1-Billion Yahoo Users’ Database Reportedly Sold For $300,000 On Dark Web

Recently Yahoo disclosed a three-year-old massive data breach in its company that exposed personal details associated with more than 1 Billion user accounts, which is said to be the largest data breach of any company ever.

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FBI Most Wanted Fugitive JPMorgan Hacker Arrested in New York

One of the FBI’s most wanted hackers who was behind the largest theft of financial data has finally been arrested at the JFK airport in New York.

Joshua Samuel Aaron is accused of being part of a hacking group that attacked several major financial ins… Continue reading FBI Most Wanted Fugitive JPMorgan Hacker Arrested in New York

After Failed Auction, Shadow Brokers Opens NSA Hacking Tools for Direct Sales

Remember The Shadow Brokers?

The hacker group that’s believed to be behind the high-profile cyber theft of NSA hacking tools and exploits that sparked a larger debate on the Internet concerning abilities of US intelligence agencies and their own secur… Continue reading After Failed Auction, Shadow Brokers Opens NSA Hacking Tools for Direct Sales

Simple Bug allows Hackers to Read all your Private Facebook Messenger Chats

A security researcher has discovered a critical vulnerability in Facebook Messenger that could allow an attacker to read all your private conversation, affecting the privacy of around 1 Billion Messenger users.

Ysrael Gurt, the security researcher at … Continue reading Simple Bug allows Hackers to Read all your Private Facebook Messenger Chats

Microsoft releases 12 Security Updates; Including 6 Critical Patches

For the last Patch Tuesday for this year, Microsoft has released 12 security bulletins, half of which are rated ‘critical’ as they give attackers remote code execution capabilities on the affected computers.

The security bulletins address vulnerabilit… Continue reading Microsoft releases 12 Security Updates; Including 6 Critical Patches

President Obama Orders ‘Full Review’ of Possible Russian hacking in US Election

In his final month in office, President Barack Obama has ordered U.S. intelligence agencies to conduct a “full review” of pre-election cyber attacks against Democratic Party organizations that many believe affected the outcome of the 2016 presidential … Continue reading President Obama Orders ‘Full Review’ of Possible Russian hacking in US Election

This Ransomware Unlocks Your Files For Free If You Infect Others

Is your PC infected with Ransomware? Either pay the ransom amount to the attacker or spread the infection further to get the decryption keys.

Yes, this new technique has been employed by cyber criminals with the latest round of ransomware threat, dubb… Continue reading This Ransomware Unlocks Your Files For Free If You Infect Others

Russia proposes 10 Year in Prison Sentence for Hackers and Malware Authors

The Russian government has introduced a draft bill that proposes prison sentences as punishment for hackers and cyber criminals creating malicious software used in targeting critical Russian infrastructure, even if they have no part in actual cyber attacks.

The bill, published on the Russian government’s website on Wednesday, proposes amendments to the Russian Criminal Code and Criminal

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Turkish Hackers Are Giving Away Prizes For Participating In DDoS Attacks

DDoS has become a game now that could knock any service offline.

A Turkish hacking group is encouraging individuals to join its DDoS-for-Points platform that features points and prizes for carrying out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a list of predetermined targets.

The points earned can later be redeemed for various online click-fraud and hacking tools.

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