... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: FBI arrests Famous Instagrammer Ray Hushpuppi over $125m BEC scam...

Techie buys Axon body camera from eBay; finds unencrypted police videos

By Waqas Upon analyzing the camera the researcher found a MicroSD card containing sensitive Police data. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Techie buys Axon body camera from eBay; finds unencrypted police videos...

LinkedIn was copying every keystroke of users until iOS 14 exposed it

By Deeba Ahmed The Universal Clipboard privacy feature on iPhone's latest iOS 14... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: LinkedIn was copying every keystroke of users until iOS 14 exposed it...

Aqua-Fi – New optical networks can deliver Internet underwater

By Deeba Ahmed Aqua-Fi is a technology based on lights and laser beams. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Aqua-Fi - New optical networks can deliver Internet underwater...

Critical vulnerabilities found in popular Password Managers

By Sudais Asif In a study conducted by researchers from the University of York, 5 password managers were analyzed out of a total sample size of 19 in order to find vulnerabilities. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Critical vulnerabilities found in popular Password Managers...

Android Stalkerware MonitorMinor spies, steals & evades

By Sudais Asif The new Android Stalkerware also intercepts text messages. Here's what else it can do... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Android Stalkerware MonitorMinor spies, steals & evades...

Microsoft’s new tool detects & reports pedophiles from online chats

By Waqas After taking on cyber criminals, Microsoft is coming after online pedophiles for good. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft's new tool detects & reports pedophiles from online chats...

Building a VPN for Mobile Devices at the Network Level

By David Balaban In 2019, there is still surprisingly little information about such an old, simple, convenient, and secure technology, as mobile VPN - Virtual Private Network. In this article, I will describe how you can provide access to your virtual private network to any device with a SIM card...

Researchers exploit Vein-based authentication system using a wax hand

By Waqas Biometric authentication is currently a widely used option for maintaining the security of devices and systems. With the emergence of vein-based authentication, biometric verification has moved beyond facial recognition and fingerprints. Vein-based authentication involves scanning of the...

Lenovo to pay $7.3m for installing adware in 750,000 laptops

By Waqas In 2015, Beijing based laptop manufacturer and seemingly reliable technology company Lenovo made headlines that its 750,000 laptops had pre-installed adware called VisualDiscovery developed by Superfish. The adware played a vital role in compromising online security protections installed...