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From the University of Nebraska in the U.S. to a leading Canadian credit union, and a dustup between Tesla Motors and China’s Alibaba, insider data theft is trending in IT security anxiety. Insider data theft isn’t new, but it’s a growing problem for organizations of all types and sizes. That’s because personal and business data […]
Final Recon is a useful tool for gathering data about a target from open source resources, the tool is written in Python3. Installation steps It is really easy to install the tool from the official github link: https://github.com/thewhiteh4t/FinalRecon/blob/master/finalrecon.py There are also a few non standard python3 libraries required for the tool to What does it […]
Cyber attack prevention for Small businesses very has to get serious about their cybersecurity. Hackers are now actively Performing Targeted cyber attack due to their weak security. In fact, 43 percent of cyberattacks today are aimed at smaller firms. Unfortunately, falling victim to cyberattacks can be devastating. Cyberattacks can cause downtime, damaged reputation, and lost […]
Palo Alto Networks, the renowned cyber security firm, has suffered an unusual data breach in which personal details of not just present but former employees also had their data breached. What made things a lot more embarrassing for the Santa Clara, California-based firm is that the data (which included employees’ Social Security Numbers too) has […]
If you have ever registered an account with the official Magento marketplace to bought or sold any extension, plugin, or e-commerce website theme, you must change your password immediately. Adobe—the company owning Magento e-commerce platform—today disclosed a new data breach incident that exposed account information of Magento marketplace users to an unknown group of hackers […]
Four popular open-source VNC remote desktop applications have been found vulnerable to a total of 37 security vulnerabilities, many of which went unnoticed for the last 20 years and most severe could allow remote attackers to compromise a targeted system. VNC (virtual network computing) is an open source graphical desktop sharing protocol based on RFB […]
Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus has suffered a new data breach exposing personal and order information of an undisclosed number of its customers, likely, as a result of a vulnerability in its online store website. The breach came to light after OnePlus started informing affected customers via email and published a brief FAQ page to disclose […]
Are you a T-Mobile prepaid customer? If yes, you should immediately create or update your associated account PIN/passcode as additional protection. The US-based telecom giant T-Mobile today disclosed a yet another data breach incident that recently exposed potentially personal information of some of the customers using its prepaid services. What happened? In a statement posted […]
The winter holidays are just around the corner. It’s that time of the year again when computers and other devices are busy with all the online shopping hype. Shoppers are anticipating Boxing Day in Canada, Australia, and the UK, and Cyber Monday and Black Friday sales in the United States. There’s a multitude of Christmas […]
Earlier this year, the Israeli owner of the van demonstrated how hacking tools in his surveillance van were capable of hacking any smartphone. If there’s one thing that can be detrimental to any cybersecurity expert, it is bragging. Sure, you may have bragging rights but using them can land you in very hot waters – […]
And that also for doing what they were supposed to do. Iowa – a US state – hired a cyber security company called Coalfire in September to perform penetration testing of certain buildings that involved several courthouses. Doing their duty, two members of the firm, namely Justin Wynn and Gary Demercurio entered the Dallas County, […]
Hundreds of millions of devices, especially Android smartphones and tablets, using Qualcomm chipsets, are vulnerable to a new set of potentially serious vulnerabilities. According to a report cybersecurity firm CheckPoint shared with The Hacker News, the flaws could allow attackers to steal sensitive data stored in a secure area that is otherwise supposed to be […]
What could be even worse than getting hacked? It’s the “failure to detect intrusions” that always results in huge losses to the organizations. Utah-based technology company InfoTrax Systems is the latest example of such a security blunder, as the company was breached more than 20 times from May 2014 until March 2016. What’s ironic is […]
Zombieload is back. This time a new variant (v2) of the data-leaking side-channel vulnerability also affects the most recent Intel CPUs, including the latest Cascade Lake, which are otherwise resistant against attacks like Meltdown, Foreshadow and other MDS variants (RIDL and Fallout). Initially discovered in May this year, ZombieLoad is one of the three novel […]
With only 36% of businesses prepared to respond to a data breach, it’s clear that many companies remain at risk of a significantly damaging breach of information in lieu of the digital age. However, while both physical and cybersecurity protections need to be put in place and improved on an annual basis, many business leaders don’t […]
ZoneAlarm, an internet security software company owned by Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point Technologies, has suffered a data breach exposing data of its discussion forum users, the company confirmed The Hacker News. With nearly 100 million downloads, ZoneAlarm offers antivirus software, firewall, and additional virus protection solutions to home PC users, small businesses, and mobile […]
The growing variety and sophistication of cybersecurity threats have outpaced the development of conventional security tools. Apart from commoditized and automated hacking methods such as viruses, file-based malware, and botnets, advanced persistent threats (APTs) have also risen to become threats to anyone’s security. APTs are persistent malicious actors that attempt to gain access to infrastructure […]
As if there aren’t already enough cybersecurity threats looming in our daily lives, there’s one garnering an increasing amount of attention—car hacking. Automotive cybersecurity is a term for the tools and techniques used to protect the electronic systems of a vehicle along with the software, data, and more. Below are the key things to know […]
Two grey hat hackers have pleaded guilty to blackmailing Uber, LinkedIn, and other U.S. corporations for money in exchange for promises to delete data of millions of customers they had stolen in late 2016. In a San Jose courthouse in California on Wednesday, Brandon Charles Glover (26) of Florida and Vasile Mereacre (23) of Toronto […]
Over the past few months, hundreds of Android users have been complaining online of a new piece of mysterious malware that hides on the infected devices and can reportedly reinstall itself even after users delete it, or factory reset their devices. Dubbed Xhelper, the malware has already infected more than 45,000 Android devices in just […]
As Japan gears up for the upcoming 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo for the next year, the country needs to brace itself for sophisticated cyberattacks, especially from state-sponsored hackers. Microsoft has issued a short notice, warning about a new wave of highly targeted cyberattacks by a group of Russian state-sponsored hackers attempting to hack over […]