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Yesterday HackRead reported how Anonymous breached into the official website of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and leaked a trove of personal information of about 1415 officials. We also reported that Anonymous is gearing up for a second leak related to the ongoing Cop21 conference. As promised, Anonymous has now breached […]
A group from Brazil has started an unusual campaign against the people who make racist comments on the Internet. What they do is they pick up comments from the virtual (online) world to the real world where they post those comments on the billboards near the place where online commenters live. The group is known […]
Blackberry is all set to shut down its operations in Pakistan. The statement came from the company after continuing request from the government to install a backdoor in the enterprise devices. Blackberry earlier this year received a ban from PTA (Pakistani Telecommunications Authority) when the company refused to install backdoors in their devices. The ban […]
Google has denied all the accusations that were put forward regarding monitoring or censoring of those YouTube videos that are made for inciting attacks on Israel — Google claims their recent meetings were routine and had no such agreements. Though, a statement from Israeli foreign ministry last week said that the Google’s executives had agreed […]
If many endpoints’ traffic pass through the VM host, why not move security there, sort of catch “bad things” before they even enter the endpoint, asks ESET’s Cameron Camp.
Dropbox abused by Chinese state-sponsored actors.A malware targeting mass media agencies in Hong Kong was discovered by FireEye’s security researchers. This malware, a backdoor, is unique because it hides its C&C (command and control) server inside Dropbox accounts. According to FireEye’s threat analysis, the campaign seems to be part of a Chinese state-sponsored attack, carried […]
Short Bytes: In the developing markets, making web browsing on mobile a great experience, is a challenging job for smartphone makers and web browsers. To make this experience faster and save your data, Google has updated the data saver mode in Chrome for Android. Read more to know how to activate it and save your […]
WE’VE BECOME ACCUSTOMED to massive hacks targeting financial and retail institutions, but a recent digital ransacking of a popular kids’ electronics manufacturer shows that anyone is vulnerable—even children. The Hack On Monday, children’s electronics manufacturer VTech acknowledged that a data breach on November 14 affected 5 million customer accounts, along with the user profiles of […]
Versions one, two, decrypted days after launch. Pwned ransomware Linux Encoder has infected 3000 machines in a month, Russian security firm Dr Web says, despite the fact both versions of the software have been neutered. The first version of the ransomware was decrypted by security boffins at BitDefender days after it was first revealed by […]
I intended originally for this series to contain only three posts, and in order to achieve that, this post is longer than anticipated. Here is a table of contents for easier navigation: Finding familiar code: Using the exploit to exfiltrate the first bits of data from the firmware. Disassembling dumped code: First experiences with objdump […]
Researchers have found that thousands of Internet gateways, routers, modems and other embedded devices share cryptographic keys and certificates, exposing millions of connections to man-in-the-middle attacks that open the door to more extensive intrusions that jeopardize encrypted data. This type of certificate reuse and sharing of SSH keys is apparently all too common among connected […]
The hacktivist group Anonymous breached into the website of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and leaked a trove of personal information of 1415 officials. While the United Nations Climate Conference (Cop21) is taking place in Paris, France, the online hacktivist Anonymous is protesting against the arrests of peaceful protesters marching against the […]
Short Bytes: The IMEI, or International Mobile Station Equipment Identity, is a unique number which is associated with your phone. The IMEI number becomes very important in the emergency situations as it’s the fingerprint of your phone. Here, I’ll be telling you various methods to find your phone’s IMEI number, even if it’s lost. The […]
A Chinese company VTech, dealing in electronic toys has faced a massive data breach in which 4.8 million parents and children details are believed to be exposed. The hacker disclosed all the breached data to Motherboard magazine and Troy hunt (owner of Have I been Pwned service) also confirmed the breach. There was no credit […]
RSI Videofied are a French company that produce a series of alarm panels that are fairly unique in the market. They are designed to be battery powered and send videos from the detectors if the alarm is triggered. This is called video verification. They are frequently used on building sites and disused buildings. They send […]
When it comes to online banking, the UK and the US leads the way with security – over 70% of Brits and Americans have software installed on their device.
Short Bytes: As we are making progress on the front of online security, the cybercriminals are competing head-to-head to target every device connected to the internet. A similar threat is being predicted to affect the medical devices in the form of ransomware that will send life threats and ask for money. This year we’ve seen an unprecedented […]
What environment do you consider the safest for online banking? Would you make your financial transactions solely in the safety of your own home, or would you be less concerned about security on-the-go or in the office?
By Clare Baldwin, James Pomfret and Jeremy Wagstaff HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Almost a year after students ended pro-democracy street protests in Hong Kong, they face an online battle against what Western security experts say are China-sponsored hackers using techniques rarely seen elsewhere. Hackers have expanded their attacks to parking malware on popular file-sharing services […]
Group also goes after the website of a whale hunting company Online activists associated with Anonymous took down five websites belonging to the Icelandic government and two other related sites, as part of their campaign to protest against any type of regulated whale hunting. According to local Icelandic website Grapevine.is, the attack took place late […]
Emsisoft researchers creates decryption tool.Fabian Wosar of Emisoft has created a tool capable of decoding files encrypted by the DecryptorMax ransomware, also known as CryptInfinite. The ransomware gets its name from the fact that the “DecryptorMax” string is found in multiple places inside its source code. Additionally, the CryptInfinite moniker is also used by some […]