Collaborate Disseminate
We have heard a lot about ATM skimmers, but it’s nearly impossible to spot one.
Some skimmers are designed to look exactly like the card slot on the original machine and attached to the front, and others are completely hidden inside the ATM.
But, du… Continue reading Researcher spots an ATM Skimmer while on vacation in Vienna
Apple’s new iOS 10 recently made headlines after MIT Technology Review revealed that the company had left the kernel of the mobile operating system unencrypted.
Yes, the first developer preview of iOS 10 released at WWDC has an unencrypted kernel.
When the headline broke, some of the users were surprised enough that they assumed Apple had made a mistake by leaving unencrypted kernel in iOS
Continue reading Apple left iOS 10 Kernel Code Unencrypted, Intentionally!
We have been hearing a lot about Rule 41 after the US Department of Justice has pushed an update to the rule.
The change to the Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure grants the FBI much greater powers to hack legally into any computer acr… Continue reading STOP Rule 41 — FBI should not get Legal Power to Hack Computers Worldwide
One of the founders of notorious file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has been ordered to pay a fine worth nearly US$400,000 to several major record labels after their content was shared illegally via the platform.
The penalty has been imposed on The … Continue reading The Pirate Bay Founder Ordered to Pay $395,000 Fine in Lawsuit he didn’t even know about
The “Hack the Pentagon” bug bounty program by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) has been successful with more than 100 vulnerabilities uncovered by white hat hackers in Pentagon infrastructure.
In March, the Defense Department launched w… Continue reading Hack the Pentagon: Hackers find over 100 Bugs in U.S. Defense Systems
Apple announced one huge change at WWDC 2016: The company is replacing the HFS+ file system on MacOS, iOS, tvOS and WatchOS with a new file system.
The company has introduced its brand new file system called The Apple File System — or APFS for short — for iOS, OS X, tvOS, and WatchOS, making security its centerpiece.
“The Apple File System (APFS) is the next-generation file system designed
Continue reading Apple announces Encryption-focused New File System for macOS Sierra
Hackers aligned with North Korea have always been accused of attacking and targeting South Korean organizations, financial institutions, banks and media outlets.
Recent reports indicate that North Korean hackers have hacked into more than 140,000 comp… Continue reading North Korean Hackers Steal thousands of Military files from S. Korea
This year, Microsoft impressed the world with ‘Microsoft loves Linux’ announcements, like developing a custom Linux-based OS for running Azure Cloud Switch, selecting Ubuntu as the operating system for its Cloud-based Big Data services and bringing the… Continue reading Microsoft creates its own FreeBSD VM Image for Azure Cloud Computing Platform
If you are a torrent lover and have registered on BitTorrent community forum website, then you may have had your personal details compromised, along with your hashed passwords.
The BitTorrent team has announced that its community forums have been hacked, which exposed private information of hundreds of thousands of its users.
As of now, BitTorrent is the most visited torrent client around
Continue reading BitTorrent Forum Hacked; Change your Password Immediately
What’s the worst that could happen when a Ransomware malware hits University?
Last month, the IT department of the University from where I have done my graduation called me for helping them get rid of a Ransomware infection that locked down all its st… Continue reading University Pays Hackers $20,000 to get back its Ransomware Infected Files