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Infamous Chinese APT 10 hackers compromised over 10 Telecom networks around the world under the campaign called Operation Soft Cell and stealing various sensitive data including call records, PII, and attempting to steal all data stored in the active directory. APT 10 Threat actors known as one of the sophisticated hacking group in the world and […]
New research states that sophisticated hackers are now taping the Phone network by exploiting the SS7 protocol to steal money from the bank accounts by intercepting the messages. SS7( Signaling System No. 7) protocol used by Internet service providers and telecom companies to control the phone calls and text messages around the world. SS7 Attacks […]
Internet service providers hit with a new stealthy volumetric attack by injecting the malicious traffic with the legitimate traffic to evade detection. Attackers carry out an advanced reconnaissance method to covertly gathers information about mission-critical IP address and inject pieces of attack traffic with the legitimate traffic to evade detection. Nexusguard called this stealthy attack […]
Using Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1, other DNS services still requires some command-line know-how. The death of network neutrality and the loosening of regulations on how Internet providers handle customers’ network traffic have raised many concerns over privacy. Internet providers (and others watching traffic as it passes over the Internet) have long had a tool that allows them to monitor […]
The Pirate Bay is in hot water once again – This time the reason is the Netherlands where authorities have blocked The Pirate Bay resulting in 40% traffic drop. BREIN, the Dutch anti-piracy group, reports that a 40% drop in Dutch traffic to the domain of world’s most popular torrent download platform The Pirate Bay […]
As the FCC has attempted to abandon its role as the defender of a free and open Internet at the federal level, states are attempting ways to step into the void. Prior to December, the FCC’s rules prevented Internet service providers (ISPs) from preventing or slowing down traffic to websites. The rules also restrained ISPs […]
Take back your privacy. Lose yourself in the haystack. Your ISP is most likely tracking your browsing habits and selling them to marketing agencies (albeit anonymised). Or worse, making your browsing history available to law enforcement at the hint of a Subpoena. Needl will generate random Internet traffic in an attempt to conceal your legitimate […]
Are you sure that the version of WhatsApp or Skype or VLC Player installed on your device is legitimate? Security researchers have discovered that the legitimate download of several popular applications such as WhatsApp, Skype, VLC Player and WinRAR have been compromised at the ISP level to distribute known spyware also known as FinFisher FinSpy. […]
Defcon is the most important event for the DIY hacking community and this year too, the conference was held in the same spirit. We got to learn about a variety of novel hacking ideas such as the hacking of Voting Machines, hacking airborne drones, hijacking phone numbers and Internet connected car wash system etc. However, […]
A new interactive online tool named Internet Exchange Mapping (IXmaps) appeared earlier this week, and it shows if your data traffic passes through the NSA or not. Many prying eyes are out there, trying to discover everybody’s secrets and take a peek into everyone’s life. [squaread][/squaread] That’s why a team of faculty and students from […]
Short Bytes: The US Senate has voted to discard the broadband privacy rules that would have forced the ISPs to seek consumers’ permission before selling their personal and web browsing data. The Senate, with Republican Majority, voted 50-48 and made sure that FCC will be prevented from issuing similar rulings in future. The House, also […]
Short Bytes: In order to oppose the advent of mass surveillance programs in the UK, an engineer named Gareth Llewelyn demonstrated his OnionDSL system design involving Tor. He plans to become an internet provider through his company Brass Horn Communications. The surveillance melodrama has gathered much attention in the last 5 to 10 years. Whistleblower Edward […]