Vevo’s channel hacked, YouTube safe and sound
2018-04-12
YouTube make it very clear that it didn’t suffer a hack, Vevo did. People began noticing early this morning that music videos from some of the most popular artists inRead More →
Vulnerability in Outlook let hackers to steal password hashes
2018-04-12
Most people rely on Outlook email address for work-related as well as personal tasks. Unfortunately, Outlook may not be as secure as we users would like to think. According toRead More →
Windows Server Events Should You Monitor
2018-04-12
It’s a common theme of security breach reports that most compromises go unnoticed for several weeks and that organizations had evidence of the breach in their event logs. The information securityRead More →
Wi-Fi Cracking
2018-04-11
Crack WPA/WPA2 Wi-Fi Routers with Airodump-ng and Aircrack-ng/Hashcat. This is a brief walk-through tutorial that illustrates how to crack Wi-Fi networks that are secured using weak passwords. It is notRead More →
Facebook’s way to access hospital patient records
2018-04-11
According to CNBC, Facebook had a secret plan. It wanted to capture data from hospitals about their most vulnerable patients, and match it up with user profiles on the world’sRead More →
Fake software update carries users to get hit by malware
2018-04-11
Cyber-criminals used compromised websites to distribute malware under the guise of updates to popular applications, including Adobe Flash, Chrome and FireFox. Information security training researchers find out that in several cases, theRead More →
ATMJackpot Malware Steal Cash From ATMs
2018-04-10
Dubbed as ATMJackpot, the new ATM malware has been identified by information security training researchers at Netskope Threat Research Labs. Initial investigation revealed that the malware originated from Hong Kong while theRead More →
AOL advertising platform compromised to mine cryptocurrency
2018-04-10
March 25th, 2018, malicious hackers compromised AOL’s advertising platform and modified its script to mine Monero cryptocurrency. The information security training researchers at Trend Mirco also found MSN’s web portal’sRead More →
macOS malware hit devices with malicious macros
2018-04-10
The perception about Apple devices is that they are protected from attacks by default which is not true. Information security training researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a new malware which theyRead More →
What happened to the Internet: attack on Cisco switches
2018-04-09
Let’s say that your internet connection suddenly went down or, perhaps, you cannot reach your favorite website. There’s a reason for that; according to our sources, there’s a massive attackRead More →
How to keep your ISP’s nose out of your browser history with encrypted DNS
2018-04-09
Using Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1, other DNS services still requires some command-line know-how. The death of network neutrality and the loosening of regulations on how Internet providers handle customers’ network traffic have raised manyRead More →
Sears and Delta Air Lines customer data have been exposed
2018-04-07
Personal data and payment information of Sears and Delta Air Lines customers may have been exposed in a data breach last year. Sears and Delta said they were informed lastRead More →
The 2 billion users of Facebook ought assume their data has been compromised, Zuckerberg
2018-04-07
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that all of its 2.2 billion users should assume their public data has been compromised by third-party scrapers. The source of this vulnerability is Facebook’sRead More →
Defiance in Securing Connected Hospitals
2018-04-07
In past researches, information security training experts examined internet-connected medical-related devices and systems such as databases, hospital admin consoles, and medical devices. The professionals also looked into the supply chain, which hasRead More →
Government websites go offline, possible mass cyber attack aimed at India
2018-04-07
A Mandarin character in an error message on the inaccessible website of the ministry of defense, and a tweet by the defense minister that hinted at a possible hacking, followedRead More →
Investigators Hijack Over 2,000 Subdomains in CloudFront Experiment
2018-04-06
Information security training experts from MindPoint Group, an information security firm, have hijacked over 2,000 subdomains from legitimate websites while researching possible vulnerabilities in Amazon’s CloudFront CDN service. Experts foundRead More →
Over 1000 Magento stores hit with cryptominer & credential stealing malware
2018-04-06
Leastways 1,000 Magento based websites including shops have been targeted and infected with this malware, say the information security training researchers. Threat analysis and cyber-security intelligence firm Flashpoint stated thatRead More →
A load of Intel CPUs have Spectre v2 flaw that can’t be fixed
2018-04-06
Intel won’t fix Meltdown nor Spectre for 10 product families covering 230-plus CPUs. Intel has issued new “microcode revision guidance” that reveals it won’t address the Meltdown and Spectre designRead More →
User HIV & location data shared with third-parties by gay dating app Grindr
2018-04-06
Grindr shared personal, HIV and geolocation-related data with two of its third-party contractors without informing users, information security training researchers said. As a way to make relationships safer, the gayRead More →
WhatsApp public groups can leave user data vulnerable to scraping
2018-04-05
WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton expressed outrage at Facebook’s privacy policies last month by tweeting “It is time. #deletefacebook.” But WhatsApp’s Facebook-like group chat features also have design flaws that jeopardize user privacy. Maybe it’sRead More →
