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The users were shocked to see information about Chinese government officials and their activities on the recruitment site. It is although hard to believe but it true that an important official website of the Canadian government was attacked and hackers didn’t leave any trace about their whereabouts. If you remember, last year Canadian government’s various websites […]
Researchers have identified an attack known as WindTalker that leaks password, PINs and keystrokes using your smartphone’s WiFi signals. In a combined research conducted by researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the University of Massachusetts at Boston and University of South Florida, it has been identified that our smartphones’ Wi-Fi signals can expose critically important private […]
Forget hacking IoT devices — Researchers have discovered a new denial of service (DoS) technique called BlackNurse that can disrupt high-end network hardware with nothing but just a single laptop. A newly discovered Denial of Service method can easily sabotage high-end network hardware without even needing extensive equipment. It needs one laptop to fulfill the […]
DDoS attacks are not meant for websites only — Here is a case in which hackers conducted DDoS attacks on an Apartments Heating System in Finland. Lappeenranta is a small city in eastern Finland with just 60,000 residents. Usually, this city is quiet and peaceful and very very cold in November. So, when people fail to […]
The official website of WikiLeaks suffered a brief outage when it came under DDoS attacks right after posting new DNC e-mails earlier today. WikiLeaks has revealed that their email publication server has been suffering massive DDoS attacks since the platform published a new trove of DNC e-mails dubbed as DNCLeak2). On Twitter, WikiLeaks announced that their website […]
Ukrainian Hackers Expose Over Two Thousand Emails from Putin’s Most Trusted Advisor — Investigation reveals that many of the emails are authentic. Russian president Vladimir Putin is in the news for all the wrong reasons. Recently a database containing around 2,337 emails from one of the main and high-ranking advisors of Putin was released online. […]
The UK-based consumer security company BullGuard has developed an Internet of Things Scanner that lets you check if your device is available for public access — As of now, nearly 200 million devices could be vulnerable. If you remember the 1 Tbps DDoS attack on French-based OVH hosting company you may also remember that it was conducted […]
IT security professionals appear to be in a constant run after numerous ransomware authors who systematically infect individual computers as well enterprise networks. This article outlines a case of an actual attack that took place in September 2016. September 23, 2016, 4:45 P.M.: The staff members of a finance consulting company (that does not want […]
The DDoS attack on Dyn DNS was carried out using Mirai malware botnet — Mirai is a DDoS nightmare turning Internet of things (IoT) into a botnet of things. Yesterday’s DDoS attack on Dyn’s DNS was like an earthquake that was felt worldwide when the top and most visited sites on the Internet went offline for hours. Although […]
Major websites have gone down worldwide — The reason is still unclear but a major DNS provider is suffering a massive DDoS attack and experts are connecting the dots. Twitter, Reddit, Spotify, Etsy, Box, Wix Customer Sites Squarespace Customer Sites and bunch of other websites were offline earlier today. That’s because someone conducted a massive distributed […]
Do you remember OurMine Hacking group from Saudi Arabia? Well, if you don’t then here they are claiming they have stolen the full database of BuzzFeed website. OurMine hackers are claiming to hack the official website of online entertainment magazine BuzzFeed and steal its database against an article alleging the group of having only one […]
Linux-based devices are again under the radar. This time, cyber criminals are infecting them with Linux.Mirai Trojan to carry large-scale DDoS attacks. The IT security researchers at Russian firm Doctor Web have discovered yet another trojan that is specifically developed to target Linux-based devices and conduct Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. Dubbed Linux.Mirai by researchers; the […]
Voter Registration Systems of over 20 US States Already Targeted by Hackers- DHS Officials – Usual suspect: Russia. Hackers are hell-bent on sabotaging the US presidential elections due to be held in November this year and they are leaving no stone unturned in ensuring that they create troubles for the authorities. We have already informed […]
The targeted site is called NewSeaSims and provides custom content for SIMS2 and SIMS3 video games. A hacker going by the handle of “Websites Hunter” who was previously found leaking personal details of Kuwait Automotive Imports Company’s customers is back with another hack. This time, he has breached a website that offers custom content for Sims video […]
On Thursday Yahoo claimed a massive attack or yahoo data breach on its network in 2014 allowed hackers to steal data from half a billion users and may have been “state sponsored”. Full passwords, payment card data and bank account info weren’t targeted. A hacker was found to be selling login information related to 500 million Yahoo […]
Brian Krebs, a security researcher and a journalist suffered a DDoS attack on his site last week — Now, it has been revealed that it was the largest DDoS attack (665 Gbps) the internet has ever seen. Brian Krebs runs a security blog called KrebsOnSecurity. He is a cyber crime investigator who had his website attacked […]
PoodleCorp is back with a bang, this time, Blizzard servers are facing the wrath of this ruthless DDoSing group. The PoodleCorp hacking and DDoSing group have conducted a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) on the servers of gaming giant Blizzard forcing them to stay offline and left users wondering what’s really doing on. https://twitter.com/siegeh_/status/778534055054671872 Blizzard, on the […]
Another day another victim of DDoS attack — This time, it’s the Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer. Blizzard has suffered a series of massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks disrupting the service on Battle.net servers at the end of Overwatch’s Summer Games event. The same event that was under attack when it began on 2nd […]
Short Bytes: There has been an increase in the number of DDoS attacks on educational institutes. These attacks are a realization of students’ intentions to change their grades or cause harm to the school network. They are using the dark web to perform such attacks. Dark Web is that part of the internet that is hidden […]
Another day another hack: This time it’s the Phoenix, Arizona-based Banner Health. Banner Health, a non-profit healthcare organization suffered a massive data breach on 17th June 2016 in which records of 3.7 million patients and staff were stolen. The organization noticed suspicious activities on their computers leading to two cyber attacks (between 7th may and June 23rd) […]
PoodleCorp takes down Blizzard and League of Legends (NA) Servers down in yet another DDoS attack! PoodleCorp, a group of hackers are claiming responsibility for conducting a series of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on Blizzard and League of Legends servers. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher based in Irvine, California while […]