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Social Engineering
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Ukrainian Hackers Breach Email of APT28 Leader, Who’s Wanted by FBI
APT28, or Fancy Bear, is a Russian government-backed nefarious hacking group known for using spear-phishing campaigns against its targets.
Ukrainian Hacktivists Trick Russian Military Wives for Personal Info
Ukrainian hacktivists extracted personal information, including sensitive military data and even nude photos of one of the targeted military wives.
Coinbase Employees Targeted by SMS Phishing Attack
The SMS phishing attack (smishing) was followed by a phone call from a scammer to one of the employees who fell for the scam.
Hackers Compromise Employee Accounts to Access Twilio Internal Systems
Twilio says the threat actors behind the attack had “sophisticated abilities to match employee names from sources with…
APT Groups Trapping Targets with Clever Twitter Scheme
According to researchers, state-backed APT groups are trapping their targets by employing social engineering tactics including posing as…
Download Kali Linux 2022.1 with new tools and wider SSH compatibility
You can download Kali Linux 2022.1 now or update your existing Kali Linux installation to the new one.…
Kali Linux 2021.4 released with Samba compatibility, Apple M1 support, 9 new tools
The release of the new Kali Linux 2021.4 has been grabbing headlines for the array of new capabilities and tools embedded with it.
Robinhood Data Breach – Hackers access millions of users’ data
Robinhood data breach involved social engineering attack in which hackers somehow managed to gain access to the company's support system.
Flaw in NSA’s GHIDRA leads to remote code execution attacks
GHIDRA is NSA’s reverse engineering tool released earlier this month. Earlier this month, Hackread.com posted about the National Security…
Man jailed for hacking County jail’s records to get friend released early
Man Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for Hacking County Jail’s Records to Get Friend Released Early because…