Linux, Windows and macOS Hit By New “Alchimist” Attack Framework

By Deeba Ahmed Alchimist is a single-file C2 framework discovered on a server hosting an active file listing on the root directory and a set of post-exploitation tools. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Linux, Windows and macOS Hit By New "Alchimist" Attack Framework...

Ukraine Busts Pro-Russia Hackers Who Stole 30M Accounts of EU Citizens

By Waqas According to the Ukraine Security Service SSU, the hackers were selling the hacked accounts to "Russian propagandists" through the dark web. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ukraine Busts Pro-Russia Hackers Who Stole 30M Accounts of EU Citizens...

DoorDash Data Breach -Third Party Vendor Blamed Over Phishing Attack

By Deeba Ahmed DoorDash has revealed that hackers managed to steal third-party employee credentials and used them to access some of the company's internal tools and customer data. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DoorDash Data Breach -Third Party Vendor Blamed Over Phishin...

Windows, Linux and macOS Users Targeted by Chinese Iron Tiger APT Group

By Deeba Ahmed Chinese Espionage Group called Iron Tiger aka LuckyMouse is targeting Windows, Linux, and macOS Users with trojanized MiMi… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Windows, Linux and macOS Users Targeted by Chinese Iron Tiger APT Group...

Israeli Spyware Vendor Uses Chrome 0day to Target Journalists

By Deeba Ahmed The spyware vendor Candiru used the Chrome zero-day in March 2022 to target journalists and other unsuspected victims… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Israeli Spyware Vendor Uses Chrome 0day to Target Journalists...

Critical Vulnerability in Popular GPS Tracker Lets Hackers Remotely Control Vehicles

By Deeba Ahmed The MV720 GPS tracker is manufactured by a China-based company MiCODUS which was informed about the flaws back… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Critical Vulnerability in Popular GPS Tracker Lets Hackers Remotely Control Vehicles...

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...

Personal details of 21M SuperVPN, GeckoVPN users leaked on Telegram

By Waqas In total, the database contains 10GB worth of data from companies like SuperVPN, GeckoVPN, and ChatVPN which is… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Personal details of 21M SuperVPN, GeckoVPN users leaked on Telegram...

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...

Meet SockDetour fileless backdoor targeting U.S. Defense contractors

By Deeba Ahmed Researchers suspect that the SockDetour backdoor is used in attacks carried out by an APT advanced persistent threat… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Meet SockDetour fileless backdoor targeting U.S. Defense contractors...

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...

How To Compare The Top Home Security Brands of 2022

By Owais Sultan When it comes to choosing the right home security system for your family, it can be difficult to… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How To Compare The Top Home Security Brands of 2022...

How Your Smartphone Can Be Used to Steal Your Data

By Owais Sultan Our smartphones are home to some of the most sensitive data possible such as our passwords, photos, banking… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How Your Smartphone Can Be Used to Steal Your Data...

Market research & conferencing service Civicom exposed 8TB of Data

By Waqas A misconfigured Amazon S3 bucket belonging to Civicom was responsible for exposing thousands of audio and video recordings… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Market research & conferencing service Civicom exposed 8TB of Data...

What is WooCommerce, and Why You Should Care

By Owais Sultan WooCommerce is one of the most used ecommerce extensions for WordPress. It is open-source software that has been… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: What is WooCommerce, and Why You Should Care...

Multichain hack: Hacker returns $1 million, keeps $150k as bug bounty

By Deeba Ahmed The hacker turned out to be a "white hat" decided to return most of the stolen funds but… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Multichain hack: Hacker returns $1 million, keeps $150k as bug bounty...

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...

4 things that you didn’t know your smartphone could do

By Owais Sultan Did you know there are 2.63 billion more cellphone connections than people worldwide? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 4 things that you didn’t know your smartphone could do...

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...

Iranian Gas Stations Crippled After Suffering Cyberattack

By Deeba Ahmed Soon after the cyberattack, videos and posts started surfacing on social media displaying messages that read: "Khamenei! Where is our gas?" Another sign read: "Free gas in Jamaran gas station." This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Iranian Gas Stations Crippled...

Data analytics firm exposed 2m Instagram and TikTok users’ data

By Deeba Ahmed The victims of this "data leak" also include celebrities like Alicia Keys, Loren Gray, Kylie Jenner, Ariana Grande, and Kim Kardashian. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Data analytics firm exposed 2m Instagram and TikTok users data...

Staggering growth of cybercrime and how data science helps improve online security

By Waqas If you were to compare the money generated by cybercrime with the GDP of world nations, it would come third behind the economic powerhouses of America and China. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Staggering growth of cybercrime and how data science helps improve...

Brazilian marketplace integrator Hariexpress exposed 1.75 billion records

By Waqas At the time of publishing this article, the data was still exposed and growing as there has been no response from Hariexpress. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Brazilian marketplace integrator Hariexpress exposed 1.75 billion records...

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...

Urgent Chrome security update released to patch widely exploited 0-day

By Deeba Ahmed The vulnerability impacts 2 Billion Chrome users worldwide therefore Google is asking users to update their browsers right now. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Urgent Chrome security update released to patch widely exploited 0-day...

Canadian firm VoIP.ms hit by non-stop extortion-based DDoS attacks

By Waqas Although unconfirmed; the notorious REvil ransomware gang could be behind the DDoS attacks on VoIP.ms. Here's what we know so far. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Canadian firm VoIP.ms hit by non-stop extortion-based DDoS attacks...

Cybersecurity Risk Management During the Covid-19 Time

By Waqas Cyberattacks have spiked lately due to a lack of cybersecurity awareness and usage of advanced cyber threat risk management tools. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cybersecurity Risk Management During the Covid-19 Time...

Universal decryptor key for Sodinokibi, REvil ransomware released

By Waqas Bitdefender stated that all victims who got their files/data encrypted by the REvil ransomware might use the decryptor key to restore them. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Universal decryptor key for Sodinokibi, REvil ransomware released...

How gamers should secure their accounts from cyber attacks

By Habiba Rashid It is a fact that gamers are under constant threat of phishing, malware, and ransomware attacks. Let's big into defense options for gamers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How gamers should secure their accounts from cyber attacks...

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...

Ransomware group donates $20,000 in BTC to two charities

By Waqas The DarkSide ransomware group says it donated 0.88 BTC each to "Children International" and "The Water Project" charities. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ransomware group donates $20,000 in BTC to two charities...

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...

179 Dark Web vendors arrested, 500kg worth of drugs seized

By Waqas Operation DisrupTor was a global sting operation against illegal goods and drug trafficking on the Dark Web. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 179 Dark Web vendors arrested, 500kg worth of drugs seized...

UltraRank hackers compromised 100s of websites via JS-Sniffer attacks

By Zara Khan The cybercriminal group dubbed as “UltraRank’ previous shenanigans were linked to Magecart Groups 2, 5, and 12. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: UltraRank hackers compromised 100s of websites via JS-Sniffer attacks...

Data scraping firm leaks 235m Instagram, TikTok, YouTube user records

By Sudais Asif According to researchers, the trove of data was left for public access without any security authentication. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Data scraping firm leaks 235m Instagram, TikTok, YouTube user records...

Satellite Internet connections can easily be intercepted by hackers

By Zara Khan The author of the research identified that hackers can target a Satellite with merely a $300 device. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Satellite Internet connections can easily be intercepted by hackers...

Pwn20wn hackathon to be held online in November 2020

By Zara Khan Similar to their spring event, the PWN20wn hackathon is happening virtually in November 2020. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Pwn20wn hackathon to be held online in November 2020...

Hacker disrupts Emotet botnet operation by replacing payload with GIFs

By Deeba Ahmed Emotet is one of the most commonly used botnets nowadays... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker disrupts Emotet botnet operation by replacing payload with GIFs...

Fake cryptocurrency trading app hits Mac users with malware

By Sudais Asif Here's yet another case where malware in the form of malicious... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake cryptocurrency trading app hits Mac users with malware...

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...

Hackers deface Roblox accounts with pro-Trump messages

By Sudais Asif Roblox has over 100 million registered users but only a handful of accounts were compromised. As the US presidential election is nearby, voters across the 50 state empire are betting on their candidates in light of the proposals they offer. However, some are going far enough to tak...

Key Security Tips for Online Trading

By Waqas The same technology that makes online trading possible also opens traders up to potential cybersecurity risks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Key Security Tips for Online Trading...

D-Link home routers plagued with critical & multiple vulnerabilities

By Sudais Asif A total of 6 vulnerabilities in D-Link's DIR-865L which is geared towards home network usage This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: D-Link home routers plagued with critical & multiple vulnerabilities...

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...

Significant increase in demand of stolen YouTube credentials on dark web

By Waqas Here's why there has been an increase in the sale of stolen YouTube credentials on the dark web. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Significant increase in demand of stolen YouTube credentials on dark web...

Fraud & hacking guides are the most sold item on dark web

By Sudais Asif Who could have imagined fraud and hacking guides are the most sold item on the dark web aiming at teaching people how to hack PayPal or a website, etc. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fraud & hacking guides are the most sold item on dark web...

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...

Private details of 10.7 million MGM Hotel guests sold on Dark Web

By Deeba Ahmed The database on the dark web also includes details of Justin Bieber and Twitter's Jack Dorsey. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Private details of 10.7 million MGM Hotel guests sold on Dark Web...