Who says high-profile websites are unhackable? We just witnessed Moroccan hackers taking over websites of tech giants and those claiming to protect users from hackers. A group of hackers going with the handle of The Exploit3rs hacked and defaced the official domains of Google, Microsoft and Kaspersky Labs all three designated for Morocco. [must url=”https://www.hackread.com/google-vanuatu-domain-hacked/”]Google Vanuatu Domain […]
Admit it, you have wanted this for a long time. There must have been instances when you regretted sending an email with confidential information, or personal pictures, and hoped later that only if you could unsend it, or the message self-destructs itself. Gmail already comes with an in-built undo send option, but it has a time […]
The online hacktivist Anonymous has been fighting an online battle against the Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL). And now they have just extended their fight against the organization by targeting those who express sympathy with the group’s ideology over social media platforms. The hacktivist group has using Japanese anime characters against a list of over 750 Twitter […]
A group of six academics have published a paper describing a new high speed anonymity network that could increase the privacy of internet users everywhere.
If you are interested in the latest technologies and advancements in computing, you must have read about the $9 computer CHIP. This miniature powerhouse machine is being pegged as the Raspberry Pi killer. CHIP has almost same functions and power of a basic computer. It has 1GHz R8 ARM processor power, 512MB DDR3 RAM, and 4GB […]
Google’s Deep Dream robot has been creating one hell of a stir in recent weeks and fossBytes isn’t untouched by the same. Last week, we told you the secret behind these nightmarish and trippy images that can leave a bad taste in your mouth instantly. Today, we are going one step further and telling you […]
The Deep Web is a place that is hidden from the ordinary world because the browsers used to access the Deep Web, continuously encrypt user data. Due to this constant data encryption, the browsing speeds are slow. Our beloved Tor network has more than 2 million daily users that slow down its performance. To counter this speed issue, […]
Us penetration testers have of course all heard of BackTrack it’s the most popular penetration testing distro out there but Node Zero is a great alternative. Node Zero was formally known as Ubuntu Pentest Edition and was the first Ubuntu/Gnome based pentesting distro out. . NodeZero uses Ubuntu repositories so your system will be always […]
When someone like Edward Snowden, tells you how to make an internet focused on privacy and user welfare, you listen, and you listen attentively. This former CIA employee and NSA contractor is known for his whistleblowing works and defacing the USA government. After that, from time to time, he has shared his views on issues […]
Remember the Anonymous hackers behind the massive World Trade Center (WTC) leak? Well, he’s back with another breach and this time their target was the U.S. Census Bureau against TTIP/TPP. On 20th July 2015, the online hacktivist Anonymous breached into the official website of U.S. Census Bureau, accessed trove of data belonging to the Bureau’s officials and […]
A recently identified trojan porn clicker is still infecting apps on Google Play.
Remember the Drone Gun? The quadcopter hovering in the woods of Clinton, Connecticut and firing rounds of shots and completely legal by the way. The video posted by Hogwit on YouTube created a buzz with a handgun mounted on a drone. It’s not just the locals that are concerned with a military type gun firing […]
Support scammers: old twisters, new twists, and scammer psychology.
We have heard about hacking websites, computers, planes, and other devices, but hacking a moving car? Well, it happened and it happened live. Hackers have tried and tested an exploit which was found in the onboard system of a Jeep Cherokee. They managed to remotely take over the control and crash the vehicle into a ditch […]
Some of the biggest digital companies have banded together to take action on the rising tide of ad click fraud.
As our vehicles become smarter and more dependent on computers, the risk of a car hack automatically increases. Articles titled how to hack a car are being written and it is looking like a nightmare to the car manufacturers. As a result, car hack vulnerability is one of the most researched topics in the automobile […]
Smartwatch security is noticeably absent in most devices, leaving users at risk of cyberattacks.
A newly discovered vulnerability can allow hackers to remotely execute codes and take over your entire system. A user could be tricked into this by making him/her open some specially crafted document, or when someone visits an untrusted web page with embedded OpenType fonts. Microsoft has released an emergency and critical Windows update for all […]
This week, on July 17th, there was a police-involved shooting in Dawson Creek, British Columbia Canada, where one of the members of hacktivist group Anonymous was killed. On the following day, members of the international activist group Anonymous reportedly claimed that they have crashed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCMP’s website as a part of […]
Google Chrome is the most used browser on the Internet as it is fast and secure. Google Chrome has many extensions in the Google Webstore which you can use to change the looks or/and functions of the browser. Have you ever thought of using Night Mode in Google Chrome? If not, then think now. It’s […]
Today is the Visual Studio 2015 and .NET 4.6 release day. These software from the house of Microsoft have finally graduated exiting the preview stage and are now ready for download. Microsoft’s flagship development environment Visual Studio has got a major update in the form of Visual Studio 2015. Around the world, millions of developers use […]