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...

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...

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...

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...

REvil hackers demand $50M from Acer after threatening to leak data

By Habiba Rashid The biggest ransomware attack in history was observed on 18th March when cybercrime syndicate REvil demanded $50M from tech giant Acer. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: REvil hackers demand $50M from Acer after threatening to leak data...

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...

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...

Download Kali Linux 2019.1 with Metasploit 5.0

By Waqas Download Kali Linux 2019.1 now! - This is the first major update for Kali Linux ever since version 4.0 was released in 2011. Kali Linux is one of the most popular Debian-based Linux distribution for advanced Penetration Testing and that is why the InfoSec community eagerly waits for its...

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...

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...

Prometei botnet uses NSA exploit, hits unpatched MS exchange servers

By Waqas Unpatched MS Exchange Servers are being hunted by Prometei botnet to expand its army of Monero cryptocurrency mining bots. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Prometei botnet uses NSA exploit, hits unpatched MS exchange servers...

Hacker claims stealing 8.2TB of MobiKwik data; leaks some online

By Waqas Fintech platform MobiKwik is being criticized for hiding a data breach that exposed nearly 8.2TB of data, including sensitive records. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker claims stealing 8.2TB of MobiKwik data; leaks some online...

Deleted Keybase chat images retrievable on Windows, macOS, Linux

By Waqas Keybase is owned by Zoom and currently has almost half a million privacy-focused users. Here's how it kept chat images that were retrievable. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Deleted Keybase chat images retrievable on Windows, macOS, Linux...

Ginp Android trojan targets banking apps & threatens 2FA/SMS

By Waqas Dubbed Ginp; the trojan keeps coming back with new capabilities. Here's what the malware does to Android devices... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ginp Android trojan targets banking apps & threatens 2FA/SMS...

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...

Gmail wittingly storing your online purchase data for years

By Waqas Google knows "what, when, where & how much" about your online shopping but claims it does not use the data for advertisement. Gmail is home to more than 1.5 billion users which makes it a lucrative service for Google whose business model demands data collected from users' online searches...

Feds accuse Chinese firm of stealing trade secrets of US tech giant

By Uzair Amir The US Justice Department has accused China to be involved in industrial espionage. According to a press release from the department, the Chinese government has made memory chips that store data its centralized science and technology strategy only to cover its espionage activities. ...

AI Image Site GenNomis Exposed 47GB of Underage Deepfakes

Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler uncovers a massive 47.8GB database with disturbing AI-generated content belonging to GenNomis...

BusKill USB cable switches off your laptop in the event of theft

By Sudais Known as “BusKill Cable”, the main problem that it guards against is a so-called “snatch and run.” This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: BusKill USB cable switches off your laptop in the event of theft...

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...

Hackers hacked: Account hijacking forum OGUsers pwned

By Uzair Amir The stolen OGUsers database is available on RaidForums for download. On 12th May, hackers managed to steal the database of a famous hijacker forum called OGUsers. This forum is used by hackers and online account hijackers, which means that the hackers have now been given a taste of...

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...

Thousands of Internet connected hot tubs vulnerable to remote attacks

By Waqas Weak security practices have rendered IoT devices vulnerable to hacking and all sorts of cyber-attacks. According to the research from a Buckinghamshire-based security group Pen Test Partners, hot tubs can also be hacked using an app simply because there isn’t any authentication process ...

Third-Party Apps May Read Your Email: Learn How to Protect

By David Balaban Sad news about the unauthorized viewing of email messages by third-party application developers has alarmed Gmail users. It’s understood the Internet giant did not resort to ignoring the problem, the corporation provided detailed comments on possible exposure of the letters...

India arrest 4 for leaking ‘Game Of Thrones’ Episode 4 of Season 7

By Carolina Law enforcement authorities in India have arrested four people for This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: India arrest 4 for leaking Game Of Thrones Episode 4 of Season 7...

Stealthy RotaJakiro backdoor malware targeting Linux for 3 years

By Deeba Ahmed New RotaJakiro Stealthy Linux Malware With System Backdoor Capabilities Went Unnoticed for 3 Years. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Stealthy RotaJakiro backdoor malware targeting Linux for 3 years...

3TB of clips from exposed home security cameras posted online

By Waqas These clips were recorded from home security cameras often known as IP cameras. Here's what was leaked online. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 3TB of clips from exposed home security cameras posted online...

Private details of Palo Alto Networks employees leaked online

By Waqas Palo Alto Networks, the renowned cyber security firm, has suffered an unusual data breach. Here's what happened... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Private details of Palo Alto Networks employees leaked online...

Slack data breach: Company resets thousands of passwords

By Uzair Amir Slack data breach took place in 2015 but the company became aware of the incident recently through its bug bounty program. Slack has suffered a data breach in which thousands of users have been affected. As a result, the company is resetting passwords of thousands of impacted users...

Sim Swapping Crypto Stealing Hackers Arrested by Turkish Police

By Waqas Eleven Turkish individuals have been arrested by Turkish police department for stealing cryptocurrency worth approx. $80,000 via Sim Swapping. Reportedly, the suspects tricked the phone providers into revealing the phone numbers of the victims and used the SIMs for performing 2FA...

Germany’s Deutsche Bank transfers €28 billion to an account by mistake

By Carolina A couple of years ago, a massive bank heist was This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Germany's Deutsche Bank transfers €28 billion to an account by mistake...

What to Do When Msvcp140.dll Goes Missing in Windows

By Waqas Imagine that you download a program or a software that This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: What to Do When Msvcp140.dll Goes Missing in Windows...

Hacker Sells 2FA bypass flaw in Poloniex exchange after 2 months wait

By Waqas The sold vulnerability facilitates Bypassing 2FA on Poloniex The This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker Sells 2FA bypass flaw in Poloniex exchange after 2 months wait...

Man implants microchip in his hands to open doors & unlock car with ease

By Carolina Who Need Keys when We have Human Implantable Technology- British This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Man implants microchip in his hands to open doors unlock car with ease...

A Reddit User Has Leaked Upcoming Episode 4 of ‘Game of Thrones’

By Waqas The Game of Thrones is one of the most popular HBO This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: A Reddit User Has Leaked Upcoming Episode 4 of Game of Thrones...

Indian Ticketing Platform RailYatri Hacked – 31 Million Impacted

By Waqas The RailYatri hack took place in December 2022, but the stolen data has only been leaked earlier today on a prominent hacker forum. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Indian Ticketing Platform RailYatri Hacked - 31 Million Impacted...

DarkRadiation ransomware targeting RedHat, Debian Linux distributions

By Deeba Ahmed The newly discovered DarkRadiation ransomware chain is unlike any other ransomware family. Here's how the ransomware works. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DarkRadiation ransomware targeting RedHat, Debian Linux distributions...

Top US aerospace services provider suffers breach, loses 1.5 TB of data

By Deeba Ahmed The hackers behind this breach are Maze ransomware operators. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Top US aerospace services provider suffers breach, loses 1.5 TB of data...

Researchers exploit LTE flaws to send 50,000 fake presidential alerts

By Waqas Researchers managed to cover a 50,000 seat football stadium using only four malicious portable stations. A group of security researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder has published a paper detailing the findings of their latest research revealing that LTE vulnerabilities can he...

Samsung asks users to scan their Smart TVs for malware – Here’s how to

By Waqas Samsung tweeted and then deleted that tweet stating that users should scan their Smart TVs for malware “every few weeks.” Smart devices are vulnerable to all sorts of digital threats, and this is not a hidden reality as we often hear about internet connected devices getting hacked or...

Actress Bella Thorne posts her nudes to tackle threats from hackers

By Uzair Amir Bella Throne will not be bullied by cybercriminals. Stealing private photographs of celebrities and threatening to post them online unless they give in to the demands of the hacker has become a common norm among cybercriminals for making quick bucks. But, not all the celebs could be...

Taking Care of Your Personal Online Security (For Paranoids)

By David Balaban We live in a world where anonymity and online privacy are impossible things. Your phone calls can be tapped, smartphone data can be stolen, and even the camera and microphone can be turned on remotely. You can be watched from the satellite, in real time. We all live in the matrix...

Major Android ad fraud scam campaign drains battery & eats data

By Waqas Presence of infected games and apps that are costing innocent users financial and data losses is not a new phenomenon. However, it is indeed surprising that a firm that promises to fight app piracy is itself involved in this horrendous act. According to the latest research from Oracle,...

Email service provider loses 2 decades worth of data due to hack attack

By Waqas Famed secure email service provider VFEmail has become a victim of a hack attack by an unknown cybercriminal. The company claims that it has suffered a “catastrophic destruction” of its US servers and almost two decades of data and backups in only a few hours. The entire digital...

A critical bug in Microsoft left 400M accounts exposed

By Waqas A bug bounty hunter from India, Sahad Nk who works forSafetyDetective, a cybersecurity firm, has received a reward from Microsoft for uncovering and reporting a series of critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft accounts. These vulnerabilities were present on users’ Microsoft accounts from ...

Marriott hotel data breach: Sensitive data of 500 million guests stolen

By Waqas Marriott has announced that it has suffered a massive data breach after attackers hacked its guest reservation system at Starwood hotels, a group of hotels the company took over in 2016 - These hotels include Sheraton, St. Regis, Westin and W Hotels. The breach was discovered last week...

Vulnerability allowed hackers to tamper medication in infusion pump

By Deeba Ahmed Braun Patched Faulty IV Pump After McAfee Discovered Vulnerability Allowing Medication Tampering. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Vulnerability allowed hackers to tamper medication in infusion pump...