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Infosec
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Life-saving Pacemakers, Defibrillators Can Be Hacked and Turned Off
Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are lifesaving devices but malicious actors can exploit vulnerabilities and result of it…
February 21, 2018
Hacker compromised user data & illegally used car sharing service 33 times
A 37-year old IT security researcher and self-confessed computer hacker Nik Cubrilovic from Australia has been accused of…
January 31, 2018
Tor Proxy Used By Cybercriminals To Initiate Bitcoin Theft
Tor proxy owners are replacing Bitcoin payment addresses to divert payments from ransomware victims to their own wallets. The…
January 31, 2018
Unprotected S3 Cloud Bucket Exposed 100GB of Classified NSA Data
Another day another massive trove of sensitive NSA data exposed online – This time, security firm UpGuard’s Cyber…
November 29, 2017
Hackers are digging into Microsoft Word flaw that existed for last 17 year
Cybercriminals are successfully exploiting a vulnerability present in Microsoft Office Equation Editor for the past 17 years for distributing…
November 28, 2017
Ransomware Attack Involving Scarab Malware Sends Over 12M Emails in 6 Hours
Security researchers at the Austin based Anti-virus software firm Forcepoint have discovered a massive spam ransomware campaign in…
November 28, 2017
Hackers can Exploit Load Planning Software to Capsize Balance of Large Vessels
Ships can be hacked and the reason is its vulnerable messaging system. It is a fact that ship loading…
November 27, 2017
Fake Symantec Blog Caught Spreading Proton macOS Malware
In February this year, HackRead published a detailed report on Proton malware which targets macOS. At that time, the malware was…
November 25, 2017
MS Office’ Default Function Can Be Used to Create Self-Replicating Malware
Italian security researcher Lino Antonio Buono discovered a security flaw that affects almost all versions of Microsoft office.…
November 24, 2017
Tips for Making Your Business Secure from Digital Crimes
Things may be going well for your business and if so great. But there’s always the threat of…
November 23, 2017