Category: HackRead

Twitter source code leaked online
27
Mar
2023

Portion of Twitter’s Proprietary Source Code Leaked on GitHub

Reportedly, the source code remained public for several months before being taken down by GitHub. According to a news report…

Pwn2Own 2023: Tesla Model 3, Windows 11, Ubuntu and more Pwned
27
Mar
2023

Tesla Model 3, Windows 11, Ubuntu and more Pwned

At Pwn2Own 2023, participants were awarded a full bounty (more than $1,000,000) in each round for successful exploits. Pwn2Own, as…

Latitude Financial Data Breach: 14 Million Customers Affected
27
Mar
2023

Latitude Financial Data Breach: 14 Million Customers Affected

The Australian consumer lender, Latitude Financial, has suffered a major cyber attack, leading to a data breach of passport and…

CISA to Start Issuing Early-Stage Ransomware Alerts
27
Mar
2023

CISA to Start Issuing Early-Stage Ransomware Alerts

With timely ransomware alerts, organizations can mitigate the threat and prevent their data from being encrypted/exfiltrated. The US Cybersecurity and…

Russian-Ukrainian Conflict Themed Phishing Emails Used in New Cyber Attack
26
Mar
2023

New Backdoor Attack Uses Russian-Ukrainian Conflict Phishing Emails

The primary targets of this phishing campaign are located in the Ukrainian regions of Crimea, Donetsk, and Lugansk, which were…

ChatGPT Bug Exposed Payment Details of Paid Users
24
Mar
2023

ChatGPT Bug Exposed Payment Details of Paid Users

Earlier, a ChatGPT bug exposed conversation histories to other users, but now reports indicate that the bug also exposed the…

UK
24
Mar
2023

UK’s NCA infiltrates cybercrime market with fake DDoS sites

The agency set up several fake DDoS sites offering DDoS-for-hire services to infiltrate the online criminal marketplace. Remember when the…

Journalist Attacked With USB Drive That Detonated After Inserting into PC
24
Mar
2023

Journalist Targeted in USB Drive Bombing Attack

The USB drive was found to contain RDX, a military-grade explosive substance that was inside a capsule attached to the…

Founder of Terraform Labs Arrested in Montenegro for Role in $40 Billion Terra Collapse
24
Mar
2023

Do Kwon, Founder of Terraform Labs, Arrested in Montenegro

According to Montenegro’s minister of interior Filip Adzic, Do Kwon was suspected of being “one of the most wanted fugitives.”…

Beware- Fake ChatGPT Extensions can Hijack your Facebook Account
23
Mar
2023

Fake ChatGPT Extension Hijacks Facebook Accounts

In this campaign, attackers have used the legitimate ChatGPT for Google extension and added malicious code to it in order…

Nexus: New Android Botnet Anticipated to Grow More Dangerous
23
Mar
2023

New Android Botnet Nexus Being Rented Out on Russian Hacker Forum

The developer of the Android botnet is rending out Nexus through a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) subscription for $3000 per month. A…

ShellBot DDoS Malware Targeting Poorly Managed Linux SSH Servers
22
Mar
2023

ShellBot DDoS Malware Targets Linux SSH Servers

As per a report from AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center (ASEC), poorly managed Linux SSH servers are becoming the targets…