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.
iPhones of 9 State Dept officials hijacked by NSO Pegasus spyware
It has been revealed that NSO Group’s Pegasus malware was used to spy on U.S. government officials over the past few months.
December 6, 2021
Ransom Your Employer Email Scam Suspect Arrested
The scam involved attempts to hire insiders to install DemonWare ransomware on their employer’s IT systems.
November 23, 2021
High severity Intel chip flaw left cars, medical and IoT devices vulnerable
A vulnerability in Intel CPUs allowed an attacker with physical access to a device to gain enhanced privileges on the system.
November 18, 2021
BotenaGo botnet malware targeting millions of IoT devices
The malware is currently targeting Linux-embedded routers and IoT devices through botnets.
November 12, 2021
Watch out as new PhoneSpy spyware hits Android devices
According to researchers, the all new PhoneSpy spyware can infiltrate Android handsets and is spread through malicious applications.
November 11, 2021
New malware lures fake Chrome update to attack Windows PCs
The prime target of this malware campaign is unsuspecting users on Windows 10.
November 2, 2021
Iranian Gas Stations Crippled After Suffering Cyberattack
Soon after the cyberattack, videos and posts started surfacing on social media displaying messages that read: "Khamenei! Where is our gas?" Another sign read: "Free gas in Jamaran gas station."
October 27, 2021
Facebook sues Ukrainian man for scraping and selling 178m users’ data
Facebook tracked down the programmer after he mistakenly used the same username and contact information on email and job portals.
October 25, 2021
CISA warns of trojanized versions of JavaScript library’s NPM package
The warning comes days after three rogue packages, okhsa, klow, and klown discovered by DevSecOps firm Sonatype, were removed from the NPM repository.
October 23, 2021
WinRAR vulnerability allowed attackers to remotely hijack systems
The vulnerability in WinRAR trialware could be abused by a remote attacker for executing arbitrary code on any system thus, getting an opportunity to launch a range of attacks.
October 22, 2021