Author Archives: Mohit Kumar

Joomla Joomla! Two Critical Flaws Discovered — Update to Protect Your Site

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Joomla – the world’s second popular open source Content Management System (CMS) software packages, has just released the latest version of its CMS, which includes patches for two critical security vulnerabilities and a bug fix.
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The two critical flaws, both exist in the Joomla Core functionalities, include Account Creation Vulnerability (CVE-2016-8870) and Elevated Privileges

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Warning! Your iPhone Can Get Hacked Just by Opening a JPEG Image, PDF or Font File

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What’s worse than knowing that innocent looking JPEGs, PDFs and font files can hijack your iPhone, iPad, and iPod.

Yes, attackers can take over your vulnerable Apple’s iOS device remotely – all they have to do is trick you to view a maliciously-crafted JPEG graphic or PDF file through a website or an email, which could allow them to execute malicious code on your system.

That’s a terrible

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Russian Hacker Behind LinkedIn Breach also Charged with Hacking Dropbox and Formspring

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The alleged Russian hacker, who was arrested by the FBI in collaboration with the Czech police, was believed to be the one responsible for massive 2012 data breach at LinkedIn, according to a statement released by LinkedIn.

Now, United States authorit… Continue reading Russian Hacker Behind LinkedIn Breach also Charged with Hacking Dropbox and Formspring→

An Army of Million Hacked IoT Devices Almost Broke the Internet Today

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A massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack against Dyn, a major domain name system (DNS) provider, broke large portions of the Internet on Friday, causing a significant outage to a ton of websites and services, including Twitter, GitHub, Pay… Continue reading An Army of Million Hacked IoT Devices Almost Broke the Internet Today→

Over 43 Million Weebly Accounts Hacked; Foursquare Also Hit By Data Breach

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2016 is the year of data breaches that has made almost every major companies victims to the cyber attacks, resulting in compromise of over billion of online users accounts.

Weebly and Foursquare are the latest victims of the massive data breach, joini… Continue reading Over 43 Million Weebly Accounts Hacked; Foursquare Also Hit By Data Breach→

MBRFilter — Open Source Tool to Protect Against ‘Master Boot Record’ Malware

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Ransomware threat has risen exponentially so much that ransomware authors have started abusing the MBR in their attacks to lock down your entire computer instead of just encrypting your important files on hard drive.

Talos team at Cisco Systems has re… Continue reading MBRFilter — Open Source Tool to Protect Against ‘Master Boot Record’ Malware→

Russian Hacker who was wanted by FBI arrested in Prague

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UPDATE — It Turns out that the Russian Hacker arrested by the FBI is responsible for 2012 LinkedIn Data Breach. (Read latest update here)

Czech police, in cooperation with the FBI, has arrested a Russian citizen in Prague suspected of participating in conducting cyber-attacks against the United States.

Czech police announced the arrest on its official website Tuesday evening, without giving

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Facebook is Going to make all your Private Photos Public Tomorrow — It’s a Hoax!

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Don’t believe everything you read on Facebook.

Despite so many awareness about Facebook hoaxes, online users fall for them and make them viral.

One such viral post is circulating on Facebook that suggests everything that you have ever posted on the social media platform will become public tomorrow.

Don’t worry — it’s a hoax. Yes, it’s still a hoax.
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VeraCrypt Audit Reveals Critical Security Flaws — Update Now

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After TrueCrypt mysteriously discontinued its service, VeraCrypt became the most popular open source disk encryption software used by activists, journalists, as well as privacy conscious people.

First of all, there is no such thing as a perfect, bug-f… Continue reading VeraCrypt Audit Reveals Critical Security Flaws — Update Now→

Crack for Charity — GCHQ launches ‘Puzzle Book’ Challenge for Cryptographers

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The UK’s Signals Intelligence and Cyber Security agency GCHQ has launched its first ever puzzle book, challenging researchers and cryptographers to crack codes for charity.

Dubbed “The GCHQ Puzzle Book,” the book features more than 140 pages of codes,… Continue reading Crack for Charity — GCHQ launches ‘Puzzle Book’ Challenge for Cryptographers→