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You are in this video is a new malware scam which tricks users into infecting their devices allowing hackers to steal their credentials and much more. Until now you must have heard about so many scams involving Facebook Messenger that whenever you see a suspicious chat message sent from other friends on your Facebook profile, […]
Autofill profiles in browsers are open to phishing vector that permit attackers to gather data from users through the hidden fields, which the browsers consequently loads with preset individual data and which the user unwittingly sends to the attacker when he submits a form. These autofill profiles are the latest addition to modern browsers used […]
Browser autofill profiles are a reliable phishing vector that allow attackers to collect information from users via hidden fields, which the browser automatically fills with preset personal information and which the user unknowingly sends to the attacker when he submits a form. Autofill profiles are a recent addition to modern-day browsers. This feature works by […]
Nowadays spammer takes place to initiate an Advanced technique to create a spam and phishing emails to target a large number of community in worldwide and possibly leads to biggest attacks. As a matter of first importance, it is normal for spammers to target Google Analytics with messages that induce the site proprietor to take after […]
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 […]
New Spear-phishing Campaign Targets Bellingcat Researchers trying to Investigate Flight MH17 Crash – Researchers believe the technique is exactly what has been used by Fancy Bears hackers in their previous hacks. The Bellngcat agency’s journalists are trying to investigate what actually caused the Malaysian Airlines’ flight MH17 crash, while hackers are trying to sabotage their […]
Lately, Apple users including celebrities have been targeted by cybercriminals with malware and phishing scams — This phishing scam is also after iCloud accounts. Recently IT security researcher Mehrdad noticed Apple users reporting that they couldn’t access their iCloud accounts. He then did some social engineering but didn’t find anything until one of his clients […]
Mamba ransomware is currently targeting Windows users in Brazil, India and the United States – Attackers are spreading their campaign through phishing emails. Ransomware is indeed a growing threat for anything that is connected to the Internet but what Brazil-based security firm Morphus Labs has discovered has surpassed all previous discoveries in this domain. Yes, […]
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 […]
Android is one of the most vulnerable operating systems for smartphones — Here are some easy tips to protect your Android devices from hackers. In the old days, people used to carry laptops around for multitasking and to use the internet. But things have changed since then people use smartphone and tablets in their everyday […]
Another day another phishing scam — This time, it’s the GoDaddy customers. A phishing scam is one of the easiest techniques used by cybercriminals to steal personal or financial credentials of any user who is not familiar with social engineering. With every day passing, these cyber scammers are coming up new and ever more convincing […]
What do you mean by social engineering? Social engineering is the art of manipulating users of a computing system into revealing confidential information. The term can also include activities such as exploiting human kindness, greed and curiosity. To gain access to restricted access buildings or getting the users to installing backdoor software. HERE, […]
Pokemon Go Game Inspiring one Scam After Another — After malware and RAT infected apps here comes Pokemon Go smishing (SMS Phishing) scam! When a game becomes popular, scammers are bound to utilize this fame for their own malicious gain. The same has happened with the Pokemon Go game. Hackers and scammers are trying to capitalize on […]
Google AdSense targeted by Malware mimicking as Login Pages of Popular Websites and Apps Keystroke logging malware has become the most dangerous threat for security firms and users alike. It is a malware that has the ability to sneak into a system and steal usernames and passwords. Previously this threat was limited to laptops and […]
Apple Users the Lone targets of Scammers — 7500 plus Users affected by Latest SMS-Phish Campaigns Already! Reports suggest that SMS Phishing campaigns are on a rise this summer and particularly Apple users are being targeted. The latest discovery by security gurus at Intel security (previously McAfee, Inc) is a clear proof of that. Security […]
A Facebook phishing scam is stealing login credentials by using pornographic images — Scammers are using Facebook groups to spread their campaign! There is no way to stop cyber criminals from stealing login credentials of innocent social media users — Recently, one of the HackRead’s writers found a Facebook phishing scam targeting users and stealing their […]
Irish Government Emails Used in Latest PayPal Phishing Scam — Scammers are targeting your inbox with “Your Account Will Be Limited” phishing scam with terrible English skills! Cybercriminals and scammers try their best to adopt the most sophisticated techniques so users can be tricked into giving away their personal and financial information. In the past, we witnessed […]
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 […]
Yahoo mail Hammered by Congress for its Inefficiency in Preventing Phishing Attempts Symantec’s newest threat report claims that email phishing scams have substantially declined in the last three years but incidences where crypto-ransomware was used to encrypt data and demand payment in exchange to unlock it has increased by 35% just in 2015. This means, […]
Pirate Bay Torrent website blocked by Chrome, Safari and Firefox on accounts of phishing. It was a “dark day” for all the Torrent lovers worldwide after The Pirate Bay was shunned by Google’s Chrome, Apple’s Safari and Mozilla’s Firefox browsers yesterday. The browsers blame Thepiratebay.se as being a conning website that has been found tricking and […]
iPhone users in the United Kingdom have been targeted with yet another phishing scam designed to steal their iCloud accounts — The scam may spread all over the word due to its uniqueness. Crooks are targeting iPhone users in the United Kingdom with a sophisticated phishing scam through text messages containing malicious link designed to […]