The Silk Road’s Dark-Web Dream Is Dead
2016-01-14
NOT SO LONG ago, the Silk Road was not only a bustling black market for drugs but a living representation of every cryptoanarchist’s dream: a trusted trading ground on theRead More →
When URL Shorteners and Ransomware Collide
2016-01-14
We are all very familiar with URL shortening services, which are regularly used in Tweets and other social media. It is no secret that cyber criminals also use URL shortenersRead More →
STEAL YOUR WI-FI KEY FROM YOUR DOORBELL? IOT WTF!
2016-01-14
The Ring is a Wi-Fi doorbell that connects to your home Wi-Fi. It’s a really cool device that allows you to answer callers from your mobile phone, even when you’reRead More →
Anonymous Takes Down Nissan’s Website Against Illegal Whale Hunting In Japan
2016-01-14
Short Bytes: With changing times, the international community has banned the whale hunting practice. However, it’s a common knowledge that Japanese people call whale meat their “nostalgia food” as itRead More →
Shoddy Ransomware Destroys User’s Files
2016-01-14
A ransomware strain based on the open source Hidden Tear ransomware is infecting users, encrypting their files and losing the encryption key along the way, rendering all files unrecoverable. LastRead More →
In Silk Road Appeal, Ross Ulbricht’s Defense Focuses on Corrupt Feds
2016-01-13
IT’S BEEN NEARLY a year since a jury determined that Ross Ulbricht had created and run the anonymous black market for drugs known as the Silk Road, a conviction thatRead More →
Teen Who Hacked CIA Email Is Back to Prank US Spy Chief
2016-01-13
One of the “teenage hackers” who broke into the CIA director’s AOL email account last year hasn’t given up targeting government intelligence officials. His latest victim is the Director ofRead More →
Google hacker criticized TrendMicro for critical flaws
2016-01-13
A hacker with Google Project Zero research team, publicly disclosed critical vulnerabilities in the TrendMicro Antivirus. Tavis Ormandy, a researcher with Google’s Project Zero vulnerability research team, publicly disclosedcritical vulnerabilitiesRead More →
Black Hat SEO Campaign Leverages SQL Injections to Boost Search Rankings
2016-01-13
A new type of black hat SEO campaign has been uncovered in the last few months by Akamai’s experts, who have observed that an attacker is using SQL injection flawsRead More →
Android.Bankosy Trojan Steals One-Time Passwords Sent to You via Voice Calls
2016-01-13
A mobile banking trojan just evolved, and while security researchers are quite impressed by the malware author’s ingenuity, us users aren’t that happy to find out that voice-based two-factor authenticationRead More →
SSH Backdoor Identified in Fortinet Firewalls
2016-01-13
Fortinet’s FortiOS operating system, deployed on the company’s FortiGate firewall networking equipment includes an SSH backdoor on versions from the 4.x series up to and including 4.3.16, and the 5.xRead More →
Intel Skylake Processors Affected By Bug That Can Freeze PCs During Complex Work
2016-01-12
Intel acknowledges that Skylake processors freeze in the middle of work. A bug has been found in the Intel processors that can freeze any system confirms Intel. Dubbed as Skylake, theRead More →
Experts warn Neutrino and RIG exploit kit activity spike
2016-01-12
Security experts at Heimdal Security are warning a spike in cyber attacks leveraging the popular Neutrino and RIG exploit kit. Cyber criminals always exploit new opportunities and users’ bad habits, nowRead More →
A Flaw on eBay’s Site Allowed Hackers To Steal User’s Passwords
2016-01-12
A critical bug on eBay’s website opened the door for malicious hackers to create fake login pages to steal passwords and harvest credentials. An independent security researcher found the flawRead More →
Trochilus RAT Evades Antivirus Detection, Used for Cyber-Espionage in South-East Asia
2016-01-12
A new type of RAT (Remote Access Trojan) has been discovered in use against governments and civil society organizations in South-East Asia, the Arbor Security Engineering & Response Team (ASERT)Read More →
Say “Cyber” again—Ars cringes through CSI: Cyber
2016-01-12
CBS endangered cyber-procedural: Plane hacking! Software defined radio! White noise! OMG!. There are lots of cringeworthy technology moments on television, especially when the words “hacking” and “cyber” are introduced into theRead More →
Smartwatches Can Be Used to Spy on Your Card’s PIN Code
2016-01-12
Wearable devices can be used as motion-based keyloggers. French student and software engineer, Tony Beltramelli, has published his master thesis called Deep-Spying: Spying using Smartwatch and Deep Learning, in which heRead More →
CSRF Bug in Verizon’s API Left My FiOS Accounts Open to Attacks
2016-01-11
API used a simple authentication scheme, exposing users to CSRF attacks that allowed third-parties to hijack accounts. Verizon fixed an issue in its My FiOS REST API that would haveRead More →
This Netflix Hack Reveals The Secret Movie Genres You’re Missing
2016-01-11
Netflix Hack : Here Is How To Open Up Movie Portals You Didn’t Know Existed. You probably know that Netflix is a online movie streaming website. As of October 2015, Netflix reportedRead More →
Juniper drops NSA-developed code following new backdoor revelations
2016-01-11
Researchers contradict Juniper claim that Dual_EC_DRBG weakness couldn’t be exploited. Juniper Networks, which last month made the startling announcement its NetScreen line of firewalls contained unauthorized code that can surreptitiouslyRead More →
