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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…...
Millions of Telefonica customers’ data exposed after security breach
By Waqas Telefonica, a telecom operator based in Spain, has become a victim of a security breach after hackers managed to exploit a vulnerability that led to the exposure of private data of millions of Telefonica customers while leaking billing data of other customers. The billing data is easily...
Luminosity RAT author pleads guilty to creating & selling hacking tool
By Waqas In February this year, we informed our readers about the unceremonious closure met by the infamous hacking tool Luminosity RAT at the hands of law enforcement authorities from Australia, Europe, and North America. Users could no longer feel threatened by the dangerous RAT, which was also...
How to Teach Your Employees About Cybersecurity
By Carolina In the modern world, threats to security are no longer just physical. In fact, cybersecurity has now become one of the most important parts to keep a business and its employees safe. Without it, many businesses can find themselves in trouble when they least expect. Unfortunately, it c...
New sextortion scheme uses victims’ real password for blackmailing
By Carolina The Sextortion Campaign involves Passwords Stolen from Old Data Breaches. Internet users need to be wary of a new phishing scam that is actually a sextortion scheme, which utilizes old passwords of users and blackmails them for watching pornography. The scammers claim to have recorded...
Road navigation systems can be spoofed using $223 equipment
By Waqas Researchers from a number of renowned institutions including Virginia Tech, the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and Microsoft Research have concluded that it is possible to spoof GPS signals and send people in the wrong direction. The ironic part is that such an...
A highly targeted malware campaign is spying on 13 iPhones in India
By Waqas A dangerous targeted mobile malware campaign has been identified by security researchers, which is believed to have been active since August 2015. Researchers claim that the malware is discovered to be spying on 13 specific iPhones in India, which hints at the fact that this is a highly...
You are not alone; Instagram is down for many
By Carolina The photo and video-sharing social networking service Instagram has been hit This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: You are not alone; Instagram is down for many...
Spectre bug protection forcing Chrome to use 10 to 13% more RAM
By Uzair Amir The entire tech industry was shaken after the discovery of This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Spectre bug protection forcing Chrome to use 10 to 13% more RAM...
Dark web marketplace found selling access to airport’s security system
By Waqas Dark Web has become the hub of illegal activities over This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Dark web marketplace found selling access to airport's security system...
Who’s Reading Your Gmail Messages?
By Kayla Matthews Are any of our online activities private anymore? That’s the This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Who's Reading Your Gmail Messages?...
Hola VPN’s Chrome extension hacked to target MyEtherWallet users
By Waqas Although the decentralized approach to handling cryptocurrency wallets has been This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hola VPN's Chrome extension hacked to target MyEtherWallet users...
Hacker selling classified information on MQ-9 Reaper Drone on dark web
By Waqas We do know that stealing and selling private information of This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker selling classified information on MQ-9 Reaper Drone on dark web...
The Pirate Bay: We mine Monero from your CPU, install Adblocker or leave
By Waqas About a week ago, HackRead reported that the world's largest This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Pirate Bay: We mine Monero from your CPU, install Adblocker or leave...
Timehop database hacked: Hackers steal data of 21 million users
By Waqas Timehop is a smartphone app for iOS and Android users This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Timehop database hacked: Hackers steal data of 21 million users...
Polar fitness app exposed location data of users in military & airbases
By Waqas Polar Flow, an app developed by Polar, a Finland based sports This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Polar fitness app exposed location data of users in military & airbases...
How a USB could become security risk for your device
By Zehra Ali A flash drive or USB may provide a capacity as This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How a USB could become security risk for your device...
Crooks hack gas station fuel pump to steal 600 gallons of gas
By Uzair Amir We have read about credit card skimmers at ATMs or This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Crooks hack gas station fuel pump to steal 600 gallons of gas...
Google admits third-party app developers read your Gmail emails
By Waqas Google says third-party developers can read your Gmail because you This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google admits third-party app developers read your Gmail emails...
Ex-employee stole secrets of Israeli spyware firm for dark web deals
By Waqas Israeli authorities have arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly stealing secrets This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ex-employee stole secrets of Israeli spyware firm for dark web deals...
Top 7 Most Popular and Best Cyber Forensics Tools
By Maria Thomas We often watch experts in movies using forensic tools for This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Top 7 Most Popular and Best Cyber Forensics Tools...
The Pirate Bay is silently mining cryptocurrency without user consent
By Waqas After being offline for over a week, The Pirate Bay This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Pirate Bay is silently mining cryptocurrency without user consent...
This map shows free WiFi passwords from airports worldwide
By Waqas You know when you miss your flight or when there This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: This map shows free WiFi passwords from airports worldwide...
Hamas hacked smartphones of over 100 IDF soldiers
By Waqas IDF blames Palestinian hackers for spying on its soldiers with This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hamas hacked smartphones of over 100 IDF soldiers...
NHS data breach exposed sensitive health data of 150,000 patients
By Carolina The National Health Service NHS in the United Kingdom has This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: NHS data breach exposed sensitive health data of 150,000 patients...
Quick look your right eyes and ears while using public WiFi network
By Waqas Research has revealed that public WiFi networks are more dangerous This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Quick look your right eyes and ears while using public WiFi network...
Cryptocurrency users on Discord & Slack hit by MacOS malware
By Waqas Hackers are using a new MacOS malware aimed at cryptocurrency This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cryptocurrency users on Discord & Slack hit by MacOS malware...
Android devices since 2012 vulnerable to RAMpage vulnerability
By Waqas A group of security researchers from the University of Amsterdam, UC This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Android devices since 2012 vulnerable to RAMpage vulnerability...
Hackers steal millions of customers’ data from Adidas US website
By Carolina Another day, another data breach - Adidas believes hackers did This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers steal millions of customers' data from Adidas US website...
Worse than Equifax: Personal records of 340M people leaked online
By Waqas Last year the credit reporting firm Equifax revealed how unknown This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Worse than Equifax: Personal records of 340M people leaked online...
Gentoo Linux on Github hacked; repositories modified
By Waqas Another day, another data breach - This time, it is This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Gentoo Linux on Github hacked; repositories modified...
Are Your Smartphones’ Batteries Spying on You?
By Kayla Matthews Most batteries in today's smartphone are intelligent enough to detect This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Are Your Smartphones' Batteries Spying on You?...
Firefox Monitor tool informs users if they have been hacked
By Carolina The Firefox Monitor will be launched next week - The tool This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Firefox Monitor tool informs users if they have been hacked...
PBot adware spams ads & installs cryptominer on Windows PCs
By Waqas The IT security researchers at Kaspersky have discovered an adware This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: PBot adware spams ads & installs cryptominer on Windows PCs...
Voice records of millions of Brits stored by tax agency without consent
By Carolina According to Big Brother Watch, a British privacy advocate, and civil liberties organization, This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Voice records of millions of Brits stored by tax agency without consent...
The Pirate Bay stays down – Here’s how to access its Dark Web domain
By Waqas Last week, the torrenting giant The Pirate Bay went offline and This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Pirate Bay stays down - Here's how to access its Dark Web domain...
Meet MyloBot malware turning Windows devices into Botnet
By Waqas The IT security researchers at deep learning cybersecurity firm Deep This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Meet MyloBot malware turning Windows devices into Botnet...
GDPR and the REAL impact on business
By Patrick Vernon General Data Protection Regulation GDPR has taken the world by This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: GDPR and the REAL impact on business...
Ransomhack; a new attack blackmailing business owners using GDPR
By Waqas Hackers are threatening companies to leak stolen user data online This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ransomhack; a new attack blackmailing business owners using GDPR...
Flight tracking service Flightradar24 hacked; 230,000 accounts affected
By Waqas One of the largest flight tracking services, Flightradar24, which shows This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Flight tracking service Flightradar24 hacked; 230,000 accounts affected...
In Russia for World Cup? Beware of fake WiFi hotspots stealing user data
By Uzair Amir The Football World Cup 2018 has gathered thousands of fans This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: In Russia for World Cup? Beware of fake WiFi hotspots stealing user data...
Malware infected Battery saver app on Play Store infects 60,000 users
By Waqas The IT security researchers at RiskIQ have discovered a unique malware This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Malware infected Battery saver app on Play Store infects 60,000 users...
The Pirate Bay is down – Here are its alternatives & Dark Web domain
By Waqas It is a fact that The Pirate Bay has been This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Pirate Bay is down - Here are its alternatives & Dark Web domain...
Traffic sign near ICE headquarters hacked with “Abolish ICE” message
By Waqas For the last few years, hacking a traffic sign or This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Traffic sign near ICE headquarters hacked with "Abolish ICE" message...
Tesla sues ex-employee for hacking & sharing GBs of data with 3rd parties
By Carolina The electric car manufacturing giant, Tesla, has filed a lawsuit This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Tesla sues ex-employee for hacking & sharing GBs of data with 3rd parties...
Bitcoin Baron Gets 20 Months in Prison for DDoS Attacks
By Waqas Randall Charles Tucker 23 from Arizona, who goes by the This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Bitcoin Baron Gets 20 Months in Prison for DDoS Attacks...
Bithumb Crypto Exchange Hacked Again; $31 Million Stolen
By Waqas Bithumb, the world's fourth-largest Bitcoin, and Ether exchange platform has been This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Bithumb Crypto Exchange Hacked Again; $31 Million Stolen...
Flaw in Google Home and Chromecast devices reveals user location
By Waqas Craig Young, an IT security expert from Tripwire has found This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Flaw in Google Home and Chromecast devices reveals user location...
Stop downloading fake malicious Fortnite Android apps
By Uzair Amir Fortnite, a popular multiplayer sandbox survival game from Epic Games has This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Stop downloading fake malicious Fortnite Android apps...
16 arrested for hacking Internet cafes to mine cryptocurrency
By Waqas The group of hackers mined Siacoin cryptocurrency from hacked computer This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 16 arrested for hacking Internet cafes to mine cryptocurrency...