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Shadow Brokers hacking group is claiming that it hacked NSA’s Equation Group and stole a trove of hacking tools and exploits! Hackers are selling the tools online right now! A group of hackers going by the online handle of Shadow Brokers are claiming to have hacked National Security Agency’s (NSA) Equation Group stealing several hacking tools […]
Believe it or not, your Solar Panel can be hacked as well — Just like this man who hacked his own solar panel Do you know how you can verify if your home or property is fully secure? Well, in Fred Bret-Mounet’s opinion, the only way is to try to violate the security measures yourself. […]
Another day another hack: This time it’s the Phoenix, Arizona-based Banner Health. Banner Health, a non-profit healthcare organization suffered a massive data breach on 17th June 2016 in which records of 3.7 million patients and staff were stolen. The organization noticed suspicious activities on their computers leading to two cyber attacks (between 7th may and June 23rd) […]
SafeDNS’s slogan is Secure Internet for Home and Business — Now the firm has come up with a new system that will detect malicious resources to protect Internet users! SafeDNS gives its users an opportunity to set its web filtering service on any web-connected devices. The security of browsing the internet without a worry on all […]
No More Ransom is a project to help and protect victims of ransomware attacks — Thanks to Intel, Kaspersky, Europol and Dutch Police for the initiative! IT security giants Intel and Kaspersky with the assistance of Europol and Dutch Police have developed an anti-ransomware portal called ‘No More Ransom’ to help users against the growing threat […]
A few months ago, United States General Vincent Brooks warned the Senate about the growing threat from North Korean cyber-attacks, saying, “While I would not characterize them as the best in the world, they are among the best in the world, and the best organized.” Kim Jong on Computer (Courtesy of the BBC) In the […]
Walter O’Brien is a well-known name in the world of computer and cyber security. Although he is famous today as the founder and CEO of Scorpion Computer Services and the executive producer of the hit CBS show Scorpion, Walter was well-known far before that. At age 13 he hacked into NASA’s servers that were administered […]
Mitsubishi’s Outlander Hybrid Car’s Alarm Vulnerable to Hack due to Wi-Fi access point issue Researcher and security expert Ken Munro has revealed that Mitsubishi’s Outlander hybrid car’s (PHEV) alarm has a glaring loophole that can make it easy for exploiters to turn it off through its onboard Wi-Fi. The weakness can be exploited with security […]
If you are an IT security researcher or a hacker and living in the Michigan State you may consider to move somewhere else or quit researching on cars — Newly proposed law may put you in the prison for life. The Michigan Senate has introduced new laws which could see anyone who hacks into a car’s […]
PwnedList is a tool that allows an average person to check if their accounts have been compromised — The company has decided to shut down its service on 16th May 2016. PwnedList, an online service which informs users whether their login credentials have been hacked or not has announced its shutdown on 16th May 2016 after a security […]
This bug bounty hunter hacked Facebook but soon realize there’s something fishy going on A hacker taking advantage of Facebook’s bug bounty program hacked into a Facebook employee through a web app was and saw someone else had already placed a malware in the system. The hacker who works for Taiwan-based outfit Devcore, Orange Tsai recently got […]
Kaspersky Lab’s Researcher Proves How Easy it is to Tamper with Moscow’s Traffic Sensors Thankfully, researchers of our age are not only interested in making everything smart and intelligent, but they are also thinking about making them safe and secure from prying eyes. Kaspersky Lab is one such company that stresses upon encouraging groundbreaking researches […]
While you might think that what a Russian APT group does to attack Ukrainian infrastructure has little to do with the life of an IT Admin, but they are providing a snapshot of where the battle against cyber crime is headed. 06:34, Raleigh, North Carolina – You can probably guess what kind of blog post […]
Internet Connected Sex Toys Vulnerable to Hacking — Hackers can not only remotely control smart sex toys but also record videos and make your life one miserable hell. Until now Internet-connected cameras, gas detectors, mobile phones, computers, and refrigerators were known to be vulnerable to cyber attacks but who would have imagined your sex toys […]
Hackers state that electronic voting machines in Brazil are deliberately flawed with serious vulnerabilities The electronic ballot boxes are controversial in Brazil, many experts believe that the electronic voting machines or ballot boxes are susceptible to fraud and hackers can easily change the results. But it seems it’s not the only problem: A hacker apparently […]
The reporter from USA Today claims his fellow passenger hacked his email during the flight while he was working on an article about Apple-FBI issue. Last year, Chris Roberts, a US-based IT security researcher exposed life-threatening vulnerabilities in United Airline’s in-flight entertainment system. The airline was then forced to start its first-ever bug bounty program. Now, Steven […]
Security researchers show how an attacker can access Nissan Leaf electric car by exploiting vulnerability in APIs By using the Application Program Interface or the list of protocols to be kept in mind while building a new software, by the car manufacturing giant Nissan, some security researchers have detected vulnerabilities in the mobile management APIs […]
The internet is abuzz with news about a new backdoor Trojan that is equipped with such advanced features that it can steal files, capture screenshots and record Skype conversations. The Trojan T9000 is an evolved and more advanced version of the older T5000 backdoor Trojan. T5000 was identified in 2013 and again in 2014 and […]
Millions of LG G3 smartphone users are at risk of losing critical personal data due to a severe security weakness dubbed as the ‘SNAP’ vulnerability. This vulnerability is so grave that it can lead to data theft, denial of service (DoS) attacks and phishing attacks on LG G3 smartphones. According to the blog post from […]
A new Linux malware has been discovered which aims to help criminals steal data and spy on the PCs of infected users. The renowned IT security software developers Dr.Web from Russia have discovered a new malware targeting Linux users with the ability to embed itself with JPEG file format and send a screenshot of user’s […]
Palo Alto Networks researchers have identified a unique malware that infects home PCs and transforms them into internet proxies using HTTP tunnel. As per Palo Alto researchers, a Russian company’s domain is being used by attackers, which inherently is a patent Web proxy service. The malware has been named ProxyBack and it was firstly discovered […]