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Maybe you were once advised to "look for the padlock" as a means of telling legitimate e-commerce sites from phishing or malware traps. Unfortunately, this has never been more useless advice. New research indicates that half of all phishing scams are now hosted on Web sites whose Internet address includes the padlock and begins with "https://".
Targeted phishing attacks are here to stay, says Kaspersky
By Carolina
The official Fortnite account of the Canadian rapper Drake going by the handle of “Duddus647” was hacked in an attack on Thanksgiving weekend. The hacker used the account to join Fortnite live stream charity event run by Ninja, a pro streamer and shout racial slurs and obscenities. The charity event was supposed to raise funds for the Ellen DeGeneres Wildlife Fund. Upon witnessing the non-stop […]
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By Waqas
Facebook has launched a new bug bounty program inviting hackers to identify and report vulnerabilities in its website and applications. The social network has increased payouts and offers researchers to look for vulnerabilities in a wide variety of products owned by Facebook including Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus. The company will only consider reports that can lead […]
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Bug Bounty: Earn $40,000 for hacking Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp
The credentials could be used to glean a variety of intel on the victims.
'Tis the season when even those who know a thing or two about Internet scams tend to let down their guard in the face of an eye-popping discount or the stress of last-minute holiday shopping. So here's a quick refresher course on how to make it through the next few weeks without getting snookered online.
From Ford data security speculation to the VisionDirect data breach, the Threatpost editors talk about this week's biggest stories.
By ghostadmin
A 21-year old Manhattan resident has been accused of SIM-swapping the mobile number of Robert Ross, a Silicon Valley executive, and managed to steal $1 million. The accused, Nicholas Truglia, not only targeted Ross’s phone number with SIM-swapping attacks but many others too including 0Chain CEO Saswatu Basu, co-founder, and COO of SMX (Small & […]
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Man arrested for stealing $1m from Silicon Valley Exec via SIM-swapping
By Waqas
There’s a new hacking tool circulating in the underground Dark Web forums that let cybercriminals target Microsoft Windows computers. It has become the newest universal go-to tool to attack a Windows machine because it presents an utterly lethal combination of data stealing, cryptomining, and snooping capabilities. Discovered by Ben Hunter, a security researcher at ENSILO, […]
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: L0rdix malware on dark web steals data, mines crypto & enslaves PCs as botnet
