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Approximately 1.1 Million people suffer data hacks from the dating website BeautifulPeople. The big news was broken on Twitter where Troy Hunt who is the operator of the HaveIBeenPwned.com made a public announcement stating that due to the insecure MangoDB test server left unguardedly open, without an admin password, millions of clients’ data was leaked […]
A group of unknown hackers claims to breach the security of Qatar National Bank and leak banking details of Qatari Royal Family, Al Jazeera Journalists and MI6 agents. A group of unknown hackers has claimed to have hacked into the servers of Qatar National Bank (QNB) and leaked 1.4GB of data from the database containing […]
Someone leaked entire Mexican voter data on the Internet and it was not even password protected A database containing voter data of each and every Mexican citizen was available on the Internet without any password protection. This means the records of 93.4 million Mexican voters were out there for anyone to access without any restriction […]
It has been learned that an Anonymous hacker who is actually a 23-year old fresh IT graduate has been arrested on charges of involvement in the alleged hacking of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) website On March 27, the hacktivist group Anonymous’ Philippines attacked the Comelec website and defaced it to prove their point that […]
KickassTorrents add Two-Factor Authentication feature, vows to protect users’ account and privacy The Pirate Bay may be the most popular torrent site but KickassTorrents is putting money on security. That’s why it has become the first ever torrent website to put two-factor authentication for its visitors — The new feature is known as “multi-factor authentication” […]
Someone has leaked entire Turkish citizenship database over the Internet A website is displaying leaked details of 49,611,709 alleged Turkish citizens including the details of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Image Source: 185.100.87.84 The front page of the website provides details about the content of the leaked data and claims to contain leaked data of 9,611,709 Turkish […]
Over 237,000 pornographic Network Users data Stolen and Exposed on Dark Web After pornographic Website Hack — “Poor Practices” of adult Network irked hacker so much that he hacked the website and placed user data on the Dark Web. Team Skeet adult website got hacked after a hacker obtained access to its administrative functions. After […]
TeaMp0isoN is back — This time with a new approach and a new hack TeaMp0isoN, a grey-hat security research collective, managed to breach the Business Class Customer Support Portal of TWC (Time Warner Cable) with SQL injection attack. The hackers not only defaced the website but also snatched database comprising of over 4,000 records. The […]
The Anon Verdict hacktivists from Anonymous leaked personal information of around 52 Cincinnati Police Department employees on Sunday — Motive: Death of Paul Gaston. The group revealed in a video that it has acquired personal details of dozens of Cincinnati police employees from rank-and-file officers to Chief Issac. The 3-minute long video was posted on […]
The mindblowing invention will revolutionise the way we store data Last year the researchers came up with a processor capable of transmitting data using light. Now, United Kingdom’s Southampton University created an optical disc that is regarded as a huge breakthrough in storage solutions. The quartz storage disc can store 360TB data for more than […]
White Hat Hackers show us how to Steal Crypto Keys from a Laptop in Another Room Sans Internet Connection Last year, it was revealed that hackers can steal data from any computer via heat and how some technologies can hack into an offline computer and phone. Now, Tel Aviv University and Technion researchers have discovered […]
The online hacktivist Anonymous hacked Turkish National Police and leaked a huge amount of data The year 2015 was a difficult year for Turkey due to the uncertain situation on the ground and cyber attacks conducted by Anonymous on high-profile targets such as banks and national domain registrar. Now hacktivist collective Now hacktivist collective Anonymous claims to […]
Though the cyber attacks on businesses are increasing yet people are not paying much attention — It’s time to protect your business from hackers Reports of hackers attacking big businesses like Target and Ashley Madison is a norm. The data acquired by them through such attacks is their strongest driving force. In today’s world, knowledge […]
Password Security — Who’s to Blame for Weak Passwords? Users, Really? The vulnerability of people falling into the traps of online miscreants is huge. Owing to a large number of people coming online for the first time (mainly from the third world countries), the issues of hacking, data theft, impersonation etc. has witnessed an unprecedented […]
The United States Department of Homeland Security had its data leaked online — FBI is forcing websites to remove the data ASAP. The Federal Bureau of Investigation or the FBI is seeking to wipe off information of its employees that was stolen by a hacker and exposed online on 8th February at “Indybay.” The FBI’s […]
Last year, IRS was hacked twice where personal information of thousands of taxpayers was stolen. Now, according to a statement issued Tuesday by the IRS, cyber criminals have used stolen personal information of more than a hundred thousand U.S. citizens in an attempt to use the electronic tax-filing system for fraudulent purposes. A similar attack […]
Another day another data breach but this one has affected even those students who were part of the university in the 1980s. 2015 was devastating for the universities in the United States due to increase in cyber attacks. The hackers were able to steal massive personal data from the University of Virginia, Penn State University, University of […]
A country who has been spying on every computer in the world can’t protect voter data of its own citizens. Recent chronicles and newly found excerpts that reveal questionable and suspicious voting records of millions of American citizens are uploaded to a sneaky website on the dark web. The person responsible for discovering the website […]
Turkish hackers target Russian banking website, mock the Russian SU-24 jet incident. A group of Turkish hackers going by the online handle WKPF hacked and defaced the official website of Russia’s Joint-Stock Commercial Bank for Reconstruction and Development “Ekonombank.” The site was targeted last Monday in which the homepage was replaced with messages against Russia and […]
Microsoft has released stats regarding Windows 10 usage worldwide which proves the point that user privacy is a very real concern Although, Windows 10 has been surrounded by controversies since its launch, it’s quickly becoming one of the most used operating systems today. The reason behind this increase in popularity is not the operating system […]
With 2016, just a few days away, let’s have a flashback of the top 15 security incidents that took place this year. Hacking Team In June, the hacking team (a security exploit vendor) faced a data breach from an unknown hacker, who leaked their database, internal emails and their source code developed for the spying […]