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Unknown hackers have hacked the computer systems of South Korea’s nuclear plant operator and leaked noncritical data claim the officials. The targeted institution was Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP), where latest designs and manuals of two reactors, personal details of over 10,000 workers, flow charts and estimates of radiation exposure among local residents were leaked. At the moment […]
The Sony Pictures Hack was probably the biggest tech news of this month. It hasn’t just remained an ordinary hack, but instead it has grown to become a safety concern for all the established websites and startups. This teaches a safety lesson to all different types companies, whether web-based or alien to online services. Companies and budding […]
On the morning of February 10, 2014, the Las Vegas Sands casino, something was not right. Computers were flat-lining, telephone lines stopped working, emails were down, and several IT systems came to a halt and it wasn’t even time for the gamblers to be up yet. The $14 billion casino operation came to a standstill […]
Researchers from Blue Cat Labs are calling it the Inception attack framework, in reference to the movie “Inception” where a thief entered people’s dreams and stole secrets from their subconscious. They are also describing it as one of the most sophisticated attacks they have ever seen. That, in itself, is saying a lot for the […]
A pro-Palestinian hacker going with the handle of ‘AlFeRoX’ hacked and defaced the sub-domain of United Kingdom’s Department of Education in support of a free Palestine. The targeted domain belongs to the social media page of the department of Education (facebook.education.gov.uk) that was left with a deface page along with a message againstIsrael and the USA. The deface […]
The online hacktivist Anonymous has conducted a massive cyber attack on the official website of Oakland police, fire department and city website. As a result all targeted sites have been shut down. Anonymous targeted the Oakland City Hall, Oakland police and fire departments website around 11 a.m. It’s been few hours now that all sites are still […]
Sony Entertainment has once again fallen victim to one of the worst cyber-attacks wherein the salaries of its highest paid executives along with private information of over 6,000 employees compromised, according to a media report. This happened after leaking of unreleased movies from Sony’s server on 29th November. Last week Sony Pictures Entertainment’s entire computer network […]
Last week’s hacking incident at Sony Pictures has led to leak of online release of many unreleased movies. These leaked movies include Fury, Annie, Mr. Turner, Still Alice and some more Sony Picture titles. The hacking is said to be the work of North Korean hackers. This is a result of the depiction of the […]
The hacktivist group Anonymous has taken down the official website of City of Cleveland – Ohio, against the shooting and killing of a 12-year-old boy going with the name of Temir Rice. In a YouTube video message, Anonymous had warned the Cleveland police department to conducted an investigation, reveal the identity of officer who shot […]
NATO is assisting its member nations and partners to fend off cyberthreats. One such effort, NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS), was launched on 1 October 2014 to support Jordan in its war against ISIS or ISIL. The NATO has set up a team of cyber experts to help Jordan defend its key infrastructure points […]
Last week, RedHack, the world’s first and oldest hacktivist hacker group dating to 1997, had claimed to compromise data of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEİAŞ) in a move against the cutting of 6,000 olive trees in the Aegean town of Yırca, Turkey to construct a power plant. After breaching the company website, the hacker group […]
The Two-factor authentication is believed to prevent Gmail accounts from getting hacked. But what happened with indie developer Grant Blakeman shows how two-factor authentication can be beaten to takeover a Gmail account. Writing on the newly emerging social media site Ello, Blackman revealed how hackers hacked his Instagram account through his Gmail account. Despite the fact he was using two-factor authentication, the hackers were […]
The FBI is trying its best to convince an ambiguous regulatory body in Washington to modify its operation rules with the aim of possessing new powers to hack into and perform surveillance of computer systems all over the world. In response, civil liberties groups are of the view that this rule modification will bring great […]
Unclassified White House computers are latest in the list of security breaches this year and the prime suspects for the breach are Russian hackers, who on government’s direction are working to carry out attacks on world’s most sensitive systems belonging to NATO, the Ukrainian government and U.S. defense contractors, according to reports. Although, the attack didn’t led […]
As a result of Bilawal Bhutto’s tweet regarding Kashmir and growing tension between India and Pakistan on LoC and International Border, hackers of both the nations are showing off their armaments on internet. The Hindu reported that over the past two days, many Indian websites were hacked by Pakistani Hackers. The hacked websites include Chennai […]
Romanian hackers used Bash Bug flaw to hackYahoo servers, according to a recent security news update. Jonathan Hall, President of the IT consulting firm, Future South Technologies and a security researcher, has affirmed that a group of Romanian hackers used the Shellshock vulnerability to compromise Yahoo servers, which was also confirmed by Yahoo! Hall said […]
A new malicious campaign has been identified by security researchers spreading fake news about the Ebola virus, in order to redirect users to phishing websites and delivering Malware. Symantec has reported three Malware operations and a phishing campaign using the Ebola virus as a social engineering theme. 1. The first phishing campaign shows that cybercriminals are […]
The hacktivist group Anonymous is set to launch a massive cyber attack on Ferguson Police Department against shooting and killing of an unarmed 17 yr old teen Mike Brown on 9th August 2014. In order to deliver their message to public Anonymous has released a press release along with a video message on YouTube, explaining why the […]
The hacktivist group Anonymous has claimed responsibility of taking down the official website of Israeli intelligence agency Mossad against Gaza attacks. Mossad’s website was taken down in a DDoS attack early morning, claims one of the Anonymous hacker on Twitter. The attack seems to be massive as it has been over 10 hours that the […]
The online hacktivist Anonymous has a message for Israeli government in which the group has asked elite hackers from around the world to join them and conduct a massive cyber attack against the state of Israel. A YouTube video message uploaded couple of days ago talks about Israeli airstrike on Gaza and criticizes the killings […]
Security experts at Dr. Web have warned Android users to be careful with a new Trojan that is stealing credit card details while making a transaction on Google Play store. It is currently targeting Russian users but a little bit of modification can let the criminals target people around the world. The Trojan comes in the […]