Hack Like a Pro: Using Sparta for Reconnaissance
2015-12-28
As all of you know, reconnaissance is critical to being successful in a pentest or hack. Recon is where we gather all the information we need to determine the bestRead More →
Adware Sneakily Turns Off Firefox Safe Browsing
2015-12-28
Mintcast adware uses user.js settings files for persistence.Two PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs) are secretly turning off Safe Browsing support in Firefox to make sure they can deliver unsolicited ads andRead More →
Anonymous Hacks Costa Rican Website Associated With Jurassic Park Island
2015-12-26
No, the hackers weren’t mad at any dinosaurs. On Christmas Eve, Egyptian hackers associated with the Anonymous Rabaa Team have defaced the website of the Ministry of the Environment in CostaRead More →
How to Become a Hacker
2015-12-26
Presently, there is a worldwide shortage of skilled hackers and salaries are rising rapidly. This is a great time to pursue a career in hacking—and this is a good timeRead More →
Hackers back down on threats to attack PlayStation and Xbox networks on Christmas Day
2015-12-26
A repeat of last year’s gaming outage looks to have been avoided after hacker group Phantom Group claimed it won’t target Sony and Microsoft. Last Christmas, gamers were outraged whenRead More →
Spying using Smartwatches and other wearable devices
2015-12-26
Wristband and armband devices such as smartwatches and fitness trackers could be used by attackers to spy on you! We have discussed several times about the possibility to exploit IoT devicesRead More →
Steam Servers Go Down for Christmas as SkidNP Hackers Begin Their DDoS Attacks
2015-12-26
Hacking group keeps its promise, downs Steam for Christmas.The SkidNP hacking group kept their promise and started attacking Steam servers on Christmas, after a spat with Phantom Squad earlier thisRead More →
India temporarily bans Facebook’s controversial free internet service
2015-12-24
Facebook’s plan to bring limited, free internet access to India has hit a hurdle: a regulator in the country wants it blocked. India’s telecom regulator has asked that the service beRead More →
13-Years-Old Software Bug Led to the Early Release of 3,200 US Inmates Each Year
2015-12-24
Coding snafu leads to prisoners getting out of jail too soon.Washington state Governor Jay Inslee has admitted to a software error on the part of the Washington State Department ofRead More →
Hyatt Hotels attacked with payment-card stealing malware
2015-12-24
Hyatt Hotels Corp said on Wednesday that its payment processing system was infected with credit-card-stealing malware in an attack discovered three weeks ago, the latest in a series of breachesRead More →
Riddle of cash-for-malware offer in new Raspberry Pi computers
2015-12-24
The Raspberry Pi Foundation was offered cash to smuggle malware onto its bargain-basement credit-card-size computers, we’re told. Liz Upton, the Foundation’s director of communications, today revealed an email from aRead More →
U.S. Says Hacker Stole IDs and Unreleased Scripts From Host of Celebrities
2015-12-23
An email popped into the inbox of a famous radio host this month, sent by a young man from the Bahamas, with an offer he hoped would turn the headRead More →
Whatsapp Crash V2 – crashing PC browser and mobile app
2015-12-23
Last year I together with my friend Sourav Kar made the world’s smallest code which could crash whatsapp. In a video demonstration, we have showed that how a 2000 wordsRead More →
Cybercriminals using Facebook to push Spy Banker trojan
2015-12-23
Cybercriminals are using the friendly face of Facebook and Twitter to distribute banking trojans that are specifically targeting Brazilians. The attackers are targeting Brazilian Portuguese-speaking users and are using social engineeringtacticsRead More →
Quantum cryptography ‘is vulnerable to attack’
2015-12-23
Quantum cryptography, considered to be one of the most complex and unbreakable methods of encryption, has been found to be vulnerable to attack, according to a major new study. PublishedRead More →
Yahoo to Warn Users of State-Sponsored Attacks
2015-12-23
Yahoo has announced it will follow in the footsteps of Twitter and Facebook and begin warning users when it believes their accounts have been targeted by a state-sponsored actor. BobRead More →
HACKERS GRAB DELUGE AND QBITTORRENT USER DATABASES
2015-12-22
The websites of the torrent clients Deluge and qBittorrent, as well as the torrent site SumoTorrent, have reportedly been compromised. Access to the stolen user information including emails and hashedRead More →
Angler exploit kit includes the code of a recent Flash flaw
2015-12-22
A security researcher discovered a new variant of the Angler exploit kit that includes the exploit code for a recently patched Adobe Flash Player flaw. The French security researcher “Kafeine”Read More →
Oracle settles with FTC over Java’s “deceptive” security patching
2015-12-22
Commission faults Oracle’s Java SE update process with making consumers’ computers insecure. Oracle received a public slap on the wrist from the US Federal Trade Commission over Java SE, the desktopRead More →
Hack Brief: Hello Kitty Sites Spill Details of 3.3 Million Users
2015-12-22
SANRIO, THE TOKYO-BASED owner of the Hello Kitty brand, may be Japan’s global purveyor of kitschy cuteness. But the leak of 3.3 million of their website’s registered users’ data isn’tRead More →
