A brainwave scanner could be used as the ultimate biometric “car key” according to researchers at Tottori University – and even prevent carjackings, drunk driving, or accidents caused by drivers falling asleep.
Six Nigerian men have gone on trial today in London for an alleged phishing scam where job offers at London’s exclusive Harrods department store were used as “bait”.
A Bangladeshi hacker going with the handle of ExpirED BraiN from 3xp1r3 Cyber Army has hacked and defaced 30 pornography websites, deleting entire database of all hacked sites. The hacker who contacted me via email explained that reason for targeting these sites was to make sure such explicit content will never be posted again. The […]
A group of twelve hackers have been arrested by the police for hacking into the computers of Santander bank branch in London after taking control of bank computers remotely. The cyber criminals were arrested by Scotland Yard, when a plan to steal millions of pounds from the bank by controlling their computers remotely was foiled. […]
An unknown hacker has hacked the official Facebook page of Iranian Foreign Ministry with over 2 million fans against police brutality on protesters during 2009 presidential elections. After hacking the page (https://www.facebook.com/jzarif) hacker started posting content against local police and Iranian guards for beating down protesters protesting against alleged rigging during 2009 presidential elections. In […]
A group of Bangladeshi hackers going with the handle of Bangladesh Black HAT Hackers (BBHH) have hacked and defaced 60 Indian websites, declaring cyber war against Indian Border Security Forces (BSF)’s allege brutality. Hacking contacted me via email in which the reason for starting a cyber war was explained as a form of press release. […]
Turkish hackers from Turk Hack Team going with the handle of Black-Spy and WhooLe have hacked and defaced total 750 random websites from all over the world under the banner of #OpNoWar. A member of team contacted me via email explained that purpose for targeting these sites was to deliver a message of peace all […]
A new variant on a family of Mac OS X malware which targets Tibetan activists has been found in the wild and shared on the Virus Total website, where security researchers show off new “finds”.
A sub-domain which belongs to the official website of City of Durham, North Carolina U.S has been hacked and defaced by a hacker going with the handle of Raven. The identity of hacker remains unknown but intentions are clear as the site was left with a deface page along with a message against the U.S […]
A profile Syrian hacker going with the handle of Dr.SHA6H has hacked the official website of German based Avira antivirus software company designated for Republic of Slovenia and official website of United Nation (UN) in Armenia. The hacker left a deface page along with a message on both hacked websites against Syrian conflict, killing of children, […]
A breach which has leaked personal data for two million Vodafone Germany customers has ben claimed to be the work of an insider, according to Vodafone.
“Passwords are done at Google,” said Heather Adkins, Google’s information security chief – and said that “the game is over” for start-ups relying on passwords as the chief method to keep users secure.
These days cybercriminals will use phone calls, SMS messages, emails, fake apps – and even couriers – in an effort to get your money. The key to staying safe is to recognize behavior that isn’t quite “right” – and catch phishers and fraudsters in the act.
The National Security Agency (NSA) shares first hand intelligence with Israel without omitting personal details of U.S citizens, shows top-secret document handing over by Edward Snowden to The Guardian Newspaper. Document shows that US government handed over intercepted communications likely to contain phone calls and emails of American citizens. The details are shared under an […]
Nathan Collier of Webroot ThreatVlog, talks about an old, but still active, SMS Fake Installer, a Russian based program used to trick phone users to send premium text messages, costing money to the user. Nathan talks about how these threats work, how this threat is different, and the easiest way to stay protected on your […]
Members of the Rio de Janeiro state voted on Tuesday (September 10th) a bill that prohibits every kind of mask, especially Guy Fawkes Anonymous masks in street protests. Brazilian news site Folha reports that 62 deputies present in Alerj (Legislative Assembly) voted in favor of the text presented on Thursday. Only 12 were against it. […]
The online hackavist going with the handle of AnonGhost along with TeamR00t have claimed to hack and deface around 400 Israeli websites with claim of leaking credit card details of Israeli citizens under the banner of #OpIsraelReload. Hackers who had planned to target Israeli cyber space on the anniversary of September 11 attacks started defaced […]
The online hacktavist group Z Company Hacking Crew (ZHC) has hacked and defaced the official website of Octic International that act as Indian Passport and Visa Center directly under the Indian embassy in Kingdom of Bahrain. Hackers left a deface page along with their famous message against Indian government and in support of Kashmir. The […]
What are the immediate practical implications of the Snowden-prompted revelation that the NSA has broken or circumvented a lot of commercially available encryption? For a start, you should not stop using encryption, but you may want to review how you use it moving forward, Stephen Cobb explains.
Twitter has been hit by a wave of spam promising “pure garcinia cambogia” – a vegetable extract used in weight loss supplements. High-profile accounts such as Jane Fonda’s fell victim, with attackers compromising Hootsuite accounts to gain entry.
The Syrian Electronic Army is back in news by hacking the official Hootsuite account of FOX TV, used to post online content to different international FOX television networks around the world. The Twitter account used via Hootsuite were FX Australia and FOX TV United Kingdom were also compromised and used by the hackers to post […]