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Anonymous, the international association of hacktivists, has been fighting with ISIS and aiming to take down its presence from the internet. Hacktivist groups have their own agenda, but ISIS has inspired Anonymous and some other groups to join forces and working towards this common goal. #OpISIS is one such operation that is being run by them […]
Remember last year’s cyber-attack on Sony Pictures? The attack is yet to fade from people’s memory and now researchers have pointed out that such attacks are likely to occur in near future. A former hacker has said that right now there are about 4,000 people in the world who are capable of doing the same […]
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned the WordPress users and urged them to patch their plugins of the content management system in the wake of recent ISIS hacks and future possibilities. In the recent past, the ISIS supporting cyber criminals have hacked the self-hosted WordPress websites and because of the unpatched plugins […]
So everyone knows that the big federal agencies and organizations like CIA, NSA and FBI are the one indulged in the mass surveillance programmes. Here’s something more that you should add to your knowledge: your local police might be actively involved in spying activities too. Today, the New Your Liberties Union (NYCLU) released some shocking […]
Guys, remember Edward Snowden? The person who revealed that the United States government is brazenly breaching its citizens privacy collecting their d*ck pics is continuously in the limelight these days. After all those past revelations, the Guardian newspaper was forced to destroy all of their computers, containing documents received from the whistleblower Snowden on the […]
In this security concerned new age, there isn’t anything as such privacy anymore. Each day new revelations regarding the password breaches by hackers and government surveillances are made. Amid all this confusion and Snowden’s claim that the government is watching every aspect of your personal life, there is a rise of the apps and software that […]
According to a recent scandalous CNN report, Russian hackers hacked the White House computer systems. Russian hackers infiltrated the sensitive parts of White House computer security system in the recent months. This was reported by CNN on Tuesday, according to U.S. officials who briefed on the investigation. It should be noted that US president Barack Obama […]
Just when you thought that the National Security Agency (NSA) of USA is busy all day long looking at your personal information and running its Global Mass Surveillance, things got a little bit interesting and shocking. Watching hardcore porn could be just another working day for NSA and CIA officials. Yes, NSA employees watch a […]
Jared Leto and Matthey McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club Dallas Buyers Club? Remember the Academy Award winning movie of 2013? Also, are you an Australian and do you remember seeding its torrent on BitTorrent? If the above answers are yes, you are having some tough times ahead. The parent company behind this Matthey McConaughey starrer has won […]
Image: michaelbrandvold.com It’s just the start of the July of 2015 and in this short span of few months, Google has already processed over 100 million copyright takedown requests to delete pirate links (illegal content). Just a few days ago, Google received its 100 millionth request takedown request of the year 2015. TF writes that […]
Edward Snowden with John Oliver This week John Oliver took Last Week Tonight to Russia and gave everybody a big surprise. He interviewed Edward Snowden who is probably the best person on earth to tell you about your government’s surveillance programs. In the interview, Snowden repeated his warnings against the NSA’s programs that are breach […]
Whistle-blower website WikiLeaks has rolled its new homepage and it possesses a striking similarity with your favorite search engine Google. Yesterday, I visited the WikiLeaks website and amid this confusion, I checked the URL once again in my web browser to confirm it. ? So, why WikiLeaks did all this redesigning? Answer to this question is […]
Mozilla has released the latest version of its Firefox browser with a brand new security feature by improving the way encryption is managed in the Firefox. New Firefox 37 version has been released for various platforms: Windows, Linux, OS X and Android. At last month’s Pwn2Own browser security competition, various bugs were found in all […]
image: jalopnik.com An embedded systems developer and former Tesla intern has released an open source CANard software and CANard hardware designs to help anyone to hack their connected cars using this car hacking device. Eric Evenchick has released this Python-based toolkit to work with the CAN (Controller Area Network) which is responsible for a number […]
The ever-growing trend of selfies is now inching forward to hit a new milestone. It’s time when selfies are all set to ensure the safety of your phone. That’s all possible because of a new Apple patent which allows the users to unlock their iPhone with a selfie. Patent US 20120235790A1 with title ‘Locking and Unlocking […]
Due to a major trust breach last week, Chinese digital certificate issuing authority CNNIC (Chinese Internet Network Information Center) is facing the ban from Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Now, Chrome and Firefox won’t trust all the new digital certificates issued by the Chinese authority. Due to this, tons of users are likely to face […]
The United States President Barack Obama announced a new sanctions program yesterday to counterattack the foreign hackers. President Obama’s sanctions program will target the hackers who are a threat to the national security, American foreign policy, and economic stability. Till now, these foreign hackers have been outside the reach of the States government. “This executive […]
The Pirate Bay has been facing extreme pressure from the Hollywood and music industry backed domain name industry. In recent times, The Pirate Bay has to switch multiple domain names due to these problems. In an unparalleled move, The Pirate Bay’s parent company Reservella Ltd. is now trying to get a .PIRATE extension for the […]
Did thinking the most secure password takes out the best of you?? And, still, it seems that it is not sufficient. Your first crush’s name might appear safe to you, but is it?? If your computer is ever attacked or hacked, then it could be going against a supercomputer that could perform more than a trillion guesses […]
You can buy a stolen Uber credential for $1 and enjoy free car rides. Sounds weird, right? According to Motherboard, thousands of hacked User accounts’ information is up for sale on AlphaBay, which is known for selling illegal and stolen products. Such dark net websites are selling Uber passwords and usernames along with telephone numbers […]
A class of people are happy, a few are neutral and some of them are angry with the way it has been going on in the country. In this latest video message, hacktivist group Anonymous has targeted US President Barack Obama for his imperial style of Presidency. Anonymous said in the video: Until they become […]