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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...
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...
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...
Understanding VPN through open systems interconnection model
By David Balaban VPN is a wonderful thing that you all have probably heard about. I assume it was something like this: “Using a VPN you can visit websites blocked by state services and engage in any network activity without fear of revealing your actual IP address.” If you thought that Virtual...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Kubernetes Clusters Targeted by Siloscape Malware
By Deeba Ahmed Siloscape is regarded as an unusual malware that focuses on Linux as the preferred OS for managing cloud environments and applications. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Kubernetes Clusters Targeted by Siloscape Malware...
D.C. Police Department suffers ransomware attack
By Deeba Ahmed The group behind the ransomware attack is the Babuk Locker gang. The Department has acknowledged the attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: D.C. Police Department suffers ransomware attack...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
How to check for websites hacked to run web skimming, magecart attack
By Sudais Web skimming attacks are a big thing now. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to check for websites hacked to run web skimming, magecart attack...
Botnet found using YouTube to illegally mine cryptocurrency
By Sudais This time again, hackers have been found mining a popular yet anonymized cryptocurrency. Read more to know what these hackers are up to... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Botnet found using YouTube to illegally mine cryptocurrency...
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...
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...
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...
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...
BidenCash Market Leaks 2M Credit Cards in Birthday Blitz
By Waqas As analyzed by Hackread.com, the leaked details contain over 500,000 email addresses along with credit card numbers and CVV codes in plain text. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: BidenCash Market Leaks 2M Credit Cards in Birthday Blitz...
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...
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...
Magecart hackers launched largest ever attack against Magento stores
By Waqas Around 1,904 individual online stores were hacked due to the outdated Magento 1 platform. Here's what happened. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Magecart hackers launched largest ever attack against Magento stores...
Zerodium to pay up to $2.5 million for reporting 0-day Android exploits
By Uzair Amir Zero-Day Android exploits are now more valuable then iOS exploits. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Zerodium to pay up to $2.5 million for reporting 0-day Android exploits...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Russian to shut down Internet to test its cyber deterrence
By Carolina To test the security of its data, Russia is considering disconnecting its Internet service for a short period of time. The test will affect all the data sent by Russian citizens or organizations as Internet access would be limited only within the national territory, meaning that they...
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...
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...
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...
Hackers play PewDiePie ad on thousands of hacked Chromecasts & Smart TVs
By Waqas Hackers behind the hacking spree are urging users to change their router settings and subscribe to PewDiePie's YouTube. Last month, it was reported that a group of hackers compromised thousands of printers around the world to send printouts urging users to subscribe to Felix Kjellberg ak...
Toyota’s PASTA- A car hacking tool to enhance automobile cybersecurity
By Waqas A team of security researchers working for the renowned automobile maker Toyota have developed a new car hacking tool. Dubbed as PASTA Portable Automotive Security Testbed with Adaptability, it is an open source tool created to help researchers identify the prevailing vulnerabilities in...
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...
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...
55 Apple vulnerabilities risked iCloud account takeover, data theft
By Sudais Asif These critical vulnerabilities were reported to Apple by a team of young cyber security researchers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 55 Apple vulnerabilities risked iCloud account takeover, data 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...
React Prereleases-Preparing for the Future
By Owais Sultan Recently, React has come up with prerelease channels to update users with the latest changes taking place in the React ecosystem. They spoke about this through a blog published on their React website. React relies on an open-source community to report bugs, open pull requests and...
Update Windows 10: 800 million devices at risk of critical vulnerability
By Uzair Amir According to Microsoft, unprotected servers can spread viruses and malware over the network without the user's interaction. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Update Windows 10: 800 million devices at risk of critical vulnerability...
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...
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...
L0rdix malware on dark web steals data, mines crypto & enslaves PCs as botnet
By Waqas There’s a new hacking tool circulating in the underground Dark Web forums that let cybercriminals target Microsoft Windows computers. It has become the newest universal go-to tool to attack a Windows machine because it presents an utterly lethal combination of data stealing, cryptomining...