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The targeted company Poly Network claims that hackers exploited a vulnerability between contract calls where a contract can change/modify the keeper of a contract and execute transactions. One of the industry’s leading decentralized finance platforms (DeFi) Poly Network has become a victim of a cyberheist in which hackers managed to steal $611 million worth of […]
The call center ran a fake Amazon technical support call center in South Delhi – Now, 26 of its “employees” have been arrested. The Delhi Police have shut down a fake call center alleged to have been operational for the past seven months and scamming US citizens. Allegedly, the call center employees duped US citizens […]
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Kaseya was informed about the vulnerabilities back in April 2021 but it failed to address the issue in time. The remote management and monitoring solutions provider, Kaseya VSA, has released patches for three critical vulnerabilities exploited by the REvil ransomware gang to launch a devastating ransomware attack earlier in July 2021. In April 2021, the […]
Hackread.com informed Patari of the data breach almost a week ago yet we did not receive any response whatsoever. Patari or Patari.pk, a Pakistani music streaming site has suffered a data breach in which its database containing personal data and login credentials of over 257,000 registered users has been leaked on English and Russian language […]
The newly discovered DarkRadiation ransomware chain is unlike any other ransomware family. Trend Micro cybersecurity researchers have shared findings of a newly identified ransomware strain dubbed DarkRadiation. The ransomware strain is entirely written in Bash, and this aspect makes it difficult for most security software to detect it as a threat. SEE: Revil ransomware gang hits US […]
The researchers managed to identify and report the presence of Joker malware in 8 apps on Google Play Store. In the past three years, the Joker malware has made headlines quite frequently by invading applications available on Google Play Store. The malware infects the user’s device after the infected application is downloaded and keeps collecting […]
Earlier this week the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) in the USA penalized various companies due to cyber security breakdowns. Hackers took advantage of the mishap to gain unauthorized access to email accounts and lots of customer’s data was exposed. A statement from the SEC read as follows: “According to SEC, it has penalized eight […]
In a statement dated August 16, 2021, T-mobile confirmed allegations that their servers had indeed been hacked. They insisted, however, that preliminary investigations have not established if the hackers managed to access any sensitive customer information. The statement also pointed out that the T-mobile team was working closely with law enforcement and digital forensic experts […]
This week Google announced several upgrades to the rules that govern the Play Store which are intended to enhance the general user safety and privacy and give more control to ad privatization. The web conglomerate has chosen to provide more particulars on an imminent security segment that was first declared in May and will be […]
World-renowned fashion retailer; Guess confirmed over the course of the past week that some of its clients had their confidential data compromised in a brutal ransomware attack that the fashion giant first noted in February of this year. The company filed a case with the attorney general’s office in the US state of Maine over […]
A new malicious software (ransomware) variant that leverages Golang has been released. It indicates that cybercriminals leverage GoLang (programming language) to execute their malicious actions. CrowdStrike obtained a specimen of the new ransomware strain, which has not been named yet. This malicious software has the same features as FiveHands and DeathRansom/HelloKitty. These malicious software variants […]
The cross-site scripting (XSS) susceptibility plus various supply chain operations greatly impact on the Linux marketplaces, which are located on the Pling platform. This is the outcome of a study carried out by the German cyber security practice Positive Security. Pling Platform Pling is vital as it enables the establishment of free and open-source software […]
At the beginning of 2021 CISA made an important statement [PDF] which many internet users consider so long-awaited: federal and public agencies, along with their expansion in the World Web should as well implement and standardize the usage of ad-blocking software. Public opinion is agreeing on the point that nowadays internet security is just as […]
A hacker is claiming to have stolen 780GB worth of data Electronic Arts (EA) including source code. Electronic Arts (EA) is one of the leading game publishers in the industry. The company has confirmed that hackers have stolen valuable information from the company, and around 780GB of data was compromised. EA is among the largest […]
Honeywell is a massive organization in the American industrial market, and an industrial cybersecurity world leader. The organization has introduced an advanced cybersecurity monitoring and occurrence response service. This service is specially designed to help industrial institutions enhance operational safety online. Target organizations are set to enjoy round-the-clock operational technology cybersecurity exposure and swift response […]
Industrial switches are made using universal firmware developed by Korenix Technology, a leading provider for industrial networking solutions based in Taiwan. As a result, nearly all industrial switches in the market today are currently suffering from similar exposures, regardless of your vendor. SEC Consult, a cyber-security consultancy based in Austria, was the first to discover […]
According to Canada Post, sensitive information of over 950,000 customers and 44 of its large business clients has been exposed in the malware attack. Another day, another data breach. This time, the victim is the Canadian postal agency Canada Post who on Wednesday confirmed in a press release that data of over 950,000 of its customers could […]
Hackread.com can confirm that threat actors on several hacker forums are already hunting for stolen Omiai database. In recent news, Japan’s biggest dating app, Omiai, was hacked and personal data of users such as drivers’ licenses, insurance cards, and passports were accessed by threat actors. The app’s operator, Net Marketing Co, has confirmed that unauthorized […]
The company was informed about the exposed data in December 2020 but it only responded and secured the data in March 2021. FastTrack Reflex Recruitment firm recently joined the ranks of other companies that have been affected by data leaks due to misconfigured AWS S3 buckets. This data breach majorly affected the applicants whose CVs […]
The massive data leak occurred due to misconfigured cloud services used by Android apps with millions of downloads. Personal data of over 100 million Android users were exposed due to misconfigured cloud services. The issue was identified in around 23 applications, which boasted up to 10 million downloads and included internal developer resources. SEE: Warning […]