Collaborate Disseminate
Around 324,000 users have likely had their payment records stolen either from payment processor BlueSnap or its customer Regpack; however, neither of the company has admitted a data breach.
BlueSnap is a payment provider which allows websites to take … Continue reading 324,000 Financial Records with CVV Numbers Stolen From A Payment Gateway
What would it take for hackers to significantly disrupt the US’ 911 emergency call system?
It only takes 6,000 Smartphones.
Yes, you heard it right!
According to new research published last week, a malicious attacker can leverage a botnet of infecte… Continue reading Here’s How Hackers Can Disrupt ‘911’ Emergency System and Put Your Life at Risk
Remember Killer USB stick?
A proof-of-concept USB prototype that was designed by a Russian researcher, Dark Purple, last year, to effectively destroy sensitive components of a computer when plugged in.
Now, someone has actually created the Killer USB stick that destroys almost anything – such as Laptops, PCs, or televisions – it is plugged into.
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Continue reading Oh, It’s On Sale! USB Kill to Destroy any Computer within Seconds
Unlike specially crafted malware specifically developed to take advantage of Windows operating system platform, cyber attackers have started creating cross-platform malware for wider exploitation.
Due to the rise in popularity of Mac OS X and other Wi… Continue reading Warning! This Cross-Platform Malware Can Hack Windows, Linux and OS X Computers
Own an Android smartphone? Beware, as just an innocuous-looking image on social media or messaging app could compromise your smartphone.
Along with the dangerous Quadrooter vulnerabilities that affected 900 Million devices and other previously disclos… Continue reading Warning! Just an Image Can Hack Your Android Phone — Patch Now
Another data breach from 2012, and this time, it’s Russia’s biggest internet portal and email provider Rambler.ru.
Rambler.ru, also known as Russia’s Yahoo, suffered a massive data breach in 2012 in which an unknown hacker or a group of hackers manage… Continue reading Russia’s Largest Portal HACKED; Nearly 100 Million Plaintext Passwords Leaked
Air-gapped computers that are isolated from the Internet or other networks and believed to be the most secure computers on the planet have become a regular target in recent years.
A team of researchers from Ben-Gurion University in Israel has discovered a way to extract sensitive information from air-gapped computers – this time using radio frequency transmissions from USB connectors without
Continue reading This Malware Can Transfer Data via USB Emissions from Air-Gapped Computers
Around five years after unknown hackers gained unauthorized access to multiple kernel.org servers used to maintain and distribute the Linux operating system kernel, police have arrested a South Florida computer programmer for carrying out the attack.
… Continue reading Hacker Who Hacked Official Linux Kernel Website Arrested in Florida
As promised at the Black Hat and Def Con security and hacking conferences, Offensive Security – the creators of Swiss army knife for researchers, penetration testers, and hackers – has finally released the much awaited Kali Linux 2016.2.
Kali Linux is an open-source Debian-based Linux distribution designed to help ethical hackers and security professionals with a wide range of tools for
Continue reading Kali Linux 2016.2 — Download Latest Release Of Best Operating System For Hackers
If you own a Mac laptop or desktop, you need to update your system right now.
It turns out that the critical zero-day security vulnerabilities disclosed last week, which targeted iPhone and iPad users, affect Mac users as well.
Late last week, Apple … Continue reading Update your Mac OS X — Apple has released Important Security Updates