Uh oh, Yahoo! Data Breach May Have Hit Over 1 Billion Users

The massive data breach that Yahoo! confirmed to the world last week is claimed by the company to have been carried out by a “state-sponsored actor” in 2014, which exposed the accounts of at least 500 Million Yahoo users.

But, now it seems that Yahoo … Continue reading Uh oh, Yahoo! Data Breach May Have Hit Over 1 Billion Users

37-Year-Old ‘Syrian Electronic Army’ Hacker Pleads Guilty in US court

One of the FBI’s Most Wanted Hackers who was arrested in Germany earlier this year has pleaded guilty to federal charges for his role in a scheme that hacked computers and targeted the US government, foreign governments, and multiple US media outlets.
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Multiple Backdoors found in D-Link DWR-932 B LTE Router

If you own a D-Link wireless router, especially DWR-932 B LTE router, you should get rid of it, rather than wait for a firmware upgrade that never lands soon.

D-Link DWR-932B LTE router is allegedly vulnerable to over 20 issues, including backdoor acc… Continue reading Multiple Backdoors found in D-Link DWR-932 B LTE Router

Apple Tracks Who You’re Chatting Using iMessage — and Shares that Data with Police

Doing conversations with your friend on iMessage and thinking that they are safe and out of reach from anyone else other than you and your friend? No, it’s not.

End-to-end encryption doesn’t mean that your iMessages are secure enough to hide your trac… Continue reading Apple Tracks Who You’re Chatting Using iMessage — and Shares that Data with Police

World’s largest 1 Tbps DDoS Attack launched from 152,000 hacked Smart Devices

Do you know — Your Smart Devices may have inadvertently participated in a record-breaking largest cyber attack that Internet has just witnessed.

If you own a smart device like Internet-connected televisions, cars, refrigerators or thermostats, you might already be part of a botnet of millions of infected devices that was used to launch the biggest DDoS attack known to date, with peaks of over 1

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Facebook releases Osquery Security Tool for Windows

OSquery, an open-source framework created by Facebook that allows organizations to look for potential malware or malicious activity on their networks, was available for Mac OS X and Linux environments until today.

But now the social network has announ… Continue reading Facebook releases Osquery Security Tool for Windows

Google WiFi Router — Combine Multiple Routers to Boost WiFi Signal

Can you rely on a single loudspeaker in your living room for great sound throughout your home?

Nah!

In the same way, you can not expect a single WiFi router to provide stable range throughout your home.

To solve this issue, Google will soon power your home’s wireless internet network with its own-brand new WiFi router called Google WiFi, according to a new report.
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Apple Weakens iOS 10 Backup Encryption; Now Can Be Cracked 2,500 Times Faster

After the iPhone encryption battle between Apple and the FBI, Apple was inspired to work toward making an unhackable future iPhones by implementing stronger security measures even the company can’t hack.

Even at that point the company hired one of the key developers of Signal — one of the world’s most secure, encrypted messaging apps — its core security team to achieve this goal.

But it

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Critical DoS Flaw found in OpenSSL — How It Works

The OpenSSL Foundation has patched over a dozen vulnerabilities in its cryptographic code library, including a high severity bug that can be exploited for denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

OpenSSL is a widely used open-source cryptographic library that… Continue reading Critical DoS Flaw found in OpenSSL — How It Works

Leaked NSA Hacking Tools Were ‘Mistakenly’ Left By An Agent On A Remote Server

If you are a hacker, you might have enjoyed the NSA’s private zero-day exploits, malware and hacking tools that were leaked last month.

But the question is: How these hacking tools ended up into the hands of hackers?

It has been found that the NSA it… Continue reading Leaked NSA Hacking Tools Were ‘Mistakenly’ Left By An Agent On A Remote Server