In a reaction to Paris Attacks last Friday, Anonymous declared a war against the ISIS on Monday and were determined to knock ISIS-linked sites and hack their social media accounts which are a big medium of spreading their false ideology and of choosing their sympathizers to spread it. While fighting this war, the Anonymous yesterday […]
Technique allows full recovery of 2048-bit RSA key stored in Amazon’s EC2 service. Piercing a key selling point of commercial cloud computing services, computer scientists have devised a hack that allows an attacker using Amazon’s EC2 platform to steal the secret cryptographic keys of other users. The proof-of-concept attack is significant because Amazon Web Services […]
TV starlet offers iCloud access, photoshopped nudes, to bait voyeur hackers. The chief hacker behind the infamous iCloud celebrity hacks has revealed in a documentary how the group dubbed RipSec shook Hollywood by plundering thousands of naked photos and financial data of Tinsel Town icons. The hacker broke silence and spoke to Canadian tech and […]
Security researchers at VerSprite have tested and discovered a few vulnerabilities in Western Digital’s My Cloud NAS (Network Attached Storage) hard drive, marketed by the company as your own personal cloud server. This device, sold across the world, allows users to place it in their home and access it via a local network, or even […]
The recent security breach on iOS platform left 220,000 iCloud user accounts vulnerable due to a backdoor privacy attack caused by the installation of a malicious jailbreak tweak, according to an online Chinese vulnerability-reporting platform WooYun. Yes, 220,000 is a huge number considering it happened to iOS, one of the most popular mobile operating system […]
Short Bytes: Researchers have found a new way to hack into your cloud syncing accounts without any username or password by deploying a new “man in the cloud attack”. These attacks use “password tokens” and are harder to detect and control. You must have read about the man-in-the-middle attacks that steal your data transiting between […]
iCloud Drive is one of the most-used Apple services as it’s a Dropbox-like solution to keep all your devices’ data in sync. Apple describes it as a product that will safely store all your personal data in the cloud that you could access from your Mac, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, or PC. But, what if […]
You may need to change the password of your iOS device as a security researcher reported that a flaw in Apple’s systems can let hackers send iCloud users phishing emails, making millions of accounts vulnerable. Jan Soucek (@jansoucek), a white hat hacker or someone who uses his technical skills for good purposes not evil, developed an iOS8.3 […]
The FBI has seized a computer, cellphones and storage devices belonging to a Chicago man thought to be responsible for last year’s iCloud hacks.
The CrowStrike researchers discovered that any attacker can burst out of specific virtual machines and exploit whatever is running nearby — The most disturbing fact revealed is that a portion of cloud-hosted network may also be running on that same system. This revelation nullifies the claim that these vessels are extremely strong and protective. A […]
A fake email supposedly sent by ‘Apple Genius Assistance’ informs that users need to review their Apple ID information within 2 days because Apple wants to perform account verification as per “KYC legislation.” Don’t fall for it — It’s a phishing scam. Another day another phishing scam. An email titled Apple KYC Validation has been […]
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Victims of iPhone theft being tricked into unlocking their devices – Criminals luring victims to Fake iCloud login via text messaging. Seems like the misery of people who lost their iOS devices (iPhones and iPads is far from over. Fake iCloud login web page has been tricking the iPhone theft victims for unlocking their devices especially […]
PayPal will not be processing payments for MEGA, a cloud storage services business, citing the company’s encryption as a problem. “PayPal has ceased processing MEGA customer payments effective immediately,” said MEGA, Kim Dotcom’s encrypted storage startup, in its blog post. PayPal raised concerns over its end-to-end encryption. “MEGA has a unique model with its end-to-end […]
Kris Jenner is reportedly being blackmailed over a naked video that was stolen from her iCloud and could be released in the public sphere.
Home monitoring devices are the hot topic recently no matter it is crowd funding website, geeky technology website, or technology news website you are watching. Among all the recently popped out cool things, SpotCam caught our attention for its unique offer – continuous cloud full time recording for free. This may seem to be normal […]
Make sure you are running a half-decent browser, don’t ignore browser security warnings, and enable two-factor authentication.
That appears to be the lesson to learn from the latest attack on Chinese internet users.
An unknown hacker has hacked and leaked nude pictures of 100+ high profile Hollywood celebrities on Sunday. The nude photos are available on 4chan’s /b/ board. Many of the affected celebrities have confirmed the authenticity of leaked pictures where some call it fake and some have accepted that the leaked images are real. Security experts are […]
Using free cloud application hosting can allow an attacker to create a “free supercomputer” according to The Register’s report – used to mine cryptocurrency, researcher Oscar Salazar warns.
Nearly two-thirds of employees – 63% – use personal email to transfer work files, potentially leaving workplaces exposed to hacks against their accounts – and more than half of employees regularly transfer files by insecure channels.
Smart calendar app Sunrise has revealed it fell victim to the same cyberattack which saw social sharing app Buffer sending out thousands of weight-loss spam posts – and has warned users who link their Sunrise account to iCloud that they may be at risk. In an update released on the company blog, CEO Pierre Valade