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In May 2017, Google announced there are more than 2 billion Android users worldwide, making it one of the most popular smartphone operating system. But that also makes it most vulnerable and a lucrative target for cyber criminals. Recently, IT security researchers at Kaspersky have detected a new Android malware aiming at stealing personal and financial information […]
Russian Lawmaker’s Son Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Identity Theft Charges. In April 2017 HackRead.com reported how the 32-year Russian hacker Roman Seleznev received the longest ever sentence in the history of US for hacking point-of-sale computers to steal information from 1.7 million credit cards and causing losses of 170million USD. He was sentenced to 27 years […]
A couple of weeks ago on August 23rd in Edmonton, Alberta; Canada based MacEwan University revealed that their staff fell for a phishing scam resulting in a wire transfer of whopping $11.4 million. According to the official statement on August 31st, 2017, unknown hackers sent “a series of fraudulent emails and convinced staff to change the electronic banking information for one […]
Email scams have become so common nowadays that every other day there’s a new one. The only difference is the way scammers try create genuine looking emails so that recipients are lured into opening them and clicking on the malicious attachment. There is a new email scam in which residents in Connecticut, United States are […]
Beware of Email promising Game of Thrones Spoilers because it Installs Malicious Malware. Cybercriminals aren’t apparently over with the Game of Thrones (GoT) exploiting obsession yet. The world famous Epic’s latest season has remained the eye candy of hackers this year as we first heard of ‘Mr. Smith group’ stealing 1.5 TB of data from […]
In April 2015, it was reported that Eddie Raymond Tipton, a lottery computer programmer from Texas was arrested for hacking Lottery computers to win $14.3 million jackpot. Now, it is being reported that Tipton has been jailed for 25 years in prison for hacking and manipulating computer systems in three other States including Colorado, Iowa, and Wisconsin allowing him […]
On August 20th, Enigma, a decentralized marketplace and cryptocurrency investment platform was hacked by an unknown hacker. As a result, $500,000 in Ethereum was stolen. The hack attack occurred when the company was gearing up for crypto token sale. The attack was quite sophisticated since the hacker took over Enigma’s website, admin passwords, email newsletter and Slack account. The hacker […]
Bittrex is a US-based cryptocurrency exchange known for buying and selling cryptocurrencies and digital tokens. That’s the reason it makes for a lucrative target for hackers and cyber criminals. Lately, Bittrex users are complaining about a fake website pretending to be the official site for Bittrex exchange. But in reality, it is a phishing domain not only stealing […]
Microsoft PowerPoint is the latest platform used by cyber criminals for delivering malware. Reportedly, there is a vulnerability in the Windows Object Linking, and Embedding (OLE) interface that can be exploited to avoid detection by antivirus software. Malicious threat actors are using the OLE interface flaw to distribute infected Microsoft Office documents. According to Trend […]
Copyfish extension of Google Chrome lets users extract textual content from PDF files, images, and videos. It is a widely used extension having over 37,500 users. Reportedly, this particular extension has been hacked by phishing specialists after they managed to compromise the account of German developer team a9t9 at Chrome Web Store. Copyfish chrome extension [irp […]
Dutch Police are quite active these days, a couple of weeks ago they took over Hansa, one of the most popular dark web marketplaces and just yesterday they released a list of vendors and buyers who have been arrested, identified or active in other markets. Now, Dutch police are back in the news with yet […]
CoinDash (ISO), an Israeli cryptocurrency social trading start-up has announced that it has suffered a massive security breach in which the company’s crowdfunding page was hacked during Token Sale event earlier today — As a result, unknown hackers stole Ethereum worth $7 million. [irp posts=”54981″ name=”Hackers Steal Billions in S.Korean Won by Hacking 4th Largest Bitcoin Exchange”] The […]
It is not uncommon for scammers to send phishing emails that trick the users into downloading a malicious link or simply open an attachment that will automatically launch a virus to infect the computer. However, sometimes, scammers are much less sophisticated and simply play on a user’s lack of knowledge regarding a few things. WhatsApp […]
A week ago we reported that AlphaBay, apparently the biggest dark web marketplace after the Silk Road went offline and users believed that they have been scammed by the site’s admins. But now, reports are that AlphaBay was shut down after a coordinated effort by the U.S, Canada, and Thailand’s law enforcement authorities resulted in the arrest […]
A fake browser called Rodeo that imitates Tor browser has been discovered luring users to create their accounts on the website which is essentially present in the dark web. The fake website is a marketplace for all kinds of illegal products stealing money from users. The Rodeo The website offers access to a dark web marketplace called […]
AlphaBay, one of the most popular and largest marketplace on the Dark Web has gone offline, and users believe something fishy is going on – The market is also known as “the new Silk Road,” of the Dark Web and is famous for selling drugs, databases, weapons and other illegal items. Usually, when the marketplace goes offline for […]
Muhammad Sohail Qasmani, a 49-year-old Pakistan was sentenced to four years of imprisonment after he was discovered to have hacked into the internal phones systems of U.S companies and made $19.6 million in revenue. The million-dollar hack Although there have been more brutal hacking schemes by groups that are still out on the loose, this […]
The social media giant Facebook is introducing a new feature for users in India which will help them protect their online privacy by preventing others from misusing their profile picture. The feature is called Profile Picture Guard and is being rolled out after security and privacy concerns faced by the users in India while using Facebook. […]
In-game currencies are certainly addictive and we all know how hard it is to get such currencies the right way. However, a Chinese website has been selling these in-game currencies at incredible discounts and it is likely that you may have come across the website in your quest to search for more. iGSKY: iGSKY, as the […]
When it comes to phishing scams, the general concept is that cyber criminals will only send a link to trick users into logging in with their social media or email credentials. But since that is an old school trick, the malicious threat actors are aiming at much more than your Facebook or Gmail password. Recently, […]
Facebook is undoubtedly one of the most used social media networks with 1.86 billion monthly active users. That’s why its users are also under constant threat by hackers and cyber criminals. Recently, we discovered a phishing scam targeting Facebook users by tricking them into giving away their login credentials and personal information. The screenshot shows how cybercriminals […]