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Short Bytes: It has been reported that the India-based Bank of Maharashtra has incurred financial losses amounting INR 25Cr (roughly $4 million). It happened due to a technical flaw in the bank’s UPI Payments app designed by the Mumbai-based company. The bank has lodged FIR against 50 suspects, and they are trying to recover the funds from other banks. […]
Malicious threat actors are using exclusively designed URLs to deceive users into providing their Gmail credentials. This latest phishing campaign, discovered by security experts, utilizes a very effective phishing attack that can trick even the most alerted users and tech-savvy people. The campaign involves sending infected messages to the contacts from an already infected computer. […]
If you have a Netflix account you might be at risk of falling prey to a new phishing scam that targets Netflix users through emails. These emails contain a fake login screen of Netflix and ask for the login information. If the user enters the login information, the scammers ask for the credit card details. Fake Netflix […]
WhatsApp has lately become the prime target of malicious threat actors and scammer probably due to the widespread global following that the platform enjoys. Eset Security researchers are unearthing one scam after another that is making use of WhatsApp. On the other hand, scammers are coming up with innovative new strategies to lure victims towards […]
The IT security firm has revealed that scammers are targeting Apple‘s Mac users with a new kind of malware that hijacks its Mail App and Safari browser to conduct denial of service (DOS) attacks. The attackers direct these apps to continually draft emails till the machine runs out of RAM and crashes eventually. The report also […]
The threats for law firms which offer legal advice on mergers have evolved from worrying about deal tips getting leaked to the hacking of deal tips. Nowadays, companies and organizations are much more worried about hacking attacks than employees giving away deal tips. This assumption was proven to be true when several US-based law firms […]
Nigerian news website Politics Nigeria has reported that two Indian sisters hailing from Toronto, Canada have been detained in Lagos, Nigeria, for their alleged involvement in cyber-bullying and extortion of a Nigerian billionaire along with 274 others. The sisters Jyoti and Kiran Matharoo have quite a heavy following on Instagram; when combined the cumulative total […]
The Los Angeles County employees have become the victim of a phishing attack and as a result, the data of around 756,000 individuals has become vulnerable to exploitation. The county has confirmed that a breach was carried out after a Nigerian hacker targeted around 108 employees with phishing attacks. It must be noted that in […]
It is safe to say that over 80% of our lives are now stored in the cloud. Work and study are now conducted online. Universities such as Bradley University are making it possible to pursue an FNP degree of your choice without leaving the comfort of your home. Unfortunately, there has been a lot of […]
In their latest attempt to protect investor and customer data, eight major banks recently did the unthinkable: they formed an alliance. Reportedly, J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and several other competitive institutions have agreed to the rapid sharing of information and analysis related to cyber threats. The coalition of otherwise cutthroat competitors reflects […]
Researchers have identified a new scheme of ransomware called Ransoc. It is a new type of desktop locking malware that gets activated after it discovers evidence of media files downloaded via Torrents or child pornography links on the targeted computer. Usually, ransomware tries to encrypt all files on the target computer and then sends out […]
Latest LinkedIn phishing scam asks users for their personal data to carry further attack through identity theft. LinkedIn has been in the news for all the bad reasons. Previously, it was the data of 117 million of its users stolen back in 2012, leaked in 2016 and sold on the darknet afterwords. Although, the alleged […]
Beware of not so old yet widespread Microsoft Security Essentials Scam that tells users to call a support number that instructs users to download malware on their PC. Microsoft users have been the target of a malware that tricks users into downloading Microsoft’s Security Essentials. Once it is installed, the Hicurdismos malware displays a fake blue […]
Another day another scam but this one is targeting people of all ages — 100+ Elderly People Lost thousands of Pounds due to TalkTalk and HMRC Scams. Phone and online scams are increasing day by day and not just the younger lot but elderly ones are also facing the heat. The problem has become so […]
Apparently, Brazilian hackers defaced the Bremerton Housing Authority website and demanded 6 Bitcoin as ransom. A group of cyber criminals this week hacked the official website of Bremerton Housing Authority and demanded $4,000 as ransom. They threatened to leak client data in case their demands are not met but the housing authority has other plans. […]
Latest Facebook scam is spreading like wildfire and it uses a Chrome app to steal login credentials — So watch out. Facebook is the most used social media platform around the world with 1.65 billion users and that’s what makes it a lucrative target for crooks, hackers and online scammers. Today, HackRead got to know […]
Kickass Torrents’ shut down has been a blessing for scammers — After Kat.am scamming users here’s Katcr.to doing the same. It looks like these online scammers are taking full advantage of original Kickass Torrents domain shut down leading to the arrest of its alleged owner Artem Vaulin. We can say that based on these so-called mirrors and […]
Kat.am, the so-called mirror of KickassTorrents domain is a scam- It asks users to sign up with their credit card data otherwise one can’t even download a torrent file! Don’t fall for it! KickassTorrents fans are rightly upset after the arrest of its owner Artem Vaulin leading to a complete shutdown of KAT.cr domain but for some, it […]
FLocker malware was once found targeting Android smartphones but its new variant is even locking up Android Smart TV! Researchers have exposed sophisticated ransomware scams targeting Android-based devices such as smartphones and smart TV. Yes, you read that right. IT security researchers at Trend Micro have found Frantic Locker or FLocker malware targeting Android devices since 2015 but its […]
No there is no Gold Version for WhatsApp — If you have received an invitation from a friend it’s because their account has been compromised. So Don’t fall for it! Recently HackRead’s Ryan received a message on WhatsApp from one of his contacts during a group chat. The message asked him to click on a link in order to […]
Researchers Observe Increase in Phish Attack Mimicking 2016 Rio Olympics Adverts! Phishing attacks are definitely on a rise nowadays with email scams and spam messages doing the round across the World Wide Web incessantly. Usually, these campaigns increase in their gravity, scope and proportion when a big event of national or global nature is expected […]