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Facebook faces criminal investigation for violating privacy agreements

Apparently it is impossible for Facebook to get away from the problems. According to an ethical hacking training expert from the International Institute of Cyber Security, the social network faces an investigation by federal agents due to its policy for the management and exchange of data with third parties. According to the reports, a grand […]

Intel launches security patches to fix critical vulnerabilities

In recent days Intel released a considerable amount of update patches to correct various vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution in compromised systems, reports an ethical hacking training expert from the International Institute of Cyber Security. The company launched some security alerts to inform its users of the potential risks. According to the ethical […]

Critical vulnerability in a popular PHP library

An ethical hacker from the International Institute of Cyber Security reports the discovery of critical security vulnerability in TCPDF, one of the most used PHP libraries to generate PDF files. According to the ethical hacker, the vulnerability could be exploited by malicious users to perform a remote code execution on web pages and applications that […]

One of the largest aluminum producer suffers severe ransomware infection

Reports of an ethical hacker from the International Institute of Cyber Security mention that Norsk Hydro, one of the world’s leading aluminum-producing companies, has become the victim of a serious cybersecurity incident that has impacted a critic part of its infrastructure. Due to the incident, the company has had to perform some of its operations […]

Hackers are compromising Office 365 and G Suite accounts using IMAP protocol

According to cybersecurity specialists, in collaboration with an ethical hacker from the International Institute of Cyber Security, malicious hackers are showing special interest in abusing legitimate protocols to increase frequency and effectiveness of brute force attacks. This abusive behavior has focused primarily on the IMAP protocol (Internet Message Access Protocol), which is responsible for bypassing […]

E-commerce websites impacted with credit card skimming malware

The number of e-commerce sites infected with malware continues to increase. According to an investigation revealed by an ethical hacker from the International Institute of Cyber Security, at least seven sites (which have more than half a million visitors per month) have been infected with a new variant of payment card theft malware. Fila.co.uk, one […]

GlitchPOS, the malware that steals credit card numbers at points of sales

Cybersecurity experts, in association with an ethical hacker from the International Institute of Cyber Security reported the emergence of a new malware variant designed to intercept payment card numbers; the malware has been circulating through some malicious hacker forums. This malware, known as GlitchPOS, is available for purchase on some hacking forums hosted on dark […]

19-Year-Old Ethical Hacker Has Earned Millions From Bug Bounty

Santiago Lopez, a 19-year-old self-taught ethical hacker, has earned more than a million Dollars from bug bounty programs. The Argentina-based Lopez, who operates under the alias @try_to_hack, is famous for spotting vulnerabilities in popular tech platforms run by top shot companies like Twitter, Automattic, Verizon Media Company and more. Lopez joined HackerOne, a popular bug bounty […]

19-year-old ethical hacker is a millionaire now; thanks to his skills

Argentina’s Santiago Lopez is now a millionaire due to his prowess on identifying flaws in online services as well as software. The ethical hacker who uses the moniker @try_to_hack became part of HackerOne’s bug bounty program in 2015 and so far he has reported more than 1,670 unique bugs. Lopez identified bugs in the products […]

PayPal Awards USD 10,000 to Pakistani Hacker for Reporting Vulnerability

An ethical hacker, security researcher and a writer Rafay Baloch was paid total USD 10,000 for reporting a Code Execution / Command Execution vulnerability on the sub-domain of Paypal. Paypal had started a *Bug Bounty program* for security experts around the world to report any bug or vulnerability is found on their server. The hacker writes […]