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The teen hacking group “Crackas With Attitude” (CWA), who hacked into the email account of CIA’s director John Brennan last month has struck again. This time, they have breached into federal systems and have leaked lots of sensitive data. Since the last month’s attack, the hackers reportedly compromised email account of FBI Deputy Director Mark […]
A software development kit that has been provided by Baidu (A Chinese search engine) can easily be exploited for installing backdoors on Android devices. About 100 million users are in danger of getting affected due to this vulnerability as according to Trend Micro‘s report the SDK has been used to make 14,112 Android applications till now. Out […]
Apple news (Currently in testing mode) has been taken down in China by the company itself. The reason behind this seems obvious: Strict internet laws and surveillance by the Chinese government. Though, Apple has a very big market in China (2nd largest to be precise) it still had to take down its new service. According […]
Short Bytes: The Chinese government has taken an unprecedented step to comply with a U.S. request and arrest some hackers suspected of hacking attempts at American organizations, according to reports. If you take a look at the international scenario of increasing cyber-attacks and cooperation between the nations, you’ll observe two very similar trends. USA and China […]
Short Bytes: China, in its effort to improve its security during the National Holiday, covered entire Beijing under video surveillance. In the wake of holidays, the Chinese media proudly announced that each and every corner of the capital has been brought under CCTV surveillance. Beijing Police, which was having some trouble keeping an eye on […]
YiSpecter malware infects iOS devices by exploiting private APIs — Reports suggest, Chinese and Taiwanese users of iOS devices have been affected the most. According to a research report from a cybersecurity firm Palo Alto, YiSpecter uninstalls apps that it doesn’t deem necessary as soon as it gets installed on the Apple iOS device. 1. The malware replaces genuine apps with fake […]
Uber’s tentative and troublesome entry into the Chinese market has been compounded by news that Hacked Uber Accounts of Uber Riders are being used to carry out rides in China. Fraudulent use of hacked accounts adds to the regulatory issues as well as Taxi Trade opposition Uber is facing in China. Recently Uber had to […]
Apple’s App Store in China has apparently been penetrated by Hackers which experts say has placed the devices of hundreds of millions of people at risk. The malware named XcodeGhost, believed to be a malicious and modified version of Apple‘s very own development software, is said to have compromised a significant number of applications. Apple […]
China’s “Great Firewall” may have been partly to blame for the first major attack on Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) App Store, but experts also point the finger at lax security procedures of some big-name Chinese tech firms and how Apple itself supports developers in its second biggest market. A malicious program, dubbed XcodeGhost, hit hundreds – […]
A startling revelation made in GData study is that some of the Chinese smartphone units that are being shipped to Asia and European regions contain pre-installed malware. Manufacturer’s all over the world follow the rule of testing sample handsets of their upcoming smartphone and tablets comprehensively prior to their release in the market. This helps […]
The officials are claiming that foreign spy agencies such as those from China and Russia are verifying hacked databases in order to find undercover U.S intelligence operatives. Foreign spy agencies such as those from China and Russia are verifying hacked databases in order to find undercover U.S intelligence operatives. [must url=”https://www.hackread.com/china-cyberattack-campaign-spying/”]China Caught Spying on Tibetan […]
China has been a usual suspect behind the cyber attacks carried out worldwide — From U.S. to India, everyone blames the red army for its cyber campaigns. A group of hackers that seems to be based in China have been running a cyber attack campaign to spy on India and the neighboring countries in an […]
University of Virginia the latest to suffer Hack Attack — The attack allegedly originated from China. This weekend the University of Virginia had to shut down some of its online systems to respond to a cyber-attack. UVa has now also joined the league of universities that have already experienced a data breach lately. [must url=”https://www.hackread.com/china-great-cannon-blocks-websites/”]‘Great […]
We have already discussed that how our online connected world has become vulnerable to the hacking, which is causing our day-to-day things to turn into an easy to exploit objects. What’s more disturbing is that hackers are discovering cheaper and easily accessible possibilities to exploit these vulnerabilities. [must url=”https://www.hackread.com/hacking-computers-data-radiofrequency/”]Shield Your PC from Radiofrequency, Hackers Can […]
Websites being the target of hackers is not a new phenomenon; we read about it every day. What one will not read about every day is hackers targeting digital screens on bus terminals and certainly not targeting them with the aim of replacing advertising images with pornography. On Friday 7th Aug, an unknown hacker or […]
Short Bytes : As the cyber attacks are getting more and more pervasive, the White House is seeking ways to retaliate against the Chinese hacking incidents. The President plans to deter the attacks and devising new measures for the purpose. The United States faced one of its biggest cyber attacks ever last month, when millions […]
From cars to trains from computers to planes, anything connected with the Internet is vulnerable to cyber attacks. It is believed that a Chinese team is responsible for breaking into the system of the United Airlines. The breach occurred by the end of May or the early part of June. The hackers compromised the IT system […]
The suspected Chinese hackers have once again managed to break into the United State government’s personnel management agency, leaving more than 22 million government employee personal records compromised, U.S. officials disclosed on Thursday. Twenty-two million is a huge figure! Last month, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced that the data of more than 4 […]
Reportedly, login credentials of around 47 U.S government institutions across 89 different domains have been leaked. Apparently, in the earlier part of 2015, 12 out of these 47 agencies (including the Department of State & Energy) allowed access to their computer network without two-factor authentication to some of their users. Resultantly, “the presence of these […]
Another hack has just exposed the personal details of more than 14 million people. According to intelligence reports, the hack was linked to China. The figure is significantly higher than the one that was revealed by the Obama administration, which said that a total of 4 million were affected. According to new estimates, approximately 9-14 […]
We have always heard about negative use of drones or most of the times drones for surveillance purposes. But now two testing centers in Luoyang city of China will use surveillance drones to monitor college entrance exams to prevent students from cheating and smuggling electronic devices inside the center. The entrance test results will determine future of the students and which university […]