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Users hoping to see saucy “leaked” footages and pictures of celebs may fall prey to identity fraud- Warns Security Firm BitDefender Facebook users are in for a surprise if only they click on links promising never-seen-before nude pictures of celebrities from popular messaging app SnapChat. Renowned security firm BitDefender claims that this latest breed of […]
It seems that the tiny county in southeastern Virginia is the new victim of the pro-ISIS hackers as Team System DZ hacked the county’s website on Friday evening. Team System DZ, an Algerian based hacking team left a deface page along with “I love ISIS” message that appeared before 9 p.m. ET at the top […]
This news bit strengthens the presumption that hackers can make use of just about anything to fulfill their malicious motives. After the occurrence of Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris last week, what followed suite was the trending of #JeSuisCharlie. It became more like a display of solidarity. However, along with journalists, malwareorganizations are also following this viral trend […]
Originally this Russian website was designed for purely non-controversial spear-fishing activities, but now its log-in page has been compromised and displays a phishing page. The agenda of this campaign is to steal login details of Outlook Web App. Read More: Your Office Document may be Vulnerable to Malware: Warns Microsoft The Scam: According to security researchers […]
The Los Angeles Police Department has ordered some Tasers with built-in cameras that can actually record if the Taser is used. This comes right after the LAPD announced that it intended to buy around 8,000 body cameras just recently. The department has now placed an order for 3,000 Taser X26P smart weapons. When it is connected by Bluetooth, the […]
Countless American and United airlines’ User Accounts Stolen by Hackers – Dozens of free trips booked as hackers retrieve user ids and passwords via third party source. How would you feel if someone hacks into your personal user account and books a ticket using your money or steals your earned mileage? Of course you would sue […]
A bad news for Bitcoin fans and supporters. Some unknown hackers have target one of the world’s largest Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp.net and, as a result, $5M worth of bitcoin have been stolen. The United Kingdom and Slovenia-based Bitstamp exchange has taken their website offline in order to secure the remaining Bitcoin and making sure the hackers can not access […]
Syfy is teaming up with Relativity Television to produce a reality TV biz about hackers, according to media reports. The show will take the viewers �deep inside the shadowy and dangerous world of high-tech hackers for the very first time.� The Realtivity Television also produced MTV�s reality show series Catfish, a cyber-danger series based on […]
Facebook users, beware! A message from a Facebook page that claims CNN announcement regarding the finding of the missing AirASia Flight QZ8501 in Tacloban area of Philippines. The message invites you to click on a supposed image of the jet with a �Play� button on it just in case if�you want to see the breaking […]
JUDGE SLAPS FACEBOOK WITH PRIVACY VIOLATION RULING. U.S District Judge Phyllis Hamilton ruled thatFacebook must “face the consequences” of violating its users’ privacy by actually scanning the messages they have been sending to other users as a form of advertising. The US judge from Oakland, California deniedFacebook the right to dismiss the lawsuit but […]
Unknown hackers have hacked the computer systems of South Korea’s nuclear plant operator and leaked noncritical data claim the officials. The targeted institution was Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP), where latest designs and manuals of two reactors, personal details of over 10,000 workers, flow charts and estimates of radiation exposure among local residents were leaked. At the moment […]
Recent events have steered the national focus onto aggressive law enforcement and the public is not at ease with the situation. Physical and aggressive police behavior has people wondering what else is in store for them. Well, they didn’t have long to wonder as new information is emerging regarding a different type of aggressive policing. […]
The hacktivist group Anonymous has taken down the official website of City of Cleveland – Ohio, against the shooting and killing of a 12-year-old boy going with the name of Temir Rice. In a YouTube video message, Anonymous had warned the Cleveland police department to conducted an investigation, reveal the identity of officer who shot […]
Electronic cigarette manufacturers may have highlighted its numerous benefits to letting you lead a healthy, stress-free life, what they certainly did not highlight was that the device can be used for malware distribution as well. Electronic cigarettes, popularly known as e-cigarettes, produce vapors simulating smoke of a real cigarette and to do this the device […]
Last week, RedHack, the world’s first and oldest hacktivist hacker group dating to 1997, had claimed to compromise data of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEİAŞ) in a move against the cutting of 6,000 olive trees in the Aegean town of Yırca, Turkey to construct a power plant. After breaching the company website, the hacker group […]
WhatsApp has made its new option ”blue ticks” an indication that a WhatsApp message has been read. The feature, introduced just a couple of days ago, has been quite unpopular among its users for lack of privacy and to keep the nagging out. The option is available default; however, if the users wish they can […]
Microsoft has released an emergency update on Tuesday to patch a security flaw in the Windows operating system (that remained unnoticed for 19 years). Amazingly, this vulnerability was present in every version of Windows including Windows 95 to Windows 8, allowing hackers to take control of any computer remotely whenever a user visits a malicious website. […]
Big news from Facebook, if you are a Tor user! Facebook has developed a link that will allow Tor users to browse freely on the site. The link is generated to discriminate Tor users from botnets which the Facebook server detects once a person is browsing through an anonymous browser. Kindly, login via following link […]
The FBI is trying its best to convince an ambiguous regulatory body in Washington to modify its operation rules with the aim of possessing new powers to hack into and perform surveillance of computer systems all over the world. In response, civil liberties groups are of the view that this rule modification will bring great […]
Street crimes? not a problem now! With the newly designed jackets one can easily track down thieves and alert the respective authorities. During recent times, authorities in New York and London were researching a system through which they can eliminate street crimes and track down the criminals. Reacting to this a South Korean designer “Jehee […]
An Iranian hacker going with the handle of MoHaMaD VaKeR hacked and defaced the official sub-domain ofTelecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of United Arab Emirates (UAE), two days ago on 25th Oct 2014. The targeted sub-domain reportedly belongs to IPV6 training forum. Hacker left a deface page along with a message on hacked domain, bashing the site admin […]