A hack shown off by Dutch security researchers allows an attacker to ‘take over’ Google’s new Glass headset, and send pictures and videos from the frames’ built in camera, to another computer – in effect, seeing through their victim’s eyes
A flaw in PayPal’s two-factor authentication could allow attackers to gain access to up to 143 million PayPal accounts. The vulnerability affected users logging into PayPal via an app on their Android or iOS device, according to the Financial Times’ report.
On 26 June, the day of Armed Forces of Azerbaijan -, Azerbaijani hackers from Anti-Armenian Team hacked and defaced the official website of Armenian President and other government Ministries. Hackers left a deface page along with a video message which includes a speech from the Commander in chief of Armed Forces of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev. […]
Google’s upcoming Android L update will do away with passwords – at least for dedicated Google fans, with Google devices such as Android Wear watches used to authenticate users instead of PIN codes or passwords.
/** * CVE-2014-4014 Linux Kernel Local Privilege Escalation PoC * * Vitaly Nikolenko * http://hashcrack.org * * Usage: ./poc [file_path] * * where file_path is the file on which you want to set the sgid bit */ #define _GNU_SOURCE #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #define STACK_SIZE (1024 * 1024) static char […]
Personal information on 1.3 million people including bank details, medical records and home addresses may have leaked after a security incident where attackers gained entry to a server owned by Montana’s Public Health and Human Services department.
The Wi-Fi network name and password for the security center at the World Cup were accidentally leaked online by a newspaper, and rapidly spread on social media, being retweeted more than 2,000 times.
Dozens of car washes across Connecticut have leaked “countless” credit and debit card details to cybercriminals, according to a new investigation by security blogger Brian Krebs.
Google’s Nest thermostat can be hacked in under a minute, according to a blog post and video posted by GTV Hacker. The hack would allow attackers complete control over the device and access to the user’s home network.
ESET LiveGrid® telemetry has indicated several new infection vectors used by Android/Simplocker. The “typical” ones revolve around internet porn, or popular games like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Usually we see cyber attacks, hacking and warnings from online hacktivists Anonymousbut a song? Well here’s what happened. Micheal Jackson’s famous hit ‘’They don’t care about us” from 1996 was filmed inside a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Now Anonymous has edited and used the same video to highlight that part of Brazil which has […]
Scammers and fraudsters think nothing of scraping the barrel of taste, if they believe it will help them earn a few dollars.
German Humanist Union, an independent civil liberties organization, has awarded Snowdenwith the Fritz Bauer Prize for exposing NSA’s controversial surveillance practices. The prize named after Fritz Bauer, a German prosecutor and judge who played an important role in Oswiecim trials of former SS officers, was instituted in 1968 and is given to people who excel […]
Amazingly, it was way back in 2011 that I came across my very first World Cup 2014 scam. Surely that merits a prize, or at least a pay-rise?
We know how drones are used for surveillance, target killings or in some cases to save human lives, but now a South African company known as Desert Wolf told the BBC they have received orders for their riot drone‘’Shunk’’. The drone fires pepper spray bullets at crowds, that can tackle crowds or protesters “without endangering the lives […]
Blackmailers force internet site Code Spaces out of business, leaving customers in the lurch.
The usual pattern we see when dealing with exploit kits starts with a legitimate website that gets compromised and used to automatically redirect its visitors to the actual malicious content.
A California oil company that lost thousands after being attacked by hackers has won $350,000 in a legal settlement after suing its bank.
As the World Cup heads into its third week, there’s a new phishing scam to be aware of. EA Games’ FIFA 14 Ultimate Team has been targeted – not for the first time – by scammers offering new downloadable players.
ESET researchers recently came across a targeted attack against the Vietnamese government’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE).
With the first half of the year almost over, it’s time for the ESET 2014 Mid-Year Threat Review. Presented as a webinar, this one hour event will look at some of the more interesting pieces of malware and Internet security threats that have occurred during the first six months of the year.