Samsung has added another dimension to their galaxy range of smartphones with a new pocket size, 4.0 inched Galaxy S III mini. It’s a perfect smartphone for the people who want to have something powerful in their pockets. The design of the phone is a nature-inspired one and is really good looking. At the launch of this little dynamic the direct […]
As we previously pointed out on HackRead that smartphones are probably the biggest form of hacking for the cyber hackers this year, another news from Malaysia have arose regarding the hacking scenarios through smartphone. The Malaysian cyber crime has reported that people nationwide has faced huge losses of money this year from the hands of cyber hackers. […]
Amazingly one seventh of the world’s population is now on Facebook. That’s a lot of people. Sadly, some of those are out to steal your data from your profile if they can. Here’s how to adjust your Facebook settings to help protect your data on Facebook and stay safe. 1 Don’t give too much away… Be
A hacker who goes by the handle of Code Cracker from Pakistan Cyber Army has defaced 400+ Chinese government sub domains. The hacker breached into the official website of Xuchang City People’s Procuratorate and moved further on and took over all the sub-domains of Xuchang City. Code Cracker left his group’s deface page on all the […]
I have been keeping you update on latest hacks done by Teamr00t, here is another one. This time the hackavist group has hacked and defaced government websites of several countries, including the government of Government of Philippine, Brazil, Indonesia, Mozambique, Paraguay, Thailand, Peru and Bolivia. The group has started hacking operation against the governments of the world and delivering […]
Anonymous hackers are keeping up with their #OpIndia, this time they have taken down the official website of ShivSena via DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack. The attack was announced by the Anonymous on their official Twitter account. ShivSina is a political organisation in India founded on 19 June 1966 by political cartoonist Bal Thackeray, the organisation emerged out […]
A website[gyalwarinpoche.com] connected to the Dalai Lama’s official YouTube channel [http://www.youtube.com/gyalwarinpoche] has been attacked by unknown hackers and left it infected with a malicious Mac software that puts visitor’s computers under surveillance. A security firm F-Secure confirmed that the website of Tibetan exile leader was compromised with Dockster software, which was secretly installed by the hackers. The Dockster […]
Online passwords are a pain, and not just when you have to type them to access your online bank account or shop at your favorite digital emporium. Password pain extends to the people who have to manage them. A few weeks ago we shared some initial findings from a recent poll of 2,129 U.S. adults
The famous Anonymous hacker @Darwinare has breached the Michigan State University’s website server [http://www.msu.edu] and leaked 1431 login credentials of the students and staff. The breach was announced by the hacker on its official Twitter account the leak is now available on PasteBin, according to which the method used to gain access to the server was MySQL Oracle Database Backdoor. The leaked data contains emails and encrypted passwords of 1431 […]
Does the expression ‘In the Wild’ still mean anything today? Well yes, in the sense of something that is ‘out there’ threatening real-world systems. But things move a lot faster these days than they did in the 90s and later, fastburning mass-mailers notwithstanding. Just a few days ago (on the 30th of November, to be
Mc Connell (the former director of US national security agency) has broke a shocking news for Americans that US could be facing a massive cyber attack in some time which could be equally harmful to 9/11 incident. According to Connell, the attack could down all the significant U.S. sites at once and an economic downturn […]
An internet security expert, who goes by the name of Carlos Reventlov has found a vulnerability on Instagram app for iPhone and iPod touch. The vulnerability allows hackers to illegally access the user account and make changes against its will, for example: changing and deleting of uploaded pictures. The vulnerability was found on 11th November […]
The famous online hackavist group Teamr00t has hacked 32 Hungarian websites against the NATO activities around the world. The group happened to be a critic of NATO and its policies. The team left their deface page along with a long message for NATO and against its support for dictators around the world. According to the message: NATO!! You […]
The release of Apple iPad 4 is not a generation of a new idea or something like it in the world of iPad but a way of consoling the angry Apple fan who were in serious anger by the launch of Apple’s third generation iPad. But according to the critics the fourth generation of iPad […]
An IT security expert from India who goes by the name of Christy Philip Mathew has found a critical XSS vulnerability in sub-domain of Google translator [www.translate.google.co.in]. The expert reported that this vulnerability can an be later exploited by the hackers to attack the users via session Hijacking, phishing attacks or if exploited to git, it can also infect the users with dangerous […]
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has confirmed that a spyware was found on November 21st, in one of the personal computer of the agency and there are high chances of data breach on its first ever Epsilon solid-fueled rocket. The Voice of Russia reported that the spyware was installed in one of the computer used by agency’s officials, […]
India is one of the fastest developing countries these days and it’s dependence on technological items is increasing with the passing of each day. This is reason why world’s leading firms target it for increasing their market share. Samsung is one of these firms who are looking to expand in the market of smartphones in […]
We have seen Moroccan Ghosts hackers defacing Israeli websites in past but this time the ghosts have gone local and hacked 100 South African websites for supporting Algerian funded Polisario Front. Polisario Front is a Sahrawi rebel national liberation movement working for the independence of Western Sahara from Morocco. The Polisario Front is an observer member of Socialist International. The […]
A Brazilian hacking group has hacked official website of People’s Association of Singapore [www.pa.gov.sg/] and 16 Community Development Councils (CDCs) websites which are directly affiliated with the association. The hackers left their deface page and a simple message on all the hacked websites, however the reason for hacking the websites was not mentioned. According to the message: HighTech […]
A Turkish hacker who goes by the handle of Maxney has hacked six official sub-domains of Acer India [http://www.acer.co.in], the hacker did not only defaced the websites but also passed through all the securities set against the Acer server and gained access to sensitive data stored, which has now been leaked to RapidShare. The hacker left a […]
Indian government at the end of the year 2012 has break out a shocking news which says approximately 294 websites were hacked at the beginning of 2012. The sites belong to various level of ministries within the Indian government setup. The news broke by a government official who belonged to communication department in these words: […]