Author Archives: Mohit Kumar

Megaupload Domains Seized by FBI ‘Hijacked’ to Host Porn Ads

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Well, we all know that the FBI has previously hosting porn on the Internet. I still remember the case of PlayPen, the world’s largest dark web child pornography site, which was seized by FBI and ran from agency’s own servers to uncover the site’s visitors.

Now, one of the most popular sites owned and operated by the FBI has been serving porn as well.

FBI-owned Megaupload.org and several

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Germany and France declare War on Encryption to Fight Terrorism

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Yet another war on Encryption!

France and Germany are asking the European Union for new laws that would require mobile messaging services to decrypt secure communications on demand and make them available to law enforcement agencies.

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Happy Birthday! LINUX Turns 25 Years Old Today

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Linux has turned 25!

Dear all, today is August 25, 2016, and it is time for the celebration, as it’s the 25th Anniversary of the Linux project, announced by its creator, Finnish programmer Linus Torvalds, on August 25, 1991.

Who can forget one of the… Continue reading Happy Birthday! LINUX Turns 25 Years Old Today→

Cisco Exploit Leaked in NSA Hack Modifies to Target Latest Version of Firewalls

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Recently released NSA exploit from “The Shadow Brokers” leak that affects older versions of Cisco System firewalls can work against newer models as well.

Dubbed ExtraBacon, the exploit was restricted to versions 8.4.(4) and earlier versions of Cisco’s Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) – a line of firewalls designed to protect corporate, government networks and data centers.
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Leaked Exploits are Legit and Belong to NSA: Cisco, Fortinet and Snowden Docs Confirm

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Last week, a group calling itself “The Shadow Brokers” published what it said was a set of NSA “cyber weapons,” including some working exploits for the Internet’s most crucial network infrastructure, apparently stolen from the agency’s Equation Group i… Continue reading Leaked Exploits are Legit and Belong to NSA: Cisco, Fortinet and Snowden Docs Confirm→

Warning — Bitcoin Users Could Be Targeted by State-Sponsored Hackers

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Another day, another bad news for Bitcoin users.

A leading Bitcoin information site is warning users that an upcoming version of the Blockchain consolidation software and Bitcoin wallets could most likely be targeted by “state-sponsored attackers.”

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Someone is Spying on Researchers Behind VeraCrypt Security Audit

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After TrueCrypt mysteriously discontinued itself, VeraCrypt became the most popular open source disk encryption software used by activists, journalists, and privacy conscious people.

Due to the huge popularity of VeraCrypt, security researchers from t… Continue reading Someone is Spying on Researchers Behind VeraCrypt Security Audit→

NSA’s Hacking Group Hacked! Bunch of Private Hacking Tools Leaked Online

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It seems like the NSA has been HACKED!

Update: The NSA Hack — What, When, Where, How, Who & Why? Explained Here.

An unknown hacker or a group of hackers just claimed to have hacked into “Equation Group” — a cyber-attack group allegedly associated with the United States intelligence organization NSA — and dumped a bunch of its hacking tools (malware, private exploits, and hacking tools)

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Bitcoin Exchange Offers $3.5 Million Reward for Information of Stolen Bitcoins

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Hong Kong-based Bitcoin exchange ‘Bitfinex’ that lost around $72 Million worth of its customers’ Bitcoins last week is now offering a reward of $3.5 Million to anyone who can provide information that leads to the recovery of the stolen Bitcoins.

Bitfinex revealed on August 2 that the cryptocurrency exchange had suffered a major security breach, which resulted in the loss of nearly 120,000 BTC

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New Hack Uses Hard Drive’s Noise to Transfer Stolen Data from Air-Gapped Computer

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Air-gapped computers that are isolated from the Internet and other computers are long considered to be the most secure and safest place for storing data in critical infrastructures such as industrial control systems, financial institutions, and classif… Continue reading New Hack Uses Hard Drive’s Noise to Transfer Stolen Data from Air-Gapped Computer→