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After a digital manual for an MQ-9A Reaper drone belonging to the U.S. military was recently copied online without authorization, it came up for sale on the darknet at just $200 asking price. Andrei Barysevich, a researcher for the threat intelligence firm RecordedFuture, has suggested the deed was done by a non-sophisticated hacker. “Sadly, very […]
FacexWorm, a malware that has spread through the Facebook messenger, has impacted cryptocurrency trading platforms and web-wallets. FacexWorm, which spread via the Facebook messenger in April, was first discovered by a Kaspersky Labs engineer in August 2017. The notable thing about this malware is that there is no efficient antidote for it. It’s reportedly a […]
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has reportedly suffered a massive data breach, which has allegedly led to personal data of millions of customers getting compromised. BuzzFeed News has come up with a report that reveals details about the breach; the report says- “The Commonwealth Bank lost the personal financial histories of 12 million customers, and […]
Kali Linux, the hacker-friendly distro, is now available for Windows 10 on the Microsoft store. This is in fact news for many who have had set notions about Microsoft and its ways. Brian Fagioli writes for BetaNews– “It still seems unreal, but yes, you can install Linux distributions from the Microsoft Store on Windows 10. […]
Just when the Apple released 11.1 as a patch to address the crack in WiFi and other exploits, here comes the news that it has been hacked again. It was during Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative they revealed this news, but have yet to give the details of the exploits. There were several exploits discovered, […]
A lot of computer geeks believe that cloud computing is going to take a back seat and give way to edge computing. Very soon we are going to see processing taking place at the device level. The Need for Speed Edge computing is going to change the way networks will work in the future. It […]
Fortinet has released its most recent Global Threat Landscape Report. According to this report, poor cyber hygiene and unsafe application use has allowed dangerous viruses to take advantage of vulnerability at a fast pace. “The technology innovation that powers our digital economy creates an opportunity for good and bad in cybersecurity. Yet, something we don’t […]
It’s just about a day left for the Games of Throne Season 7 finale to be aired on HBO, and now reports say that hackers have leaked the script of the finale on Deep Web and have also sold it to a Reddit user. They have also reportedly sent the detailed plot outline to leading […]
Now comes a case where we see that version control systems are getting affected by malware. It is seen how source code is no longer safe and are said to be vulnerable to attacks and flaws. Three of the most popular version control systems are said to be vulnerable to malware attacks. Attackers run a […]
The Swedish government now has to face and investigate damage from a massive data breach, a real IT catastrophe. The Swedish authorities have discovered a massive mistake that has happened in the nation’s data files. The government has reportedly incorrectly uploaded an entire database, including all kinds of secret lists; this had reportedly happened when […]