Anonymous Hackers Leak Financial Records of US Vice President Joe Biden, Jay-Z, Beyoncé other High Profile Figures

Anonymous Hackers have published personal financial records of some high profile celebrities, musicians and politician like US Vice President Joe Biden, Attorney General Eric Holder, Kim Kardashian, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Paris Hilton, Ashton Kutcher, Mel Gibson,  Robert Mueller (FBI Director), Hillary Clinton and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck. TMZ, reports that  contains sensitive information of all above mentioned celebrities such as financial details,  social security numbers, mortgage amounts, […]

Computers at Central Bank of Australia Hacked by Chinese Malware

The central bank of Australia has reveled that its computer networks have been hacked by a malware developed in Chinese, looking for sensitive information. The bank has blamed China for this attack and claims that The Australian Financial Review conducted an investigation which shows multiple computers been hacked and affected by a malicious malware looking for […]

China accuses U.S for hacking 2200 of its Computers in last 2 months

China’s Computer Networks Emergency Response Coordination center is the top internet security agency in China. Xinhua on Sunday, reported as, CNCERT says “Foreign based hack attempts against the Chinese computer networks in “Seriously Increasing”. It additionally said that half of the hack-attacks were made by United States which repeatedly blamed for escalating cyber-attacks against US industrial and […]

Tunisian Cyber Army Founds XSS Vulnerability on Pentagon Website

The hackers from Tunisian Cyber Army backed with the help of Al Qaida Electronic Army have found and exploited a Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (XSS) on the official Pentagon – Army National Guard website.Screenshot: The hackers who contacted me via email provided a screen shot which shows the execution of vulnerability. Other then the screenshot, the […]

126 Russian Websites Hacked by SiR Abdou in support of Palestine

A hacker going with the handle of SiR Abdou has hacked and defaced 126 Russian websites in support of Palestine. SiR Abdou, who contacted me via Twitter, explained that reason to hack these sites is to register his protest against Israeli occupation of Palestine. The hacker left his deface page along with a message on […]

Government of Egypt and 185 other websites hacked by Pakthtun72 of Pak Cyber Eaglez

  A Pakistani hacker going with the handle of Pakthtun72 from Pak Cyber Eaglez has hacked and defaced 187 websites along with two Egyptian websites, one from Government’s General Authority for Supply Commodities (gasc.gov.eg) and second from an Egyptian university (elmaref.edu.eg).   The hacker, who contacted me via email, explained that reason for hacking these sites was to […]

Avast Germany Website Hacked & Defaced, 20,000 User Accounts Leaked by Maxney

The official website of antivirus service provider Avast along with 4 of its sub-domains, designated for Germany have been hacked and defaced by Maxney of Turkish Ajan group. As a result of hack, around 20,000 accounts and payment information of Avast’s online users have been leaked online. The hacker, who contacted me on Twitter, explained […]

Apple turns HTTPS on for App Store, fixing several vulnerabilities

Apple has finally fixed a vulnerability that was alerted about 6 six month back. This vulnerability was found in the iOS app store by Google. But, the interesting fact of the app was that it was reported by the Google’s security researcher, Elie Bursztein, but Apple doesn’t responded to it. This vulnerability could have been exploited over any public WIFI […]

Hacker Steals $12,000 Worth Of Bitcoins in a DNS Attack

In a report published by TechChurch, unknown hackers have attacked a Bitcoin brokerage company Bitinstant, breaching into its server and taking control of its DNS- server and stealing $12,000 worth of Bitcoins.  Hackers used simple social social engineering techniques to take over company’s email servers and DNS domains. In the next step, the hackers log into another, VirWox (another Bitcoin […]

#OpIsrael: 54 Israeli Websites Hacked by Hitcher Hacker

#OpIsrael is still up as Hitcher hacker from Muslim Liberation Army hacks 54 Israeli website couple of hours ago.  Hitcher Hacker known for his high profile hacks has now hacked and defaced 54 Israeli websites, leaving his deface page along with a message in support of Palestine on all of the hacked sites. Gaza will […]

LinkedIn password breach lawsuit dismissed by judge

The business-focused social network has seen a lawsuit related to the June 2012 hacking of its web site overturned in a San Jose federal court. The criminal hacking resulted in the release of 6.5 million passwords causing the Mountain View based company to instruct some of its members to reset their passwords, in a speedy response to the incident.

National Oil Company of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco’s Twitter Account Hacked

The world renowned Saudi Aramco which is a national oil company of Saudi Arabia had its Twitter @Saudi_Aramco account hacked by a hacker going with the handle of Mister Rero.  The hacker did not only hacked the account but also changed the account’s official logo into a picture of the Heath Ledger’s portrayal of “The Joker” from the […]