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A rogue Twitter employee deactivated President Trump’s personal Twitter account (@realdonaldtrump) on his last day as a customer support rep for the social network. The account has been disappeared from the website for around 11 minutes. It’s not clear what occurred to the account, and Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment. […]
Why hack websites when you can hack electronic sign boards for political reasons – That’s excatly what happened in Modesto city as witnessed by local residents. On the eve of September 11, an electronic road sign in the city of Modesto, California was hacked and defaced with a message against the President of the United States Donald Trump. […]
Hackers have targeted 14 Trump Hotels stealing personal and payment card data of customers again. The incident took place when hackers breached the booking reservation system of Sabre Hospitality Solutions, a third-party contractor used by Trump Hotels. According to the list published on the Trump Hotels website, the Donald Trump‘s properties affected by the Sabre Hospitality Solutions incident include Trump […]
Team System DZ, a pro-ISIS (Daesh) hacking group from Algeria is back in the news. This time the group has targeted the government of United States and defaced several Ohio State websites including the official website of Governor John Kasich. The hackers left a deface page along with a pro-ISIS message on all hacked websites threatening the President […]
Shorr Bytes: According to three unnamed sources of Bloomberg, Russian hackers managed to hack the election systems in 39 U.S. states during the 2016 Presidential Election. This is twice as originally reported by the American media. As a result, the Obama administration had to use the “Red Phone” to complain to the Kremlin. Just in case […]
Hacking electronic billboards or road signs is a growing new trend. Some hack these platforms for fun while some do it to highlight their political support or opposition. Last Tuesday night in Houston hackers utilized their skills to hack a road construction sign and deface it with messages against the President of the United stated […]
Short Bytes: In a big blow to the privacy of American internet users, President Donald Trump has signed a resolution to repeal the FCC rules that forced the ISPs to seek customers’ consent before selling their browsing information. This has happened as ISPs argued that internet companies like Google and Facebook have an unfair advantage as […]
Seems like that the New York Post, which is owned by Trump-friendly media mogul Rupert Murdoch, had suffered an April’s fool hacking “joke” yesterday when its app sent a push notification stating: -Heil President Donald Trump!.” Other posts, however, were vague or apparently religious but appeared to be directed at Trump, including a Nirvana song […]
The Russian banking giant Alfa announced, in a press statement, that hackers targeted its cyber infrastructure in a large-scale DNS Botnet attack. The purpose appears to have been to make it seem as though the bank had been communicating with the Trump Organization. The bank is now asking U.S. to assist it to uncover the […]
Confide is an a encrypted texting application for Android and iOS, which used by staffers in White House for their secret communication. Security Experts from IOActive found Multiple critical flaws while testing versions 4.0.4 for Android and 1.4.2 for Windows and OS X. Technical Details Notification system doesn’t require a valid SSL server certificate to communicate, which would leak […]
Visitors to the US are currently going through a lot of trouble due to the temporary immigration ban imposed by Trump administration and the increased security checks for travelers from abroad. Innocent travelers are being harassed and unnecessarily put through troubling time by the Customs and Border Protection officials. The latest victim is a traveler […]
An Iraqi hacker going by the online handle of Pro_Mast3r ~ hacked and defaced a server associated with presidential campaign fundraising for Donald Trump. The targeted server secure2.donaldjtrump.com was defaced Sunday evening when Ars Technica noted that the home page for the server was displaying a deface page along with a message left by a defacer from […]
Short Bytes: Some hackers, who call themselves Pro_Mast3r, have managed to hack Donald Trump’s website and deface a CloudFlare server. The server in question is associated with campaign donations. Currently, the server is offline. In another development, Congressman Ted Lieu has said that Trump’s use of an insecure Android phone demands an investigation. While numerous speculations are […]
Short Bytes: Due to some vulnerabilities in certain models of low power FM radio transmitters, the hackers were able to take control of many radio stations. As a result, the stations broadcasted rapper YG and Nipsey Hussle’s song F**k Donald Trump, something they didn’t intend to play. In this incident, about a dozen radio stations were reportedly affected. […]
It looks like defacing websites with politically motivated messages has become an old trend since hackers are moving to something bigger. In this case, it’s the radio station transmission. Earlier today, a Twitter user Ed informed HackRead that hackers took over radio transmission of a radio station in Seneca, South Carolina and replaced it with songs against Donald Trump. Sunny […]
Short Bytes: The notorious hacking group Anonymous has shared a little guide on Twitter, telling how to hack Donald Trump’s Android smartphone. The guide mentions that Trump’s Samsung Galaxy S3, which run Android 4.4, is outdated. It makes Galaxy S3 easily hackable using techniques like Stagefright. Notably, many security researchers have also pointed out this loophole in […]
It looks like the brand new American President’s Twitter account ought to easily be hacked due to safety mistakes he made with the most powerful Twitter account within the world, professionals warned. Days after we got to recognize that the newly inaugurated President Donald Trump turned into nevertheless the usage of his antique, insecure Android […]
On Sunday morning, a tweet was posted from the New York Times’ Twitter account @NYTvideo, which read: “BREAKING: leaked statement from Vladimir Putin says: Russia will attack the United States with Missiles.” @NYTvideo is the Video page of The New York Times with more than 259,000 followers which is quite less than the main Twitter […]
A popular, non-profit radio station in Louisville “Crescent Hill Radio WCHQ 100.9 FM” posted on Facebook that hackers hijacked their station on Friday afternoon and an anti-trump song was broadcast on it instead of regular transmission. The Facebook post appeared on the radio station’s page at 2:30 pm on Friday. The post read: “OK, not […]
Former New York town Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has been appointed as a cyber security consultant for the President-elect Donald Trump, but it seems that he in no way simply checked the safety defenses of his own business enterprise’s internet site. Giuliani is going to head a new Cyber security working group for the President-select, […]
Short Bytes: What if the website of the man appointed to safeguard the US government from cyber threats is hackable itself. It has been known the President-elect Donalds Trump’s cybersecurity advisor’s company runs a website which uses outdated versions of PHP, Joomla CMS, and unsafe Adobe Flash plugin. It doesn’t even enable HTTPS connections. It was recently […]