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Fake KPSPico Windows activator tool KPSPico steals crypto wallet data
By Waqas Watch out for fake and malicious KMSPico Windows activator used in spreading CrypBot malware to steal crypto wallets' data. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake KPSPico Windows activator tool KPSPico steals crypto wallet data...
300,000 Android users impacted by malware apps on Play Store
By Waqas In total, 4 different banking trojan malware disguised as cryptocurrency apps, QR code readers, PDF scanners, fitness monitors, etc. were identified on the Play Store. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 300,000 Android users impacted by malware apps on Play Store...
High severity Intel chip flaw left cars, medical and IoT devices vulnerable
By Deeba Ahmed A vulnerability in Intel CPUs allowed an attacker with physical access to a device to gain enhanced privileges on the system. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: High severity Intel chip flaw left cars, medical and IoT devices vulnerable...
BotenaGo botnet malware targeting millions of IoT devices
By Deeba Ahmed The malware is currently targeting Linux-embedded routers and IoT devices through botnets. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: BotenaGo botnet malware targeting millions of IoT devices...
Managed vs. Unmanaged VPS hosting -What are the Differences?
By Owais Sultan VPS hosting is beneficial for many reasons but what is the difference between Managed vs. Unmanaged VPS hosting and why does it matter? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Managed vs. Unmanaged VPS hosting -What are the Differences?...
Researcher found 70% Wi-Fi networks in Tel Aviv are hackable
By Waqas While examining Wi-Fi networks in Tel Aviv, Israel, 70% or around three-quarters of home and small-scale office Wi-Fi network passwords were vulnerable to hacking using inexpensive hacking tools. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Researcher found 70% Wi-Fi networks...
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...
Why Businesses Need To Go Lean With Cybersecurity
By Waqas As hackers get smarter, cybersecurity becomes a key concern - Let's dig deeper into why businesses need to go lean with cybersecurity. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Why Businesses Need To Go Lean With Cybersecurity...
Anonymous steals ‘decade’s worth of data’ from far-right web host Epik
By Waqas Anonymous claims the data contains information about Epik domains, clients, and even backend information of the company’s clients to the public. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Anonymous steals decade’s worth of data from far-right web host Epik...
Unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers hit with ProxyShell attack
By Waqas Researchers have identified 140+ webshells launched against 1,900 unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers hit with ProxyShell attack...
CD Projekt ransomware attack – Cyberpunk 2077 source code allegedly stolen
By Waqas The Polish video game developer CD Projekt, known for games like Cyberpunk 2077, has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: CD Projekt ransomware attack - Cyberpunk 2077 source code allegedly stolen...
Google reveals unpatched 0day vulnerability in Microsoft’s API
By Sudais Asif Apparently, Microsoft released a patch to fix the vulnerability in June but it did not work the way it was supposed to and reminds unpatched to date. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google reveals unpatched 0day vulnerability in Microsofts API...
Animal Jam data breach – Hacker leaks database with millions of accounts
By Waqas The developer of famous online playground Animal Jam has suffered a data breach that exposed tens of millions of users' data. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Animal Jam data breach - Hacker leaks database with millions of accounts...
New worming botnet Gitpaste-12 infecting IoT devices, Linux servers
By Waqas Gitpaste-12 uses GitHub and Pastebin for framing the component code and has 12 different attack modules. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New worming botnet Gitpaste-12 infecting IoT devices, Linux servers...
Trump campaign website defaced with “site seizure” notice
By Waqas According to researchers, one probability is that the attackers used compromised credentials to sign into the Expression Engine used by the Trump campaign website. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Trump campaign website defaced with "site seizure" notice...
UCLA researcher charged with destroying hard drive amid FBI probe
By Zara Khan The culprit is a Chinese national on a J-1 nonimmigrant visa working as a researcher for UCLA. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: UCLA researcher charged with destroying hard drive amid FBI probe...
Shoe give away scam hits Android users with malware on Play Store
By Sudais Asif The malware campaign on Play Store promised users a free pair of shoes within 14 days of ordering them from within the app. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Shoe give away scam hits Android users with malware on Play Store...
Cryptoworm infecting AWS Cloud to mine cryptocurrency
By Sudais Asif The nasty cryptoworm also installs backdoor to further pursue with nefarious purposes. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cryptoworm infecting AWS Cloud to mine cryptocurrency...
Dark Web’s Empire market down for days after massive DDoS attack
By Waqas A look at the official URL and mirrors of the Empire market indicates that the marketplace is down. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Dark Webs Empire market down for days after massive DDoS attack...
iOS14 shows Instagram opens camera even when users scroll photo feed
By Zara Khan iPhone's iOS14 shows that Instagram opens the user's camera even when... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: iOS14 shows Instagram opens camera even when users scroll photo feed...
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...
German Police seize DDoSecrets server hosting BlueLeaks data dump
By Waqas The BlueLeaks data dump contained sensitive information on Police, Fusion centers which were recently leaked by WikiLeaks-like service called DDoSecrets. German police have seized a server that hosted the BlueLeaks data dump. As previously reported, BlueLeaks referees to a leaked databas...
US indicts WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange for hiring Anonymous & LulzSec
By Waqas The US's list of accusations against Julian Assange doesn’t seem like ending anytime soon. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US indicts WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange for hiring Anonymous & LulzSec...
Clop ransomware operators leak 4.75 GB data on Indiabulls conglomerate
By Waqas Just like other ransomware groups, Clop ransomware operators also used emails... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Clop ransomware operators leak 4.75 GB data on Indiabulls conglomerate...
70 malicious Chrome extensions found spying on 32 million+ users
By Sudais Asif A massive campaign has been exposed! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 70 malicious Chrome extensions found spying on 32 million+ users...
Gaming Security – Valve and Riot Games
By Uzair Amir While gaming is a multi-billion dollar industry the question is whether gaming giants pay any attention to gaming security? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Gaming Security – Valve and Riot Games...
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...
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...
Nasty Android & iOS malware found using govt surveillance tech
By Uzair Amir The latest findings of security researchers at security firm Lookout and privacy firm Security Without Borders are not only groundbreaking but concerning. Reportedly, there is now an iOS version of a dangerous strain of Android malware, which is based on the ‘lawful intercept’...
New email extortion scam warns “Pay $4,000 or a hitman is coming for you”
By Carolina In a new extortion scam, a cybercriminal is sending threatening emails to unsuspecting users asking them to pay a whopping $4,000 in Bitcoin or wait to be executed by a hitman. The email extortion scam surfaced on the Internet a few days ago and is currently arriving in victim's inbox...
You are not alone; social media giant Facebook is down
By Carolina You are not alone; the social media giant Facebook is down in many countries around the world for almost a half an hour starting from 6 pm UK time. In some cases, Facebook's site and application both are suffering an outage. The reason for this outage is currently unknown and there ha...
iOS 12.1 passcode bypass hack discovered just few hours after its release
By Waqas Only a few hours have passed since the new iOS 12.1’s release and already its passcode bypass hack has been identified. Through the hack, the attacker can see all the private conversations on a locked iPhone. The passcode bypass hack has been discovered by a Spanish security researcher...
Meet GhostDNS: The dangerous malware behind IoT botnet targeting banks
By Waqas Security researchers at NetLab, a sub-division of the Chinese cybersecurity firm Qihoo 360, have discovered a new, wide-scale, and very active malware campaign that has managed to hijack more than 100,000 home routers between Sept 21 and 27. A majority of routers almost 88% are located i...
Facebook hacked: Hackers steal access tokens of 50 million accounts
By Waqas Hackers exploited a vulnerability in the "View As" feature of Facebook. The social media giant Facebook has announced that it has suffered a massive cyber attack, resulting in 50 million users account impacted. In a statement, the vice president of product management at Facebook, Guy Ros...
Cyber Criminals selling Bitcoin ATM Malware on Dark Web
By Uzair Amir Trend Micro researchers have discovered a malware listing on Dark Web marketplace that lets attackers steal from Bitcoin ATMs. They can easily rake in cryptocurrency worth 6,750 in Euros, Pounds or Dollars by attacking the ATMs. The listing was perhaps created on June 25, 2018. It i...
Hundreds of Android apps on Play Store infected with Windows malware
By Uzair Amir Yes, malware in Android apps aimed at Windows devices. Palo Alto Networks’ researchers have made a startling new discovery that nearly 145 applications available on the Google Play Store contain malicious Microsoft Windows executable files. Some of the malware-infected apps have bee...
Parasite HTTP RAT loaded with advanced detection evasion capability
By Waqas Proofpoint researchers have discovered a new remote access Trojan RAT as well as an updated version of an already identified banking Trojan and claim that both the RATs are involved in recently detected phishing campaigns targeting the retail, healthcare and IT industries. Emails...
13 Ways Cyber Criminals Spread Malware
By David Balaban Security incidents where hackers distribute malicious code malware via spam, This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 13 Ways Cyber Criminals Spread Malware...
Syndicate Wallet hacked; $10 million dollars stolen
By Uzair Amir Shopin, the first universal shopper profile offering the most personal This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Syndicate Wallet hacked; $10 million dollars stolen...
Researcher shows how hackers can bypass Two-factor authentication
By Uzair Amir A majority of users and companies are moving to Two-factor This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Researcher shows how hackers can bypass Two-factor authentication...
Localblox exposes personal data of millions of Facebook & LinkedIn users
By Waqas Facebook has been at the receiving end of backlash and This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Localblox exposes personal data of millions of Facebook & LinkedIn users...
School Principal Gets 9 Years in Prison for Trading Nude Pictures of Students
By Carolina An ex-Kentucky high school principal Stephen Kyle Goodlett has been This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: School Principal Gets 9 Years in Prison for Trading Nude Pictures of Students...
Fileless WannaMine Cryptojacking Malware Using NSA Exploit
By Waqas Forget WannaCry and welcome WannaMine, a fileless cryptojacking malware using This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fileless WannaMine Cryptojacking Malware Using NSA Exploit...
WhatsApp Vulnerability Lets Anyone Spy on Group Chats
By Waqas A critical vulnerability in WhatsApp has been discovered that lets This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: WhatsApp Vulnerability Lets Anyone Spy on Group Chats...
3 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2018
By Carolina The rise of new forms of technology is creating new This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 3 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2018...
Texas National Guard secretly installed spying devices on surveillance aircrafts
By Waqas The Texas National Guard bought two DRT 1301C cell-site simulator This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Texas National Guard secretly installed spying devices on surveillance aircrafts...
You can now buy ATM malware on Dark Web for $5000
By Uzair Amir A few days back we informed you about the findings This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: You can now buy ATM malware on Dark Web for $5000...
After The Pirate Bay, Showtime Websites Also Found Mining Cryptocoins
By Uzair Amir It has only been a week since The Pirate Bay This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: After The Pirate Bay, Showtime Websites Also Found Mining Cryptocoins...
Pro-ISIS group hacks Ohio Governor’ site with anti-Trump message
By Waqas Team System DZ, a pro-ISIS Daesh hacking group from Algeria is back in the news. This time the group has targeted the government of United States and defaced several Ohio State websites including the official website of Governor John Kasich. The hackers left a deface page along with a...