A few days ago it was reported that a new malware called GreyEnergy has been targeting high-profile industrial and energy sector with espionage and fingers were pointed at Russian hackers. Now, it has been revealed that Petrochemical plants in...
An open-source hosting panel software provider, Vesta Control Panel (VestaCP), has admitted that the company became a victim of a supply chain attack.In an announcement made by VestaCP on its forum, it was revealed that the hacker managed to...
Colton Ray Grubbs, 21 from Stanford, Kentucky has been sent to 30 months (2.5 years) in prison for developing and operating the infamous Luminosity RAT or Luminosity Link RAT (Remote Access Trojan) that targeted unsuspected users...
After BlackEnergy, critical infrastructure around the world is among key targets of the new malware called GreyEnergy. In its recent research, ESET has revealed details of a new group of cybercriminals dubbed as GreyEnergy, which seems to be the...
It wouldn’t be wrong to state that Apple has become the apple of the eyes of cryptomining enthusiasts and cybercriminals. According to Check Point’s latest Global Threat Index, the company is being targeted more frequently in cryptomining...
Newly discovered Trojan malware, which has been dubbed as GPlayed by the IT security experts at Cisco Talos, disguises itself as Google Play Store to trick users into downloading it. After getting installed, it steals location information and bank...
The IT security researchers at Palo Alto Networks has identified that a fake Flash updater is circulating the web and fooling computer users by sneakily installing cryptocurrency mining bot XMRig. In the past few months, researchers have...
Hackers are abusing Googlebot servers to deliver malicious payloads. Last year, HackRead exclusively reported on how hackers were using Google Adwords and Google Sites to spread malware. Then came another shocking research from Cisco Talos...
Tenable Research’s cybersecurity researcher has released “By The way,” which is a new PoC (proof-of-concept) RCE attack after identifying a new attack method to exploit an already discovered vulnerability in MikroTik...
Popular video game Fortnite’s new season is here and so begins the season of malware scamming for cybercriminals. Unsurprisingly, Malwarebytes Labs has reported that scammers are trying their best to come up with a fake version of the game to...
