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In 2014, a team of privacy advocates launched ProtonMail and claimed that it’s an NSA-proof email service. The service was such a massive hit that the developers came up with its Android and iOS apps. But something went wrong this week with ProtonMail when it got under powerful DDoS attacks by unknown cyber criminals and forced to […]
Short Bytes: What is the worst thing that could happen when you hire a hacker to conduct some criminal activity? Yes, police comes knocking your door because you were fooled into hiring an undercover cop. Along the similar lines, read this story about Zachary Landis and how he landed in prison. Craigslist is a great place […]
Researchers at an IT security company Heimdal Security have discovered a number of compromised web pages ranked on google for keywords like Java JRE, MSN 7, and Windows 8. Basically, while searching for software like Java JRE, MSN 7 and Windows 8 users are finding compromised pages ranked in the top positions. The file on these […]
Researchers have discovered a malware that takes over Chrome as a browser and looks quick similar to chrome in every aspect. The malware is based on Chromium open-source software which allows it to maintain the same interface as chrome and for a normal user this thing is very difficult to identify. The browser instead of […]
A Kosovan man named Ardit Ferizi has been arrested in Malaysia for suspected hacking of US military databases comprising of personal information of 1,351 officers and government employees. Ferizi is also accused of handing over this sensitive information to the so-called Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) group. According to the US Department of Justice, the 20-year old Ferizi was […]
A hacker named Stefan Rigo used intrusive software known as Blackshades to gain access and control over strangers’ webcams. The computers of a couple got hacked by a cyber criminal, but the worst part is that the hacker could easily watch them having sex from the compromised webcam. Apparently, the 33-year-old Stefan Rigo used Blackshades malware, a sort of intrusive software and gained control over […]
The global security company ProofPoint has identified a suspicious malware on its radar capable of stealing money from an ATM faster than the majority of bank robbers. As per their research, the malware robs ATMs in real-time and known as GreenDispenser. It gets activated via a boot-enabled CD-ROM drive. Once activated, the malware searches for […]
Do you think that using anonymity software like Tor will protect your online presence from spies? A new spyware has been developed by the FBI, having the ability to track and catch the suspects of child pornography even if they are using Tor to access, view and download sexually explicit images of children. For those […]
In a previous article, we brought you news of Trump Hotels being breached by hackers. To update, we can now report that Trump Hotels have accepted and confirmed a breach did take place. During May 2014- June 2015, 7 of the hotels in the Trump Hotels group (owned by US Presidential candidate Donald Trump) suffered […]
Most of us have heard of ‘stranger danger’ and most of us have been educated as children or have educated children about the dangers of speaking to strangers – but how many actually make the effort to educate about the dangers of strangers online? Perhaps children being online while they are at home or at […]
Hackers are stealing eBay usernames and passwords by hosting phishing sites on eBay’s very own network. These sites appear convincing because of the fact that the fake login form is being hosted on a genuine eBay domain, ebaydesc.com. This domain is typically used to host eBay listings descriptions, which later are displayed on eBay Listings page within […]
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 […]
Security experts have warned ATM (Automated Teller Machine) users to stay clear from suspicious ATMs for past several years because of numerous security vulnerabilities but people are still carrying out transactions from hacked and infected ATMs, only to later find out that their accounts are emptied unknowingly. As new methods to hack ATMs are being […]
A unique malware has been found by security experts which spies on the players of online poker gaming sites, specifically Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars and is encoded to take screenshots of a victim’s game and then send it to the attacker, states a security researcher Robert Lipovsky at ESET. Various kinds of malware and Trojans have been […]
BitPay the Atlanta-based Bitcoin payment processor had been hit by a massive phishing attack costing the company $1.8 million. Verified by the documents owned by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, in this massive con pulled by a hacker pretending to be BitPay CFO Bryan Krohn, sent fake emails from his account in December sanctioning the transfer […]
A new phishing campaign has been doing the rounds on the Internet in which hackers are using Amazon UK’s fake email message as bait to entice targeted user base for phishing attacks, a security research reveals. A blog post published by security and malware experts over at Malwarebytes blog which states that hackers are using spam email […]
The infamous Russian hacker, Vladimir Drinkman, has admitted his contribution in what has been regarded by the Justice Department as “the largest such scheme ever prosecuted in the United States.” Vladimir Drinkman has pleaded guilty and faces court trial along with four other defendants. The group was accused of hacking corporate computers including machines owned […]
The common perception is that a strong password is always a good password, but GCHQ thinks otherwise; urging people to use “simple passwords” to keep themselves protected from online threats. According to the new guidelines outlined in a report prepared by GCHQ in the password guidance report, it urges that passwords should be short and less confusing which […]
Security researchers over at FireEye have discovered a serious security flaw within the ATM (Automated Teller Machine) that could be exploited by the hackers to infect the machine with a next-generation of ATM malware that have the ability to hold an inserted card inside the machine, and works on the will of hackers. FireEye suggests […]
Android users need to be highly careful while using your smartphone as ESET researchers have identified simplocker, a new screen-locking malware that specifically targets users in the United States. This new ransomware is the first one that is capable of changing a smartphone’s PIN lock, which is one of the phone’s security code. The Android […]
The laser navigation system and sensors of driverless cars can be easily exploited by hackers as they can trick them into getting paralyzed thinking about a probable collision with another person, car or hurdle. Lidar 3D Imaging System is vulnerable to hack attacks. It is a system used by autonomous vehicles to create an image […]