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For those who were complaining about the size of iPhone 5, this guy from the Fresno State owes his life to iPhone 5. A smartphone can take a life and it can also save a life, same happened with a Fresno state student who was on his way home when an unidentified gunman, in an attempt to […]
If you see a crude poem on an electronic signpost, it is not the handy work of the municipal authorities rather, it is the work of an annoyed, attention-seeking hacker. Reality is definitely stranger than fiction. Until now we believed that hackers used vulgar content to blackmail users but now they have gone a step further […]
The hack revealed the inner workings of the studio, as well as the personal information of more than 47,000 celebrities, freelancers, and current and former Sony employees. Sony Pictures has reached a settlement agreement with nine former employees who sued the studio claiming their personal information was stolen in a hack last year related to […]
The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) website was taken down by the cyber-attackers using Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, apparently as an act of revenge for taking the users of Lizard Squad users under custody. After the DDoS attack, the website remained offline for more than three hours. This happened just within a […]
If you are using Facebook, there is certain information which should never be used whatsoever. The primary reason behind using Facebook is to share your life and views with friends and family but don’t ever share these five personal bits of information on the social network – ever because when it comes to Facebook, some details are […]
It looks as if users really don’t care for their online privacy — That’s why despite all the privacy concerns Windows 10 is now in 75 Million devices worldwide? Microsoft’s latest Windows operating system, Windows 10, which is being offered as a free upgrade for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 users, is now successfully […]
A US court has sentenced a 17-year old Virginia teen for 11 years in prison after his association with the so-called Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) was proved. Reportedly, the accused Ali Shukri Amin, handled a powerful pro-ISIS Twitter account (@Amreekiwitness) which had attracted some 4,000 followers by the time it was officially shut down. Through this Twitter […]
Security researchers have suggested that corporations and enterprises should block all of the encrypted and anonymised traffic that they are receiving through a network called The Onion Router (widely known as TOR) in an attempt to secure their corporate networks …… And also to prevent themselves from becoming legally responsible for cyber attacks, distribution of […]
The state of Maryland has witnessed an unusual case of package delivery; two individuals were found attempting to smuggle a few articles of contraband into the Cumberland prison, using a drone as their mode of delivery. The two men (Thaddeus Shortz and Keith Brian Russell) were located and arrested on Highway 220, which is in […]
The privacy concerns of Windows 10 users have reached new heights as the recent reports advice that Microsoft has implemented a feature in their latest operating system that gives them the ability to delete pirated software and torrents from the user’s hard drive. These reports were enough for the private torrent trackers to take a […]
Back at the beginning of this month, we reported that how Microsoft has planned to spy on its users by releasing their latest operating system Windows 10. Many didn’t know that this latest version of Windows has a capability to silently capture and send user data to Microsoft servers, without user’s consent. [must url=”https://www.hackread.com/windows10-spies-shoud-be-ban-in-russia/”]Windows 10 […]
After the release of Windows 10, we reported how the operating system spies on its users and how to disable selected features to stop the OS from spying on you. Now Russian state agencies, lawyers and lawmakers have demanded a ban on Windows 10 claiming that the OS spies on its users and infringes the […]
Spotify wanted to collect everything that you don’t want to share with strangers and that includes your personal photos. The Internet is overflowing with the reports about a music streaming service – Spotify, who has revealed an updated version of its privacy policy created an online counterattack against the service provider. [must url=”https://www.hackread.com/stolen-accounts-bogus-nypd-badges-dark-web-market/”]Stolen Accounts, Spotify […]
On Tuesday, a former United States embassy employee and a resident of Atlanta, Michael C. Ford has been accused of sextortion attempts including hacking and cyber stalking which involves approximately 250 women. According to the Justice Department, the ex-state department employee apparently stole sexually-explicit videos, pictures, passwords and other personal information of the victims as […]
University of Virginia the latest to suffer Hack Attack — The attack allegedly originated from China. This weekend the University of Virginia had to shut down some of its online systems to respond to a cyber-attack. UVa has now also joined the league of universities that have already experienced a data breach lately. [must url=”https://www.hackread.com/china-great-cannon-blocks-websites/”]‘Great […]
The latest trend of vehicle hacking started by the DefCon and BlackHat security conferences has ignited a battle between the car manufacturers and hackers. Back in 2012, a research was conducted by three European researchers about the Megamos Crypto transponder, which is being used widely by hundreds of vehicle manufacturers around the world including Audi, […]
A group of Turkish hackers hacked and defaced the official website of Unicef India (The United Nations Children’s Fund) last Sunday. A group of three Turkish hackers going with the online handles of RootDevilz, Jonturk75 and Bozkurt97 claimed responsibility for defacing the official website of Unicef India with one of their own page along with a message […]
After momentary calmness, the Pentagon has planned to double the number of U.S. drone flights by 2019. This increment would help military chiefs with an increased access to the intelligence while improving their firepower. This bold step has raised concerns about the forthcoming military drone strikes. [must url=”https://www.hackread.com/surveillance-drones-now-being-deployed-on-german-railway-stations/”]This Aerial Assault Drone Can Hack Computers Inside […]
The Zero-day vulnerability presented by IBM’s researchers Or Peles and Roee Hay will affect all Android devices. The two researchers from IBM’s X-Force Application Security Research Team presented a paper titled One Class to Rule Them All at the USENIX WOOT 2015 Security Conference held in Washington D.C. [must url=”https://www.hackread.com/android-malware-development-17-sec/”]Hackers Develop Android Malware Every 17 […]
Aran Khanna, a Harvard student, was deprived of a chance to intern at Facebook after he exposed a critical privacy related flaw in the social network’s Messenger service in one of his creations. Khanna released a Chrome extension in May called Marauder’s Map, which showed the location of your friends using the location data. This […]
A video demonstration by the University of California researchers how a simple text message can control your car. The months of July and August have been bad for the automotive industry, thanks to the hackers who found out how easy it is to hack Jeep Cherokee leaving 470,000 vehicles vulnerable. As if that wasn’t enough when another hacker demonstrated […]