BackBox Linux 4.7 Distro with Kernel 4.4 LTS and updated hacking tools released. After being in development for a couple of months, the BackBox distro based on Linux 4.7 andRead More →
An unknown hacker has stolen at least $300,000 in Augur and Ether cryptocurrency from Bo Shen, the founder of venture capital firm Fenbushi Capital, and one of the early adoptersRead More →
Dirty COW (designated as CVE-2016-5195) is a Linux vulnerability that was first disclosed to the public in October 2016. It was a serious privilege escalation flaw that allowed an attacker toRead More →
Hacking, which was once considered the exclusive domain of the “experts” has become very common phenomenon with the rise of technology and advancements in the mobile field. Android phones areRead More →
Millions of readers who visited popular news websites have been targeted by a series of malicious ads redirecting to an exploit kit exploiting several Flash vulnerabilities. Since at least theRead More →
Sony has released firmware updates that remove a remotely exploitable backdoor account from 80 models of IP and security cameras. Because attackers can exploit the backdoor account via a well-craftedRead More →
Russian bank VTB said Monday its websites had been hit by a cyberattack, following Friday’s announcement by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) that it’s anticipating DDoS attacks on the country’s financialRead More →
An unknown hacker has supposedly breached video sharing platform DailyMotion and stolen details for 87.6 million accounts, belonging to approximately 85 million users, according to data breach index website LeakedSource.Read More →
Security researchers find easy to exploit vulnerability. North Korea is one of those countries whose governments pushed for the migration to a domestically-developed operating system that’s supposed to be moreRead More →
The last update for the Uber app raises great concerns because it asks to track users’ location even when they’ve been dropped off and exited the program. The last updateRead More →
The Russian central bank says it managed to recover about $26 million, but it did not say if that meant the rest had been stolen. Hackers broke into accounts atRead More →
Security experts from CloudFlare observed a new botnet that emerged in the wild and it could be dangerous as its predecessor Mirai. Which is the most dreaded botnet in theRead More →
xHamster is a free porn website and does not need details of credit or debit cards. If you are one of those who subscribed to the famous adult entertainment websitesRead More →
Since a full proof of concept for CVE-2016-0189 vulnerability was published on GitHub, Zscaler ThreatLabZ has been closely tracking its proliferation. The first copying of the exploit code we spottedRead More →
According to the FSB unnamed foreign hackers are planning to undermine Russian Banks with cyber attacks and PSYOPS via social media. The Kremlin is accusing unnamed foreign hackers of plottingRead More →
Scientists and medical professionals published a research paper in which they detailed a simple and inexpensive approach to creating a device that can be used to hack Implantable Cardiac DefibrillatorsRead More →
Only real defense for billions of devices is physically capping ports. Last year we wrote about the “USB Killer”—a DIY USB stick that fried almost everything (laptops, smartphones, consoles, cars) thatRead More →
As of December 1, 2016, US law enforcement has gained new hacking powers thanks to changes to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that now simplify theRead More →
For six months, the remote management app has opened users to code-execution attacks. For at least the past six months, a popular remote management app available in the official GoogleRead More →
Hacking Global Positioning System with GPS ‘Spoofing’ Can Lead To Fatalities. Imagine you are relying on Google Maps and suddenly it leads you to an unwanted/dangerous place. Up to nowRead More →
