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North Korean Hackers Using ELECTRICFISH Tunnels to Exfiltrate Data

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI have issued another joint alert about a new piece of malware that the prolific North Korean APT hacking group Hidden Cobra has actively been using in the wild. Hidden Cobra, also known as Lazarus Group and Guardians of Peace, is believed to be backed by […]

Popular Online Tutoring Marketplace ‘Wyzant’ Suffers Data Breach

Wyzant—an online marketplace that makes it easy for parents and students to connect with private tutors, in-person and online, in over 250 different subjects—has suffered a data breach exposing “certain personal identification information” for its customers. The Hacker News received a copy of an email notification Wyzant recently sent to its affected customers, which reveals […]

Docker Hub Suffers a Data Breach, Asks Users to Reset Password

Docker Hub, one of the largest cloud-based library of Docker container images, has suffered a data breach after an unknown attacker gained access to the company’s single Hub database. Docker Hub is an online repository service where users and partners can create, test, store and distribute Docker container images, both publicly and privately. The breach […]

Hackers Compromise Microsoft Support Agent to Access Outlook Email Accounts

If you have an account with Microsoft Outlook email service, there is a possibility that your account information has been compromised by an unknown hacker or group of hackers, Microsoft confirmed The Hacker News. Earlier this year, hackers managed to breach Microsoft’s customer support portal and access information related to some email accounts registered with […]

Popular Video Editing Software Website Hacked to Spread Banking Trojan

If you have downloaded the VSDC multimedia editing software between late February to late March this year, there are high chances that your computer has been infected with a banking trojan and an information stealer. The official website of the VSDC software — one of the most popular, free video editing and converting app with […]

Hacker Group Has Been Hacking DNS Traffic on D-Link Routers

Earlier, we had service provider playing tricks with your DNS traffic. Then, it was difficult for us to fathom unless you are an expert to figure this out. Well, the majority of the users’ have no idea something like this is happening, but it was true. For service providers playing with the DNS traceroute tool […]

Insecure UC Browser ‘Feature’ Lets Hackers Hijack Android Phones Remotely

Beware! If you are using UC Browser on your smartphones, you should consider uninstalling it immediately. Why? Because the China-made UC Browser contains a “questionable” ability that could be exploited by remote attackers to automatically download and execute code on your Android devices. Developed by Alibaba-owned UCWeb, UC Browser is one of the most popular […]

Office 365, G Suite Cloud Accounts Hacked Using IMAP Protocol

Hackers are now using IMAP protocol to hack Office 365 and G Suite cloud accounts, bypassing multi-factor authentication; and these kinds of attacks are difficult to protect against, according to a recent research study. A six-month study by researchers at security firm Proofpoint reveals this and other findings. The team observed massive attacks that leveraged […]

Many Organizations Lack Plan to Respond to Incidents: Study Report

This is crucial information as regards cyber security! Many organizations today lack a plan to respond to cyber security incidents, as per a recent study. “The 2018 Cyber Resilient Organization” study, conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by IBM Resilient, points out that for most organizations globally, responding to cyber security incidents remains a […]

Hacker Bestbuy Admits He Hijacked Deutsche Telekom Routers

The 29-year old hacker, who is referred to as Hacker Bestbuy, has reportedly admitted to hijacking over 9 lac routers from the Deutsche Telekom network. BestBuy had hijacked the Deutsche Telekom network routers using a custom version of the Mirai IoT malware, which he himself had modified. He has reportedly admitted that he hadn’t intended […]

A Multimillion Phishing Scam: Two Tech Giants Scammed into Paying Over $100M

Evaldas Rimasauskas, a man from Lithuania, scammed two major US tech companies into wiring over 100 million Dollars to several bank accounts. According to the reports, the criminal impersonated to be a well-known Asian computer hardware manufacturer by registering his own company with the same name in Latvia, with the same name as a legitimate one […]

The biggest Windows Blue Screen of Death ever seen

Most of the windows users are acquainted with The Windows Blue screen of loss of life. It’s been round for a totally long term and recently they changed it to The inexperienced screen of death. This blue display screen is larger than some other you have got visible to date. This huge video wall of […]

New KickAss Torrent Website Is Back Again

Kickass Torrents is again from the lifeless! Again in July, the world’s largest and most infamous BitTorrent distribution web page Kickass Torrents (KAT) with thousands and thousands of unique daily visitors turned into shut down by the U.S. government following the arrest of its alleged owner Artem Vaulin. rapidly after the shutdown, a collection of […]

Linux Based Red Star OS of North Korea can be Hacked by just a Link

North Korea’s personal homegrown PC operating device redstar, it’s presupposed to be completely hacker proof and extra comfortable than foreign OS, like Microsoft’s home windows, can effortlessly be hacked remotely. A set of hackers managed to break into pink celebrity OS — North Korea’s government sanctioned Linux-primarily based OS — the usage of only a […]

Hackers Comprised Over 35,000 Medical records, inclusive of that of HIV sufferers

The website of a diagnostic lab in Maharashtra changed into hacked and medical records, including that of sufferers with HIV, were leaked online. The data comprised of 35,000 sufferers’ clinical records with details together with patients’ names, their age, gender, blood take a look at document, lipid profile, and other clinical parameters The Mumbai-based totally […]

FBI gets Expanded Power to Hack any Computer in the World through Rule 41

Hacking a couple of computer systems the world over simply were given less difficult for america intelligence and law enforcement businesses from nowadays onwards. The modifications brought to the rule of thumb forty one of the Federal rules of crook procedure via the united states department of Justice got here into impact on Thursday, after […]

Spacex Plan:To Launch 4,425 Satellites which Bring the Entire World Online

Huge tech companies, such as facebook, Google, and Microsoft, are in the race of bringing internet connectivity to unconnected components of the world via wireless gadgets, flying drones, high-altitude balloons, and laser beams. However, SpaceX founder Elon Musk has massive plans for bringing low-cost internet service international, and all of it starts in space. Personal […]

Google Pixel and Microsoft Edge Hacked in Pwnfest 2016

A new Flagship Android Smartphone just took place in market and in public’s heart by Google a few days back. Google claimed that they most secure android smartphones ever. But these phones were hacked by a group of Chinese hackers. Google Pixel phone which was recently hacked in PwnFst hacking competition 2016 by a team […]

Osquery security tool released for windows

OSquery, an ASCII text file framework created by Facebook that enables organizations to seem for potential malware or malicious activity on their networks. It was available for Mac OS X and Linux environments until today. Two years once introducing the ASCII text file network observance tool for UNIX operating system and OS X users. Facebook […]

Hack Whatsapp & Telegram using SS7 Flaw

Now WhatsApp and telegram can also be hacked By SS7 Flaw. The world’s most popular cross-platform messaging App is seen to be hack by many because it has recently enabled 256-bit encryption. Whatsapp does suffer from hardware side vulnerability which can be exploited to hack and hijack WhatsApp. The vulnerability lies in Signalling System 7, or SS7 […]