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SnapChat Employee Hacked — Crucial SnapChat Employee Payroll Details Stolen after Targeted Phishing Scam The latest victim of malicious phishing campaigns is the LA-based social media firm SnapChat. In an official blog post, SnapChat revealed that a crafty phishing campaign has led to hackers obtaining payroll details of SnapChat employees. “One of our employees fell […]
Anonymous Italy Launches #OperationGreenRights- Targets Italian Government Portals with DDoS Local government portals of Apulia and Basilicata regions in southern Italy have been attacked by the members of the infamous hacktivists collective Anonymous. The attack is being touted by Anonymous as a reactionary attempt to showcase resentment against the ongoing Trans Adriatic Pipeline project (TAP). […]
In October last year, a gay teacher was fired when his sex video with an adult male partner was posted on the school’s website — However, the news is out recently. Reportedly, Brian Cody Bray was a teacher at a Maumelle Charter High School in Maumelle, situated in the suburb of Little Rock, Ark. Bray […]
Remember The Fappeneing? It looks like the police have got their guy! The 29-year-old Andrew Helton was accused of accessing nude images of Hollywood stars and was detained on felony hacking charges under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The Portland resident, in a surprise turn of events, has pleaded guilty as charged. Her reaction […]
Hackers Compromise the Download Link for Linux Mint Deemed to be a “modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use”, Linux Mint is a community driven distribution system that uses Ubuntu as its codebase. It has garnered a lot of attention as an alternative Operating System and is has been downloaded, installed […]
The contract between Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Galois was signed in January. However, HackRead had a chance to discuss the contract with Galois. Galois and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) have formalized a contract to develop technology for preventing and combating extensive, sophisticated DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) […]
Disney Cruise Ship Rescues Anonymous-associated Hacker and Hands him over to the FBI. The twists and turns of fate are hard to comprehend and predict. The very unlucky hacktivist who is an active ally of the infamous hacker group Anonymous, Martin Gottesfeld has been arrested by the FBI in Miami in a surprising manner. The […]
Ransomware Infects Hollywood HealthCare Facility Computers – Attackers Demand $3.6M Computers are an integral part of almost every field and industry nowadays and perhaps, no department can work well without them. Therefore, it is understandable that when the computer systems of a high-profile health care facility are compromised with such severity that it becomes difficult […]
Even though the annual cost of cybercrime to global business is a whopping £200bn, some members of staff still aren’t taking online security issues seriously enough. In fact, 93 percent of UK and US ‘knowledge workers’ engaged in at least one form of risky data security last year according to a survey by Intermedia. Therefore, […]
Though the cyber attacks on businesses are increasing yet people are not paying much attention — It’s time to protect your business from hackers Reports of hackers attacking big businesses like Target and Ashley Madison is a norm. The data acquired by them through such attacks is their strongest driving force. In today’s world, knowledge […]
Password Security — Who’s to Blame for Weak Passwords? Users, Really? The vulnerability of people falling into the traps of online miscreants is huge. Owing to a large number of people coming online for the first time (mainly from the third world countries), the issues of hacking, data theft, impersonation etc. has witnessed an unprecedented […]
Malware in Netflix Apps Steals Credit Card details of Users— Symantec Researchers Netflix Apps delivering more than movies: Netflix has become excessively popular among people all over the world as it offers free online entertainment. But, this popularity has also made it the eye candy of hackers and malicious actors. As per Symantec’s analysis, Netflix is […]
Facebook is known for its censorship but when it’s about deleting secret groups filled with Paedophiles the social media giant is slower than a snail —- Why? Not sure really… Anne Longfield, England’s Children’s Commissioner accuses Facebook of not doing enough to protect children. This view arrived after the BBC reported that Facebook Groups are being used […]
Once an almost unheard-of phenomenon, online dating is today a go-to resource for many busy, career-oriented individuals for finding their true love and future partners. While many succeed in finding their loved ones using this relatively new medium, many become victims to what is known as ‘romance’ or ‘sweetheart’ scams. According to the Federal Bureau […]
Attacks in the cyberspace have been a cause of concern for the entire world. The world, where everything is being carried over the internet or electronically, it shouldn’t surprise you that your entire life is prone to be hacked by the miscreants on the World Wide Web. Misuse of technology has always been a concern […]
Watch out for latest WhatsApp scam tricking users into opening malware link sent by ”friends” The favorite app of all youngsters and adults alike, WhatsApp, has come under the hammer of scammers yet again. Reportedly, WhatsApp users have become targets of a new scam campaign in which they are tricked into revealing personal information and […]
Pastebin.com faced heavy DDoS attacks which forced the platform to go offline. Pastebin.com is a world renowned online platform where users can store plain text but it is often under cyber attacks from hackers and cyber criminals. On 30th January 2016 someone started carrying a series of powerful Distributed Denial-of-Service attack (DDoS) on Pastebin.com forcing the platform to […]
Security researcher Chris Vickery has discovered that hackers can abuse HP LaserJet Printers and host malicious files on their hard drive. The famous security researcher Chris Vickery is known for discovering 191 million US voter registration records online. He is the same guy who found 3.3 million hacked Hello Kitty accounts — That’s not all, he also found 13 […]
The HSBC UK’s banking servers were under powerful DDoS attack — Bank claims it defended its system against the attacks The online banking system of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) the UK was hit by a series of DDoS attacks Friday morning, affecting the servers on one of the most important days that is the payday. […]
The Dark DDoS threat will not only increase in 2016 but it will also let the cyber criminals earn money in the shape of ransom. A prediction from Corero: A company that is among the leading provider of First Line of Defense Solutions insecurity and attacks by DDoS have predicted that there will be a […]
Reports suggest that someone conducted a cyber attack on Israeli power authority server while another report suggests it was a malware attack with ransomware capabilities. In 2013, an Israeli traffic tunnel was hit by a cyber attack causing a lot of financial damage. Now the hackers have conducted another cyber attack but this time on […]