Deeba Ahmed
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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.
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
Chinese Scammers Use Fake Loan Apps for Money Laundering
A large number of victims of these scams are unsuspecting users in India.
October 20, 2023
Cisco Web UI Vulnerability Exploited Massly, Impacting Over 40K Devices
It is unclear how long Cisco will take to release a patch.
October 19, 2023
APTs Exploiting WinRAR 0day Flaw Despite Patch Availability
All a user needs to do is visit the official WinRAR website and install the latest version to thwart the attack.
October 19, 2023
Hackers Exploit QR Codes with QRLJacking for Malware Distribution
Researchers report a surge in QR code-related cyberattacks exploiting phishing and malware distribution, especially QRLJacking and Quishing attacks.
October 19, 2023
Qubitstrike Malware Hits Jupyter Notebooks for Cryptojacking and Cloud Data
Qubitstrike Malware Uses Discord for C2 Communications in Cryptojacking Campaign Targeting Jupyter Notebooks.
October 18, 2023
Supply Chain Attack Targeting Telegram, AWS and Alibaba Cloud Users
KEY FINDINGS Cybersecurity firm Checkmarx has discovered a new wave of supply chain attacks exploiting bugs in popular…
October 17, 2023