Author Archives: Swati Khandelwal

A United States federal district court has finally sentenced a Russian hacker to nine years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty of running two illegal websites devoted to facilitating payment card fraud, computer hacking, and other crimes.

Aleks… Continue reading Russian Hacker Gets 9-Year Jail for Running Online Shop of Stolen Credit Cards→

The United States government has filed a superseding indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange accusing him of collaborating with computer hackers, including those affiliated with the infamous LulzSec and “Anonymous” hacking groups.

The new … Continue reading WikiLeaks Founder Charged With Conspiring With LulzSec & Anonymous Hackers→

Unprecedented times call for unprecedented measures.

No, we’re not talking about ‘coronavirus,’ the current global pandemic because of which Apple—for the very first time in history—organized its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) virtually.

Here … Continue reading New Privacy Features Added to the Upcoming Apple iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur→

A group of hacktivists and transparency advocates has published a massive 269 GB of data allegedly stolen from more than 200 police departments, fusion centers, and other law enforcement agencies across the United States.

Dubbed BlueLeaks, the exposed… Continue reading Hackers Leaked 269 GB of U.S. Police and Fusion Centers Data Online→

The Ukrainian police have arrested a hacker who made headlines in January last year by posting a massive database containing some 773 million stolen email addresses and 21 million unique plaintext passwords for sale on various underground hacking forum… Continue reading Ukrainian Police Arrest Hacker Who Tried Selling Billions of Stolen Records→

British low-cost airline EasyJet today admitted that the company has fallen victim to a cyber-attack, which it labeled “highly sophisticated,” exposing email addresses and travel details of around 9 million of its customers.

In an official statement r… Continue reading British Airline EasyJet Suffers Data Breach Exposing 9 Million Customers’ Data→

Since the past few weeks, software giant Citrix has privately been rolling out a critical software update to its enterprise customers that patches multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Citrix ShareFile content collaboration platform.

The securit… Continue reading Warning: Citrix ShareFile Flaw Could Let Attackers Steal Corporate Secrets→

A cybersecurity researcher today publicly disclosed technical details and PoC for 4 unpatched zero-day vulnerabilities affecting an enterprise security software offered by IBM after the company refused to acknowledge the responsibly submitted disclosur… Continue reading Researcher Discloses 4 Zero-Day Bugs in IBM’s Enterprise Security Software→