Deeba Ahmed
1886 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.
NSA, CISA Release Guidelines to Secure VPNs
The NSA and CISA have published guidelines to secure virtual private networks (VPNs) as threat actors have been exploiting VPN vulnerabilities.
September 29, 2021
Bandwidth.com is latest victim of nonstop DDoS attacks against VoIP
Bandwidth.com has been suffering DDoS attacks for the past 3 days nonstop and at the time of publishing this article, its service was still down.
September 28, 2021
Urgent Chrome security update released to patch widely exploited 0-day
The vulnerability impacts 2 Billion Chrome users worldwide therefore Google is asking users to update their browsers right now.
September 27, 2021
Lithuania wants users to dump Chinese phones citing data collection
Lithuania Defense Ministry has released a warning, urging consumers to get rid of their Chinese phones and not to buy new ones amid data security.
September 24, 2021
Millions impacted as payment API vulnerabilities exposing transaction keys
Millions of users could have exposed their private, payment data due to API security vulnerabilities discovered in several applications.
September 23, 2021
New version of Jupyter infostealer delivered through MSI installer
Originally, Jupyter infostealer is known for stealing data from popular browsers like Chrome and Firefox. Here's what the new version of it does.
September 22, 2021
12 years jail for man who unlocked phones, defrauded AT&T of $200m
According to the US DoJ, Fahd remotely unlocked phones belonging to AT&T despite knowing that an investigation was launched against him.
September 21, 2021
Mirai botnet exploiting Azure OMIGOD vulnerabilities
The infamous Mirai botnet lets threat actors use compromised devices to carry out large-scale and crippling DDoS attacks.
September 20, 2021
Fake TeamViewer download ads distributing new ZLoader variant
According to researchers, the new campaign uses fake TeamViewer download ads to trick users into downloading the Zloader malware.
September 16, 2021
SSID Stripping flaw lets hackers mimic real wireless access points
SSID Stripping has emerged as a significant threat because it impacts major platforms like MS Windows, macOS, Apple iOS, Ubuntu, and Android.
September 14, 2021