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You may know it by one of many names: EMV, Integrated Chip Cards, or more simply Chip & Pin or Smart Cards… but whatever you call it: it is a hot topic for debate on the subject of credit card fraud. In this post we will explain the difference between these and traditional credit cards, and why it is being discussed so heatedly in the wake of the Target breach.
Apps designed to ‘report’ on handset users’ communications while remaining undetected have increasingly become a factor in cases of domestic violence and even murder.
Malware written specifically for DVR recorders used for the output of surveillance cameras has forced some machines to mine Bitcoin – although the low-powered machines are ‘very bad’ miners, Wired points out.
A couple in Southern German Town has been banned from naming their child ‘’WikiLeaks’’, claiming that it may put baby’s life in danger. According to German website Passauer Neue Presse, the father of newly born baby Hajar Hamalaw wanted to name his son ‘’WikiLeaks’’ because he believes that the online whistleblowing platform has “changed the […]
If computers continue to run Windows XP, and don’t receive any more security patches. they are not just putting themselves and the data they carry at risk, they are endangering all of us who use the internet.
An attack on the forums for the Boxee internet-TV service has yielded 158,000 customer passwords – and what appears to be email addresses and full messaging histories for the victims.
Mobile applications collecting personal data of users in one form or the other is no more a stunning news. The Snowden documents only confirmed that smartphone applications such as Angry Birds had been colluding with the NSA in handing over the personal information about their users. HackRead reported earlier how the leaky applications of mobile […]
On 31st March, 2014, a hacker going with the handle of ”YMH” hacked and defaced the official website of Egyptian Armed Forces Training Authority. Deface page left by the hacker Hacker left a deface page along with a message in Arabic language. However, it does not appose or support the opposition or the government, infect it talks […]
DNS hijacking is still going strong and the Win32/Sality operators have added this technique to their long-lasting botnet. This blog post describes how the malware guesses router passwords as part of its campaign to misdirect users, send spam and infect new victims.
A new Harris poll shows that revelations about the National Security Agency’s digital surveillance activities are changing online behavior for many Americans and some say they are doing less online banking and less online shopping because of what they have learned about the NSA.
Samsung’s Galaxy S5 offers a cutting-edge component that will change m-commerce forever – a fingerprint-scanner which offers instant authentication with one finger-swipe and which works in stores as well as online.
Documents leaked by the ex-NSA contractor and the whistleblower, Edward Snowden, indicate GCHQ and NSA along with the US government were hand in glove about spying on Germany. The espionage was not just limited to political leaders but includes some top German companies as well. The German news magazine, Der Spigel, and the First Look […]
The official website belonging to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kuwait was hacked and defaced on 26th March, 2014 by unknown hackers but reading the message on site shows they are Anti Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. Hackers left a deface page along with a message, asking Kuwaiti government and other Middle Eastern countries […]
Microsoft has issued a warning about a possible hacking attempt through an RTF exploit code, according to its official blog. The latest hacking attacks, known as “Cringent” or “Power Worm” uses the cloud technologies to target its victims. The exploit code, instead of creating executable code, uses certified technologies such as Windows PowerShell, Google DNS […]
A Pakistani hacker going with the handle Hasnain Haxor from Pakistan Haxor Crew has hacked and defaced the official website of Pakistani consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia against corrupt government in the country. Deface page left by the hackers Hacker left a deface page along with a message on the homepage of the website, protesting against the […]
Spammers are taking advantage of the various online petitions against the recent news about the alleged arming of the Syrian rebels by the US to trick Internet users to disclose their personal information, according to media reports. In response to the US involvement in the Syrian civil war, wherein the US intervention and its support […]
The official Twitter account of Ecuadoran president Rafael Correa was hacked last Thursday with several anti-government tweets spammed over the social media. The hacked Twitter account which has 1.45 million followers was found spamming messages against the government, containing links of Anonymous Ecuador’s website where official documents and emails uploaded by the hacktivists were published. The hacked account was restored […]
The pro-Palestinian hacktivist AnonGhost has hacked and defaced the official website of Israeli Agricultural Research Organization, which is ran by Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The domain was hacked yesterday on which AnonGhost left their deface page along with a message, expressed as follow: Hi Israel! We always here to punish you as we […]
Microsoft will cease providing security updates for the Windows XP operating system on April 8, 2014. If you cannot get away from Windows XP yet, there are still a few things you can do to keep yourself safe.
Will the future be a murderous game of ‘smart device’ Cluedo, where Colonel Mustard meets his death at the hands of a Wi-Fi pacemaker, and Miss Scarlett is consumed in a Smart Home-ignited blaze. Not likely, says David Harley – where’s the profit motive?
Hackers could take control of Philips ‘smart TVs’ and broadcast their own ‘shows’ to watching famlies, thanks to a ‘fixed’ password which allows nearby attackers easy access to the set’s Wi-Fi adapter.