Is your new app what it seems? How to spot the latest Android scams
Spotting “bad” apps on Android is not always easy – with cybercriminals finding new tricks every month to fool phone and tablet users into downloading malware.
Spotting “bad” apps on Android is not always easy – with cybercriminals finding new tricks every month to fool phone and tablet users into downloading malware.
Millions of SIM cards in use today are vulnerable to hacking – allowing for attacks where SIM cards could be cloned remotely, or voicemail numbers could be changed, according to a German security researcher.
Two Pakistani hackers going with the handle of Xploiter and Dr.Freak from PakBugs hacking group have hacked and defaced the official website of Tameer Microfinance Bank (TMFB) which is Pakistan’s Largest and the first private commercial Microfinance bank. Hackers left their deface page along with a message on the hacked website which shows the reason for attacking bank site […]
I am breaking this news for you that operating system Ubuntu has got its forum hacked as a result of a breach in which the hacker has got access �to every user�s local username, password, and email address just few moments ago. Ubuntu forum has been taken down by the admins and a message is […]
The Syrian Electronic Army has breached into the official website of Tango (Tango.me) a popular mobile messaging service based in Mountain View, California. Hack was announced by the hackers on their official website, according to which the hackers have allegedly downloading 1.5 TB of daily backups including usernames, emails, addresses along with other contact details of site’s users […]
I am breaking this news for you that operating system Ubuntu has got its forum hacked as a result of a breach in which the hacker has got access to every user’s local username, password, and email address just few moments ago. Ubuntu forum has been taken down by the admins and a message is […]
Famous Turkish hackers from Turk Hack Team is back with another hack, this time one of their hacker going with the handle of Black-Spy has hacked and defaced 220 websites today. The hack is random with sites from different countries, left with deface page along with a simple message, yet the reason for attacking these sites […]
A well known Pakistani hacker Sizzling Soul from Pak Cyber Eaglez is back in news with his latest attack in which 473 British based websites have been hacked and defaced few hours ago. Sizzling Soul contacted me via email about his latest attack and explained that sites were defaced against alleged British Police brutality and racism with […]
Three Saudi hackers going with the handles of SNipEr AL BaHa, CrAzY HaCkEr and SNIPER MAKKA have collectively hacked and defaced the official website of United Arab Emirate’s (UAE) National Transport Authority (NTA) (http://www.nta.gov.ae). The site that was hacked today is left with a deface page along with a deface message against the government of UAE and […]
A Pakistani hacker going with the handle of MadcodE Haxor has hacked and defaced the official website of Pakistan based famous entertainment TV channel known as HUMTV (www.hum.tv). The site was hacked few moments ago and left with a deface page along with a message, explaining why the site was hacked. The message shows that site […]
New “ransomware” attempts to terrify users into paying up by using the name of Britain’s SOCA crime unit – the Serious Organized Crime Agency, dealing with drugs, people smuggling, human trafficking, major gun crime, fraud and computer crime.
The Police in Dubai have arrested an Indian national for filming and uploading a video on YouTube of a senior government official assaulting a van driver after a minor accident. Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Dubai Police Major-General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina said that the man was arrested as a result of a complaint lodged by the […]
Anonymous hackers have claimed to breached the official website of US congress and its mail server (mail.house.gov and senate.gov), as a result around 1800 email addresses along with their passwords have been leaked online. Hackers claim that emails and passwords belong to US Congress and their staff which have been compromised to make it clear on congress […]
A group of Anonymous hacker has said to hack into a server used by Federal Emergency Management. According to them, the data secured through this breach is highly prolific and could beat the recent documents leaked by Snowden on the PRISM project. In one of the documents published online, the group unleashed the type of data […]
“Children are a formidable adversary – unlike any other,” says Microsoft security researcher Stuart Schechter, in a paper to be presented at the SOUPS security conference next week.
More than half of securities exchanges around the world faced cyber attacks last year, according to a paper released by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).
Government agencies in India are now allowed to access your blackberry devices directly, allowing them to track conversations, emails and attachments sent between Blackberry devices on a real time basis. Times of India reports that according to a leaked government document, government agencies will be able to track and read every typed word on Blackberry […]
Syrian hackers known for their hardcore support for President Bashar Ul Assad from Syrian Electronic Army are back in news, this time the army has claimed to have breached into the official website of Swedish based TrueCaller (truecaller.com), a global phone directory application for smartphones and feature phones, and accessible via a Web site. The […]
There are a few tricks to making passwords that will at least slow down cybercriminals – buying you time to reset your accounts if a list of encrypted passwords leak in a data breach.
Micro-blogging site Tumblr has warned users that passwords can be “sniffed” from its iPhone and iPad apps – and issued a “very important” security update for both apps.
A Texas restaurant chain is suing one of its suppliers over a point-of-sale system which allowed hackers to steal customer data – claiming that card-processing giant Micros Systems supplied units which failed to meet security guidelines.