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.
Malware infected Minecraft modpacks hit Google Play Store
According to researchers, Minecraft continues to attract the hacking community and a massive increase in infected, malware-laden Minecraft mods.
June 14, 2021
Game giant Electronic Arts is the latest victim of massive data breach
Electronic Arts (EA) has confirmed that hackers have stolen valuable information from the company, and around 780GB of data was compromised.
June 12, 2021
FBI recovers millions in ransom from DarkSide ransomware gang
The DarkSide ransomware gang was behind the attack on Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipeline in the United States.
June 8, 2021
Kubernetes Clusters Targeted by Siloscape Malware
Siloscape is regarded as an unusual malware that focuses on Linux as the preferred OS for managing cloud environments and applications.
June 7, 2021
Hackers used macOS 0-days to bypass privacy features, take screenshots
Apple has also issued patches for macOS Catalina, iOS, Mojave, watchOS, iPad, and the Safari browser security loopholes.
May 27, 2021
Russian admin of cybercrime marketplace Deer.io jailed in US
Kirill Victorovich Firsov, a Russian Citizen has been jailed for 30 months in US prison for running popular cybercrime marketplace Deer.io.
May 26, 2021
Iranian hackers hit Israel with disk wiper in disguise of ransomware
According to SentinelOne, Iranian hackers have developed a combo of disk wiper and ransomware and their target is Israel.
May 25, 2021
Audio equipment giant Bose hit by ransomware attack, data breach
The audio equipment manufacturer Bose has confirmed that it was a victim of a ransomware attack and experience a data breach on 7 March 2021.
May 25, 2021
23 Android apps caught leaking sensitive data of 100 million users
The massive data leak occurred due to misconfigured cloud services used by Android apps with millions of downloads.
May 20, 2021
Fake ransom scams targeting families of missing persons
FBI has issued an alert to families of missing persons to watch out for fake ransom scams in which scammers collect information about missing people from social media.
May 20, 2021