In an attack aping the work of the infamous Lizard Squad hacking group, the similarly titled Phantom Squad has claimed responsibility for a DDoS attack on Microsoft’s Xbox Live service.Read More →
We believe the payload belongs to a new iOS Trojan family that we’re calling “TinyV”. In December 2015, Chinese users reported they were infected by this malware. After further research,Read More →
Facebook doesn’t appreciate the effort, threatens to sue. Wesley Wineberg, an independent security researcher, participating in Facebook’s bug bounty program, managed to crack his way through Instagram defenses and almost getRead More →
IN AN AGE when hackers hire themselves out to organized crime schemes and sell secret intrusion techniques to spy agencies, Samy Kamkar takes a more fun-loving approach to dropping zero-dayRead More →
Fixed by Microsoft’s latest patches, bug could be “enterprise killer,” says researcher. One of a heaping collection of critical bug fixes pushed out by Microsoft on December 8 as partRead More →
Backdoor in NetScreen firewalls gives attackers admin access, VPN decrypt ability. An operating system used to manage firewalls sold by Juniper Networks contains unauthorized code that surreptitiously decrypts traffic sentRead More →
Grub Vulnerability : You can Hack into a Linux PC/laptop just by pressing ‘Backspace’ 28 times Most of us swear by Linux as a super secure operating system but twoRead More →
Digital forensics is one of the fields often overlooked by aspiring hackers. In a rush to exploit every and any system they can, they often ignore learning digital forensics—the fieldRead More →
So you’re like one of those people who have a really bad memory. You fail to reach appointments on time, forget your mom’s birthday, or the name of the restaurantRead More →
Trio of threats assaults unsuspecting Comcast Xfinity users. Some users visiting the Comcast Xfinity portal faced a triple threat these past days, being taken on a wild ride by a maliciousRead More →
