Data Security
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11Facebook sues companies for selling likes, followers and comments for FB & IG
For large tech companies, demands have become commonplace, and although most of the time it is the users who file the demands,...
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1440 millions Telegram users’ data leaked in darknet; a 900MB database
Network perimeter security specialists revealed the discovery of a database (nearly 900 MB) with millions of records of Telegram users. This information...
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12How scammers clone credit & debit cards using Google Analytics
Logical security specialists have detected a skimming operation that runs entirely on Google’s servers. This malware sends the compromised payment cards directly...
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3.0KHow does the “sugar daddy” Instagram scam works?
While there may always have been relationships between mature men and young women, it was the popularization of the term “sugar daddy”...
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3.0KSouthwest Airlines’ Facebook virus offers free tickets to travel anywhere
A new online scam has been detected. According to information security training experts, it all began when some Facebook users found alleged...
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1.5KWhy CIA can’t stop theft of its hacking tools & intelligence documents?
Intelligence agencies in multiple countries have developed advanced hacking tools that must be protected from threat actors at any costs, although this...
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Black Lives Matter movement exploited to spread Trickbot malware
Cyber criminals can go down to any level to achieve their goals and the latest phishing scam only reiterates this fact. After...
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Barcode Reader Apps on Play Store Infected with Adware
The adware has the capability to disappear every 15 minutes to avoid detection. Trend Micro researchers have identified several apps on Google...
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2.6KWhat is voicemail phishing/PBX spoofing & how 100,000 companies got attacked using it?
Social distancing measures will remain in place in most of the world for the coming months, so employees and managers from public...
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Hackers using malicious CV files to infect PCs with banking trojan
A New CV-themed phishing campaign distributes banking trojan – This also highlights why one should never open unknown files sent by anonymous...
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New malware tool can steal files from airgapped PCs using USBs
The malware reveals the growing capabilities of cybercriminals. A Chinese criminal group named Cycldek (AKA Goblin Panda and Conimes) has been conducting...
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606Google sued for $5 billion USD for tracking users in Incognito mode
After years of questionable practices, technology companies begin to face the consequences of their little commitment to user privacy. According to specialists...
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Hackers disrupt Chicago police radios with anti-cop songs
Apparently, Anonymous hackers are behind the attack. Over the past few days, protests over the killing of George Floyd have swept authorities...
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3.9KHacking Facebook internal domains via server-side request forgery (SSRF) zero day vulnerability
Facebook is the most widely used social network in the world, which also makes it a frequent target for attacks. A security...
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1.5K[CVE-2020-1956] Apache Kylin command injection vulnerability
A team of cyber security awareness specialists recently revealed the finding of a critical vulnerability in Apache Kylin, the open source distributed...
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Mobile payment app BHIM leaked financial data of 7 million Indians
According to researchers, 409 GB worth of BHIM’s customer data was available on a public domain. A week ago Hackread.com reported how...
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Joomla suffers security breach exposing user records
It total, 2,700 user records were exposed, Hackread.com has learned. The team behind Joomla, the third most widely used open-source content management...
