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The group behind the campaign was one scammer collective, codenamed DarkPath Scammers, who had created a distributed network of 134 rogue websites impersonating the WHO. A couple of days ago, authorities in the United States seized a fraud domain harvesting users’ data in the name of providing COVID-19 vaccines. Now, Group-IB and the United Nations […]
If installed; the fake and malicious WhatsApp pink app takes full control of a targeted device. An unusual baiting technique has appeared with the WhatsApp users receiving links that claim to turn the application’s theme from its trademark green to pink. Simultaneously, it also promises ‘‘new features” that have not been specified. Cyber experts have […]
ToxicEye is a new remote access Trojan (RAT) malware that has been used for more than 130 attacks over the past three months. Check Point Research has found that this new multi-functional remote access trojan (RAT) is spread via phishing emails containing a malicious .exe file. SEE: Malware infected Telegram app found in Play Store The […]
A malvertising group known as “ScamClub” exploited a zero-day vulnerability in WebKit-based browsers to inject malicious payloads that redirected users to fraudulent websites gift card scams. The attacks, first spotted by ad security firm Confiant in late June 2020, leveraged a bug (CVE-2021–1801) that allowed malicious parties to bypass the iframe sandboxing policy in the […]
Hundreds of botnets operate internationally to achieve various malicious objectives. One such botnet named Stantinko which has been operating since 2012 in countries such as Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan controls over half a million computers globally. In its latest update, it has added a new capability of cryptomining making use of the highly anonymized […]
If you’ve updated your Windows today like me, this article may just end up scaring you a bit. In the latest, it has been discovered that a malicious campaign has been installing ransomware under the pretext of updating your operating system. Named as Cyborg ransomware; the attackers try to lure users by sending emails prompting […]
The company has filed a damage report with investigative authorities in the US and Hong Kong. The leading financial media organization in Japan and owner of the Financial Times Nikkei has admitted that it suffered an embarrassing Business Email Compromise (BEC) or commonly known as BEC attack. What is Business Email Compromise (BEC)? BEC is […]
Ai.type, an Android app that has earned over 40 million downloads as a “Free emoji keyboard” has been recently caught red-handed engaged in fraud. By unauthorizedly purchasing premium digital content on smartphones, the app made millions of transactions resulting in it commanding huge sums over the course of its scam. Caught by Secure-D, a fraud […]
Harmless-looking audio files can distribute cryptocurrency miners and malware? Indeed these can! According to security researchers at BlackBerry Cylance a new malware campaign is doing the rounds over the internet. This campaign uses WAV files for delivering malware via steganography. While using these malicious files the user may not suspect any foul play because there […]
You may call it karma or label it as what goes around comes around; it is reported that the website that thrives by selling stolen credit card data has itself been hacked. And, hackers have removed nearly 26 million records from the site, which is double from its sales so far – The news was […]
One of the apps was found dropping recently surfaced “The Joker” malware. A report published by Russian antivirus developer Doctor Web has revealed that despite implementing the latest security features Google Play Store is still home to loads of dangerous malware, adware, and spyware. These malicious apps aim at personal as well as banking data […]
Currently, there are more than 800 million Windows 10 users across the globe while vast numbers of users are still using Windows 7. These stats may not come as surprise but they do make Windows users a lucrative target for cybercriminals. On October 3rd, 2019, a trojan horse was discovered which pretends to be a […]
In certain countries, the populace holds a deep bond with their armed forces. Reasons such as patriotism, giving back and love for freedom can often be attributed to such emotions and this holds true for the USA as well. Therefore, its own way, The U.S Chamber of Commerce hosts an online website at “hiringourheroes.org” to […]
If you are using these two Ad Blockers we suggest removing them from your browser right now or be home to extensive ongoing ad fraud. There are more than 600 million users currently surfing the Internet with their Ad Blockers on. It’s a fact that Ad Blockers greatly hurt daily earnings of websites but at […]
A new Amazon phishing scam email is circulating, that tricks users into handing over their personal as well as financial information including credit card information to online crooks. Usually, Hackread covers phishing scams identified and alerted by cyber security companies but in the latest one, the targeted scam was aimed at my supposed Amazon account. […]
Not long ago, we saw the emergence of sim swapping attacks utilizing a loophole in the two-factor authentication process. Now in the latest, researchers from Check Point have discovered vulnerabilities in certain Android-based phones including the likes of Samsung, Huawei, Sony, and LG which allows attackers to access your information. These phone companies collectively happen to […]
The IT security researchers at ESET have discovered a nasty new malware that not only steals users’ private and financial data but also keeps an eye on their browsing activities including recording their screen whenever they watch pornographic videos. Dubbed Varenyky by researchers; the malware spreads itself through spam emails. Its prime target is Windows-based […]
These hackers are part of the group called “The Community.” According to an announcement made by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), six men have been charged for SIM swapping fraud that resulted in the theft of nearly $2.5 million ($2,416,352) worth of cryptocurrency. The six men are reportedly part of a hacking group called […]
PayPal Phishing Casts a Wide Net One of the most successful phishing methods is to co-opt a well-respected brand. PayPal topped the list by a wide margin in a recent analysis of over 100 million endpoints by Comodo Threat Intelligence Lab. PayPal was impersonated in 39% of all such attacks, with Microsoft a distant second […]
Game of Thrones the most Exploited Series by Hackers and Scammers in 2018- Research reveals. Cybercriminals never miss out on an opportunity to exploit any potentially fruitful event and now that the final season of Game of Thrones is about to be released, they are trying to use it for achieving their malicious objectives. Although […]
Multiple victims, mostly young people between the ages of 18 and 25, are invited to invest through an ad in the app; then the scammers disappear British authorities report an increase in the activity of some online criminal groups, especially those that claim to increase investments in a short time. In this case, according to […]