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A developer that had his sites hacked because the FileZilla FTP client stores passwords on disk in cleartext has taken things into his own hands and has put together FileZilla Secure, a FileZilla version that encrypts all the user’s credentials with a master password. Launched this past week, FileZilla Secure is a fork of the […]
Short Bytes: The International Atomic Energy Agency Director, Yukiya Amano, has revealed that a nuclear power plant was attacked by the hackers about 2-3 years ago. While Mr. Amano declined to reveal the name of the exact power plant, he said that hacking risk is not imaginary and more stringent measures should be take to safeguard […]
Logins and passwords that match Netflix accounts have been released by a separate company, Netflix said today in an email to affected customers. I found out via email, as I am a customer. They sent this warning: As part of our regular security monitoring, we discovered that credentials that match your Netflix email address and password […]
On Thursday Yahoo claimed a massive attack or yahoo data breach on its network in 2014 allowed hackers to steal data from half a billion users and may have been “state sponsored”. Full passwords, payment card data and bank account info weren’t targeted. A hacker was found to be selling login information related to 500 million Yahoo […]
Yahoo hacked! Yes, yahoo just announced that 500 million user accounts were stolen in a breach that took place in 2014 – this may be the largest data breach ever. The Internet giant Yahoo confirmed on Thursday that a “state-sponsored actors” have stolen 500 million user accounts from their servers in a breach that took […]
Proxmark Short Bytes: In a recent demonstration, a team of white hat hackers showed how an attacker can compromise the corporate security with the help of easily available equipment bought from Amazon and eBay. This was possible due the lack of encryption in the data transmission process. Breaking into a corporate office without much hassle […]
Short Bytes: A hacker has scanned the web for insecure systems using Virtual Network Computing (VNC) and collected an enormous amount of screenshots of such desktops. He has posted these pictures online on a website named VNC Roulette to make people aware and expose this threat. VNC Roulette is one of the most bizarre places […]
Short Bytes: Little do we realize the cost of a spelling mistake unless it costs someone millions of dollars. Here is a story of hackers who targeted Bangladesh Bank and were partially successful in transferring million of money until authorities got attentive seeing their silly spelling mistake. It was not their fault, that was the […]
Short Bytes: All it took was a crying baby (not a real one but in the background on YouTube) and some empathetic talks over a phone call with the customer care representative to show someone how to hack into his account by a social engineer hacker named Jessica Clark. Watch the video in the end. […]
Short Bytes: A new hack, known as ‘Mousejack’, performed by the security firm Bastille Networks, shows that your wireless mouse and keyboards are not completely safe. Exploiting the weakly encrypted wireless signals, the researchers were able to take control of a computer from up to 300 feet away. Many people prefer using wireless mice and keyboard […]
Short Bytes: Martin Gottesfeld, the alleged Anonymous hacker responsible for 2014’s hacking attack at Boston Children’s Hospital, has been arrested by the FBI. Martin’s co-workers and relatives contacted the security agency after he went missing, only to be rescued by a Disney Cruise ship. The FBI has arrested a man named Martin Gottesfeld in connection with […]
Short Bytes: The researchers from Tel Aviv University and Technion have found a way to steal encryption keys from “safe” air-gapped machines. The attack was launched from another room and the target was completely offline. Known as side-channel attack, it doesn’t try to break the encryption by exploiting encryption algorithm weakness or brute force attack. Instead, researchers captured the […]
Short Bytes: As new mobile threats continue to emerge, the white hat hackers are busy busting the ways your phone can be hacked to safeguard the public from these attacks. In the recent episode of Phreaked Out by Motherboard, we’ll be looking closely into these different methods that challenge our internal security. As more electronic devices […]
Short Bytes: An Indian hacking collective named Indian Black Hats has defaced multiple Pakistani websites. This Kerala-based group has dedicated the attack to the little daughter of a Pathankot terror attack martyr. The group told fossBytes, “Harming is not our aim..but if anyone pick their eyes on our mother India..we stand for it”. In response to Pathankot terror […]
Short Bytes: They got Livestream hacked! The popular live streaming platform Livestream has asked its users to reset the password through a mail. However, Livestream says that the database might have been breached but the hacker might not have access to confidential data of its customers. The popular live video streaming platform Livestream has announced that […]
Image: fossBytes Short Bytes: Anonymous is known for taking up different causes and defacing the offensive websites. However, this time, the hacktivist group has hacked the European Space Agency website domains. Justifying the act, Anonymous has called it a hack that was carried out just for fun. The hacktivist collective Anonymous has just released the database […]
Short Bytes: In the past, Pakistani and India cyber hackers have been targeting each other by hacking different government websites. In the latest development, India-based hacking agencies have defaced some government and defense websites of Pakistan. In the recent hacking attacks by the India-based hacking agencies, some government and defense websites of Pakistan have been attacked. […]
Short Bytes: A 15-year-old has been arrested in Northern Ireland in connection with the cyber-attack on the TalkTalk’s website. This news of 15-year-old hacker’s arrest has stunned the security experts as it was assumed that a group of ISIS terrorists or Russia was behind this massive data breach. The UK phone and broadband provider TalkTalk has […]
Short Bytes: A security researchers from the Pen Testers Partners has revealed that the smart iKettles in your homes are very “insecure.” This device could be used to leak your home’s private WiFi password and take over your digital life. The IoT security is much-debated topic that needs more attention in near future. It might […]
Short Bytes: An incident of hacking into the school computer systems and changing the subject grades has been spotted in a New York high school. Three students have been accused and arrested for conducting this act. Three students from a New York high school were recently arrested and accused of hacking into school computer system, where […]
Short Bytes: To make your favorite social network more secure, Facebook is now sending out notifications to the compromised accounts. Facebook mentions that government-sponsored attacks are more sophisticated and suggests to turn the 2-step login method. Did you recently suspect some suspicious activity on your Facebook account? Well, many of you would be aware of […]