A hacker using the pseudonym “Peace” has uploaded what purports to be a data dump of 200 million Yahoo accounts to an underground marketplace called The Real Deal. The technologyRead More →
While many email providers, clients, and anti-spam engines have become adept at detecting spam, malicious messages sent via high-profile, legitimate providers are much harder to catch. Threat actors continue toRead More →
Short Bytes: Google Hacking is the method to access information that’s publicly available, but not intended for public distribution. Using certain intelligent search techniques, one can land unexpected results onRead More →
Fueled by the lack of Pokémon GO in Brazil, a hacker group called OurMine took control of Niantic CEO John Hanke’s Twitter account today. Hanke and the development team atRead More →
Israeli experts discovered a vulnerability within the JavaScript that proxy PAC files that allows HTTPS URLs interception via Proxy Attacks. Israeli security firm, Safebreach, has discovered a vulnerability within theRead More →
Even 2FA can run up against limitations—like this Find My iPhone attack. As a graduate student studying cryptography, security and privacy (CrySP), software engineeringand human-computer interaction, I’ve learned a thing or twoRead More →
Website is currently down, nobody knowns who hacked it. Between July 7 and July 26, the date of the last reported hack, the website of the Harrison city council, townofharrison.com, hasRead More →
GCHQ’s JTRIG team targeted more than hacktivists. Mustafa Al-Bassam, aka tFlow, co-founder of the LulzSec hacking crew, published today more details about how the GCHQ used the covert Joint Threat ResearchRead More →
In April, an independent researcher launched a tool called OnionScan, which probes dark web sites for various vulnerabilities and other issues. Now, another researcher has described how to deploy thatRead More →
Scammers exploit the recent a wave of attacks to trick victims with phishing offensive and steal sensitive data from the unaware users. Crooks always exploits the media attention on tragicRead More →
Our team recently discovered a new Android Trojan called SpyNote which facilitates remote spying. The builder, which creates new versions of the malware, recently leaked on several malware discussion forums.Read More →
Do you know that you can access your WeChat, Line and WhatsApp chats on your desktop as well using an entirely different, but fastest authentication system? It’s SQRL, or SecureRead More →
TIM BRYANT AND Brian Knudson spent two years preparing for the Cyber Grand Challenge, a $55 million hacking contest cooked up by Darpa, the visionary research operation inside the U.S.Read More →
Short Bytes: Peter Sunde, co-founder of The Pirate Bay, talked about the decentralization of the torrent ecosystem on TorrentFreak’s audio podcast series Steal The Show. Sunde said that relying onRead More →
The HTML Source Code Viewer app by Sunuba Gaming poses as a development tool then steals pictures and videos from mobile devices. Last time we blogged about malware on GoogleRead More →
Attackers can collect your HTTPS Web traffic history. Alex Chapman and Paul Stone from Context, a UK cyber security consultancy firm, have discovered a new attack method using the WPAD protocolRead More →
When ransomware authors compete on the black market, sometimes victims benefit. This time we got access to private keys of the Chimera ransomware. They have been leaked online and sharedRead More →
Short Bytes: TOR anonymity network is one of the most useful online security measures that we’ve got. However, attackers have come up with new ways to puncture this security envelopeRead More →
YOU SHOULD BE able to trust your wireless keyboard. And yet security researchers have been warning people to be suspicious of wireless computer accessories using sketchy radio protocols for years.Read More →
Hack can be carried out by operators of Wi-Fi hotspots, where HTTPs is needed most. A key guarantee provided by HTTPS encryption is that the addresses of visited websites aren’t visibleRead More →
