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The online hacktivist group RedHack has started retaliating against the arrest of Taylan Kulaçoğlu who was sent to prison yesterday for allegedly being a member of RedHack. As we had reported yesterday that RedHack has announced total retaliation against Taylan’s arrest and backing him up till the last limit. The group has now taken down official website of Turkish ruling party’s Mersin […]
A look back at malware failures, malicious code that did not work out as well as the folks behind it had hoped. Can malware spread to quickly for its own good? Can malware authors ever test their wares well enough to work perfectly?
Famous Turkish hacker going with the handle of @AgentCorporatio from Turkish Agent Hacker Group has hacked and defaced the official website of telecom giant Vodafone Iceland. As a result of hack, the hacker has leaked around 77k user accounts with customers SMS logs. The hacker who contacted me on Twitter explained that reason for targeting Vodafone was to […]
A hacker going with the handle of Dr41DeY from Nigerian Cyber Army has hacked and defaced the official website of ex-president Zardari’s political Party known as Pakistan Peoples Party. Hacker left a deface page along with a message on the hacked website without explaining the reason for targeting the website. The deface message was expressed in following […]
Taylan Kulaçoğlu who was taken in custody earlier for allegedly being member of online hacktivist group RedHack has been sent to prison for further processing after his second detention this afternoon. According to Turkish news website, Taylan will now be transferred to Ankara for his arrest order to take effect after spending the night in […]
Despite the heists against Bitcoin sites, plus high-profile law-enforcement actions against ‘dark market’ sites such as Silk Road, which conducted transactions in Bitcoin, the currency is soaring. We asked ESET experts, and finance advisors, for tips on how to stay safe.
An Indonesian defacer going with the handle of ‘Index Php’ had hacked and defaced 3 official sub-domains of European Union (EU) on 21st November, 2013. Targeted domains were sub-domains of European Union (EU), belonging to EU’s E-voting and polls, official Blog of the European Commission and EU’s web and forum tools. All 3 domains were left with a deface […]
Major websites such as Kickstarter, WarnerBros.com and the online photography community 500px.com are among 2,000 at risk from a vulnerability that could allow attackers to impersonate real users and access their sites, according to a researcher.
The famous online Turkish hacktivists from RedHack have hacked and defaced the official website of Justice and Development Party (AKP) which is Turkish ruling party at the moment, led by current Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. https://twitter.com/RedHack_EN/status/406163458556973056 The hack is conducted against the recent arrest of 14 Turkish youth Taylan Kulaçoğlu, accused of being […]
Newly emerging hackers from Indonesia going with the handle of Gantengers Crew are being the hacking of 31 Australian government owned domains against Canberra’s spying activities over Jakarta. SultanHaikal of Gantengers Crew told me that Indonesians are in anger over spying row and that is why 28 sub-domains of New South Wales’s government (nsw.gov.au) have been targeted. However, the […]
A hacker going with the handle of pyXeL from Zone – Injector Team has hacked and defaced the official website of United Kingdom’s Suffolk County Police & Crime Commissioner Tim Passmore‘s website on 23rd November, 2013. Team left a deface page along with a message on the high profile hacked website with no explanation of why the site was […]
An Indian hacker going with the handle of Godzilla has hacked and defaced two official websites of Lashkar-e-Taiba’s political wing ‘Jamat ul Dawa’ organization on the 5th anniversary of 2008’s Mumbai attacks. The hacker left a deface page along with a message against the organization, Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI and Pakistan Army. The defaced page was expressed […]
Filecoder, an unpleasant and virulent strain of ransomware is now spreading globally, with experts estimating that the gang behind it must be earning “millions”. The surging value of Bitcoin may be helping the criminals, experts say.
The Internet is a vast source of information for all of us, and naturally some people use that information for good, and some for ill, like grooming and stalking children. So what things can you as a parent, teacher, or other concerned adult do to protect kids against online predators and solicitation?
The survey found that just 14% of top firms even took cyber risks into account at board level, according to a survey from the UK’s Department for Business, Innovation & Skills. Only a quarter see cybersecurity as a top priority.
The European Parliament has switched off its public Wi-Fi system after an anonymous hacker broke into the personal emails of several Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from outside the building, using only a laptop.
A large-scale “heist” targeting Bitcoin site BIPS led to the theft of $1 million in Bitcoin – the second such major attack this month. BIPS was blasted with a massive DDoS attack two days before the theft on November 15.
Human heartbeats are near-unique – each person’s rhythm forms a mathematical pattern which can be used to identify people. A bracelet which aims to use this for secure ID took a big step towards PCs and phones in the home this week, as 6,000 developers began work on apps for it.
A major British horse racing website has been hit by an “aggressive” and “malicious” cyber attack – and user details have leaked, including some passwords which the owners warn “could be deciphered.”
The online hacktivists from Z Company Hacking Crew (ZHC) have hacked and defaced 2 official sub-domains of Australian based Billabong International Limited against drone CIA led drone strikes over Pakistani soil. Z Company hackers have left a deface page along with a message on both hacked domains against NATO and drone strikes on Pakistan. The deface message was […]
The famous Tunisian hacker CapoO_TunisiAnoO is back in news by hacking and defacing 370 Israeli websites in support of Palestine. Hacker has left different deface pages with different messages on all sites hacked between 21st Nov to 24th Nov 2013. One of the deface message was expressed in following words: ‘Israel, we love to smell your fear! […]