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Just take 15 seconds to break into a network and lay the way for an attacker. It turns out that botnets might be an easier way to break into a network, not least by taking the grunt work out of it. It’s not a new concept; information security researchers have seen it before with bots running through […]
Hackers, as well as students, are reportedly running cryptocurrency mining operations on the academic networks of universities. A cyber security firm has been warning universities about such activities, which could turn out to be one of the key security risks that target the sector itself. Cyber security firm Vectra points, based on its Attacker Behavior […]
A Team of 4 Hackers who are resided in San Diego Infiltrated the Mortgage Company Computer Servers to steal the sensitive data between 2011 – 2014. The Stolen information including loan application information from thousands of customers such as Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, and driver’s license numbers and use it for various […]
The US Justice Department charged nine Iranian nationals with allegedly hacking on behalf of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (a branch of Iran’s armed forces) on Friday. The nice individuals compromised hundreds of US firms and academic institutions and managed to steal over secrets as well as other sensitive data. The hacking spree took place in […]
Orbitz.com, a Chicago, Illinois based popular travel website owned by Expedia Inc. has suffered a massive data breach in which personal and financial details of over 800,000 registered customers may have been stolen by unknown hackers. In a statement to media, the company said that the breach was identified on March 1st, 2018 after an in-depth investigation […]
The number of Flash Player exploits has recently declined, due to Adobe’s introduction of various measures to strengthen Flash’s security. Occasionally, however, an exploit still arises. On January 31, Kr-Cert reported a zero-day vulnerability, identified as CVE-2018-4878, being exploited in the field. (Adobe has released an update to fix this flaw.) We analyzed this vulnerability and found that […]
So you’ve got a great idea for an application or software, and you’ve secured all of the startup money that you need to fund. Now you need to find a developer to turn your dream into a reality. Not so fast, though. You don’t want to pick anybody. When you pick the cheapest and fastest […]
New Android malware discovered that steals Facebook credentials, account details such as username and Passwords and other information directly from users devices. This Malware mainly targeting the Asian Pacific-based English speaking users and it spreading via the third-party market. This new credential stealer contains a lot of aggressive function and malware author using new sophisticated […]
Unsecured Implementation of UDP Protocol Put Memcached Servers at Risk of DDoS Attacks. According to the findings of popular content delivery network/CDN specialists Cloudflare, Akamai and security provider firm Arbor Networks, the implementation of the Memcached servers’ UDP protocol is flawed and anyone can launch a major Distributed Denial of Service (DD0S) attack without much […]
Hackers have been taking advantage of the Word macro, the small pieces of code are injected into documents to automate certain tasks, to hide malware within the documents that, when opened, infect users; according to information security professionals. It is increasingly difficult to infect with malware through the Office macro, however, hackers have found a […]
The IT security researchers at McAfee have discovered that the Lazarus Group aka Hidden Cobra is back in action busy targeting global banking giants and unsuspecting Bitcoin users with a new sophisticated phishing campaign. Who is Lazarus Group If you are not familiar with who Lazarus Group are; they are a group of well-trained cybercriminals who according to […]
While helping a large organization with improving their overall security posture, I came across an interesting endpoint which I have never come across before. It immediately sparked my interest. The branding exposed the company and the product in its login page. The login page itself gave away a good amount of information. Different people are […]
A breach of Forever 21 left consumer payment card data exposed to hackers, the retailer verified Thursday. The business didn’t specify how many customers had data stolen, but said the various point of sales computers were affected within April 3 and November 18, 2017. Hackers obtained credit card numbers, expiration dates, confirmation codes and sometimes […]
Cybersecurity is a practice that ensures that all the information, confidentiality and availability are intact and not compromised with. It depends on how you keep them safe and in case of any adversaries, how to recover that information. Having said that one should keep in mind how the hackers and those involved in developing malicious […]
NTU researchers have revealed that smartphones can now be hacked using the data accumulated from sensors. Dr. Shivam, a scientist at NTU, who recently developed an app that can hack data from smartphones using sensors, found this recently and the news has sent shockwaves around the world. As per a research published in Cryptology ePrint […]
The year 2017 was quite exciting as we came across several new things from Ransomware to IoT malware and more. Several industries found themselves gripped at the mercy of the hackers and criminals. The vulnerabilities in Windows which was made known to us by these same hackers. Anyway, we have all had our share of […]
Recently, Triconex Industries was put at risk when hackers attempted to hack into its security systems, trying to control things. These attacks have a pattern. They are made on gas and oil industries. When traced, several hack attempts were made in various industries but the first attack was reported in the Middle East, experts are […]
The word ‘hacker’ sets off an alarm for many organizations but not for Singapore’s Mindef (headquarters of Singapore’s Armed forces). The organization has invited over 300 hackers from around the world for a single task. That being, to penetrate into their systems and look for weaknesses. These 300 hackers will be using their hacking skills […]
The U.S. federal officials have arrested two hackers who have pleaded guilty to computer-crimes charges for creating and distributing Mirai botnet that crippled some of the world’s biggest and most popular websites by launching the massive DDoS attacks last year. According to the federal court documents unsealed Tuesday, Paras Jha and Josiah White were indicted […]
Intel the giant in chip making is in the news for all the wrong reason. It has been reported that the chip has vulnerabilities that will put millions of devices at risk. Researchers from Positive Technologies during the Black Hat Conference in Europe said that a particular flaw in Intel Chip stands to make devices […]
The disclosure comes less than a month after PayPal suspended TIO Network’s operations when it found security vulnerabilities. PayPal has revealed that its recently acquired company TIO Networks has suffered a data breach compromising the personal information of 1.6 million customers. PayPal bought the Canadian payment processing company, which has over 60,000 utility and bills […]