Hotspot Shield VPN Accused of Spying On Its Users’ Web Traffic

“Privacy” is a bit of an Internet buzzword nowadays as the business model of the Internet has now shifted towards data collection.

Although Virtual Private Network (VPN) is one of the best solutions to protect your privacy and data on the Internet, yo… Continue reading Hotspot Shield VPN Accused of Spying On Its Users’ Web Traffic

FBI Arrests Researcher Who Found ‘Kill-Switch’ to Stop Wannacry Ransomware

The 22-year-old British security researcher who gained fame for discovering the “kill switch” that stopped the outbreak of the WannaCry ransomware—has been reportedly arrested in the United States after attending the Def Con hacking conference in Las Vegas.

Marcus Hutchins, operates under the alias MalwareTech on Twitter, was detained by the FBI in the state of Nevada, a friend of Hutchins

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Hackers Behind WannaCry Ransomware Withdraw $143,000 From Bitcoin Wallets

The cyber criminals behind the global WannaCry ransomware attack that caused chaos worldwide have finally cashed out their ransom payments.

Nearly three months ago, the WannaCry ransomware shut down hospitals, telecom providers, and many businesses wo… Continue reading Hackers Behind WannaCry Ransomware Withdraw $143,000 From Bitcoin Wallets

New IoT Bill Proposes Security Standards for Smart Devices

By this time, almost every one of you owns at least one internet-connected device—better known as the “Internet of things”—at your home, but how secure is your device?

We have recently seen Car hacking that could risk anyone’s life, Hoverboard hacking, even hacking of a so-called smart Gun and also the widespread hacks of insecure CCTV cameras, routers and other internet-connected home

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Alexa, Are You Spying On Me? Not Really, Maybe, It’s Complex!

Do you own an Amazon Echo?

So are you also worried about hackers turning out your device into a covert listening device?

Just relax, if there’s no NSA, no CIA or none of your above-skilled friends after you.

Since yesterday there have been several reports on Amazon Echo hack that could allow a hacker to turn your smart speaker into a covert listening device, but users don’t need to worry

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Hackers Take Over US Voting Machines In Just 90 Minutes

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Today, election hacking is not just about hacking voting machines, rather it now also includes hacking and leaking dirty secrets of the targeted political parties—and there won’t be a perfect example than the last year’s US presidential election.

But, in countries like America, even hacking electronic voting machines is possible—that too, in a matter of minutes.

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Hacking A $1500 ‘Smart Gun’ With $15 Magnets

I think we should stop going crazy over the smart things unless it’s secure enough to be called SMART—from a toaster, security cameras, and routers to the computers and cars—everything is hackable.

But the worst part comes in when these techs just require some cheap and easily available kinds of stuff to get compromised.

Want example? It took just cheap magnets purchased from Amazon online

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Bitcoin Exchange Operator Arrested For $4 Billion Money Laundering Scheme

Greek police have arrested a Russian man who is believed to have been the operator of the popular BTC-e Bitcoin exchange on charges of laundering more than $4 billion in bitcoin for culprits involved in hacking attacks, tax fraud and drug trafficking.

A United States jury indicted 38-year-old Alexander Vinnik on Wednesday after his arrest in Greece on Tuesday at the request of US law

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CowerSnail — Windows Backdoor from the Creators of SambaCry Linux Malware

Last month, we reported about a group of hackers exploiting SambaCry—a 7-year-old critical remote code execution vulnerability in Samba networking software—to hack Linux computers and install malware to mine cryptocurrencies.

The same group of hackers is now targeting Windows machines with a new backdoor, which is a QT-based re-compiled version of the same malware used to target Linux.

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Gang Behind Fireball Malware that Infected 250 Million PCs Busted by Police

Chinese authorities have recently initiated a crackdown on the operators of a massive adware campaign that infected around 250 Million computers, including Windows and Mac OS, across the world earlier this year.

The adware campaign was uncovered by se… Continue reading Gang Behind Fireball Malware that Infected 250 Million PCs Busted by Police