Malware Apps Signed with Compromised Android Platform Certificates

By Deeba Ahmed Hackers are using compromised platform certificates to sign Android malware apps. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Malware Apps Signed with Compromised Android Platform Certificates...

Schoolyard Bully Malware Stealing Facebook Credentials on Android

By Deeba Ahmed The campaign is ongoing, and so far, Schoolyard Bully Malware has victimized over 300,000 Facebook users on Android devices across 71 countries. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Schoolyard Bully Malware Stealing Facebook Credentials on Android...

8 Reasons Why Enterprises Use Java

By Owais Sultan Java is one of the most well-known programming languages and software platforms that is used on countless devices… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 8 Reasons Why Enterprises Use Java...

360m Alleged WhatsApp Records Shared Freely on Telegram and Dark Web

By Habiba Rashid In total, there are records belonging to alleged WhatsApp users from 108 countries. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 360m Alleged WhatsApp Records Shared Freely on Telegram and Dark Web...

A Syntax Error Led to Crashing of KmsdBot Cryptomining Botnet

By Deeba Ahmed The KmsdBot was known for targeting both Linux and Windows devices. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: A Syntax Error Led to Crashing of KmsdBot Cryptomining Botnet...

LastPass Breached Again – The Second Time in 2022

By Deeba Ahmed On Wednesday, LastPass’s CEO Karim Toubba issued a security advisory revealing that they detected unusual activity on its cloud storage shared with GoTo. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: LastPass Breached Again - The Second Time in 2022...

Hackers using USB drives to spread malware in ongoing attack

By Habiba Rashid Currently, hackers are targeting public and private entities in Southeast Asia, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, and the U.S., with a focus on the Philippines. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers using USB drives to spread malware in ongoing attack...

AI-Powered Smart Glasses Give Deaf People the Power of Speech

By Habiba Rashid Meet XRAI Glass, an AI-powered augmented reality smart glasses that gives deaf people the power to see conversations. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: AI-Powered Smart Glasses Give Deaf People the Power of Speech...

16,000+ Scam Domains Aimed at FIFA World Cup Fans in Qatar

By Habiba Rashid From phishing attacks to selling fake tickets, scammers have set up thousands of domains to trick FIFA World Cup 2022 fans in Qatar. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 16,000+ Scam Domains Aimed at FIFA World Cup Fans in Qatar...

Acer Laptop Vulnerability Allows Malware Infection During Secure Boot

By Deeba Ahmed ESET assigned the vulnerability a CVSS score of 8.1 and tracked it as CVE-2022-4020. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Acer Laptop Vulnerability Allows Malware Infection During Secure Boot...

Crucial Tips for Secure Form Submissions

By Waqas Ensuring that the forms you - or your clients - use to send and receive information via your… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Crucial Tips for Secure Form Submissions...

Fake COVID-19 Tracking App Spreads Punisher Ransomware

By Deeba Ahmed Currently, the new campaign involving Punisher ransomware is targeting users in Chile. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake COVID-19 Tracking App Spreads Punisher Ransomware...

How to exchange Binance Coin (BNB) cryptocurrency

By Owais Sultan Binance Coin BNB is the worlds most sought-after cryptocurrency exchange token. It was launched on Binance in 2017… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to exchange Binance Coin BNB cryptocurrency...

How to Craft Rich Data-Driven Infographics with Powered Template

By Owais Sultan We’re living in a data-driven world, and this means that it’s imperative to share information in the most… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to Craft Rich Data-Driven Infographics with Powered Template...

Meta Fined €265 million in Facebook Data Scraping Case in the EU

By Habiba Rashid The incident led to the publication of data on Irish police, sitting judges, prison officers, social workers, journalists, and others, leading to a spike in scam calls and texts in Ireland. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Meta Fined €265 million in Facebo...

Critical Flaw Exploited to Bypass Fortinet Products and Compromise Orgs

By Waqas The flaw is tracked as CVE-2022-40684 in FortiOS, while its exploit is being sold on a popular Russian hacker forum. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Critical Flaw Exploited to Bypass Fortinet Products and Compromise Orgs...

Hacker Leaks 5.3M Twitter Accounts as Claims of Larger Breach Surface

By Habiba Rashid A hacker has leaked 5.3 million Twitter account details on a cybercrime forum while another researcher, Chad Loder, claims there is another Twitter breach involving "perhaps over 100 million accounts." This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker Leaks 5.3M...

What is an Identity Verification Service and How Does it Work?

By Owais Sultan In an increasingly technologically-based world, being certain of precisely who you are speaking to or doing business with… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: What is an Identity Verification Service and How Does it Work?...

Iran’s Fars News Agency website hacked as part of anti-govt protests

By Habiba Rashid The hackers from Black Reward Team are also claiming to have deleted nearly 250 terabytes of data from the website from its servers and computers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Irans Fars News Agency website hacked as part of anti-govt protests...

Nearly 500 million WhatsApp User Records Sold Online

By Habiba Rashid The 2022 database is said to contain WhatsApp user data from 84 countries with Egypt having the largest chunk of stolen phone numbers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Nearly 500 million WhatsApp User Records Sold Online...

How to Create ISO Files from Discs – 3 Best Ways

By Owais Sultan This article will explain to you how to create ISO files from discs while mentioning 3 top ISO creators which are easy to understand and use; This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to Create ISO Files from Discs – 3 Best Ways...

Top 6 Cell Phone Tracker Apps for Parental Control

By Owais Sultan A parental control app is an effective software that can help parents stay on guard, prevent, and react timely to online and offline dangers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Top 6 Cell Phone Tracker Apps for Parental Control...

Moses Staff Hackers Publish Footage of Jerusalem Explosion

By Habiba Rashid According to claims made by Moses Staff hackers, they hacked a major Israeli security firm to access and leak the footage. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Moses Staff Hackers Publish Footage of Jerusalem Explosion...

Watch Out Gamers: Hackers Exploiting MSI Afterburner to Deliver Coin Miner

By Habiba Rashid So far, researchers have identified approximately 50 phishing websites, all targeting MSI Afterburner to deliver malware. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Watch Out Gamers: Hackers Exploiting MSI Afterburner to Deliver Coin Miner...

How to use Linked Helper 2 as a LinkedIn Data Export Tool

By Owais Sultan One of the best things about LinkedIn is that it allows you to download a CSV file with… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to use Linked Helper 2 as a LinkedIn Data Export Tool...

Killnet Hits European Parliament Website with DDoS Attack

By Habiba Rashid The DDoS attack took place moments after the European Parliament voted to declare the Russian government a state sponsor of terrorism. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Killnet Hits European Parliament Website with DDoS Attack...

Police Seize iSpoof domains as UK’s largest bank call scam is disrupted

By Deeba Ahmed Around one hundred people have been arrested by the Metropolitan Police in the United Kingdoms biggest-ever fraud operation.… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Police Seize iSpoof domains as UKs largest bank call scam is disrupted...

Bahamut Using Fake VPN Apps to Steal Android User Credentials

By Deeba Ahmed Researchers believe that the attack is ongoing, in which hackers are using malicious versions of SoftVPN, SecureVPN, and OpenVPN software. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Bahamut Using Fake VPN Apps to Steal Android User Credentials...

Retired Software Exploited To Target Power Grids, Microsoft

By Habiba Rashid Boa was discontinued in 2005 but remained popular and is now becoming a crisis because of the complex nature of how it was built into the IoT device supply chain. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Retired Software Exploited To Target Power Grids, Microsoft...

34 Russian Hacking Groups Stole 50 Million User Passwords

By Deeba Ahmed Russian hacking groups primarily using Telegram are on a password stealing spree and so far have targeted users on Amazon, Steam, and Roblox. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 34 Russian Hacking Groups Stole 50 Million User Passwords...

Medical Software Firm exposes vulnerable children’s sensitive data

By Waqas The data was collected by Tridas eWriter operated by now-defunct Tempa, Florida-based The Tridas Group LLC. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Medical Software Firm exposes vulnerable childrens sensitive data...

US DoJ Seizes 7 Domains used in Pig Butchering Cryptocurrency Scam

By Deeba Ahmed Pig butchering is a scam where threat actors lure innocent investors into giving up their crypto assets and sending them to the attackers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US DoJ Seizes 7 Domains used in Pig Butchering Cryptocurrency Scam...

SharkBot Banking Trojan Returns to Google Play Store

By Habiba Rashid According to Bitdefender, most of the malicious apps were aimed at users in Italy and the United Kingdom. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: SharkBot Banking Trojan Returns to Google Play Store...

Deciphering Value in Generative Art: Art Basel Miami Beach to Feature Tezos Blockchain NFTs

By Owais Sultan This year, visitors to the gallery will be able to mint and claim a featured generative art NFT in real time. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Deciphering Value in Generative Art: Art Basel Miami Beach to Feature Tezos Blockchain NFTs...

Researchers Reveal Details of New Threats: AXLocker, Octocrypt and Alice Ransomware

By Deeba Ahmed AXLocker ransomware is now known as a threat that targets Discord users. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Researchers Reveal Details of New Threats: AXLocker, Octocrypt and Alice Ransomware...

What is ASR Technology and Where Can It Develop?

By Owais Sultan ASR Technology aka Automated speech recognition is a type of speech recognition technology that can be used to… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: What is ASR Technology and Where Can It Develop?...

42,000 phishing domains discovered masquerading as popular brands

By Deeba Ahmed According to researchers, this scam is highly sophisticated and large-scale, targeting brands like McDonald’s, Unilever, Emirates, Knorr, Coca-Cola, etc. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 42,000 phishing domains discovered masquerading as popular brands...

Royal Ransomware: New Threat Uses Google Ads and Cracked Software

By Habiba Rashid According to Microsoft, the Royal ransomware is now being spread by a threat actor known as DEV-0569. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Royal Ransomware: New Threat Uses Google Ads and Cracked Software...

Research sector targeted in new spear phishing attack using Google Drive

By Deeba Ahmed The attackers gain access to the network through decoy documents covering controversial geo-political topics to lure the targeted organizations into downloading and executing the malware. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Research sector targeted in new spear...

Leaky Server Exposing Scraped Data of 150,000 Mastodon Users

By Waqas At the time of writing, the server was actively being updated with more data! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Leaky Server Exposing Scraped Data of 150,000 Mastodon Users...

Some Meta Employees and Security Guards Hacked User Accounts

By Deeba Ahmed The fired individuals included on-contract security guards who worked for Meta and could access an internal tool for employees. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Some Meta Employees and Security Guards Hacked User Accounts...

Study shows that 42% of people use their names in passwords

By Waqas ExpressVPN’s study on the most common passwords around the world showed that 42% of people use their first name in their passwords, while 43% of them use their birth date. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Study shows that 42% of people use their names in passwords...

3 Simple Yet Vital Tips to Stay Safe Online

By Owais Sultan The online world has never been risk-free and in 2022 the risks posed by cybercriminals are a threat… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 3 Simple Yet Vital Tips to Stay Safe Online...

Step-by-Step Security Guide for WordPress

By Waqas The most prominent CMS today is WordPress which is being used by over 455 million across the globe. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Step-by-Step Security Guide for WordPress...

TrojanOrders Attack Hits Magento and Adobe Stores

By Deeba Ahmed According to researchers, at least seven magecart groups are targeting Magento 2 websites in TrojanOrders attacks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: TrojanOrders Attack Hits Magento and Adobe Stores...

Ukrainian behind global Zeus malware operation finally caught

By Waqas The suspect, Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, was wanted by the FBI since August 2012. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ukrainian behind global Zeus malware operation finally caught...

We Need Smarter Smart Contracts To Prevent DeFi Hacks

By Waqas The smart contracts that govern DeFi are littered with exploitable code, and hackers understand that since hundreds of millions of crypto funds have been siphoned off due to this very issue. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: We Need Smarter Smart Contracts To Preve...

Making a case for crypto knowledge – why the general population has to be educated on cryptocurrency

By Waqas Cryptocurrency and blockchain education is critical for anyone looking to grow their personal wealth and achieve financial freedom. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Making a case for crypto knowledge – why the general population has to be educated on cryptocurrenc...

Cloud Hacking – Why API Remains the Biggest Threat?

By Owais Sultan The top causes of cloud hacking have evolved over the years. Currently, APIs are among the top threats to clouds. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cloud Hacking - Why API Remains the Biggest Threat?...

New RapperBot malware targets gaming servers with DDoS attacks

By Deeba Ahmed RapperBot malware is known for brute-forcing SSH servers that can accept password authentication. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New RapperBot malware targets gaming servers with DDoS attacks...