Online scams: How to give scammers a taste of their own medicine

By Owais Sultan Internet users are much more aware of these scams these days, but they do still happen. Let’s look at the different types of internet scams. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Online scams: How to give scammers a taste of their own medicine...

Livecoin crypto exchange shuts down after losing domain to hackers

By Waqas The decision comes after Livecoin claims its servers were hacked and taken over by attackers in December 2020. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Livecoin crypto exchange shuts down after losing domain to hackers...

Top Tips to Upscale Your Netflix Security Instantly

By Waqas As of the third quarter of 2020, Netflix had 195.15 million paid subscribers worldwide and that makes it a lucrative target for cybercriminals. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Top Tips to Upscale Your Netflix Security Instantly...

‘Child’s Play’ – Kids breach and bypass Linux Mint screensaver lock

By Sudais Asif According to their father, the kids were able to bypass the Linux Mint screensaver lock not once but twice. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Childs Play - Kids breach and bypass Linux Mint screensaver lock...

Transferring data between smartphones seamlessly

By Sudais Asif Apple is strict on privacy which is a positive thing to do but what if you would like to transfer or backup WhatsApp data from an iPhone to a PC? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Transferring data between smartphones seamlessly...

Infamous cybercrime, carding market Joker’s Stash is shutting down

By Waqas The world's largest digital carding marketplace Joker's Stash to shut down its operations from February 15, 2021. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Infamous cybercrime, carding market Jokers Stash is shutting down...

UK Police mistakenly deleted 150,000 arrest records in software glitch

By Waqas Reportedly, a software glitch wiped DNA and fingerprint data from the police computer. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: UK Police mistakenly deleted 150,000 arrest records in software glitch...

Facebook sues developer of data scraping extensions for Chrome

By Sudais Asif The developer is a Portuguese company that Facebook claims developed malicious Chrome extensions allowing data scraping. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Facebook sues developer of data scraping extensions for Chrome...

Warning as hackers breach MFA to target cloud services

By Deeba Ahmed According to CISA, it has verified one of the users had their account breached even though they were using "proper multi-factor authentication MFA." This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Warning as hackers breach MFA to target cloud services...

Cyber criminals leak Pfizer, BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine data

By Waqas The leaked vaccine data is now circulating on hacker forums including Russian-speaking ones. Here's what was leaked and some exclusive screenshots. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cyber criminals leak Pfizer, BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine data...

Google reveals high-profile attack targeting Android, Windows users

By Deeba Ahmed According to Google's Project Zero team, threat actors exploited 0-day vulnerabilities to successfully carry on their attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google reveals high-profile attack targeting Android, Windows users...

Owner forgets password to digital wallet with $240m of Bitcoin inside

By Waqas According to Chainalysis, a crypto-currency data collector, 20% of all existing 18.5 million Bitcoin, which is roughly $140 billion, are currently locked in wallets. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Owner forgets password to digital wallet with $240m of Bitcoin...

Malware vendor returns with yet another nasty Android malware

By Sudais Asif Triangulum, a previously known threat actor is back with new Android malware which is now being sold on dark web hacking forums. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Malware vendor returns with yet another nasty Android malware...

Pakistani Android users hit by spyware campaign with malicious apps

By Waqas The spyware campaign is sophisticated considering the use of fake yet convincing apps and domains. Here's what we know so far. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Pakistani Android users hit by spyware campaign with malicious apps...

Chinese firm leaked 200m Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn users’ data

By Deeba Ahmed The 400GB worth of data was exposed due to a misconfigured Elasticsearch database. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chinese firm leaked 200m Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn users data...

Security researchers claims downloading 70TB of sensitive Parler data

By Waqas Parler has been booted off by Amazon from its AWS cloud platform while Apple and Google have already suspended its apps from their app stores. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Security researchers claims downloading 70TB of sensitive Parler data...

UN hacked for good as 100K+ employee records accessed

By Deeba Ahmed UN's Vulnerability Disclosure Program Leads to Startling Discovery as Researchers Accessed Private Data of 100,000 UNEP Employees. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: UN hacked for good as 100K+ employee records accessed...

Cloning Google’s Titan Key to bypass 2FA – Research

By Sudais Asif The attack requires the attacker to have physical access to the victim's Titan Key, hours of time, and side-channel setup equipment worth €10,000 $12,000 - £9,000. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cloning Googles Titan Key to bypass 2FA - Research...

Russian hacker jailed in US over $19M fraud, 100M users’ data theft

By Deeba Ahmed The 37-year-old hacker Andrei Tyurin was extradited to the US from Georgia in September 2018. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian hacker jailed in US over $19M fraud, 100M users data theft...

Nissan source code leaked after it used “admin” as username, password

By Waqas The collection is 20 GB large and includes source code of a range of Nissan services including NissanConnect. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Nissan source code leaked after it used "admin" as username, password...

Hack the US Army for good with ‘Hack The Army’ bug bounty program

By Sudais Asif For now, only those with invitation can join the new bug bounty program. Here's what we know so far and what to expect. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hack the US Army for good with Hack The Army bug bounty program...

Juspay data breach 35 million customers’ card data sold on dark web

By Waqas The Indian startup Juspay handles payments for online marketplaces, including Amazon. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Juspay data breach 35 million customers card data sold on dark web...

Fake Trump’s scandle video campaign spreading QNode RAT

By Deeba Ahmed Hackers are benefitting from the unrest after the US Presidential elections and spreading QNode malware. Here's what's going on behind the scene. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake Trumps scandle video campaign spreading QNode RAT...

WhatsApp wants you to accept its new terms or call it quits

By Deeba Ahmed WhatsApp Updates its Privacy Policy - You must agree to WhatsApp's new terms if you want to keep using it! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: WhatsApp wants you to accept its new terms or call it quits...

ElectroRat crypto-stealing malware hits MacOS, Windows, Linux devices

By Waqas The undetected ElectroRat malware is capable of stealing private keys to access victims’ wallets and also run keylogger on a targeted device. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: ElectroRat crypto-stealing malware hits MacOS, Windows, Linux devices...

SolarWinds supply chain attack affected 250 organizations

By Deeba Ahmed According to a report, the SolarWinds attack has impacted over 250 organizations, including government agencies and private businesses. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: SolarWinds supply chain attack affected 250 organizations...

Facebook bug exposed identity of page admin using group doc feature

By Sudais Asif The bug was reported to Facebook under its bug bounty program after which the researcher was awarded $5,000. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Facebook bug exposed identity of page admin using group doc feature...

Google ReCaptcha flaw lets bots bypass audio captcha challenge

By Sudais Asif According to researchers, the idea of the attack is to grab the MP3 file of the audio reCAPTCHA and submit it to Google's own Speech to Text API. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google ReCaptcha flaw lets bots bypass audio captcha challenge...

21 WeLeakInfo customers arrested for buying breached data

By Deeba Ahmed The UK National Crime Agency NCA has arrested 21 individuals for buying breached data from now-defunct online service- WeLeakInfo dot com This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 21 WeLeakInfo customers arrested for buying breached data...

A Comprehensive Data Recovery Solution

By Owais Sultan Currently, there are various data recovery solutions helping users to retrieve files from their storage devices. Some free while mostly paid. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: A Comprehensive Data Recovery Solution...

British judge says Julian Assange will not be extradited to the US

By Deeba Ahmed The US' fight to get Wikileaks founder Julian Assange extradited so that he could stand a trial in a US court doesn't seem to conclude anytime soon. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: British judge says Julian Assange will not be extradited to the US...

Hacker selling 368m users records stolen from 26 companies

By Sudais Asif These websites include some notable ones such as Sitepoint. Here is a full list of the websites whose data is currently being sold by the hacker. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker selling 368m users records stolen from 26 companies...

Ticketmaster hacked a rival and now it’s paying $10m fine for it

By Deeba Ahmed Ticketmaster illegally accessed its competitor's computer systems to 'choke off' the victim's business. It's now paying $10 million in fine. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ticketmaster hacked a rival and now its paying $10m fine for it...

Backdoor account found in 100,000+ Zyxel Firewalls, VPN Gateways

By Deeba Ahmed Researchers have discovered a hard-coded admin-level backdoor account as a Zyxel firmware binary revealing username and password. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Backdoor account found in 100,000+ Zyxel Firewalls, VPN Gateways...

Microsoft reveals hackers viewed its source code

By Deeba Ahmed Microsoft confirmed that viewing source code doesn’t elevate the risk. Here's what happened and what Mircosoft said about the attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft reveals hackers viewed its source code...

T-Mobile confirms another data breach exposing user call records, phone numbers

By Deeba Ahmed T-Mobile revealed attackers accessed its Customer proprietary network information CPNI, putting the private data of hundreds of thousands of customers at risk. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: T-Mobile confirms another data breach exposing user call records,...

Golang malware infecting Windows, Linux servers with XMRig miner

By Sudais Asif Golang malware has been active since last month targeting both Linux and Windows-based servers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Golang malware infecting Windows, Linux servers with XMRig miner...

Apple loses lawsuit against cyber security startup Corellium

By Deeba Ahmed A federal judge dismissed Apple's claim that virtualization startup Corellium was involved in copyright infringement and violated the DMCA. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Apple loses lawsuit against cyber security startup Corellium...

Italy’s Ho-Mobile database with 2.5m accounts allegedly stolen, sold

By Sudais Asif Apparently, the personal data of over 2.5 million Ho-Mobile's customers is being sold on a dark web hacker forum. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Italys Ho-Mobile database with 2.5m accounts allegedly stolen, sold...

Hackers using smart home devices to live streaming swatting attacks

By Deeba Ahmed The F.B.I. is warning users to use strong credentials to prevent their smart devices from being used during swatting attacks. Here's how to. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers using smart home devices to live streaming swatting attacks...

CISA’s Sparrow.ps1 tool detects malicious activity on Azure, Microsoft 365

By Sudais Asif The new free tool called Sparrow.ps1 is intended for use by incident responders. Here's what this tool can do and how. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: CISAs Sparrow.ps1 tool detects malicious activity on Azure, Microsoft 365...

Usenet indexer NZBGeek hacked; database stolen

By Deeba Ahmed Hackers installed keylogger and copied NZBGeek database exposing personal details of all users. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Usenet indexer NZBGeek hacked; database stolen...

Hackers phish 615,000 login credentials by using Facebook ads

By Sudais Asif Once again, Facebook ads have been misused by cybercriminals in a large-scale phishing scam to steal victims' login credentials. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers phish 615,000 login credentials by using Facebook ads...

REvil hackers to leak photos of plastic surgery patients after massive hack

By Waqas The latest victim of REvil hackers aka Sodinokibi group is The Hospital Group based in Manchester, England. A Manchester, England-based prominent cosmetic and weight loss specialist The Hospital Group has suffered a ransomware attack carried out by REvil hackers. As a result, hackers hav...

Security Perspective: Why Do 90% of Traders Fail?

By Owais Sultan A couple of years ago, there were already close to 14 million traders all over the globe. It may come as surprising - most of them fail. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Security Perspective: Why Do 90% of Traders Fail?...

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...

Fashion marketplace giant 21 Buttons exposes millions of users’ data

By Sudais Asif According to researchers, the misconfigured AWS bucket is still exposed and 21 Buttons has not responded to them. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fashion marketplace giant 21 Buttons exposes millions of users data...

US COVID-19 relief bill to make copyrighted content streaming a felony

By Deeba Ahmed The $300/week unemployment legislation includes a clause that will make streaming of protected content a punishable crime. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US COVID-19 relief bill to make copyrighted content streaming a felony...

How to make a QR code to accept Bitcoin while keeping it secure

By Owais Sultan If you are planning, maintaining a Bitcoin-friendly business, or just want to have an easy way of receiving crypto payments, you might want to consider using a QR code. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to make a QR code to accept Bitcoin while keeping i...

iPhone Calendar Events spam is back: Here’s how to get rid of it

By Asad Remember the old annoying iPhone Calendar Events Spam? It’s back and worse than before. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: iPhone Calendar Events spam is back: Here’s how to get rid of it...