Category: HackRead

Contractor Data Breach Impacts 8,000 Greater Manchester Police Officers
14
Sep
2023

Contractor Data Breach Impacts 8k Greater Manchester Police Officers

KEY FINDINGS The data breach affected over 8,000 Greater Manchester Police officers. The hackers targeted a company that produces warrant…

ALPHV Ransomware Used Vishing to Scam MGM Employee, Researchers
13
Sep
2023

ALPHV Ransomware Used Vishing to Scam MGM Resorts Employee

Key Findings The responsibility for the MGM Resorts cyberattack has been claimed ALPHV ransomware group. The attackers apparently gained access…

Ransomware attackers target Microsoft Teams
13
Sep
2023

Storm-0324 Exploits MS Teams Chats to Facilitate Ransomware Attacks

KEY FINDINGS Storm-0324 is a financially motivated threat actor that has been facilitating ransomware deployment and allowing access to compromised…

Implementing the Least Privilege Principle to Safeguard Your Assets
13
Sep
2023

Implementing the Least Privilege Principle to Safeguard Your Assets

The least privilege principle is a crucial concept in cybersecurity that involves granting users the minimum level of access necessary…

What It Is and Successful Strategies
11
Sep
2023

What It Is and Successful Strategies

Crypto bot trading is the use of automated software to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. These bots are programmed to follow…

BLASTPASS: Update NOW! Pegasus Spyware Exploit Found in iPhones Running Latest iOS
07
Sep
2023

Update NOW! Pegasus Spyware Exploit Found in iPhones Running Latest iOS

Apple issues an urgent security update as the Pegasus spyware exploit is found targeting iPhones without any user interaction. Apple…

Microsoft: How Chinese Hackers Stole Signing Key to Breach Outlook Accounts
07
Sep
2023

How Chinese Hackers Stole Signing Key to Breach Outlook Accounts

In July 2023, Hackread.com reported, based on Microsoft’s findings, that Chinese hackers from the Storm-0558 ATP group had hacked European…

IBM Notifies Janssen CarePath Customers of Data Breach
07
Sep
2023

IBM Notifies Janssen CarePath Customers of Data Breach

Janssen CarePath data breach exposed names, contact info, insurance info, and medication data. IBM disabled a “technical method” used to…

ProtonMail Code Vulnerabilities Leak Emails
07
Sep
2023

ProtonMail Code Vulnerabilities Leaked Emails

Key Findings The vulnerabilities were found in the ProtonMail web app, which is used by most ProtonMail users. The vulnerabilities…

GAM3S.GG Raises $2M Seed Round Led by Mechanism Capital to Grow Web3 Gaming Superapp
07
Sep
2023

GAM3S.GG Raises $2M to Grow Web3 Gaming Superapp

GAM3S.GG, formerly Polkastarter Gaming, has closed a  $2 million seed funding round, led by Mechanism Capital with the participation of…

New Agent Tesla Malware Uses Excel Exploit to Infect Windows Devices
06
Sep
2023

New Agent Tesla Variant Uses Excel Exploit to Infect Windows PC

The new Agent Tesla variant exploits CVE-2017-11882/CVE-2018-0802 vulnerability to execute the malware.  Key Findings A new variant of the Agent…

New Chae$4 Malware Steals Login, Financial Data from Businesses
05
Sep
2023

New Chae$4 Malware Steals Login, Financial Data from Businesses

KEY FINDINGS Chae$4 is a new and advanced malware variant that targets customers of financial and logistics companies in Latin…