Category: HackRead

BreachForums Admin Pompompurin Gets 20-Year Supervised Sentence
22
Jan
2024

BreachForums Admin Pompompurin Gets 20-Year Supervised Sentence

Conor Brian Fitzpatrick was charged in March 2023 for stealing and selling sensitive personal data of countless US citizens and…

Evolution of AI Assistants: Navigating Breakthroughs in Software Development
22
Jan
2024

Navigating Breakthroughs in Software Development

We are now at the age of advanced AI assistants. This unique software significantly simplifies our everyday tasks, providing us…

Microsoft Executives' Emails Breached by Russia Hackers
20
Jan
2024

Microsoft Executives’ Emails Breached by Russia Hackers

In the latest incident, according to Microsoft, the hackers exploited a compromised “legacy” test account to gain a foothold within…

Iran's Mint Sandstorm Hits Universities with Hamas-Israel Phishing Scam
19
Jan
2024

Iran’s Mint Sandstorm Hits Universities with Hamas-Israel Phishing Scam

Microsoft has warned of a sophisticated phishing scam, accompanied by the use of a custom backdoor called MediaPI, orchestrated by…

Critical "PixieFail" Flaws Expose Millions of Devices to Cyberattacks
19
Jan
2024

Critical “PixieFail” Flaws Expose Millions of Devices to Cyberattacks

The vulnerabilities, collectively called PixieFAIL, were discovered in the network stack of EDK II, during a cursory inspection of NetworkPkg…

YouTube Crypto Con: Scammers Rake in $600K with Deepfakes and QR Codes
19
Jan
2024

Scammers Rake in $600K with Deepfakes and QR Codes

Scammers are creating hyper-realistic deepfakes of popular figures like Elon Musk and Michael Saylor, using them to promote fake giveaways…

Anonymous Sudan Hits Israeli Oil Refinery Giant BAZAN Hit with Crippling DDoS Attacks
18
Jan
2024

Anonymous Sudan’s DDoS Attacks Disrupt Network at Israeli BAZAN Group

Anonymous Sudan has also claimed responsibility for DDoS attacks on Thuraya Mobile Satellite Communications Company, an international mobile-satellite service (MSS)…

New Malware Turns Docker Servers into Traffic-Boosted Crypto Miners
18
Jan
2024

Malware Exploiting 9Hits, Turns Docker Servers into Crypto Miners

Cybercriminals are targeting vulnerable Docker servers by deploying two containers: a standard XMRig miner and the 9Hits viewer application—an automated…

FBI Warns: Androxgh0st Malware Building Mega-Botnet for Credential Theft
18
Jan
2024

Androxgh0st Malware Building Mega-Botnet for Credential Theft

The FBI and CISA have jointly issued a security advisory, cautioning about the growing threat posed by the AndroxGh0st malware….

Kaspersky's iShutdown Tool Detects Pegasus Spyware on iOS Devices
17
Jan
2024

Kaspersky’s iShutdown Tool Detects Pegasus Spyware on iOS Devices

The iShutdown tool has been launched a few weeks after Kaspersky cybersecurity researchers revealed significant insights into Operation Triangulation. This…

Google's Incognito: Shrouded in Secrecy, Now Slightly Less So
17
Jan
2024

New Disclaimer Reveals Data Tracking

Google’s New Disclaimer Confuses Users with Data Collection Admission – It All Happened After the Company Had to Face a…

New Phishing Scam Hooks META Businesses with Trademark Threats
17
Jan
2024

New Phishing Scam Hooks META Businesses with Trademark Threats

The phishing scam falsely asserts that the victim’s Facebook page will be permanently deleted due to a post allegedly infringing…