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.
SonicWall hacked after 0-day flaws exploited by hackers
The cybersecurity firm SonicWall has confirmed that it was hacked after hackers exploited 0-day flaws in its VPN product.
January 23, 2021
Massive privacy risk as hacker sold 2 million MyFreeCams user records
The same hacker also sold almost 19,000 customers' records stolen from a Hong Kong-based online shop.
January 22, 2021
Signal, Google Duo, FB Messenger vulnerabilities allowed eavesdropping
Although patched now, if exploited, these vulnerabilities posed a major threat to user's privacy and security.
January 20, 2021
Warning as hackers breach MFA to target cloud services
According to CISA, it has verified one of the users had their account breached even though they were using "proper multi-factor authentication (MFA)."
January 14, 2021
Google reveals high-profile attack targeting Android, Windows users
According to Google's Project Zero team, threat actors exploited 0-day vulnerabilities to successfully carry on their attack.
January 13, 2021
Chinese firm leaked 200m Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn users’ data
The 400GB worth of data was exposed due to a misconfigured Elasticsearch database.
January 12, 2021
UN hacked for good as 100K+ employee records accessed
UN's Vulnerability Disclosure Program Leads to Startling Discovery as Researchers Accessed Private Data of 100,000 UNEP Employees.
January 11, 2021
Russian hacker jailed in US over $19M fraud, 100M users’ data theft
The 37-year-old hacker Andrei Tyurin was extradited to the US from Georgia in September 2018.
January 8, 2021
Fake Trump’s scandal video campaign spreading QNode RAT
Hackers are benefitting from the unrest after the US Presidential elections and spreading QNode malware. Here's what's going on behind the scene.
January 7, 2021
WhatsApp wants you to accept its new terms or call it quits
WhatsApp Updates its Privacy Policy - You must agree to WhatsApp's new terms if you want to keep using it!
January 6, 2021