With Christmas fast becoming a distant memory and the January blues setting in, thousands of us are turning our eyes to booking a holiday abroad. But the recent hacks at United and American Airlines show that hackers see the travel industry as fertile territory.
A recent report from Piper Jaffray found that 75% of companies expected to increase their IT security spending in 2015, following a year of high-profile hacks and data breaches in 2014.
Users hoping to see saucy “leaked” footages and pictures of celebs may fall prey to identity fraud- Warns Security Firm BitDefender Facebook users are in for a surprise if only they click on links promising never-seen-before nude pictures of celebrities from popular messaging app SnapChat. Renowned security firm BitDefender claims that this latest breed of […]
Lizard Squad failed to encrypt its database of LizardStresser’s registered users – storing details of their usernames and passwords in plaintext. A schoolboy error if ever I heard one.
Cybersecurity and cybercrime are a hot political topic in America these days, but a history of ignoring warning signs suggests a lack of commitment to acting on the rhetoric.
Stackexchange.com, a world renowned network of question and answer website is currently offline for unknown reason. A tweet from Stack Exchange’s twitter handle has also confirmed the outage, currently investigating a routing issue with the network provider. It is unclear what the exact reason for outage is but considering cyber attacks these days, it can be a DDoS […]
It seems that the tiny county in southeastern Virginia is the new victim of the pro-ISIS hackers as Team System DZ hacked the county’s website on Friday evening. Team System DZ, an Algerian based hacking team left a deface page along with “I love ISIS” message that appeared before 9 p.m. ET at the top […]
This news bit strengthens the presumption that hackers can make use of just about anything to fulfill their malicious motives. After the occurrence of Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris last week, what followed suite was the trending of #JeSuisCharlie. It became more like a display of solidarity. However, along with journalists, malwareorganizations are also following this viral trend […]
Originally this Russian website was designed for purely non-controversial spear-fishing activities, but now its log-in page has been compromised and displays a phishing page. The agenda of this campaign is to steal login details of Outlook Web App. Read More: Your Office Document may be Vulnerable to Malware: Warns Microsoft The Scam: According to security researchers […]
As the aftermath of the attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, more than 19,000 French websites have been hacked by some “more or less” structured Islamic groups of hackers—reveals the French chief of Cyberdefense On Thursday the head of French military’s cybersecurity department Adm. Arnaud Coustilliere, told reporters that such attacks have been categorized […]
Social networking has become a major part of lives these days. ‘Being online’ is what that is trending! We spend more time online than with our family. Does that mean a lifeless machine made up of lifeless materials knows about our personality better than ones who brought us up? Well, stats answer it as a […]
Delegates were left red-faced after connecting to an open Wi-Fi network set up to protest mass digital surveillance.
The Famous Syrian Hacker Dr.SHA6H known for his anti-Bashar Al Assad views has struck again. This time the hackers has hacked and defaced the official Ohio City website of City of Perrysburg, Ohio today early morning. He left a deface page along with a message on the hacked Perrysburg city website with his usual deface page with a message bashing the governments of […]
President Barack Obama intends to persuade Congress to increase the sentence for hackers, as well as widen the definition of what hacking means, according to Ars Technica.
A ‘widespread’ malicious advertising campaign that sent web browsers to immitation websites has been stopped by Google
The Los Angeles Police Department has ordered some Tasers with built-in cameras that can actually record if the Taser is used. This comes right after the LAPD announced that it intended to buy around 8,000 body cameras just recently. The department has now placed an order for 3,000 Taser X26P smart weapons. When it is connected by Bluetooth, the […]
A website mimicking the official BBC News site has garnered immense traffic earlier this week through false information about Charley Hebdo massacre and it is likely that the fake website may be a facade for cyber criminal activities, according to a report from a cybersecurity firm. The identical website(bbc-news[.]co[.]uk) carried a fake story claiming the […]
Countless American and United airlines’ User Accounts Stolen by Hackers – Dozens of free trips booked as hackers retrieve user ids and passwords via third party source. How would you feel if someone hacks into your personal user account and books a ticket using your money or steals your earned mileage? Of course you would sue […]
The end of mainstream support for Windows: Don’t repeat the mistakes of the past, and be prepared. Especially if you’ve only just got rid of all the Windows XP computers in your company.
The Swiss state owned Banque Cantonale de Geneve has confirmed that hackers have released confidential customer correspondences after the bank refused to pay the ransom demanded by the attackers
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