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The anti-DDoS firm Staminus claims to provide total protection from cyber attacks — However, they couldn’t protect themselves from such attacks Anti-DDoS firm, Staminus Communications Inc., a California-based Internet hosting provider that specializes in providing protection for customers from massive “distributed denial of service” (DDoS) attacks aimed at knocking sites offline, has itself apparently been massively […]
TeaMp0isoN is back — This time with a new approach and a new hack TeaMp0isoN, a grey-hat security research collective, managed to breach the Business Class Customer Support Portal of TWC (Time Warner Cable) with SQL injection attack. The hackers not only defaced the website but also snatched database comprising of over 4,000 records. The […]
The reporter from USA Today claims his fellow passenger hacked his email during the flight while he was working on an article about Apple-FBI issue. Last year, Chris Roberts, a US-based IT security researcher exposed life-threatening vulnerabilities in United Airline’s in-flight entertainment system. The airline was then forced to start its first-ever bug bounty program. Now, Steven […]
The Anon Verdict hacktivists from Anonymous leaked personal information of around 52 Cincinnati Police Department employees on Sunday — Motive: Death of Paul Gaston. The group revealed in a video that it has acquired personal details of dozens of Cincinnati police employees from rank-and-file officers to Chief Issac. The 3-minute long video was posted on […]
SimpliSafe Alarm Systems’ Inherent Vulnerability Exposes Hazards of Wireless Security Devices Digital age has brought along countless blessings and conveniences for the consumers but there are quite a few dangers associated with the Internet of Things (IoT) that are hard to ignore. Wireless security systems are such a blessing indeed, we all feel so secure and […]
Ransomware Infects Hollywood HealthCare Facility Computers – Attackers Demand $3.6M Computers are an integral part of almost every field and industry nowadays and perhaps, no department can work well without them. Therefore, it is understandable that when the computer systems of a high-profile health care facility are compromised with such severity that it becomes difficult […]
The online hacktivist Anonymous hacked Turkish National Police and leaked a huge amount of data The year 2015 was a difficult year for Turkey due to the uncertain situation on the ground and cyber attacks conducted by Anonymous on high-profile targets such as banks and national domain registrar. Now hacktivist collective Now hacktivist collective Anonymous claims to […]
Last year, IRS was hacked twice where personal information of thousands of taxpayers was stolen. Now, according to a statement issued Tuesday by the IRS, cyber criminals have used stolen personal information of more than a hundred thousand U.S. citizens in an attempt to use the electronic tax-filing system for fraudulent purposes. A similar attack […]
Anonymous hackers breached a South African job portal which hosts job fair for the locals — However, Anonymous decided to leak the data of government officials only. As you may know, the OpAfrica is underway and the online hacktivist Anonymous has been targeting African governments against corruption, injustice, child abuse and child labour in the […]
Anonymous and supporters of LulzSec hackers target African governments against massive corruption. The online hacktivist Anonymous is targeting African countries to protest against the increasing corruption in government sector — The cyber attacks are conducted under the banner of operation OpAfrica where targeted countries are Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, South Africa, Tanzania, Rwanda Uganda and Zimbabwe. The […]
Another day another data breach but this one has affected even those students who were part of the university in the 1980s. 2015 was devastating for the universities in the United States due to increase in cyber attacks. The hackers were able to steal massive personal data from the University of Virginia, Penn State University, University of […]
America’s Largest Police Union Faces Embarrassment as Hackers Post Private Details of Officers Online America’s biggest police union the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), which represents around 330,000 law enforcement officers all over the US, is in the news for all the wrong reasons. Reportedly, the names/addresses of officers, sensitive forum posts related to Barack […]
Anonymous and supporters of the LulzSec group breached into the server of Cosa Rican government website for OpPuraVida. The online hacktivist Anonymous Costa Rica along with the supporters of LulzSec group breached into the server of country’s Ministry Of Foreign Affairs and leaked login credentials of registered users. The breach was conducted under the banner of operation […]
A hacker linked with the ”Cracka with Attitude” group claims to hack FBI’s service and steal personal information of over 80 Miami Police Officers. A hacker, who has dubbed himself as Lorde Bashtien, has managed to hack the servers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and obtained data of over 80 police officers. The officers […]
The pro-Palestinian hackers from CWA hacking group are now in the league of their on and can be classified as one of the most notorious hacking groups. It seems like the CWA hacking group is one-up in the game of chase between US spies and them. Ironically, they have managed to hack Verizon My FiOS account of […]
It has now been proven that almost anyone and any company can get hacked including the firm that manufactures car breathalyzers. A hacker dubbed as ROR[RG] reportedly hacked into LMG Holdings’ data and dumped some of its internal documents on Dark Web. The hacker acts as the moderator of the newly re-booted Hell hacking forum. Among […]
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 […]
A hacker has exposed and stolen data from 79 escort websites and some adult websites from different parts of the world. The hacker says he targets escort websites that contain pornographic images. The #EscortsOffline twitter handle first released a list of 71 escort websites on December 27 and then released the names of another 8 […]
Microsoft will now be informing users of any state-sponsored attacks. The news comes after Reuters asked Microsoft officials regarding a hacking campaign in 2011 in which hackers attacked leaders from China’s Tibetan and Uighur minorities. Reuters asked Microsoft to provide reasons as to why they didn’t tell the victims regarding the hacking campaign. In response […]
The Chicago-based hotel chain, Hyatt, has discovered a virus in their payment processing system which is used to process payments to some of its hotel locations. The company soon alerted its guests to check their credit card statements for any unauthorized payments and report it to the authorities immediately. “As soon as Hyatt discovered the […]
The IT security researcher “Chris Vickery” who exposed MacKeeper and Hzone data breach has now discovered a hack of database belonging to Hello kitty website having over details inside. But, Hello kitty is not the only website to have suffered the data breach, another website “sanriotown.com” had the similar fate, but the number of account […]