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How Big Tech Leveraged Agile Principles to Build Empires
By Waqas We all know who the big 5 tech firms are. Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Facebook, and Google are... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How Big Tech Leveraged Agile Principles to Build Empires...
Sensitive data of 80 million US households exposed online
By Uzair Amir The 24 GB database was hosted on a Microsoft cloud server. Another day, another data breach; this time researchers have discovered an unprotected cloud repository containing personal and financial information of more than 80 million US households. This incident reminds us of two...
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’...
Best Anonymization Tools and Techniques for 2019
By David Balaban Anonymizers are tools that ensure the anonymity of web surfing. They are also used to circumvent the web filters and local legislative restrictions\blocking of websites. Some types of anonymizers VPN may also encrypt your traffic. This article discusses how anonymizers are used a...
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...
Cloud data management firm exposes database with over 440M emails & IP addresses
By Waqas Data management software companies are mandatorily believed to be having perfectly capable of managing their own data. However, it turns out that some companies, the most popular ones too, struggle to do so. The well-known cloud data management firm Veeam has been in the news lately for...
You are not alone; Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are down for many (Updated)
By Waqas You are not alone; the social media giant Facebook and its subsidiaries Instagram and WhatsApp Messenger are down in many countries around the world for almost an hour starting from 10 pm UK time. The reason for this outage is currently unknown and there has been no statement from...
Augusta University Health data breach: Private data of over 417,000 individuals exposed
By Uzair Amir Georgia-based Augusta University Health has admitted for becoming the victim of a data breach back in 2017. In the data breach, personal data of more than 417,000 patients, students, and faculty members got leaked. The breach resulted from a phishing attack. Augusta University...
America’s largest diagnostics service LabCorp suffers massive data breach
By Waqas Private records of millions of patients could be at risk following the breach. Security experts have been warning about expected cyber-attacks on healthcare industry since last year’s huge hack-attack on Florida based Medicaid in which private data of nearly 30,000 patients were exposed…...
Police Dept loses years worth of dashcam video to ransomware
By Waqas The city of Atlanta Police department lost critical dashcam video This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Police Dept loses years worth of dashcam video to ransomware...
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...
Uber Paid Hackers $100k to Hide Massive Theft of 75M Accounts
By Waqas It’s surprising to some and shocking to many. Despite a This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Uber Paid Hackers $100k to Hide Massive Theft of 75M Accounts...
McAfee’s ClickProtect Apparently Infected Devices with Banking Malware
By Waqas According to a French researcher, the renowned antivirus vendor McAfee This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: McAfee’s ClickProtect Apparently Infected Devices with Banking Malware...
Student Arrested For Using Keylogger and Changing Grades 90 Times
By Uzair Amir An ex-wrestler and student of the University of Iowa is This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Student Arrested For Using Keylogger and Changing Grades 90 Times...
IsraBye Anti-Israeli wiper malware locks data that can’t be restored
By Waqas Researchers of an Israeli cyber security firm Intezer have discovered a dangerous This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: IsraBye Anti-Israeli wiper malware locks data that cant be restored...
Massive Goldeneye Ransomware Attack Hits Users Worldwide
By Waqas Computer systems around the world have been hit with a new ransomware malware called Goldeneye, a variant of Petya ransomware. Its targets are governments and businesses; infecting computers and files to lock out users and demanding $300 in Bitcoin to regain access. Upon infecting a syst...
Fake Pornography App Infecting Devices with Android Ransomware
By Jahanzaib Hassan Lukas Stefanko, a researcher at ESET security, recently discovered a ransomware that goes by the name of Koler to be affecting Android users based in the US through adult-themed websites and a fake PornHub app. Not a new threat The ransomware is not new, and according...
Alexey Tulia at Tech Race Summit: how AI agents are changing engineering leadership
Alexey Tulia, Executive Leader at Coinspaid Dev, discussed the changing role of engineers and CTOs during the AI…...
Why Bitcoin Businesses Are Moving to Dedicated VPS Infrastructure
A Bitcoin business rarely runs a simple website. Payment processors, exchanges, wallet services, blockchain analytics products and Lightning…...
Wordfence Finds Critical Backdoor in ARVE WordPress Plugin
A backdoored ARVE WordPress Plugin release could grant attackers administrator access with one token, but WordPress.org blocked automatic distribution to WordPress sites...
New Ubuntu Desktop Vulnerability Turns Local Access Into Root Control
A vulnerability in snap-confine lets an unprivileged user gain root access on affected Ubuntu Desktop systems. Install the latest snapd update to fix the issue...
Microsoft’s July 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 622 flaws and 2 exploited zero-days
Microsoft’s July 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 622 CVEs, including exploited AD FS and SharePoint flaws, plus the disclosed BitLocker bypass requiring urgent action...
DragonForce Ransomware Abused Microsoft Teams to Hide Malware Activity
DragonForce ransomware abused Microsoft Teams relay systems to hide a custom backdoor, steal files and encrypt systems at a US services firm...
Amos Stealer Targets macOS Keychain Files and Browser Passwords
Amos Stealer targets macOS users through fake downloads, stealing Keychain files, browser passwords, cookies, and developer configs for data theft...
ServiceNow Discloses Security Incident Exposing Customer Data
ServiceNow applied a security update after an API access issue exposed customer data, with affected firms notified through direct support cases...
WhatsApp Says It Blocked Pegasus Spyware Campaign Linked to NSO
WhatsApp says it blocked Israeli firm NSO’s Pegasus spyware activity and is asking a US court to treat the targeting as an injunction breach...
Link11 is fully committed to Europe and is opening a Customer Excellence Hub in Lisbon
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 27th May 2026, CyberNewswire...
Two-Thirds of Nonhuman Accounts Are Unseen and Unmanaged, According to Orchid Security’s Identity Gap Report
New York, United States, 19th May 2026, CyberNewswire...
Closing the Gap: The Regulatory and Structural Maturation of Digital Assets
Digital assets are reshaping global finance as institutions adopt regulated crypto infrastructure, stablecoins, and tokenized assets...
Grafana Says It Rejected Ransom Demand After Source Code Theft
Grafana says hackers stole its source code after accessing a GitHub token, but no customer data or systems were affected...
AI Voice Cloning: The Technology Behind It, Who’s Building It, and Where It’s Headed
Explore AI voice cloning technology, leading companies, real-world uses, ethical risks, and future trends shaping synthetic voices...
Hackers Use Fake Claude AI Site to Infect Users With New Beagle Malware
Researchers have discovered a new malvertising campaign using a fake Claude AI website to plant a new, undocumented backdoor named Beagle on user devices...
China-Linked Hackers Hit Qatar with Backdoor Disguised as War News
China-linked hackers targeted Qatar using fake war news lures to spread PlugX backdoor malware and spy on military and energy sectors...
Security Risk Advisors Releases “The Purple Perspective 2026” Report
Philadelphia, PA, United States, 9th March 2026, CyberNewswire...
Common Crypto Scams and How to Protect Your Funds in 2026
Crypto scams are surging worldwide, from pig butchering to fake trading platforms and deepfakes, draining victims while fraud teams struggle to keep up...
Hackathon Projects Show AI Wellness Apps Can Leak Sensitive User Info
As emotional computing applications proliferate, the security threats they face require frameworks beyond traditional approaches...
New JS#SMUGGLER Campaign Drops NetSupport RAT Through Infected Sites
Securonix Threat Research details the complex JSSMUGGLER campaign, a three-step web attack using obfuscated JavaScript and hidden HTA files to install the NetSupport RAT on user Windows desktops, granting hackers full remote control and persistent access...
Pwn2Own Ireland 2025: The Hacks, The Winners, and The Big Payouts
Hackers earned over $1 million at Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 in Cork, breaching printers, routers, NAS devices, and more as Summoning Team claimed Master of Pwn...
New Mic-E-Mouse Attack Shows Computer Mice Can Capture Conversations
Security researchers at UC Irvine reveal the 'Mic-E-Mouse' attack, showing how high-DPI optical sensors in modern mice can detect desk vibrations and reconstruct user speech with high accuracy. Learn how this side-channel vulnerability affects your privacy...
Samsung Fixes Image Parsing Vulnerability Exploited in Android Attacks
Samsung patched CVE-2025-21043, a critical flaw in its Android devices exploited in live attacks. Users urged to install September 2025 update...
New DripDropper Malware Exploits Linux Flaw Then Patches It Lock Rivals Out
A new report from Red Canary reveals a clever Linux malware called DripDropper that exploits a flaw and…...
Browser Extensions Can Exploit ChatGPT, Gemini in ‘Man in the Prompt’ Attack
Man in the Prompt attack shows how browser extensions can exploit ChatGPT, Gemini and other AI tools to steal data or inject hidden prompts...
National Nuclear Security Administration Systems Breached in SharePoint Cyberattack
National Nuclear Security Administration and National Institutes of Health targeted in global Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability exploitation. Chinese hacking groups suspected in widespread data breaches...
Scammers Insert Fake Support Numbers on Real Apple, Netflix, PayPal Pages
Cybercriminals are injecting fake support phone numbers onto official sites like Bank of America and Netflix. Learn how 'search parameter injection' scams work and protect yourself now...
Seraphic Security Unveils BrowserTotal™ – Free AI-Powered Browser Security Assessment for Enterprises
Tel Aviv, Israel, 9th June 2025, CyberNewsWire...
Fullscreen BitM Attack Discovered by SquareX Exploits Browser Fullscreen APIs to Steal Credentials in Safari
PALO ALTO, California, 29th May 2025, CyberNewsWire...
Fake AI Video Tool Ads on Facebook, LinkedIn Spread Infostealers
Mandiant Threat Defense uncovers a campaign where Vietnam-based group UNC6032 tricks users with malicious social media ads for…...