Dating site Cupid Media left personal details and plain text passwords for 42 million users exposed after an attack earlier this year. The details included names, emails and birthdays for users of the dating service, according to reporter Brian Krebs.
In the first of a series of guest blog posts AV industry veteran Graham Cluley voices his opinion on how security has changed – and the changes we all need to make for the future.
When any computer user types on a keyboard, the pattern of keystrokes is unique – like a fingerprint. When using a mouse, the patterns for each user are just as different – and Iowa State engineers aim to combine these “patterns” to identify people, offering a more secure alternative to passwords.
By the middle of May, users around the world started to receive messages from their contacts through different instant-messaging applications, such as Skype and Gtalk – an attack that showed off how age-old techniques can ensnare thousands of users. Here, we analyze this attack.
A hacker going with the handle of Albaze Ever from Bangladesh Grey Hat Hackers has hacked and defaced the official website of Syrian Arab Republic’s Ministry of Electricity just two days ago. Hacker left his deface page along with a message on hacked site without explaining the reason for hacker Syrian Ministry of Electricity website. The note on […]
The online hacktivists from Lulz Security Peru have hacked and defaced the official website of Peruvian President and Peruvian National Police. The website of Peruvian President was hacked on 17th November while Peruvian National Police site was hacked yesterday 19th November 2013. Lulz Security Peru left two different deface pages along with messages on both hacked websites in Spanish language. Hackers […]
Kevin Barrera was murdered at age 14 in 2009 in Richmond, California. In 2013, however, his death took on new proportions after his father, Jose Barreras, found the image of the crime scene in Google Maps. In the image, which is still available on Google Maps, you can see a police car, a body and, by all […]
CME, described by Bloomberg as the world’s largest futures trader, said in a statement that “to date” there was no evidence that the unknown attackers had affected trades on CME Globex, but customer information had leaked.
Embattled handset maker BlackBerry has faced another blow, after the company warned users of a security bug affecting the software used to link its BB10 handsets to PCs.
A hacker going with the handle of /Nullroot has hacked and defaced the official website of Franklin County, Ohio State on 17th Nov, 2013. Hacker left a deface page along with a message on the hacked Franklin County site. Hacker’s nationality and reason for hacking county site was not mentioned anywhere. However, the deface message was expressed […]
“Pinkie Pie”, an under-21 hacker won $50,000 at the Pwn2Own contest, as he used drive-by attacks to take over a Samsung Galaxy S4 and a Nexus 4, both of which run Android.
Tens of millions of computer users are at risk from Filecoder due to a “mass spamming event”, detailed in an alert from Britain’s National Cyber Crime Unit, which is targeting small businesses with a spam campaign.
A newly emerging hacking group going with the handle of M4ST£R 1T4L!4N H@CK£RS T£4M (Master Italian Hackers Team) has hacked and defaced 8 official National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) domains. Team left their deface page along with a message on all hacked domains. However, the reason for attacking NASA domains was not mentioned anywhere on the […]
The official website of State of Illinois’ Hillside Police Department has been hacked and defaced by online hactivist group AnonGhost. Hillside Police Department website got hacked just few minutes ago on which the hackers have left a deface page along with a message against the governments of the world. The audio message on the site criticizes NATO’s role in the […]
A hacker from online hacktivist group AnonGhost has hacked and defaced a total number of 1282 random websites just few hours ago. Hacker has left a deface page along with a message on all hacked sites, displaying group’s official logo and tribute to his group members. We are AnonGhost, Hacked by HusseiN98! We are watching you, don’t close you eyes! […]
A new white paper, titled Windows 8.1 Security – New and Improved, looks at the some of the most anticipated—and controversial—security features of this new “.1” point release of Windows 8.
� The famous online hacktivist from Moroccan Ghosts have hacked and defaced the official website of�Israel Taekwondo Federation (ITF) in support of Palestine. Hackers have left a deface page along with a text message and a Youtube footage of Palestinan leader Ahmed Yasin talking in support of Palestine and against the state of Israel. The […]
The famous online hacktivist from Moroccan Ghosts have hacked and defaced the official website of Israel Taekwondo Federation (ITF) in support of Palestine. Hackers have left a deface page along with a text message and a Youtube footage of Palestinan leader Ahmed Yasin talking in support of Palestine and against the state of Israel. The […]
An emotional Google Search advertisement has become a massive hit in both India and Pakistan, talking about a reunion of two best friends, now elderly men, who lived together before sub-continent’s partition in 1947 from the old British empire. The Google Search Reunion ad shows how the two friends were able to meet each other after more […]
If you think its just the National Security Agency (NSA) that pokes its nose in your privacy then you are wrong. American Intelligence Agency CIA is following NSA’s footsteps by collecting information from money-transfer companies especially Western Union, building a database of international money transfer data. CIA collects such information under the shadow of same provision of […]
We have always heard about drones killing people in Afghanistan and Pakistan or most of the times used for surveillance purposes. But now there is a drone that can actually save lives. Iranian engineers at RTS Lab in Tehran have successfully tested their first ever Pars Rescue Robot Drone with amazing ability to quickly locate drowning […]