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#Scams and Fraud
By Waqas The 22-year-old British national Joseph James O’Connor, aka PlugwalkJoe, was one of the hackers behind 2020's massive Twitter hack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Twitter hacker charged in sim swapping, cryptocurrency scheme
By Deeba Ahmed The prime target of this malware campaign is unsuspecting users on Windows 10. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New malware lures fake Chrome update to attack Windows PCs
By Owais Sultan OSINT refers to information collected from online sources however it requires tools to do so, and here are the 10 best OSINT Tools for 2020. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Free and Best OSINT Tools 2021
By Waqas The UltimaSMS Adware scam is abusing Android apps to subscribe users to premium SMS services that charge up to $40/month depending on their mobile carrier and geographic location. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Millions of Android devices abused by UltimaSMS Adware Scam
By Waqas Google attributed the malware campaign to a group of attackers recruited via a Russian-language hacker forum. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google details cookie stealer malware campaign targeting YouTubers
By Deeba Ahmed AllBlock was available on Google Chrome's Web Store where it is marketed as a potent Ad Blocker focusing on Facebook and YouTube to prevent pop-ups. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ad-blocker Chrome extension AllBlock injected ads in Google searches
By Waqas According to new research by Atlas VPN, Minecraft related malware infected 44,335 devices while Kaspersky antivirus software detected 300,000 malware cases. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Minecraft declared the most malware-infected game
By Deeba Ahmed US has warned of more ransomware attacks on IT and OT networks of country's Water and Wastewater Systems (WWS) Sector facilities. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: CISA – Ransomware targeted SCADA systems of 3 US water facilities
By Waqas If you were to compare the money generated by cybercrime with the GDP of world nations, it would come third behind the economic powerhouses of America and China. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Staggering growth of cybercrime and how data science helps improve online security
By Waqas Researchers investigated the issue in OpenSea after an increase in complaints about receiving and opening free airdropped NFTs to steal user funds. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: OpenSea vulnerability allowed crypto stealing with malicious NFTs