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GitHub, the web-based Git repository hosting service is down right now and Turkish hackers from Turk Hack Team claim they are behind this attack. In an exclusive conversation with one of the hacker from THT on Twitter HackRead was told the reason for targeting GitHub (github.com) is nothing but fun. THT is the same group who last […]
In March, Motherboard reported Uber accounts had been stolen by hackers who were selling them on public forums for as low as $1. Now another report by the board claims that Uber has been hacked again, but this time the affected users are American citizens. Some of the Uber customers are complaining on Twitter that someone […]
A Canadian woman has been arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for hacking computers, taking over their webcams and spying on people. Police are positive that Valérie Gignac, a 27-year-old suspect is involved in hacking computers of innocent users with the help of malicious software, taking over their webcams, spy on people and loading x-rated websites. […]
Hackers are targeting users with a fake Facebook email tricking them into clicking an attached application to generate a trusted connection to the network— Attachment contains malware. Number of users around the world have reported a new scam from Facebook (which in reality is not from Facebook itself). Users who are scammed have reported an email from Facebook having […]
The South African Right2Know campaign has released its “Big Brother Exposed” report. The report revealed details about the way activists and community leaders are being “monitored, spied and harassed” by South African intelligence agencies. In Right2Know’s latest issue of “Big Brother” it was revealed that National Union of Metal workers (Numsa), has announced to lodge a […]
Today even the big financial players like PayPal, who are expected to deliver secured services to its users, aren’t safe from the hacking attacks and vulnerabilities. Actually they are the one who are constantly targeted by hackers. Here I am going to tell you about a critical remote code execution vulnerability that has been reported […]
You will not need your fingerprints or the face-detection feature of your phone very soon to ensure that your tablet or smartphone is safe and secure. Now, Yahoo researchers have come up with a new concept called Bodyprint, which claims to be a lot more reliable and all it requires is that you’re using a […]
University of Washington in Seattle’s research team managed to hijack a tele-operated surgical robot. This exposed major security vulnerabilities in machines that are eventually going to replace surgeons in hospitals all over the world. Telesurgical procedures have been performed by doctors since 2001 after a New York based surgeon removed a patient’s gall bladder successfully […]
Privacy is one of the biggest concern to everyone these days, and to respect your privacy, few days ago Google enabled the option to download and delete your search history. And here again, they came up with one more thing, now you can stop google from tracking you. Yeah, you heard it right, you can stop […]
Symantec reveals that nearly 1 million or around one-third of all Android apps are actually malware. The firm that exposed around 700,000 virus-laden apps in 2013, is now claiming that “17 percent of all Android apps (nearly one million total)” are actually malware in disguise. According to its latest Internet Security Threat Report, more than […]
A fake Facebook interface will display an attractive looking “Hot Video” link. If you hit Play button, you will be requested to download Flash Player. As usual, a Trojan will be installed on your computer if you agree to download the player — Beware of such links as this technique has become relatively common modus […]
Researchers have identified a relatively “common” cross-site scripting flaw (XSS) in some famous WordPress plugins — A coordinated plugin update has been released to address the detected cross-site scripting vulnerability. In case you are using any of the WordPress plugins mentioned below you must install the update released today to eliminate the “common” cross-site scripting vulnerability. Here […]
Researchers have identified a vulnerability in some Adobe Flash Player versions that can be exploited by attackers for spying on users having built-in webcams on their computers — The spying remains completely discreet. Flash player’s configuration panel allows creation of a list of sites that can access the device’s built-in microphone and webcam. Alternately, users […]
Chris Roberts (World Labs’ IT security expert) who recently identified risks in airplane in-flight entertainment systems became the target of FBI investigation himself. On Wednesday he was pulled off by two uniformed officials and two FBI officers from a United Airlines Boeing 737-800 commercial flight. All of his electronics were also confiscated by the officials. Chris Roberts is […]
The famous international, non-profit, journalistic organisation WikiLeaks published thousands of hacked Sony Emails. You can now access, read and search all the hacked documents — Sony is not happy about it. On Thursday, WikiLeaks published 170,000 emails and 30,000 documents belonging to Sony Pictures, acquired from world-renowned hack where North Korea was blamed for breaching Sony […]
DEA has been a client of the controversial Italian surveillance tech firm Hacking Team since 2012 — DEA has bought spyware capable of intercepting all sorts of communication. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) firstly placed an order in August 2012 and has bought the software called Remote Control System/RCS. This software can intercept telephone conversations, social […]
Edward Snowden finally is home. After showing up as a sculpture at Brooklyn Park and appearing on John Oliver’s show Last Week Tonight, Snowden is now marching all the way to the president’s house probably to find out who has the copies of his dick pics. Google Maps, on desktop and its mobile app, is […]
Researcher Aaron Spangler identified a bug in Internet Explorer back in 1997. This flaw allowed stealing of user credentials through Windows Server Message Block protocol. Now, after almost eighteen years, Cylance Wallace, a senior researcher at SPEAR research team, discovered a larger vulnerability while testing a messaging app keeping that particular bug in mind. This […]
Former security director suspected for tampering with lottery computers to win $14.3m Jackpot. According to prosecutors there is strong evidence suggesting that the former computer security head of a state lottery association entered the draw room, hacked the lottery computers and tampered with number generators to buy the winning ticket and receive $14.3m jackpot. The […]
Turkish hacker shutdown Vatican City official website against Pope Francis’ remarks in which he used the word ‘genocide’ to refer to mass killings of Armenians by Turks. The website was taken down just an hour ago after which the Turkish attacker (going with the handle of @THTHerakles) announced that he will keep targeting the site until an apology is […]
The National Security Agency wants tech companies to provide it a front door access to your data so it can spy on millions of Americans and international citizens. A battle is going on between the NSA/National Security Agency and prominent tech companies over allowing easy spying on millions of US and foreign citizens through approving front door access […]