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Update iPhone to iOS 9.3.5; Prevent this Highly Sophisticated Spyware

Apple is urging users to update their devices to the latest iOS 9.3.5 in order to protect yourself from a newly found Sophisticated iPhone Spyware. Apple’s iPhones are always in demand and the preferred choice of gadget-savvy users around the world but, we cannot ignore the fact that iPhone is the most widely attacked smartphone from both […]

Twitter Account of Afghan Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Hacked

Ghost Squad Hackers have taken over the official Twitter account of Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah — The reason for doing so is to raise awareness against alleged drug deals between Afghanistan and the US. The official Twitter account of Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has been hacked by Ghost Squad hackers just an hour ago. Yes, G4mm4 of Ghost Squad […]

Anonymous DDoS Zimbabwe Government Sites for #ShutDownZimbabwe

Anonymous Africa is now targeting government of Zimbabwe in support of ongoing protests against president Robert Mugabe! The online hacktivists Anonymous conducted a series of cyber attacks on the Zimbabwe government websites last Monday for #ZimShutDown2016 or #ShutDownZimbabwe, a protest movement in which citizens are protesting against the Robert Mugabe’s government who has been in power for last 36 years.  […]

FBI Wants to Identify ‘Criminals’ By Their Tattoos

The idea is to use 100,000 photographs as a parameter to define tattoos that relate to violent and criminal activities! Think about getting a tattoo? It is worth spending time choosing the design – and not just because it is permanent. The FBI wants to create a software that identifies, automatically, tattoos related to criminal […]

Facebook’s Twin in North Korea Identified and Hacked within a Single day

It was revealed that North Korea has its own version of Facebook social media website — However, as the news came out the website got hacked! Andrew McKean, an 18-year old from Scotland, revealed that he successfully logged into the North Korean version of Facebook (Starcon.net.kp) using “admin” and “password” as login details. This gave the […]

What Controls the US Nuclear Operation? Floppy Disks and Outdated Computers

US Nuclear Operations Computing System is the World’s Most Outdated one — Reports US Government Accountability Office! Apparently, the world’s most technologically advanced country is relying upon technology was declared obsolete in Reagan era, such as the 8-inch floppy discs. It is being reported that the Strategic Automated Command and Control System of the US […]

US Congress Dumps Yahoo Mail Over Phishing Attacks

Yahoo mail Hammered by Congress for its Inefficiency in Preventing Phishing Attempts Symantec’s newest threat report claims that email phishing scams have substantially declined in the last three years but incidences where crypto-ransomware was used to encrypt data and demand payment in exchange to unlock it has increased by 35% just in 2015. This means, […]

Century’s Biggest Leak Panama Papers now Available Online

The database contains ownership information about companies created in 10 offshore jurisdictions including the British Virgin Islands, the Cook Islands and Singapore. It covers nearly 30 years until 2010. The world is pretty much aware of the massively leaked document database called Panama Papers. There are over 2.5million files in this database and these files […]

Pentagon Wants One-of-A-Kind Encryption Enabled Messaging App

Pentagon’s DARPA Desperate for Developing One-Of-A-Kind Encryption Enabled Messaging App. DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, needs a secure communication and transaction platform that utilizes all the encryption tactics and security features, which popular messaging apps like WhatsApp, Richochet or Signal uses. However, DARPA also aims to create a decentralized structure just like the […]

U.S government requested information on 5,200 accounts from Apple

Being a tech giant is not easy — The government requesting data on users can be a headache as revealed in Apple’s latest report Apple has revealed the latest US law enforcement agency requests for user information that the government lodged during the second half of the 2015 year period. The government lodged 1,015 requests […]

Could Facebook Change Election Results?

Employees at Facebook asked Mark Zuckerberg if Facebook can stop Donald Trump from becoming the next president of the United States? Facebook is the biggest social media platform worldwide and has an important role in spreading information and news. Though Facebook gets a say in how that news gets there. This matters as now employees […]

Justin Trudeau owns reporter on sarcastic question about quantum computing

Who knew Canadian PM Justin Trudeau knows everything about quantum computing? During a visit to the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo on Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded to a reporter’s sarcastic comment about his knowledge of quantum computing by giving the reporter a quick lesson on it. “I was going to ask you […]

xHamster trolls North Carolina by banning itself against anti-LBGT law

The world’s largest pornography website Xhamster has blocked its access in the state of North Carolina against the recently signed anti-LGBT law You must have heard about Springsteen boycotts but xHamster, the world’s 91st largest pornography site, has introduced a completely different way to protest against governments and to prove their stances. The move comes […]

Huge Data Leak Implicates Several World Leaders: #PanamaPapers

A trove of leaked documents obtained by an international team of journalists (“biggest leak in history”: A 2.6-terabyte stash of data) show our so called leaders have been stealing more money than one can imagine A huge leak of confidential tax haven documents has been leaked. The leak dubbed the Panama Papers implicates the rich […]

Meet the hacker who rigged elections in 9 Latin American Countries for 8 years

For 8 Years Elections in Nine Latin American Countries Successfully Rigged and Spied by a Colombian Last month we reported how a Brazilian hacker claimed to have hacked election voting machine in the country and rigged the elections in favor of the political party in power. But, now another hacker has claimed to do the […]

6 Boldest Cybersecurity Predictions For 2016

Attacks in the cyberspace have been a cause of concern for the entire world. The world, where everything is being carried over the internet or electronically, it shouldn’t surprise you that your entire life is prone to be hacked by the miscreants on the World Wide Web. Misuse of technology has always been a concern […]

TPP deal signed in New Zealand, a threat to Internet Freedom

The TPP deal is coming and things won’t be easy on the Internet The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal was signed by New Zealand trade minister Todd McClay recently in Auckland, putting the TPP a step closer to becoming a reality. The deal has been signed by ministers of all 12 member countries and will now […]

Azerbaijani Hackers Deface NATO-Armenia, Embassy Websites in 40 Countries

Azerbaijani Hackers have hacked NATO-Armenia and embassy websites in 40 countries giving a powerful reply to the Armenian hackers. The cyber war between Anti-Armenia Team from Azerbaijan and The Monte Melkonian Cyber Army (MMCA) from Armenia is getting more sophisticated with every passing day. Last month the MMCA leaked sensitive data from Azerbaijan Ministry servers and in reply, the Azerbaijani hackers have […]

Official Web Portal of Supreme Leader of Iran Ruhollah Khomeini Hacked

The official web portal of founder and first supreme leader of Iran Ruhollah Khomeini has been hacked by Saudi hackers While tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia are reaching new heights, hackers are targeting cyber infrastructure on both sides. That’s what happened few hours ago when a Saudi hacker going with the online handle of Crazy-3r3r hacked  […]

Anonymous Targets Nigerian Government Sites, Wages War Against Corruption

Appalled by Corruption, Theft & Poverty- Anonymous Declares Cyberwar against Nigerian Government Anonymous, the infamous hacktivist group having footprints around the world, waged a cyber war against the Nigerian government on Friday. The group’s Nigeria division announced in an online post that they are ”tired” of the relentless corruption, poverty and theft prevailing in Nigeria […]