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Sennheiser left personal data of over 28,000 customers exposed on a misconfigured Amazon Web Services (AWS) server. According to a report from vpnMentor, the German audio equipment manufacturer, Sennheiser left an unsecured Amazon Web Services (AWS) server online. The server stored around 55GB of information on over 28,000 Sennheiser customers. AWS buckets are popular among […]
The backdoors were detected during penetration testing by RedTeam Pentesting GmbH. On December 20th, it was reported that a backdoor was found in the network of a US Federal Agency. Now, RedTeam Pentesting researchers have identified multiple backdoors in a commonly used VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) appliance made by the German telecom hardware manufacturer […]
The incident took place while the suspect was recording himself for a tutorial on how to bomb ATM (Automatic Teller Machines). In April 2021, the Dutch and German law enforcement authorities joined hands to create a joint investigation team (JIT) to take down an organized crime group known for targeting Automatic Teller Machines or ATMs. […]
The dark web site called “BoysTown” had over 400,000 active users. German law enforcement authorities have confirmed to have taken down and seized one of the world’s biggest child abuse hosting platforms called Boystown on the dark web after a months-long investigation. This platform was active since June 2019 and boasted over 400,000 members. Multi-National […]
Just a few days ago a data center operated by cybercriminals was shut down by the authorities in Germany. According to ethical hacking specialists, this data center was located in a former North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) bunker, located in a small German village. In the operation, carried out in the small town of Trarbach, […]
Bulletproof hoster not so Bulletproof after all. Authorities in Germany have raided, busted and seized a massive data bunker called “Cyberbunker 2.0” used by dark web criminals to run drugs, explicit child content and other illegal activities. The data center was being run inside a former NATO bunker in the town of Traben-Trarbach in Western […]
It’s hard to argue with German authorities when their people’s privacy is concerned. On many occasions, Germany has valued its people’s rights on the Internet over striking deals with multinational data-sucking corporations. The German privacy watchdog has now banned Microsoft Office 365 in the state of Hesse over privacy concerns. In its statement, HBDI (Hesse […]
A court in London has sentenced a British and Israeli cyber criminal Daniel Kaye aka “BestBuy and Popopret” to two years and eight months in prison for conducting large scale DDoS attacks on Lonestar Cell MTN disrupting country’s Internet and causing tens of millions of dollars in damages. Kaye (30) was charged for DDoS attacks against British and German […]
The suspect claimed to be annoyed by recent statements by some of those involved in leaking information According to reports of cybersecurity and digital forensics specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security, a 20-year-old man has confessed to being the author of the cyberattack against over a hundred German politicians, a campaign in which […]
Hundreds of politicians from Germany, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, have seen their personal information leaked online Twitter has exposed contacts, private chats and financial information belonging to members of all political parties in Germany, with the exception of AFD, an extreme right-wing political organization, according to experts in cybersecurity and digital forensics from the International […]
Biometric authentication is currently a widely used option for maintaining the security of devices and systems. With the emergence of vein-based authentication, biometric verification has moved beyond facial recognition and fingerprints. Vein-based authentication involves scanning of the size, shape, and location of the users’ veins under their hand’s skin to verify the person. On paper […]
An Amazon customer in Germany under the European Union data protection law called GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requested the company to send all the data it stored on him but little did he know he was about to get his hands on a trove of 1,700 audio recordings of a stranger speaking in their home. The customer who […]
Senior German officials are pressuring the government to exclude Chinese 5G technology companies in the country Many countries are in the process of building their 5G infrastructure, although this depends on the IT approach that their governments adopt. Italian politicians, for example, seem to completely ignore the importance of the 5G infrastructure for the country’s […]
On Friday at 2:30 am Arizona highway sign was hacked as in illegally accessed by unknown culprits who defaced it with “Hail Hitler” text. According to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO), the incident was witnessed by a driver who reported it to the police. Initially, they tried to turn off the hacked highway sign but failed to do so since […]
A couple of years ago, a massive bank heist was busted by Deutsche Bank in which hackers stole $1 billion from another bank. But now, German banking financial giant Deutsche Bank has made a blunder by “mistakenly transferring a whopping €28 billion ($34 billion) to one of its clients. [squaread][/squaread] The money went to a bank account at the […]
Garmany’s Telecoms regulator the Federal Network Agency (The Bundesnetzagentur) which oversees the country’s telecommunications has banned smartwatches for kids in the country calling them spying devices. It has also urged parents to destroy these watches mostly used by children between the ages of 5 and 12 years. The decision came months after the agency banned “My Friend […]
Voting machines used to tally and aggregate votes in multiple German states are vulnerable to a wide array of vulnerabilities that researchers say can be exploited to alter election results without too much effort. The flaws came to light today when three members of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) — a club of white hat […]
Daniel ‘BestBuy’ Kaye Extradited to the UK— Hacker Charged for Crashing Cyber Infrastructure of British and German Organizations using Millions of Mirai botnets. Daniel Kaye who used nicknames “BestBuy and Popopret” was accused of carrying out a series of cyber-attacks against high-profile banks in the UK including Lloyds, Bank of Scotland and Barclays using the mighty […]
Law enforcement authorities in Germany have shut down a major Dark Web child pornography website known as “Elysium.” The website which had around 87,000 members was a popular platform for people to exchange explicit images of children displaying physical and sexual abuse including toddlers. Screenshot from the website when it was online According to German federal police, Elysium […]
A recent report revealed that a bank in Germany, had its bank accounts hacked with the hacker having taken out funds from the victims’ accounts. It was revealed that the hackers had exploited a vulnerability that has long persisted in the global mobile signaling system. What was stolen? According to a German Newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, O2 […]
The trend of manufacturing internet connected smart toys is certainly gaining momentum. Dolls, teddy bears and other toys are now able to create a bond with the kids simply through their enhanced interactivity. However, the fact cannot be ignored that with blessings come bane; these web-connected toys are although seemingly very playful and helpful in […]