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Okta has introduced new password manager PassProtect in its latest, free Google Chrome browser extension. If you think that by keeping a strong and difficult password your account will remain safe from hackers, then you are mistaken. But, if you think that despite being featured in a data breach you can keep the same password […]
On May 15th, 2018, a man from Allen city Texas was arrested on suspicion of possessing child sexual abuse material and other explicit content but little did authorities know the man kept a trove of 58 terabytes of child sexual abuse material related data – Yes, 58 terabytes. The 39-year-old Richard Belden kept the data in different electronic devices which […]
On Thursday 24th May, the airport screens at Mashhad city in northeast Iran were hacked and defaced by an unknown group of hackers with messages against the Iranian government. The hackers left images on the arrival and departure monitor screens at the airport displaying statements against the Iranian government and military’s activities and presence in the Middle East. According to Radio Farda, […]
Looking for a free VPN service? Look no further, believe it or not, Pornhub has got your back. In the world of online censorship, it is difficult to get your hands on a reliable free VPN service without compromising your privacy or getting your data sold to third-party advertisers. But now, there is a solution from a […]
It is believed that the botnet was run by infamous Russian hacking group Fancy Bear. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized a domain believed to be hosting a botnet of 500,000 compromised routers and other IoT devices – The domain is believed to be operated by Russian hackers from Fancy Bear or Sofacy hacking […]
A popular teen monitoring app has become a victim of a data breach in which plaintext Apple ID passwords are believed to have been compromised. Dubbed as TeenSafe, the app is very popular among parents with over a million subscribers. It is popular because parents can track the whereabouts of their teens. It is advertised as […]
Another day, another irritating situation for The Pirate Bay fans. You are not alone, The Pirate Bay is down for everyone around the world. Those visiting The Pirate Bay right now can see error 502 message powered by Cloudflare stating that: “Thie page is currently offline. However, because the site uses Cloudflare’s Always Online™ technology you can […]
“Looks like we got hacked again, we’ll try to fix this,” said one of the moderators. An online forum designated for California’s First Congressional District debate was hacked by unknown hackers (or call them pranksters) right after opening statements from its participants Lewis Elbinger of Green Party and Lewis Elbinger of the Democratic Party. The debate […]
Hacking is no more the specialty of experts and professionals only. With the emergence of user-friendly hacking tools, the art can be easily aced by average users too. A majority of people want to know the best, free WiFi hacker tools to learn to hack on smartphones and desktops. Despite the availability of so many […]
Location tracking firm “LocationSmart” has been caught putting the physical security of US citizens at risk and its data collection tactics have opened a new pandora box. A United States-based location-as-a-service (LaaS) firm “LocationSmart” known for providing real-time location data of cellphones users in the country has been caught leaking that information due to a vulnerability in […]
Securus has not confirmed the breach but evidence suggests that they have been pwned. A couple of days ago the Dallas, Texas-based prison technology company Securus made headlines for assisting the Police in the United States to perform real-time cell phone tracking of mobile users in the country. Now, reportedly, Securus has suffered a data breach in which […]
The suspect is CIA’s very own former engineer accused of handing over Vault 7 series documents to WikiLeaks. The government of United States has claimed to identify the suspect who allegedly stole a trove of data belonging to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) detailing its hacking tools and secret cyber espionage campaigns targeting governments, unsuspected users, and businesses […]
According to a startling new report, the University of Cambridge has been using Facebook user data obtained from a popular personality app dubbed as myPersonality. The tool is used for implementing targeted marketing according to users’ personality type. The app was used by roughly 3 million Facebook users, which means their private data including answers to […]
We all are well-aware of the pervasive ways governments employ to spy upon its citizens and there is a proper system in place to deal with such methods. Such as, to allow surveillance; law enforcement authorities are required by law to provide a warrant to the cellphone companies in order to obtain data. But how to […]
PGP and S/MIME protocols are used to ensure that emails are being sent securely. However, users of these protocols are urged to stop sending emails using these protocols since a serious flaw has been identified that can expose contents of new and previous encrypted emails. Reportedly, Münster University of Applied Sciences’ professor of computer security […]
The city of Riverside’s Police and Fire department has been hit by a ransomware attack once again – This means the department has come under cyber attack for the second time in the last few weeks. Previously, the same department was under ransomware attack on April 23rd, 2018, in which unknown hackers compromised its computer […]
EE, a British mobile network giant owned by BT Group has been accused of leaving a critical code repository on an open-source tool protected by default username and password. A security researcher going by the Twitter handle of “six” found two million lines of code including access to the company’s private employee and developer APIs and AWS secret […]
A majority of users and companies are moving to Two-factor authentication (2FA) for enhancing the security of its data and systems. But contrary to popular belief, it cannot provide a fool-proof layer of security to online accounts since Kevin Mitnick at KnowBe4 has demonstrated that it is very easy to deceive this defensive measure. KnowBe4 […]
A hacker who hacked and defaced more than 11,000 websites including the official website of New York’s West Point Military Academy and the website of New York’s Controller Scott Stringer has been arrested from Los Angeles County, California. Billy Anderson, 41, used the name “AlfabetoVirtual” as his online handle to hack and deface government websites around the […]
Google Maps users need to stay vigilant as cybercriminals are taking advantage of an existing vulnerability in the program’s link-sharing service to spread links from malicious or compromised websites. According to Sophos, an IT security firm, cybercriminals cannot use official Google Maps URLs to redirect users to any site they want. However, an open redirect vulnerability that […]
It looks like these spyware developers are fans of popular porn star Mia Khalifa. Researchers at security firm Trend Micro have identified a dangerous new spyware that is being distributed via adult games. Dubbed as Maikspy spyware, the main target of this malicious new campaign are Android and Windows users. The primary objective of this […]