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It’s the merry month of Christmas and as an annual affair, we are on a lookout for Christmas gifts we need to give out. While our searches are mostly for the best possible gifting options to make the occasion as joyous as possible, we definitely should watch out the options likely to add disappointment. So, […]
You never know what you can expect to find in the dark web for sale Just a few hours ago, some documents were released about someone selling remote access linked to security systems at a major international airport for $10. As if that wasn’t enough security alerts, it was just known that a hacker […]
We do know that stealing and selling private information of unsuspecting users is the favorite activity of cybercriminals. However, it is quite unlikely that someone manages to steal confidential military maintenance manuals and attempts to sell them on the Dark Web. That’s exactly what has happened. According to security firm Recorded Future’s Insikt Group, a […]
Short Bytes: A paper published by an Israeli team of researchers elaborates a new method of covertly leaking information from an air-gapped computer. Titled as LED-it-GO, the attack involves compromising the LED notification light on a computer’s HDD using malware to make it blink in as per the desired pattern. A camera fitted on a […]
An Israeli court has sentenced Majid Oweida, a 23-year old from Gaza City to 9 years in prison on charges of hacking into Israeli drones. According to the prosecutors, the Palestinian computer engineer was spying on Israel for a terror group. Oweida was detained in February 2016 while he was indicted on charges of having a […]
Short Bytes: Following the reports from the Kurdish media house Rudaw, ISIS is using weaponized commercial quadcopters to target the Iraqi Security Forces. The drones are, however, battery operated and small. They can be taken down by the forces using signal jammers. The terrorist organization which works by the name ISIS is weaponizing off-the-shelf commercial quadcopter drones […]
In the demo, researchers showed how a $1,000 3D quadcopter UAV drone can be hacked and destroyed within few seconds. As time passes the use of 3D devices is increasing. It’s not only that 3D devices are user-friendly but also helpful for medical and technological purposes. With advances comes flaws and this time researchers at Ben-Gurion […]
ANONSEC Group hackers Cracked NASA Drone and Released Data Dump Hackers cracked National Aeronautics and Space Administration drone and free information dump . They additionally disclosed they tried to bring down a $222m world Hawk Drone into the Pacific. beside many flight videos and thousands of flight logs. the info dump enclosed phone numbers and […]
Anonsec group hacked NASA network and released a data dump of data online. The hackers also hijacked a Global Hawk drone. Hackers belonging to the AnonSec group have released online 250GB of data stolen from systems at the NASA, the hackers revealed to have hijacked a drone the Agency uses to run high-altitude testing and sampling missions. […]
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has taken maintaining law and order to another level: it uses a massive drone to catch other drones trespassing in its sky. Any drone flying over Tokyo deemed dangerous, or unwanted, will be caught by the police. Japan Today reports that an anti-drone squad has been set up to deal […]
YOU MIGHT THINK that working on a secured floor in a 30-story office tower puts you out of reach of Wi-Fi hackers out to steal your confidential documents. But researchers in Singapore have demonstrated how attackers using a drone plus a mobile phone could easily intercept documents sent to a seemingly inaccessible Wi-Fi printer. The […]
Short Bytes: Mozilla and Google are actively working to combine the Physical Web and WebBluetooth. Using a new Bluetooth API, Mozilla developers have developed an application that will let you fly a drone from a web browser. The genius minds at Mozilla have developed a proof-of-concept application that allows a user to fly a drone […]
A British computer hacker, an ex-TeaMp0isoN member and a member of the so-called Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) believed to be killed in a recent drone air strike by the United States in Syria. The hacker was a British-born Junaid Hussain and had been accused of being involved in directing and encouraging a series of conspiracies against western countries. […]
Short Bytes: In a surprising development, Police in North Dakota are now authorised to use armed drones equipped with tasers, rubber bullets, tear gas and other “non-lethal” weapons, after the passage of House Bill 1328. Ironically, this bill was originally intended to limit the surveillance powers of the police. Do you remember the terror-drone out […]
Short Bytes: In the latest reports by CNN, the top ISIS hacker and recruiter was reportedly killed in the U.S. air strike in Raqqa, Syria. Last week, the U.S. forces were successful in killing ISIS no.2 militant Haji Mutazz. These are considered great success by the Intelligence teams and the military alike. The fight against […]
A tech-firm has amazed the world with its proof-of-demonstration of a remote-controlled “stun copter” that can deliver 80,000 volts of electricity to a hapless target, at the South by Southwest Interactive festival, Austin, Texas, giving an idea how terrifying the consumer grade personal drones can be. The drone, an invention of the Chaotic Moon Studios—an […]
An ultimate level of spy has been manufactured by the BAE systems as part of their contract with DAPRA (Defence Advanced Research Project Agency). The spy can keep track an entire city from an altitude of 20,000 meters From the people and insects moving on the land to the birds in the air it can track everything with ease. […]