Samsung Galaxy S4: A Preview of Features And Specifications

Although, Samsung Galaxy S4 is yet to be launched but what we can expect out of it is necessary. In this particular article all the aspects regarding how would be this new smartphone from the home of Samsung. DISPLAY Galaxy S4 might have 5 inches super Amoled screen with 16 m color range. The pixels […]

How to secure your home Wi‑Fi network

Most people now use a wi-fi network to access the internet around the home. However an unsecured network could let your neighbor’s piggyback on your broadband or worse, let hackers snoop on your activities. Luckily it’s not that difficult to harden the security of your home network. Here’s a quick step-by-step. 1 Check the router

Anonymous Claims to hack Australian Defence Force Academy, Leaks 22k Student Accounts

Yes it happened last month but the news in mainstream media is out now, as the Anonymous hacker who goes by the handle of Darwinaire claimed to hack the official website of Australian Defence Force Academy [unsw.edu.au/], then stealing and leaking 22,000 student records online.  The CanberraTimes reports that the hacker who breached into the website of Australian Defence Force Academy […]

#Op_Israel: 107 Israeli websites hacked by CapoO_TunisiAnoO

The famous Tunisian hacker CapoO_TunisiAnoO has defaced 107 Israeli websites for #Op_Israel, the hack took place two days ago on 10 December, 2012.  The hacker has already hacked more then 6200 Israeli websites in one year, this time CapoO_TunisiAnoO left his deface page, a half Arabic and half English message on all of the hacked websites. According to the deface […]

Samsung Vs Apple In The U.S Mobile Market

ComScore a statistics recording firm in U.S. has launched a stat on how the two elites ( Apple and Samsung ) has been sharing market the U.S mobile market.  According to the statistics Samsung still dominates the smartphone and normal mobile phone market with a 26.3 percent market share. Apple has shifted to second in […]

Kenyan Phone to have Unique IP Address to Combat Cyber Crimes

Africa has faced a number of cyber crimes this years. Zimbabwe Uganda and South Africa has faced massive losses this year. This is proven by a stat which list all about the cyber crimes in Africa : “In the first quarter of this year, 8,903 cyber security incidents were reported in Africa and of those, […]

Lenovo Electronics Hacked By SaMuRa! Turkish Hacker

We know SaMuRa! hacker from Turk Hack Team for his high profile past hacks, this time the Turkish hacker has deface 3 official sub-domains of electronic company Lenovo. The hacker contacted us via email and revealed the hack few hours ago. The hacker was able to bypass all the security set against the websites and deface […]

Cyber Crimes in UAE to Increase During the Upcoming Year

Cyber crime during the year 2012 has reached to it’s heights and UAE is one of the most affected countries worldwide due to this uprise. This aspect was stated in a recent report launched by Symantec and Norton officials. According to them, UAE has been a center of a large number of spams and firms […]

Trends for 2013: astounding growth of mobile malware

In 2012 the number of unique detections of malware for Android increased globally by a factor of 17X (yes, that is 1,700%), and we expect the increase in 2013 to be even greater. This is one of the main predictions in the white paper we are releasing today: “Trends for 2013: astounding growth of mobile

What happened to Google? Gmail and Chrome Went Down

Just few hours ago, several Google products including Gmail faced an outage and went offline in several countries of the world. While some users have been found complaining about similar problem going on with Chrome.  While opening www.gmail.com and other sites related to Google products, following image with a message was displaying on the main page: While ABC […]

#Op_Egypt: 30 Egyptian Government Websites Taken Down by Anonymous

While scrolling PasteBin, I got hold of 30 Egyptian government websites taken down by Anonymous hackers on 7th December in a possible DDoS attack for #Op_Egypt.  The list of attacked websites includes the the Maritime Transport Sector, the Presidency, the Armed Forces, the Egyptian Accreditation Council, the Parliament, the Large Taxpayer Center, Ministry of Interior and other high profile […]

Pakistan On The Verge Of Serious Cyber Threat Yet No Rules

A country which is probably the 7th best amongst world’s top defense countries doesn’t have any legalized cyber crime laws in the country can you image that ? Probably not. Where, nearly all the countries in the world are struggling hard to combat cyber crimes, even, developing countries such Nigeria is also taking strict measures […]

#ProjectWhiteFox: Team Ghostshell leaks 1.6 Million User Accounts

We all remember Team GhostShell, the Hacktivists group who hacked some major and high profile universities from all over the world, leaking more then 100,000 records in October. This time the group is back in news with another high profile hack in which military, financial and technology giants have been attacked and over about 1.6 million […]

Pakistan Hacks Bangladeshi Foreign Ministry & 26 Other Websites

The official website of Bangladeshi Foreign Ministry (www.mofa.gov.bd) has been hacked and defaced by the hackers from Pakistan Cyber Army (PCA).  The hackers posted a list of 26 other hacked websites, most of them are educational institutes. They also left a deface message in green color with black background, according to the message: “You have been hacked, “This […]

Top Pakistani Government & other 250 Websites Hacked by Indishell

While scrolling Zone-h about Indo-Pak cyber war, I got hold of latest hack attacks conducted by famous Indian hacking group Indishell on 7th December 2012. The group has hacked 250 Pakistani government websites including the sites of some sensitive and high profile government institutions. You will find the complete list of those sites later in […]

300+ Indian Websites Hacked by Sizzling Soul & P@khTuN72

Its been a while since Sizzling Soul & co got into Indian cyber space, today they are back with hacking more then 300 Indian websites.  In an email conversation, the Sizzling Soul told HackRead that these sites are hacked for a simple reason, the reason is that Indian hackers are hacking Pakistani websites and we don’t […]

Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly Website Hacked & Restored

It seems that this is time for another Cyber war between Pakistani and Bangladeshi hackers as the official website of Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly (http://www.pap.gov.pk) was deface on Sunday by hackers from Bangladesh.  The hacker left a message on the hacked websites and calling it a hack of retaliation because Pakistani hackers hacked Bangladesh websites few days ago.  The […]

516 Websites Defaced by Anonymous #PV~E.rr0r

A hacker who goes by the handle of #PV~E.rr0r, claims to be a supporter of Anonymous hacker has hacked and defaced 516 websites. The hacked websites are from different countries around the world, including China, Israel, Taiwan, Egypt, Italy, Syria, Burma, Korea, Thailand and Pakistan etc. The hacker left a deface page and a message on all the hacked websites, […]

Subway China and Singapore Hacked by Cyb3rSec of Malaysian Crew

The official websites of Subway China & Singapore have been hacked and defaced by Cyb3rSec from Malaysia. It was just a week ago when Cyb3rSec’s hacked in to the official website of Pepsi Philippines, this is second high profile hack from the Malaysian hacker in 10 days.  The hacker left his deface page along with a simple message on […]

How to protect your small business

Cyber criminals undoubtedly attack big businesses but smaller businesses are vulnerable too and often fail to take basic steps to protect themselves. Here’s our top tips to help keep your small business secure.