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Researcher Aaron Spangler identified a bug in Internet Explorer back in 1997. This flaw allowed stealing of user credentials through Windows Server Message Block protocol. Now, after almost eighteen years, Cylance Wallace, a senior researcher at SPEAR research team, discovered a larger vulnerability while testing a messaging app keeping that particular bug in mind. This […]
Former security director suspected for tampering with lottery computers to win $14.3m Jackpot. According to prosecutors there is strong evidence suggesting that the former computer security head of a state lottery association entered the draw room, hacked the lottery computers and tampered with number generators to buy the winning ticket and receive $14.3m jackpot. The […]
A Bangladeshi hacker (going with the handle of Tiger M@te) hacked the official Google Malaysia domain earlier today and redirected it to his own site. Hacker left a deface page along with a message on hacked Google Malaysia domain. Google acknowledged that it was hacked and service was indeed interrupted due to a DNS redirection. The […]
Hackers took over the official Twitter account of Iran’s state Television ‘Al-Alam’ on Sunday, leaving material supportive of the Saudi-led air war against Iran-backed rebels in Yemen. Al-Alam has blamed Saudi government for targeting the channel due to its critical coverage of Yemen war. After taking over Al-Alam’s twitter account (@alalam_news), hackers started posting false reports about […]
Domanik Green, a 14-year-old student studying at Florida’s Paul R. Smith Middle School managed to bypass the school’s computer security network using just his computer skills and gained access to the server that contained FCAT (Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test) data. FCAT data is basically a standardized evaluation, which requires to be administered every year for […]
Is ISIS Behind BBC’s ‘Operational error’ that Interrupted its Broadcast and Left presenter flustered? Supposedly, BBC News Channel fell prey to a cyber-attack from ISIS when ‘hackers’ were able to interrupt the channel’s live broadcast and upload propaganda material of Islamic State. The appearance of the words “Je suIS IS” on TV Screens left viewers stunned […]
Anonymous hacked several Chinese government websites including the Hunan (a province in China) Police Academy website in solidarity with pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. The hacker behind this hack goes with the handle of @AnonymousGlobo on Twitter, who has been involved in several cyber attacks on different websites in past. AnonymousGlobo left a deface page along with a message […]
Australia’s Bendigo Bank is apparently sending out emails titled “Morning Update” to users. The email contains the staff member’s name as well as the direct contact phone number. It also contains a business disclaimer having the email ID and phone number of Bendigo Bank. This mail also contains an attachment, a .Zip file titled Bendigo_Report_#[random […]
Hackers supporting the Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) conducted a successful cyber attack on French television network TV5Monde, taking over full control of network’s broadcast, Facebook page and websites on Wednesday evening. Yves Bigot, the director general of TV’s broadcast told AFP that: “We are no longer able to broadcast any of our channels. Our websites and social […]
”Task Force Cyber Secure” was signed and established by Chief of Staff (CSAF) General Mark Walsh III on March 20, 2015 as part of the continuous effort to effectively address cyber threats and vulnerabilities affecting the US Air Force’s core missions. According to the USAF press release, the said task force is geared to address […]
U.S. officials have blamed Russian hackers for hacking an “unclassified computer” at White House and keeping an eye on Obama’s communications and daily schedule. Hackers used a phishing-style attack to take over a State Department computer, which allowed them to gain access to the system inside White House. Despite having access to the system, the Russian hackers were not able […]
Researchers have found a new ransomware which shows your files are quarantined, actually the are not. Trend Micro has recently reported that a new ransomware variant targeting Russian speakers, was detected by their threat response engineer, Michael Marcos. BAT_CYRPVAULT.A or CRYPVAULT was evidenced to have been distributed as an attachment to spam emails. This particular ransomware […]
The pro-Palestinian online hacktivist AnonGhost is claiming to leak hundreds of Facebook emails and passwords belonging to Israeli Facebook users for upcoming OpIsrael starting from 7th April 2015. Hackers have pasted the leaked data on Pastebin along with a message for government and people of Israel. The data contains emails and clear text passwords of […]
Yahoo users receiving another Phishing Scam — The Yahoo Account Confirmation Email is fake! A new email titled Yahoo Account Confirmation has surfaced on the internet which appears to have been sent from Yahoo. It says that the account you own has security issues and therefore, you need to click on the “Authentication Page” button for […]
It was discovered during an investigative process carried out by the law enforcement agency that data of American Express Card holders has been acquired by unauthorized individuals most probably cyber criminals. However, the circumstances that led to this discovery are yet undisclosed. Moreover, it is also unclear whether the American Express helped in the investigation […]
image: jalopnik.com An embedded systems developer and former Tesla intern has released an open source CANard software and CANard hardware designs to help anyone to hack their connected cars using this car hacking device. Eric Evenchick has released this Python-based toolkit to work with the CAN (Controller Area Network) which is responsible for a number […]
Air France‘s National Personal Mutual (MNPAF) was hacked on Sunday for a brief time period, confirmed the airline’s spokesperson. The site’s homepage was temporarily replaced by a black and red screen that displayed a message regarding avenging the “Mujahideen of Algeria blood.” Mujahideen is a term used in Algeria to refer to the war of […]
Last week we reported on the Overwatch service that pinpoints every fake cell tower spying and tracking your smartphone. Now we present an Android app known as SnoopSnitch that can track Stingray, the favorite smartphone tracking gear of the FBI and NSA. Stingrays or IMSI catchers are surveillance tools that are being widely used by the government. These tools pretend […]
Did thinking the most secure password takes out the best of you?? And, still, it seems that it is not sufficient. Your first crush’s name might appear safe to you, but is it?? If your computer is ever attacked or hacked, then it could be going against a supercomputer that could perform more than a trillion guesses […]
Encryption should be Outlawed – FBI Retracts Support to Further Weaken Our Security. In the past when Apple started encrypting its iPhone by default, the step was lauded by the FBI as it ensured enhanced security. However, the FBI has revoked its support and now maintains that encryption of this type needs to be outlawed, […]
Update: GitHub is fully functional now. Everything operating normally. — GitHub Status (@githubstatus) March 31, 2015 GitHub is one the most popular websites among programmers and developers and is currently having 3.4 million users with 2.2 million active repositories. This software development web site used for collaborative projects is currently being hit by a massive […]