Deeba Ahmed
1839 posts
Deeba is a veteran cybersecurity reporter at Hackread.com with over a decade of experience covering cybercrime, vulnerabilities, and security events. Her expertise and in-depth analysis make her a key contributor to the platform’s trusted coverage.
Iran’s MuddyWater Group Targets Israelis with Fake Memo Spear-Phishing
MuddyWater (aka Mango Sandstorm and Static Kitten) is a cyberespionage group that's believed to be active since 2017.
November 2, 2023
CVSS v4.0 Released with New Supplemental Metrics, and OT/ICS/IoT Support
IN SUMMARY The non-profit collective Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), has released the new version…
November 2, 2023
Atlassian Releases Urgent Confluence Patches Amid State-Backed Threats
Atlassian Confluence is a popular collaborative wiki system enterprises use to organize/share work.
November 1, 2023
Iran’s Scarred Manticore Targets Middle East with LIONTAIL Malware
Researchers believe that the primary goal behind this campaign is espionage.
November 1, 2023
Massive MOVEit Hack: 630K+ US Defense Officials’ Emails Breached
The damage from the MOVEit hack is slowly emerging.
October 31, 2023
Surge in QR Code Quishing: Check Point Records 587% Attack Spike
Explore insights into the rise of Quishing attacks, the risks associated with QR code exploitation, and crucial preventive…
October 29, 2023
iLeakage Attack: Theft of Sensitive Data from Apple’s Safari Browser
What happens in iLeakage attacks is that the CPU is tricked into executing speculative code that reads sensitive data from memory.
October 29, 2023
Database Mess Up: 7TB of Healthcare Data Leak Affects 12 Million Patients
Yet another day, more unprotected data left in the Cloud without password or security measures.
October 25, 2023
Social Login Flaws in Popular Websites Risked Billions of User Accounts
The critical API security flaws in the social sign-in and OAuth (Open Authentication) implementations affected high-profile companies like…
October 24, 2023
Vietnamese DarkGate Malware Targets META Accounts in the UK, USA, India
The cybersecurity researchers at WithSecure have identified a connection between Vietnamese DuckTail infostealer and DarkGate malware. KEY FINDINGS…
October 21, 2023