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An organized network of Camgirl sites has reportedly exposed personal data of millions of sex workers and users who participated in sessions on those sites. Simply put: A bundle of databases was left exposed to the public without any authentication. Originally discovered by security researchers at Condition:Black; the exposed network belonged to Barcelona, Spain’s based […]
So, you run the publication’s website or maintain your own blog. You publish what you think is necessary, and someone may not like it. Potentially, your blog is at risk and can become a target of hacker attacks. To prevent cyber-attacks, you need to be able to protect your site by building up the all-round defense. Protect? But from what? You should be able to protect your […]
The top 5 passwords used by the Technology industry among Fortune 500 Companies were “passw0rd,” and “abc123.” The dark web is one of those places that is either underestimated or highly exaggerated by many but when it comes to hackers and cybercriminals dark web marketplaces are a safe haven. Recently, ImmuniWeb, an IT security company […]
Amongst the various reasons out there to buy an iPhone, one of them is definitely going to be clear after this article. In the latest, another malware named xHelper is on the rise of infecting Android based devices, a number staggering over 45,000. Symantec which happens to be one of the initial discoverers has reported […]
MalwareBytes has identified a new malware strain that has affected 45,000 Android devices to date. The malware dubbed xHelper is seven months old and has already reached the MalwareBytes’ top 10 list of malware in the month of August. According to security researchers, this malware has one of the most efficient methods to disguise itself […]
One of the most frequently used messenger services out there is Discord among others. Lately, they have been in trouble due to their Microsoft Windows app being infected with malware. Since it is built using an opensource framework named Electron. For those who don’t know Electron relies heavily on the 3 basic web languages: HTML, […]
CPDoS can be used to attack content delivery networks (CDNs) to serve error pages instead of legitimate sites through caching. Freshly termed as a Cache Poisoned Denial of Service (CPDoS) attack, two academics from the Cologne University of Applied Sciences in Germany have discovered [PDF] how content delivery networks can be attacked to serve error […]
Users today realize that they may get hacked, logically because they’re no experts at cyber-security and attackers smarter than they are out there. Yet, a bitter truth amidst this realization is that laymen are not only vulnerable, the world’s securest companies also get breached now and then. To take it a step further, those who […]
Just today, the cyber security giant Avast revealed in a blog post that they were hacked in May earlier this year in an attempt they have termed as “Abiss.” Leveraging on the compromised VPN profile of an employee that did not require 2FA, the intruder was able to gain domain admin privileges through privilege escalation […]
Google Play Store policies clearly state that Android apps cannot update or modify from third party sources other than Google Play Store themselves. But a report suggests that the UC browser went ahead and violated Google Play Store policies. The popular browser, with over 600 million downloads, made its users vulnerable to man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attacks […]
“This hidden site has been seized,” says the marketplace’s homepage. The Dark Web’s largest and most profitable child pornography website dubbed “Welcome to Video” has been seized and its operator charged by a federal grand jury in the United States. According to the Department of Justice’s (DoJ) press release, the site hosted 8 terabytes of […]
One of the apps was found dropping recently surfaced “The Joker” malware. A report published by Russian antivirus developer Doctor Web has revealed that despite implementing the latest security features Google Play Store is still home to loads of dangerous malware, adware, and spyware. These malicious apps aim at personal as well as banking data […]
“There is no way to tell his story without telling my own. And if his story is a confession, then so is mine.” – Captain Benjamin L. Willard, Apocalypse Now. 16:05, Atrium Bar President Hotel, London – Having spent a quarter of a century in information technology and thirteen years in one uniform or another […]
“Hey guys, I hacked back this criminal and got the whole database with (Mushtik ransomware) keys.” The last laugh – it’s something that everyone would like to have. Turns out, a German programmer by the name of Tobias Fromel had it in a very dramatic fashion. It all started when he was infected by the […]
Everything you do comes back to you. It’s called karma – This stood true for a hacker who hacked a programmer and got hacked by him in return. Germany-based programmer Tobias Fromel who was affected by Muhstik ransomware, released around 3,000 decryption keys as well as the free decryptor software which he acquired by hacking the […]
A quick Google search for the “most secure messaging apps” introduces you to “Signal – a private messenger.” Yet, who knew that it still would be vulnerable? On Saturday, September 29, Google’s Project Zero team which is responsible for finding previously unknown exploits discovered that calls on the app could be answered even if the […]
In September alone, over 335 million Android users were tricked into downloading malware-infected apps from the Google Play Store. In all, 172 apps containing threats such as adware and automatic sign-up for fraudulent subscription services circumvented Google’s store security mechanism called Play Protect. The information was released on Tuesday, October 1st by ESET’s security researcher […]
In the still earlier years of Facebook, around 2009, Farmville was the go-to game for me and thousands of users on Facebook. Built by Zynga, an American game developer, it surely made our lives more fun. However, the company has many more famous titles to its name. One such game named “Words with Friends” was […]
Once hacking Yahoo Mail accounts, the employee also compromised accounts to access his victims’ Dropbox, Facebook, Gmail, and iCloud accounts. Yahoo Mail has more than 200 million active users around the world and that makes it a lucrative target for cybercriminals but this time an insider at Yahoo is making headlines for all the wrong […]
Divergent or Nodersok? A new fileless malware emerges in the wild. The payload termed “Divergent” by Cisco Talos Researchers and “Nodersok” by Microsoft utilizes Node.exe – an implementation by Microsoft of NodeJS – along with a legitimate program named WinDivert – a packet capture tool – to make up the malware. According to Microsoft, thousands […]
In certain countries, the populace holds a deep bond with their armed forces. Reasons such as patriotism, giving back and love for freedom can often be attributed to such emotions and this holds true for the USA as well. Therefore, its own way, The U.S Chamber of Commerce hosts an online website at “hiringourheroes.org” to […]