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“How to any hack facebook” account is now a trend Hacking Facebook account is one of the most trending on the Internet today. It’s hard to find how to hack Facebook account. But researchers have proven by taking control of a Facebook account with only the target’s phone number and some other hacking skills like phishing […]
Hackers have obtained credentials for more than 60 Millions accounts hacked for online cloud storage platform. Dropbox has confirmed the breach and notified its customers of a possible forced countersign resets. tho’ the announcement didn’t understand the precise variety of affected users. However, in a very choice of files obtained through sources within the information […]
Walter O’Brien is a well-known name in the world of computer and cyber security. Although he is famous today as the founder and CEO of Scorpion Computer Services and the executive producer of the hit CBS show Scorpion, Walter was well-known far before that. At age 13 he hacked into NASA’s servers that were administered […]
The University of Calgary faced massive malware attack impacting its servers for days! The computer servers at the University of Calgary, Canada, has suffered a sophisticated malware attack impacting its IT infrastructure this Saturday(28th May) when officials noticed suspicious activity and warned students not to use any computers issued by the university. On 29th May, […]
NS1 has been providing DNS services to Imgur, Yelp, Max CDN, OpenX, Collective and imgIX! NS1, one of the leading DNS providers in the world have revealed that their servers have been facing massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks for last two weeks. That’s not all, the attackers also targeted NS1’s partners by shutting […]
The famous adult content website Pornhub has decided to let hackers report security flaws and vulnerability on its computer system and earn $50 to $25,000! Pornhub, known for its verity of pornography content has announced its bug bounty program on Tuesday. The website is owned by MindGeek, a Canadian-based IT company active in x-rated content […]
The company has confirmed the breach and also revealed that there was an extortion attempt as well. Goldcorp, a renowned gold-mining firm in Canada has been “badly hacked.” The gold-mining firm’s headquarters is based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Hackers have also leaked a massive amount of the company’s employees’ data online. The hackers provided sample data […]
Were Second-Hand Routers Responsible for Hacking of Bangladesh’s Central Bank — Yes, of course! Bangladesh Central Bank became the target of a hack attack only because of the inefficient and insufficient security network in both hardware and software departments. With this hack, the malicious attackers managed to rake in $81 million, the equivalent of which is […]
While you might think that what a Russian APT group does to attack Ukrainian infrastructure has little to do with the life of an IT Admin, but they are providing a snapshot of where the battle against cyber crime is headed. 06:34, Raleigh, North Carolina – You can probably guess what kind of blog post […]
A simple spelling mistake has saved a bank from losing a huge amount of money — Hackers misspelled “foundation” in the NGO’s name as “fandation” ? A spelling mistake proved to be the savior for the Bangladesh central bank and the New York Fed, banking officials said. The spelling mistake which was made during the […]
An increase in the use of technology is making the world more accessible to hackers — In their latest attempt hackers might be targeting oil and gas companies. A security expert has warned against the vulnerability of critical infrastructure in the oil and gas companies as he sees a possible threat by hackers who might […]
Here are 5 of the most dangerous cyber security vulnerabilities that are exploited by hackers All the major government organizations and financial firms stress upon the issue of cyber security in today’s world. Sensitive data of any company, more so of those that keep largely public data, has been the target of some of the most […]
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 […]
On 17th October 2015, a generous man uploaded an application on Google Play Store named “Cybrary”. The application was meant for people who have unreliable internet connections. The intentions behind this application were to start a free cyber security education portal through the application so that people may use these lessons and learn cyber security […]
ShortRead: Why the loss of identity online can lead to severe consequences, no matter how solid and reliable your preventive measures for security are. It has been really hard for IT experts and security evangelists to come up with the most suitable security system, which will prevent attacks and hacks online. Over the years, […]
A couple (22-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman from Colchester, Essex) offering malware encryption services has been arrested by British police — The couple offered services on a website “reFUD.me”. The website offered malware authors encryption services to cyber criminals so that their malware cannot be easily detected by anti-virus programs. What encryption does is it […]
Short Bytes: Russia has yet again displayed stifling laws as it demanded the micro-blogging site Twitter to set up local data centres for its users, else face strict penalties. The country has changed its earlier stance on excluding Twitter from its data protection law due to some changes in the website’s user agreements. Provision of […]
A majority of British businesses are convinced that they won’t fall victim to a damaging cyber attack, despite that fact that high-profile hacking incidents are increasingly grabbing headlines in the UK and around the world. That’s according to research conducted by the identity and access management firm Ilex International, which is warning that there is […]
Short Byte: In a bizarre incident, Facebook users are reportedly seeing increasing friend suggestions of the people they have dated before through Tinder. Is it six-degree separation or mere intrusion? In the 21st century, striving for privacy is a mind-numbing struggle. As much as fossBytes along with several international privacy and security-concerned platforms has stressed […]
The Canadian military, government and the Department of National Defence is reportedly in search for a contractor who can find vulnerabilities in their vehicle as well as develop and exploit those vulnerabilities in order to gain access to the vehicle. According to a procurement data published by the Public Works and Government Services of Canada, […]
Short Bytes: T-Mobile CEO John Legere has confirmed that its 15 million users’ database has been hacked as its credit vendor Experian experienced the latest security breach. In yet another case of security breach, T-Mobile CEO John Legere has notified its users that the personal records of approximately 15 million people have been compromised. The […]