First off, this is dead simple and shouldn’t work, but it does. Also, there is no possible way that I’m the first one that has identified this, but here itRead More →
LuaBot is the latest addition to the Linux malware scene. A trojan coded in Lua is targeting Linux platforms with the goal of adding them to a global botnet, security researcherRead More →
Even during August’s holiday season, if you type ‘hacktivists’ in Google News – just for the last week you will get more than 300 news reports mentioning attacks conducted byfamousRead More →
Rambler.ru, Russia’s Yahoo, suffered a data breach in 2012. Rambler.ru, a website nicknamed Russia’s Yahoo, suffered a data breach in 2012 at the hands of unknown hackers, who managed to stealRead More →
Just recently I stumbled upon an Android app that lets you receive free products in various pubs, restaurants or cafes in exchange for points accumulated with previous purchases. When theRead More →
Sundown EK fails to improve market share among fellow EKs. The Sundown exploit kit (EK), which has been trying to fill the void left by the death of the Angler andRead More →
Two Hong Hong government departments were targeted by Chinese hackers belonging the APT3 group just before the legislative elections. Security experts from FireEye have discovered a new cyber espionage campaignRead More →
This teenager hacked Sri Lankan President’s website to try to get the exam cancelled. As kids, we have done many things to avoid the exams like feigning stomachache or headache butRead More →
Short Bytes: Adam Laurie is a security researcher who works in the field of RFID technology. He hacks RIFD devices to look for any vulnerability which could be used toRead More →
While Last.fm informed users in 2012, passwords were easily cracked. The contents of a March 2012 breach of the music tracking website Last.fm have surfaced on the Internet, joining a collectionRead More →
