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Microsoft issues emergency patch to fix PrintNightmare vulnerability
By Waqas Microsoft is urging customers to "install these updates immediately" and protect their PCs against the widely exploited PrintNightmare vulnerability. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft issues emergency patch to fix PrintNightmare vulnerability...
Blue Screen of Death will be Black Screen of Death in Windows 11
By Deeba Ahmed The infamous Blue Screen of Death BSOD will be Black Screen of Death in the upcoming Windows 11, reports have confirmed. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Blue Screen of Death will be Black Screen of Death in Windows 11...
Interpol arrests Moroccon hacker over global phishing, malware scam
By Waqas The hacker, "Dr. Hex" is accused of defacing websites, carrying out phishing attacks and malware campaigns. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Interpol arrests Moroccon hacker over global phishing, malware scam...
Revil ransomware increases ransom to $70M in Kaseya attack
By Sudais Asif The Revil ransomware group has released a notice stating that more than 1 million systems have been infected - far more than initially believed. A couple of days ago, we reported on how the infamous REvil ransomware had targeted over 40 Managed Service Providers MSPs compromising...
9 apps with 6M installs stole Facebook logins of Android users
By Habiba Rashid In total, 10 of these Trojan apps were found, out of which, 9 were available on Google Play. Here is the list of malicious apps. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 9 apps with 6M installs stole Facebook logins of Android users...
REvil Ransomware targets 1000+ businesses causing holiday havoc
By Sudais Asif REvil ransomware gang was revealed to have attacked at least 40 Managed Service Providers MSPs through Kaseya. Here's what happened. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: REvil Ransomware targets 1000+ businesses causing holiday havoc...
Spanish telecom giant MasMovil hit by Revil ransomware gang
By Waqas Revil ransomware gang is claiming to have downloaded databases and other important data belonging to the MasMovil group. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Spanish telecom giant MasMovil hit by Revil ransomware gang...
Online learning provider New Skills Academy alerts users of data breach
By Waqas According to the data breach notification email sent by New Skills Academy, the number of victims impacted by the breach is yet unknown. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Online learning provider New Skills Academy alerts users of data breach...
Colombia arrests suspect wanted by US over Gozi virus
By Waqas The countries targeted by the Gozi virus included Finland, Germany, United States, and the United Kingdom with victims like NASA. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Colombia arrests suspect wanted by US over Gozi virus...
Domain, server of DoubleVPN used by ransomware gangs seized
By Deeba Ahmed US, Canada, and European authorities took part in the operation which ended up seizing cybercriminals' access to and infrastructure of DoubleVPN. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Domain, server of DoubleVPN used by ransomware gangs seized...
A hacker is selling 700 million LinkedIn users accounts
By Waqas LinkedIn has not suffered data breach but the records being sold are collected through data scraping technique. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: A hacker is selling 700 million LinkedIn users accounts...
Benefits of CI/CD for Your Software Development Company
By Waqas The benefits of CI/CD are numerous and allow companies to deliver software and updates faster and more reliably. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Benefits of CI/CD for Your Software Development Company...
Hacker wipes out database of RSS newsreader service NewsBlur
By Deeba Ahmed Personal newsreader NewsBlur service has been restored after a hacker wiped out MongoDB data that was exposed to public access. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker wipes out database of RSS newsreader service NewsBlur...
Microsoft signed a driver called Netfilter, turns out it contained malware
By Habiba Rashid Microsoft signed off a driver, Netfilter, for Windows that contains rootkit malware and has been circulating mainly amongst the gaming community. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft signed a driver called Netfilter, turns out it contained malware...
Western Digital My Book Live hard drives remotely wiped by hackers
By Habiba Rashid People are shocked to find out all of their data stored on their Western Digital My Book Live hard drives has been wiped out through a factory reset. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Western Digital My Book Live hard drives remotely wiped by hackers...
New malware in pirated games disables Windows Updates, Defender
By Waqas Dubbed Crackonosh by researchers; the malware uses the victim's computer resources to mine cryptocurrencies for its developers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New malware in pirated games disables Windows Updates, Defender...
US supermarket giant Wegmans exposed sensitive data
By Habiba Rashid It took Wegmans a month to respond and secure its data after the Website Planet security team's responsible disclosure. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US supermarket giant Wegmans exposed sensitive data...
6 official Python repositories plagued with cryptomining malware
By Deeba Ahmed Six malicious typosquatting packages in the official Python programming language’s PyPI repository are found laced with cryptomining malware. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 6 official Python repositories plagued with cryptomining malware...
DreamHost hosting firm exposed almost a billion sensitive records
By Habiba Rashid The database belonged to DreamHost's DreamPress managed WordPress hosting that was left exposed without any security authentication. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DreamHost hosting firm exposed almost a billion sensitive records...
30 million Dell devices affected by BIOSConnect code execution bugs
By Deeba Ahmed Eclypsium security researchers have discovered four major security vulnerabilities in Dell SupportAssist's BIOSConnect feature. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 30 million Dell devices affected by BIOSConnect code execution bugs...
Identity Theft – 5 Ways to Secure Your Identity Online
By Owais Sultan The repercussions of identity theft can vary from a slight inconvenience to extensive damages, including financial and emotional ones. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Identity Theft - 5 Ways to Secure Your Identity Online...
The Threat of Ransomware on the Rise in 2021
By Waqas Did you know the first reported instances of ransomware attacks date back to 1989 and they were levied against the healthcare industry? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Threat of Ransomware on the Rise in 2021...
New tool lets teens report, remove their nude photos online
By Deeba Ahmed Teens can now report their explicit content through a tool that can be termed as a positive initiative against revenge and child abuse content. An online tool has been developed to help those young people who want to remove their nude images, whether or not they have been...
John McAfee has Died in Spanish Prison, Reports
By Waqas Reportedly, John McAfee has died of suicide hours after the Spanish High Court authorized his extradition to the United States. According to local Spanish media, Mr. John McAfee, the founder of antivirus company McAfee has died in a prison near Barcelona, Spain. 75-year-old McAfee...
Unpatched flaws exposing Linux marketplaces to remote attacks
By Waqas The vulnerabilities remain unpatched and can be exploited to launch supply-chain attacks or achieve RCE against Linux marketplaces. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Unpatched flaws exposing Linux marketplaces to remote attacks...
Hackers leak 260,000 accounts from Pakistani music streaming site Patari
By Waqas Hackread.com informed Patari of the data breach almost a week ago yet the company did not receive any response whatsoever. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers leak 260,000 accounts from Pakistani music streaming site Patari...
EU to Launch Bloc-wide Rapid Response Joint Cyber Unit
By Deeba Ahmed The task force is quite similar to Washington’s ransomware task force, but the EU’s version will coordinate with authorities across the bloc. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: EU to Launch Bloc-wide Rapid Response Joint Cyber Unit...
US seizes official website of Iranian state-owned Press TV
By Waqas With Press TV; there are at least 6 regional websites that are currently displaying notices of seizure apparently uploaded by the US authorities. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US seizes official website of Iranian state-owned Press TV...
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...
Prominent defibrillator management tool exposed to remote attacks
By Deeba Ahmed High-Risk security flaws found and patched in ZOLL defibrillator management software. Here's what happened and what was vulnerable. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Prominent defibrillator management tool exposed to remote attacks...
Vulnerability exposed Peloton bike, treadmil to malware attacks
By Deeba Ahmed Peloton workouts are susceptible to hacking leading to malware and spying, claims McAfee's Advanced Threat Research team. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Vulnerability exposed Peloton bike, treadmil to malware attacks...
Cybersecurity firm exposes 5 billion data breach records
By Habiba Rashid Cybersecurity firm Cognyte fails to secure its database exposing 5 billion records comprise of previous data breaches. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cybersecurity firm exposes 5 billion data breach records...
Baby clothing giant Carter’s exposed trove of shoppers data
By Waqas Carter’s failure to implement proper authentication protocols on the store’s parcel tracking pages exposed data and shoppers to scams. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Baby clothing giant Carter’s exposed trove of shoppers data...
Threat actors using Google Docs exploit to spread phishing links
By Habiba Rashid Cybercriminals have started employing a new phishing attack that abuses the popularity of Google Drive and Docs to bypass security filters. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Threat actors using Google Docs exploit to spread phishing links...
N Korean hackers used VPN flaws to breach S Korean atomic agency
By Deeba Ahmed Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute KAERI has disclosed that its internal network suffered a cyber attack by hackers from North Korea. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: N Korean hackers used VPN flaws to breach S Korean atomic agency...
Watch out Android users as Joker malware is back on Play Store
By Deeba Ahmed In the past three years, the Joker malware has made headlines quite frequently by invading applications available on Google Play Store. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Watch out Android users as Joker malware is back on Play Store...
Fake DarkSide gang demands 100 BTC from companies
By Waqas The original DarkSide ransomware gang had quit operating last month after the attack on Colonial Pipeline. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake DarkSide gang demands 100 BTC from companies...
New malware blocks victims from visiting The Pirate Bay, illegal sites
By Deeba Ahmed Dubbed Vigilante by researchers; the malware prevents the system from those sites that redistribute pirated software/data. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New malware blocks victims from visiting The Pirate Bay, illegal sites...
ThroughTek Flaw Exposed Millions of IoT Cameras to Spying
By Deeba Ahmed According to researchers, the vulnerability affects IoT cameras worldwide and lets attackers hijack video streams. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: ThroughTek Flaw Exposed Millions of IoT Cameras to Spying...
How to protect your privacy on a smartphone: 12 tips & tricks
By Owais Sultan Nowadays, privacy on your smartphone plays an increasingly important role in our daily life. Let's talk about protecting privacy on your smartphone. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to protect your privacy on a smartphone: 12 tips & tricks...
Nameless malware stole 26m login credentials from 3.25m computers
By Habiba Rashid The total amount of data collected by the malware includes 26 million login credentials holding 1.1 million unique email addresses. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Nameless malware stole 26m login credentials from 3.25m computers...
Hackers could access photos, videos without unlocking your phone
By Deeba Ahmed The vulnerability existed in the Facebook Messenger Rooms video chat feature and exposed Android smartphone users to intrusion. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers could access photos, videos without unlocking your phone...
CISA suggests using ad blockers to fend off ‘malvertising’ – Securing your browser
By Owais Sultan The leading national agencies like CISA recommended ad blockers as a basic cybersecurity tool for everyone. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: CISA suggests using ad blockers to fend off malvertising - Securing your browser...
Hackers from Cl0p ransomware group arrested, infrastructure seized
By Waqas The Cl0p ransomware group has been busted in Ukraine while its cyberinfrastrusture has been seized in Ukraine by law enforecment agencies. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers from Cl0p ransomware group arrested, infrastructure seized...
Revil ransomware gang claims breaching US nuclear weapons contractor
By Deeba Ahmed The REvil ransomware gang have said that they will auction the data belonging to Sol Oriens, a US-based nuclear weapons contractor. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Revil ransomware gang claims breaching US nuclear weapons contractor...
Malware infected Minecraft modpacks hit Google Play Store
By Deeba Ahmed According to researchers, Minecraft continues to attract the hacking community and a massive increase in infected, malware-laden Minecraft mods. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Malware infected Minecraft modpacks hit Google Play Store...
Game giant Electronic Arts is the latest victim of massive data breach
By Deeba Ahmed Electronic Arts EA has confirmed that hackers have stolen valuable information from the company, and around 780GB of data was compromised. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Game giant Electronic Arts is the latest victim of massive data breach...
What You Need to Know About SOX Compliance
By Waqas Achieving SOX compliance is not an extremely difficult objective, but many companies may find it tricky. Let's dig deeper! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: What You Need to Know About SOX Compliance...
800+ criminals arrested after FBI turned Anom app into honeypot
By Waqas The FBI took control of the encrypted communication platform Anom app in 2018 and transformed it into a large-scale honeypot. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 800+ criminals arrested after FBI turned Anom app into honeypot...
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...