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Brazil now has its own Wikileaks and they call it BrasiLeaks A group of Brazilian activists and privacy advocates have joined hands to build a Wikileaks and GlobaLeaks like platform in Portuguese language to expose government corruption, fraud, embezzlement, abuse of power and even oppression in corporations. The platform is known as BrasilLeaks that can be accessed […]
The NWH group conducted a series of powerful DDoS attacks on Salt Lake City Police, Airport and Banking website against the shooting of a Somali teenager Abidi Mohamed The attackers from New World Hackers group (NWH) claimed that they conducted a series of powerful “distributed denial of service” (DDoS) attacks on the official website of Salt Lake […]
Why Donald Trump when you can Trump Donald? The republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is often in the news for all the wrong reasons. From his small hands to the size of his penis or sometimes it’s his racial remarks against Mexicans and Muslims; it seems always for the wrong reasons. However, now he is […]
An increase in the use of technology is making the world more accessible to hackers — In their latest attempt hackers might be targeting oil and gas companies. A security expert has warned against the vulnerability of critical infrastructure in the oil and gas companies as he sees a possible threat by hackers who might […]
It seems like porn is making America great again Americans usually are deemed as a nation deeply divided over critical issues of survival. However, when it comes to porn, the nation seems quite convinced over various aspects. Pornhub conducted a state-by-state analysis in collaboration with Vocativ to understand the porn related preferences of its users […]
Security researchers show how an attacker can access Nissan Leaf electric car by exploiting vulnerability in APIs By using the Application Program Interface or the list of protocols to be kept in mind while building a new software, by the car manufacturing giant Nissan, some security researchers have detected vulnerabilities in the mobile management APIs […]
The survey shows Americans are actually supporting FBI on the iPhone encryption issue. We all know about the heated debate going on between Apple and the FBI regarding weakening of security measures on the iPhone of alleged terrorists involved in the San Bernardino attack so that the agency could access data. We also know that […]
The contract between Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Galois was signed in January. However, HackRead had a chance to discuss the contract with Galois. Galois and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) have formalized a contract to develop technology for preventing and combating extensive, sophisticated DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) […]
Though the cyber attacks on businesses are increasing yet people are not paying much attention — It’s time to protect your business from hackers Reports of hackers attacking big businesses like Target and Ashley Madison is a norm. The data acquired by them through such attacks is their strongest driving force. In today’s world, knowledge […]
Attacks in the cyberspace have been a cause of concern for the entire world. The world, where everything is being carried over the internet or electronically, it shouldn’t surprise you that your entire life is prone to be hacked by the miscreants on the World Wide Web. Misuse of technology has always been a concern […]
A group of hackers famously known as New World Hackers (NWH) is claiming to attack a number of state websites in North Korea. The group is associated with the infamous hacktivists collective Anonymous and the cyber attack seems to be prompted by the recent satellite launch from North Korea. NWH shut down three websites merely […]
The TPP deal is coming and things won’t be easy on the Internet The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal was signed by New Zealand trade minister Todd McClay recently in Auckland, putting the TPP a step closer to becoming a reality. The deal has been signed by ministers of all 12 member countries and will now […]
The European Commission (EC) has decided to end anonymous virtual currency Bitcoin trading to track money-laundering that “helps terrorist group funding”. The EC published its Action Plan (PDF) yesterday, to intensify the fight against terrorism financing because as per the commission’s analysis criminals quickly find out newer strategies and techniques to move money through undetectable ways. […]
X-files fans have a reason to cheer since the existence of the extra-terrestrial has officially been endorsed by the world’s most renowned intelligence agency. In 2014 documents leaked by Edward Snowden had UFO images which were dismissed as fake but now the internet is abuzz with the pictures of ‘flying saucers’ and UFO sightings that were […]
The internet has as many downsides as well as upsides but it’s the lack of knowledge about dangers on users’ behalf makes it easier for hackers to go about their business — Let’s take a look at some of the best hacking tools and scripts. Hacking can be used both for malicious purposes as well […]
Here are 5 of the most dangerous cyber security vulnerabilities that are exploited by hackers All the major government organizations and financial firms stress upon the issue of cyber security in today’s world. Sensitive data of any company, more so of those that keep largely public data, has been the target of some of the most […]
You maybe a top notch developer or programmer but do you know which program languages generate most software security bugs? Recently, a lot of reports have been coming up, bringing attention to people regarding the vulnerabilities in Drupal and WordPress. Many hacks have been attributed to hackers exploiting vulnerabilities in WordPress, and similar claims have been […]
It is being reported that the oil and gas sectors have suddenly become more vulnerable to cyber threats. In 2013, we at HackRead reported how oil and gas sector faces serious physical and online security threats. Now, as per the data received by firms belonging to the oil and gas industry, 2015 has been quite […]
User data of over 320,000 accounts with Time Warner Cable were stolen when a hack led to details like email ids and passwords to be compromised. Although it is said that no type of publicity is bad, Time Warner Cable would surely beg to differ. Time Warner Cable has attracted some unwanted attraction and has […]
Exploit Flash Heap Isolation for a chance to “win” $100,000 If you can exploit Adobe’s Heap Isolation mitigation in Flash player version 18.0.0209 – a mechanism deployed to patch the User-After-Free (UAF) vulnerabilities – you’re in for a sweet treat: Zerodium will, in fact, pay you good money. The startup, founded by Vupen, Chaouki Bekrar’s […]
In December 2015, Ukraine’s regional control center network was attacked with a malware and the government thinks Russia is the culprit. A section of Ukraine went dark on December 23 and the country’s SBU security service was quick to blame Russia for this power-failure. The Ukrainian power company maintains that the outage was temporary and not completely […]