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Reportedly, US military wives were threatened with death threats by Russians impersonating as IS hackers. In one of the reported incidents, which occurred in February 2015, army wife Angela Ricketts received death threats while enjoying a bubble bath in her home located in Colorado. She received a message from someone at Facebook on her iPhone, […]
On May 3rd, 2018, Russia’s media and communication regularity authority Roskomnadzor blocked over 50 virtual private networks (VPNs), Web Proxies and Anonymizers in the country amid its crackdown against the Telegram messaging service. So far, there has been no official announcement from Roskomnadzor but the Russian News Agency TASS has confirmed the censorship and reported that the decision affects those services […]
Kaspersky Lab has discovered a brand new cyber-spying campaign targeting Android users via Telegram chat app and infected websites while watering holes is the preferred attack vector. Watering holes is a technique in which famous websites are infected with malware so that visitors unknowingly get their devices infected. The main targets of this campaign are users […]
Abbott has recalled around 350,000 implantable defibrillators for firmware upgrading because these devices are identified to be containing life-threatening flaws and vulnerable to exploitation. The company, formerly known as St. Jude Medical, has recalled such a huge number of devices to patch the flaw and protect patients from putting their lives in danger through hacked […]
Security researchers at Netscout’s Arbor Networks’ Security Engineering & Response Team (ASERT) have claimed that the seemingly harmless software LoJack, which is an anti-computer theft program, is actually serving as an espionage facilitator. As per the report published on Tuesday, LoJack is actually plagued with malware that is suspected to have a connection to the […]
Last year in September Americas Cardroom (ACR), a popular online poker site and its Winning Poker Network (WPN) suffered a series of massive DDoS attacks forcing the company to pause all of its ongoing tournaments – In that attack, unknown attackers demanded a ransom from the company in order to stop attacking their servers Now, […]
Bezop, a cryptocurrency startup exposed highly personal details of more than 25,000 of its investors online which were publicly accessible to anyone with an Internet connection. The platform which is supported by John McAfee left the personal details exposed due to an unprotected MongoDB database. The exposed data included full names, email addresses, physical addresses, wallet information, […]
Modern-day vehicles have become overly digitized for the sake of offering advanced technicality to drivers. However, being digital cannot ensure optimal security and the same has been the case with smart cars. Security researchers Daan Keuper and Thijs Alkemade from Computest claim that some of the car models manufactured by Audi and Volkswagen contain a […]
The updated version of GravityRAT malware evades detection by checking the current CPU temperature – It is believed that the malware could be sent out from Pakistan. Cisco Talos research team has identified that the Remote Access Trojan called GravityRAT malware has been updated by its developers, who have been identified to be “The Invincible” […]
On Friday at 2:30 am Arizona highway sign was hacked as in illegally accessed by unknown culprits who defaced it with “Hail Hitler” text. According to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO), the incident was witnessed by a driver who reported it to the police. Initially, they tried to turn off the hacked highway sign but failed to do so since […]
Do you want to transfer data from Android to iPhone? Here are three simple steps to follow. Ever since the world has stepped into the 21st century, the evolution of technology has picked up rapidly. Newer versions of existing technologies are entering the market so rapidly that it is becoming impossible to keep up with […]
It is a fact that a MacBook cannot be easily hacked and to pull off this incredible feat, the attacker either needs a sophisticated malware or requires physical access to the computer. Once an attacker has acquired physical access, it will be quite easy to perform a variety of attacks. Exploiting a machine by acquiring physical […]
The master key hack has the capability of unlocking not hundreds or thousands but millions of hotel rooms, claim F-Secure security researchers. Until now, we had believed that it is easier to break into hotel rooms doors using the old-fashioned manual keys and electronic keys are quite reliable in maintaining security. However, cyber-security firm F-Secure […]
The official website of Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy and coal was hit by a ransomware attack, as a result, the website has been compromised by malicious hackers asking for ransom in Bitcoin. The attack took place at 7.34am GMT today when hackers left a message on the website in English demanding ransom payment in Bitcoin to get the […]
Nintendo Switch has fans across the world; the gaming console has garnered success worldwide and has remained in high demand since it was launched last year. According to Katherine or Kate Temkin, the Switch’s Nvidia Tegra X1’s USB recovery mode has a serious hardware flaw that allows running arbitrary code on all current models of […]
Serious Vulnerabilities Identified in Austrian Ski Lifts Control System Can Disrupt its Operations- Researchers Claim. The impact of last year’s hack attack on the internal network of Romantik Seehotel Jaegerwirt, the famous 111-year-old 4-star Austrian hotel, is still far from over. In that particular incident guests at the hotel couldn’t enter their rooms because the […]
Newly discovered botnet malware called SquirtDanger is widely Distributing, selling, and trading in the global underground market and infect the victims to steal the sensitive information. This Malware was created by the well-known Russian cybercriminal “TheBottle” who is actively creating dangerous malware families and selling it to underground forums. Beside of this SquirtDanger investigation, TheBottle […]
SquirtDanger is Capable of Draining Crypto-wallets, Killing Process, Stealing Passwords from Web Browser and Taking Screenshots. In a new research report published on April 17, Palo Alto’s Unit 42 researchers revealed that there is a freshly identified strain of malware that takes screenshots, download files, steals passwords as well as drains cryptocurrency wallets. The botnet […]
You are not alone, The Pirate Bay is down for everyone for over 7 hours. If you are a torrent fan and visiting The Pirate Bay website (ThePirateBay.og) right now you may see Cloudflare’s Error 502 message. This is because The Pirate Bay is currently down and offline for visitors around the world. The error […]
Doctors Demonstrate Dangers of Hacked Medicine Pumps By Simulating Emergency Overdose. The key points explored at the ongoing RSA 2018 included situations to which medical practitioners aren’t trained to deal with. Such as someone hacking a medicine pump and modifying doses leading to overdosing of a particular medicine. At the conference, doctors also simulated a […]
The IT security researchers at Radware have discovered a sophisticated malware campaign targeting unsuspecting Facebook users in the name of a painting application called ‘Relieve Stress Paint.’ As a result, tens of thousands Facebook accounts have been compromised in the last couple of days. [squaread][/squaread] The application is available on a website which takes advantage of Unicode representation […]