Cyber Crime
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401Hundreds of counterfeit branded shoe stores hacked with web skimmer
According to the latest research from Malwarebytes, many of the websites selling branded sneakers aren’t as reliable as we think they are. ...
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20 years prison for Romanian hackers who infected 400,000 computers
Two Romanian hackers namely Bogdan Nicolescu and Rady Miclaus will be spending 20 and 18 years respectively in prison for infecting 400,000...
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FBI uses PlayStation to bust large scale drug deal
In March this year, HackRead reported how authorities in the US carried out one of the largest Fentanyl related busts, thanks to...
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Notorious spy tool taken down in global operation
IM-RAT, which could be had for as little as US$25, was bought by nearly 15,000 people
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Botnet found using YouTube to illegally mine cryptocurrency
Hundreds of botnets operate internationally to achieve various malicious objectives. One such botnet named Stantinko which has been operating since 2012 in...
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LINE Launches HackerOne Open Bug Bounty Program
LINE Corporation, Japan-based communication, today announced the launch of a public bug bounty program on the HackerOne site for pentest and HackerOne...
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14 members indicted for defrauding Apple of millions
Yesterday, federal authorities in the United States charged 14 people for conning Apple of $6 million. Believed to be members of an...
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Israel extradites Russian hacker to the US for massive credit card scam
Extradition has always been a sour topic, particularly amongst countries that are not the best of friends. Such a recent split was...
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Popular pirate movie website Movie2free.com shut down
Movie2free.com was home to over 3000 pirated movies and made monthly revenue of 5 million Baht through gambling ads. The Department of...
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BEC attack: Nikkei employee transfers $29 million to scammers
The company has filed a damage report with investigative authorities in the US and Hong Kong. The leading financial media organization in...
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Fake Tor browser stole Bitcoins from dark web users
The fake version was targeting users for years. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, anonymity-retaining browsers like Tor and underground platforms like the Dark Web...
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Dark web’s largest child porn marketplace seized; 338 suspects arrested
“This hidden site has been seized,” says the marketplace’s homepage. The Dark Web’s largest and most profitable child pornography website dubbed “Welcome...
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A pervert Yahoo employee hacked 6,000 accounts using internal system
Once hacking Yahoo Mail accounts, the employee also compromised accounts to access his victims’ Dropbox, Facebook, Gmail, and iCloud accounts. Yahoo Mail...
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Dark web data center in former NATO bunker seized for hosting child porn
Bulletproof hoster not so Bulletproof after all. Authorities in Germany have raided, busted and seized a massive data bunker called “Cyberbunker 2.0”...
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Hackers used fake job website to scam jobless US veterans
In certain countries, the populace holds a deep bond with their armed forces. Reasons such as patriotism, giving back and love for...
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An illegal prostitution ring took Kazakhstan offline
On 31st July 2019, internet users within Kazakhstan experienced a show of dismay unseen before. Suddenly, hundreds of website could not be...
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How to spot online dating scam and its never ending fakery
Dating can be hard, especially when you’re doing it online. Swiping right can always give you that little niggle in the back...
