Two years in prison for attacking US Army servers
2018-09-27
The attack on the server provoked 17 days of delay in payment to US Army Reserves A judge in the United States sentenced a man from Atlanta to two yearsRead More →
19-year-old youngster hacks local police systems
2018-09-27
Officers say the young man wanted to belong to the police department Jared Joslin really wanted to belong to a law enforcement agency; “I wish I could pull people overRead More →
“Disturbing plans” in China revealed by a former Google employee
2018-09-27
A Google ex employee warned about the company’s future plans in China, in a letter dedicated to American legislators Jack Poulson, who had worked as a senior researcher on Google until hisRead More →
Engineer is fined because hotel hacking
2018-09-26
While attending a cybersecurity conference in Singapore, a Chinese citizen decided to hack his hotel’s WiFi Zheng Dutao, a 23-year-old security engineer from the Chinese internet company Tencent Holdings, wasRead More →
Vulnerability affects Cisco Video Surveillance Manager
2018-09-26
The company has patched a critical vulnerability in Cisco Video Surveillance Manager that could be exploited to gain root access Reports of specialists in ethical hacking from the International InstituteRead More →
Hacking attack in Port of Barcelona
2018-09-26
Maritime operations were not compromised On the morning of September 20, Port of Barcelona was victim of a cyberattack, as reported by experts in ethical hacking from the International InstituteRead More →
14 years sentence for Scan4You operator
2018-09-26
The 37-year-old man who developed and operated the counter antivirus service Scan4You, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison Ruslans Bondars, a man born in former USSR, based inRead More →
Malware campaign attacks freelancers
2018-09-26
Attackers are spreading macros in a campaign aimed at users of freelance/occasional work platforms A new cyberattack campaign has specially focused on self-employed people through malicious documents disguised as advertisementsRead More →
Vulnerability in macOS Mojave allows access to protected files
2018-09-25
The flaw allows malicious actors to avoid privacy measures An expert in cybersecurity and ethical hacking was able to demonstrate that Apple’s latest privacy protection implementations on macOS are notRead More →
The role of human factor in the analysis of computer risks
2018-09-25
The human element has to be considered when evaluating this type of risk in an organization According to a recent research carried out by ethical hacking specialists, 17% of dataRead More →
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange suffers $60M USD theft
2018-09-25
Zaif is the thirty-fifth largest cryptocurrency exchange by turnover A hacker or hacker group has stolen the amount of ¥6.7B ($60M USD) in Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Monacoin from Zaif, theRead More →
Gmail user data still available to app developers
2018-09-25
Google says that third parties can access the users’ Gmail data, but they also conduct evaluations and monitoring Google has responded to questions made by Republican members in the USRead More →
VPN services to use Netflix without location restrictions
2018-09-22
Have you encountered the proxy error message on Netflix? You’re not the only one, but don’t worry, there is a solution. Since Netflix implemented its overseas VPN ban (thus preventing its usersRead More →
Thousands of compromised websites on sale in black market
2018-09-22
The team behind the investigation said their findings have been reported to the authorities A recently discovered clandestine market has been selling access to more than 3k previously breached websites,Read More →
Data theft in US State Department email system
2018-09-22
The attack could have exposed employees’ personal information The US State Department has confirmed that a hacker or group of hackers managed to infringe one of their email systems, anRead More →
NSS Labs sues antivirus developers
2018-09-22
The company claims that developers conspire to bypass product testing NSS Labs has ignited the controversy in the ever-challenging and obscure world of security product testing, such as antivirus, as theRead More →
The most used email subjects used in phishing attacks
2018-09-21
Small and medium-sized enterprises are primarily facing phishing attacks, according to a recent research Despite growing phishing, ransomware and other types of malware threats, many small businesses do not have aRead More →
Frequent flyer miles stolen are on sale on dark web
2018-09-21
Stolen frequent flyer accounts and its reward points are attractive assets on the dark web Last August, a team of ethical hacking researchers conducted an analysis of at least sixRead More →
£500k fine for Equifax 2017 data breach
2018-09-21
The fine was imposed by the British regulatory authorities Equifax, the Atlanta-based consumer credit reporting agency received a fine of £500k from the UK’s privacy control agency for massive dataRead More →
Electronic vote is approved despite fear of cyberattacks
2018-09-21
There was not enough time before November mid-term elections to switch to a safe alternative on paper, said District Judge Amy Totenberg A judge in the state of Georgia, US,Read More →
