Browsing tag
Twitter is down. Yes, the social media giant’s website and mobile apps are inaccessible at the moment. Visitors to the website were greeted by a message telling them that “Something is technically wrong”. “Thanks for noticing,” the message reads. “We’re going to fix it up and have things back to normal soon.” Mobile apps as well as […]
The Internet’s largest torrents platform Kickass faced major outage due to a series of powerful DDoS attacks by unknown hackers Kickass Torrents is the biggest torrent portal on the Internet. It is also listed in Alexa’s top 100 sites and therefore, it is often the target of DDoSing groups and cyber criminals from around the […]
Microsoft has released stats regarding Windows 10 usage worldwide which proves the point that user privacy is a very real concern Although, Windows 10 has been surrounded by controversies since its launch, it’s quickly becoming one of the most used operating systems today. The reason behind this increase in popularity is not the operating system […]
A Chrome Extension that can Virtually Make Donald Trump Disappear (From the Web Of Course). No need to wait for the government to take some much-needed steps, you can easily ban Donald Trump from the Internet at least. The latest Google Chrome Extension known as Trump Filter can eliminate the entire information available on the […]
In 2015, the hackers collective Anonymous probably garnered maximum headlines and initiated an array of top trending hashtags, so it can be said that the group had a pretty enjoyable yet hectic year. It was this year that Anonymous showed its disapproval of various personalities, policies and trends including the militant terrorist group Daesh or […]
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 […]
After using malware on pedophiles, law enforcement authorities in the United States have decided to add Hard-Drive Sniffing Dogs in their units who will search and find hidden hard-drives from suspects. Police dogs are known for helping their counterparts to identify contraband — The sniffing dogs can find hidden cash, drugs, and bombs, but now […]
ShortRead: A group of researchers have developed a system which can hack and steal data from any smartphone user. Today, one of the most troubling issues for smartphone users is its privacy and that points to the apps and websites they visit from the smartphone. Almost all websites and apps gather user’s data to get make […]
Short Bytes: In a recent interview with the VICE, Peter Sunde, co-founder, and ex-spokesperson for The Pirate Bay expressed his thoughts and said “I have given up”. He does not find himself capable enough to continue the fight against capitalism and centralisation of power prevailing in the recent years. Peter Sunde aka brokep expressed his […]
Tor has hired a former Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) executive director to lead its project that is aimed for making the cyber world lot more secure. Tor’s interim executive director, in a blog post, wrote: Shari Steele was selected in part for her experience in growing non-profits and “will be especially valuable as we continue […]
British government’s new investigatory bill (pdf) has a proposal on making it legal to hack smart toys in order to allow investigators to get to pry on suspects. A few weeks back an expert (Matt Jakubowski) showed how Wifi enabled Hello Barbie can be used to reveal Wifi network name, account IDs and MP3 files, though, spying on […]
MIT researchers claim they have developed “Vuvuzela” SMS Text Messaging System which is way more secure than Tor and provides guaranteed untraceable communication. The researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a messaging system that is, even more, secure than Tor and in reality, can create anonymous connections — Earlier this year, MIT and Qatar […]
The U.S. presidential candidates who were once supporters of the freedom of speech seem to have completely changed their ideas. Looking at the recent speeches from the leading voices in the U.S it seems they want to curb the freedom of speech, especially on the internet due to a terrorist group making use of it. […]
Some unknown cyber criminals have attacked a publicly funded network “Janet” which was used by many universities throughout the United Kingdom. On Monday morning, students from different universities began to face problem in accessing the network and soon it was discovered that the network has faced a DDoS attack which didn’t allow the student to […]
The official Twitter account of renowned Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir has been hacked by an unknown hacker who is now leaking screenshots of his personal emails. Hamid Mir, known for his journalist work and controversies has his Twitter account hacked and whoever is behind the hack is now leaking screenshots of Mir’s personal email and […]
The government of France is in discussions on blocking Tor anonymity network and also the shared and free wifi network during a state of emergency. These proposals may be laid down in 2 pieces of legislation, one state of emergency and other in relation to counter-terrorism. According to the documents, the reason for blocking wifi in […]
If your browser displays unwanted and wrongly placed ads such as an adult website ad on a website for kids or showing an ad where it simply cannot appear like on a government website then this means trouble. Such unwanted ads sometimes contain hidden software, which often are malicious or infected with malware which can […]
Do you want to watch the Saudi Arabian-led war in Yemen on your mobile device? Well, there is a guy who is officially posting everything about Yemen war on his Snapchat account. Saudi Arab’s military action is open for all and the pictures are being posted on Snapchat. The account is regularly updated which lets followers […]
Short Bytes: Ever heard of Shodan and ‘appreciated’ its capabilities? Here, you are going to read about another similar, but a smarter hacker’s search engine. This search engine is called Censys and powered by Google’s infrastructure. Read more to know how it works and its strengths. If you consider the usability and security factors, the humble routers […]
The latest Facebook scam asks users to download a video player — The price for this player is your login credentials. Facebook is gearing up itself to compete with YouTube in the online video streaming business and there’s no doubt that it is doing good but, there’s a problem with the social media giant and […]
Thailand police servers are the latest in the online breaches — This breach is a part of the campaign (#OpSingleGateway) launched by Anonymous against the Thai government. The server breach allowed Anonymous to leak private information regarding Thai officers and some evidence records. #OpSingleGateway is a campaign launched by Anonymous activists to protest and attract the […]