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The Google Play Store is home to more than 3.5 million apps but at the same time, there are tons of apps that are malicious and infected with adware or some kind of malware targeting users who download them believing that Google is handling their security the same way it does with other platforms. But the […]
An innocent man was shot dead by a police officer after a Call of Duty gamer pranked authorities into giving fake addresses of a 28-year-old father. Andrew Finch, a 28-year-old father from Kansas was shot dead on Thursday by a police officer after a Call of Duty gamer called Swat team and tipped them about a bogus shooting incident The […]
A couple of days ago HackRead exclusively reported on a Fidget spinner app that has been sending other apps data to a server in China. Now, IT security researchers at Kaspersky Lab identified around 85 apps in Google Play during October and November 2017 that were stealing credentials for VK.com, a Russia-based social networking platform. […]
Netflix is home to more than 100 million users from around the world and since it is a paid service the chances of online threats against the service are higher than usual. Recently, HackRead detected a phishing scam that targets personal and financial data of Netflix users in the name of updating their payment method. Although there […]
Bitcoin has turned out to be one of the most valuable cryptocurrencies in the world with over $15,000 (€13,170) current value. This is great news for those who invested in Bitcoin but even better news for hackers and other malicious elements. Old RAT new capabilities While Bitcoin’s value is up to the sky, cyber threats against its […]
A 27-year-old man from Ann Arbor, Michigan hacked into the government computer system of Washtenaw County Jail and altered inmate records so his friend could be released early. But it all backfired on him when the prison staff detected changes in their record and prevented any prisoner from being released before time. Konrads Voits who pleaded guilty in federal […]
Microsoft has a never-ending malware problem, in fact, millions of Windows devices worldwide have been plagued with some sort of malicious software. Recently, the IT security researchers at Malwarebytes discovered a Windows tech support scam in which users are first infected with a malware and then tricked into spending $25 via PayPal to purchase a Windows […]
Nothing is surprising about a PayPal phishing scam but what might raise some eyebrows is the fact that these scams are becoming sophisticated day by day. Usually, phishing scams look for users’ login credentials but recently, HackRead.com discovered a scam that aims at stealing everything from a PayPal user, and that includes their PayPal login […]
In February this year, HackRead published a detailed report on Proton malware which targets macOS. At that time, the malware was being sold on a Dark Web marketplace for 40 BTC ($41,891 at the time of sale). The same malware then showed up last month infecting Mac users who download Elmedia Player. On November 20th, the IT security […]
Things may be going well for your business and if so great. But there’s always the threat of cybercrime looming over your online ventures. Whether it is to initiate a marketing campaign or to go about day-to-day communications through emails; today every business has an online presence as everything is connected to the internet. We […]
With every passing day, cybercriminals are getting sophisticated in their attacks; it can be phishing or malware attack, in the end, unsuspecting users are at risk. On November 13th, a 60-year-old woman was tricked into giving away her life savings of S$80,000 (USD 59,000 and Euro 50,000) after falling for a highly organized and sophisticated scam. It […]
Netflix has over 100 million users, and that is the reason it has become a highly lucrative target for cybercriminals. Lately, a new phishing scam has been making rounds on the Internet that aims at stealing login and credit card details of Netflix users. In this phishing scam, cybercriminals are sending fake emails alerting users […]
IT security researchers at SfyLabs have discovered an Android banking malware called LokiBot that converts itself into a fully fledged ransomware once the targeted victim tries to remove it from the infected device. The malware has been in the news since June this year, but since its developers keep coming up with additional features, it has become […]
The US-based cryptocurrency exchange service Poloniex, which happens to be the largest exchange service in the world with over a hundred types of cryptocurrencies available for trading/buying, has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. In August 2017, we reported that a security researcher managed to bypass the 2FA (two-factor authentication) process […]
Agari supports email fraud on behalf of larger than 400 federal websites, including the real sites of the departments of Health and Human Services and Veterans Affairs, the Census Bureau and the Senate. Though emails list who a word is “from,” the email order does nothing to verify if a message really was sent to […]
A few days back we informed you about the findings of Kaspersky Lab form May 2017 where the security firm identified that a particular kind of ATM malware called ATMii was targeting certain ATMs. The malware kit was designed to steal cash from ATMs using a vendor-oriented API. A post advertising the malware was also […]
For those who use Adblock Plus alongside with Google Chrome web browser or recently installed its extension, here is some bad news for them. A fraudulent developer cloned fake Adblock Plus extension for Chrome and successfully bypassed Google verification process ending up getting over 37,000 downloads. The extension remained available for download with the original one until it […]
LinkedIn, a business and employment-oriented social networking website contain personal information of more than 500 million users from around the world making it a jackpot for cybercriminals and those looking for identity theft. Also, since LinkedIn’s data breach of 117 million users and then its sale on the dark web has helped malicious elements compromise websites […]
A Remote Access Trojan (RAT) is one of the most used malicious software used by cybercriminals to target unsuspecting users. Based on its extensive use the IT security researchers at Sophos have discovered that there is a new RAT malware called Kedi that uses Gmail to steal data from the targeted computer. The malware relies upon spear phishing […]
Kromtech’s security researchers have identified two point-of-sale (POS) malware strains namely AlinaPOS and JackPOS hosted on more than 4,000 ElasticSearch servers. It is the same platform that was targeted in the MongoDB ransomware campaign. In total there are over 15,000 servers on ElasticSearch that don’t possess any authentication and password protection while the POS malware […]
“Your Windows Has Been Banned” malware is back and this time attackers are demanding US$50 in Bitcoin from victims to regain control of their locked Windows system. It is worth noting that this is the second appearance of this malware. The scam has been designed to install Rouge.Tech-Support malware into computers. Previously, it was identified in […]