Encrypting all HTTP traffic has long been considered a key security goal, but there have been two key obstacles to this. First, certificates are not free and many owners areRead More →
The security-focused smartphone contained vulnerabilities which allow hackers to control the device’s modem and call functions. Researchers have revealed a severe vulnerability in Silent Circle’s Blackphone which could allow attackers toRead More →
Malware was infecting machines, adding them to its botnet.Similar-looking malware targeting both Linux and Windows computers has been linked to a DDoSing toolkit sold by Chinese hackers via the ddos[.]tfRead More →
Short Bytes: Being Anonymous online is the need of the hour, and TOR browser does that job quite efficiently and honestly. But there are some things that you need toRead More →
The US Government issued a final rule implementing the Executive Order 13694. US can apply economic sanctions in response to cyber attacks. According to a final rule published in the FederalRead More →
IT’S BEEN MORE than 30 years since David Chaum launched the ideas that would serve as much of the groundwork for anonymity online. In doing so, he also helped sparkRead More →
802.11ah could be too expensive and too late. The Wi-Fi Alliance has formally unveiled the 802.11ah Wi-Fi standard, dubbed HaLow, which has been designed for low-power, high-range uses by connected InternetRead More →
Look who’s back? The Dark Web Hacking Forum ‘Hell’ Just months after users speculated that the infamous dark web hacking forum, ‘Hell’ was shut for good, it has made a comeback.Read More →
Lucky Linux server admins are lucky, ransomware is still a dud, fails to properly hide its encryption key. The Linux.Encoder ransomware has received a third update, which security researchers from BitdefenderRead More →
Despite calls to eliminate Adobe Flash Player, researchers inside and outside the vendor continue to invest in and build mitigations against modern attacks. As recently as three weeks ago, AdobeRead More →
Highly destructive malware creates “destructive events” at 3 Ukrainian substations. Highly destructive malware that infected at least three regional power authorities in Ukraine led to a power failure that left hundredsRead More →
Last month, it was revealed that Juniper Networks’ routers/firewalls were hacked. It was reported that a backdoor was implanted in the operating system of their routers/firewalls and that attackers couldRead More →
A second misconfigured database has been discovered by Chris Vickery containing data of US voters, including 19 million profiles with private information on religion, gun ownership and more. A coupleRead More →
Enterprise communications at risk due to trivial MitM attack.Cisco’s Jabber client for Windows is plagued by a serious security vulnerability that allows attackers to downgrade STARTTLS settings and force communicationsRead More →
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After many years, Microsoft admitted that Chinese authorities hacked thousands of Hotmail accounts, belonging to China’s Tibetan and Uighur minorities. After many years, Microsoft finally concluded that Chinese authorities indeedRead More →
Short Bytes: A programmer has hacked a Nintendo 3DS to install Microsoft’s vintage OS Windows 95. The hack works fine on the newer version of the gaming console and isRead More →
Siful Haque Sujan killed near Raqqah, Syria. Siful Haque Sujan, a Bangladesh-born man, educated in the UK, who later joined ISIS (IS, Daesh) forces in Syria, has been killed in aRead More →
Alleged Turkish hackers have taken over the Russian Communications and Mass Media Minister Nikolai Nikiforov’s Instagram account. Events in the cyberspace are strictly correlated with facts in the real life,Read More →
Ransom32 may be the first cross-OS ransomware family. A new type of ransomware has been spotted, the first of its kind, a ransomware that uses JavaScript to infect its users, beingRead More →
