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When most of your Facebook timeline is flooded with news like cyber threats and security, how cyber criminals steal your money, and how the government snoops through your mails, you are bound to feel uneasy and immediately look out for methods to keep yourself safe. Normally you would Google your question and easily get more than […]
The most powerful intelligence and spy agency of Pakistan, specifically Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has now planned to tap all the Internet traffic that is entering or travelling through the international undersea cables passing through the country’s southern port city of Karachi. For those of you who don’t know, every government seems to be interested in […]
The online hacktivist Anonymous has been fighting an online battle against the Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL). And now they have just extended their fight against the organization by targeting those who express sympathy with the group’s ideology over social media platforms. The hacktivist group has using Japanese anime characters against a list of over 750 Twitter […]
Remember the Anonymous hackers behind the massive World Trade Center (WTC) leak? Well, he’s back with another breach and this time their target was the U.S. Census Bureau against TTIP/TPP. On 20th July 2015, the online hacktivist Anonymous breached into the official website of U.S. Census Bureau, accessed trove of data belonging to the Bureau’s officials and […]
We have heard about hacking websites, computers, planes, and other devices, but hacking a moving car? Well, it happened and it happened live. Hackers have tried and tested an exploit which was found in the onboard system of a Jeep Cherokee. They managed to remotely take over the control and crash the vehicle into a ditch […]
“How Government secretly read your e-mails with this insane law?“ “Snowden’s Revelations: XKEYSCORE is NSA’s search engine.” “Real-Time Cyber Attacks across the globe. ““NSA’s Privacy Breach: Coming through your front door this time.”These are just a few examples to remind you that you and your network are not as safe as you would wish to be. CyberGhost […]
Millions of Windows XP users are now left vulnerable to malware attacks as Microsoft has decided to terminate support and security updates for Microsoft Security Essentials package for Windows XP. For those of you who don’t know, Microsoft announced more than a year ago, on the 8th of April 2014 that the support for Windows […]
We all remember that game-changing personal hardware proxy device that guaranteed to provide you with Anonymous access to the Wi-Fi located up to 2.5 miles away from the actual location. The complete source code, blueprint as well as the detailed hardware specifications was planned to be unveiled during the Def Con Hacker Conference in the […]
Mozilla Firefox has blocked Adobe Flash Player and it’s a good news. If you are a regular Firefox user you must have faced this issue like whenever you open a website using flash it warns about blocking the flash part. The Firefox browser has blocked it until a new update being released; the only reason […]
Whenever your computer, smartphone device or any other Internet-capable gadget is connected to the Internet, there is always a risk of security threats. This is the reason why hacking has now become the norm. The privately funded organizations, as well as the government agencies, are using various cyber spy technologies and tools so that they […]
Scammers have become amusingly very popular in this day and age — They are the reason why holiday makers won’t keep their antennas down lest they get fleeced of their hard-earned holiday savings. Scamming, especially in July and August has hit its high as this is the season for booming business in the airline industry […]
The LG Update Center Application faces yet another threat of cyber attack as was discovered by SEARCH-LAB Ltd in November 2014. A loophole exists where the center’s SSL certificate lacks verification hence creating a loophole for man-in-the-middle attack on the connection between applications and the LG website (www.lgcpm.com). This gap then exposes LG handset users […]
In the wake of cyber crimes, a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack is something to be on the look-out for. Lately, these attacks have seen phenomenal growth not only with regard to the increasing number of cases but also to new twists of development they are gaining. DDoS attacks, as the name suggests, bar […]
From instant messaging to apps like WhatsApp and SnapChat, there are plenty of possibilities to chat on the Web, and many social media platforms are already available which allows you to create a chat room for group conversation. Now we have got one more similar but a great option in our list i.e. Hack.Chat, which allows […]
This weekend, Bryce Casavant who is a Canadian conservation officer was suspended from duty when he denied the orders to kill two black bear cubs after their mother was killed for repetitively raiding a freezer located at Port Hardy which was filled with salmon and meat. Now a series of emails has been released by […]
Taking Advantage of Hacking Team Leak, Hackers Target Users with Adobe Phishing Email. As you know Adobe flash is a software used on numerous Mac and PC platforms. It is no wonder hackers have targeted this software to launch their phishing attacks on innocent users. A successful attack means an access to personal information for […]
Last week we reported hackers are developing Android malware every 17 seconds, making it one of the most vulnerable OS ever. Now a spoofed copy of the popular app named as “BatteryBot Pro” requested unnecessary permissions from the user during installation in an attempt to get full control over the user’s Android device, a researcher […]
31-year old Lucas Chansler is set to serve 105 years, perhaps the remaining days of his life, in prison after admitting to yoking an estimated 350 girls or more to his perverted scheme. FBI is now searching for about 250 more victims, who were by then teenage girls, to come forward for interview and as […]
Let’s Welcome the New and Upcoming Phishing Scam —“Internet Capacity Warning.” Internet users are receiving an email that claims to be sent from the “Information technology Services’ Support Department.” It informs users that their internet capacity has reached 70% and, therefore, they need to contact support department to avoid problems. A “contact us” link is […]
The mysterious message Tweeted by Anonymous, the widely known hacktivist group, has left many wondering whether they were behind the cyberattack on NYSE, if it was a cyber attack. Their tweet stated that the next day would be a ‘bad day’ for Wall Street and less than a day after, it seems like this wasn’t just […]
The infamous spyware dealer, Hacking Team, has now begun to complain that their recently leaked Remote Control System (RCS) spyware tool which can be used to infect targeted computers with malware are now in the hands of criminals and terrorists. Actually, from one perspective, this Italian-based security firm is not wrong. Recently, their leaked source […]