Jordanian pleads guilty to selling access to 50 corporate networks
A Jordanian man has pleaded guilty to operating as an “access broker” who sold access to the computer networks of at least 50 companies. The…
Month: January 2026
CIRO Confirms Data Breach – 750,000 Canadian Investors Have been Impacted
Approximately 750,000 Canadian investors were affected by a sophisticated phishing attack first disclosed in August 2025. The self-regulatory organization announced the full extent of the…
Visual Studio Code Abused in Sophisticated Multistage Malware Attacks
A newly analyzed campaign dubbed “Evelyn Stealer” is turning the Visual Studio Code (VSC) extension ecosystem into an attack delivery platform, enabling threat actors to…
Fake browser crash alerts turn Chrome extension into enterprise backdoor
Browser extensions are a high-risk attack vector for enterprises, allowing threat actors to bypass traditional security controls and gain a foothold on corporate endpoints. Case…
Ingram Micro says ransomware attack affected 42,000 people
Information technology giant Ingram Micro has revealed that a ransomware attack on its systems in July 2025 led to a data breach affecting over 42,000…
Livewire Filemanager Vulnerability Exposes Web Applications to RCE Attacks
A significant security vulnerability has been discovered in Livewire Filemanager, a widely used file management component embedded in Laravel web applications. Tracked as CVE-2025-14894 and…
Remcos RAT Campaign Uses Trojanized VeraCrypt Installers to Steal Credentials
AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) has identified an active Remcos RAT campaign targeting users in South Korea. The malware is being spread through multiple channels.…
Google Gemini AI Tricked Into Leaking Calendar Data via Meeting Invites – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More
AI assistants are built to make life easier, but a new discovery shows that even a simple meeting invite can be turned into a Trojan…
The Queen Of The Hackers Tracked Down By U.S. Secret Service
On Aug. 17, 1990, a federal judge sentenced a Chicago woman to 27 months in prison for masterminding a nationwide ring of computer hackers that stole more…
Firefox joins Chrome and Edge as sleeper extensions spy on users
A group of cybercriminals called DarkSpectre is believed to be behind three campaigns spread by malicious browser extensions: ShadyPanda, GhostPoster, and Zoom Stealer. We wrote…
New StackWarp Hardware Flaw Breaks AMD SEV-SNP Protections on Zen 1–5 CPUs
Ravie LakshmananJan 19, 2026Hardware Security / Vulnerability A team of academics from the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Germany has disclosed the details…
Free Converter Apps that Convert your Clean System to Infected in Seconds
Malicious file converter applications distributed through deceptive advertisements are infecting thousands of systems with persistent remote access trojans (RATs). These seemingly legitimate productivity tools perform…