Hackers build a ‘Master Key’ that unlocks millions of Hotel rooms

If you often leave your valuable and expensive stuff like laptop and passports in the hotel rooms, then beware. Your room can be unlocked by not only a malicious staff having access to the master key, but also by an outsider.

A critical design vulnera… Continue reading Hackers build a ‘Master Key’ that unlocks millions of Hotel rooms

Flaw in LinkedIn AutoFill Plugin Lets Third-Party Sites Steal Your Data

Not just Facebook, a new vulnerability discovered in Linkedin’s popular AutoFill functionality found leaking its users’ sensitive information to third party websites without the user even knowing about it.

LinkedIn provides an AutoFill plugin for a lo… Continue reading Flaw in LinkedIn AutoFill Plugin Lets Third-Party Sites Steal Your Data

British Schoolboy Who Hacked CIA Director Gets 2-Year Prison Term

The British teenager who managed to hack into the online accounts of several high-profile US government employees sentenced to two years in prison on Friday.

Kane Gamble, now 18, hacked into email accounts of former CIA director John Brennan, former D… Continue reading British Schoolboy Who Hacked CIA Director Gets 2-Year Prison Term

Another Critical Flaw Found In Drupal Core—Patch Your Sites Immediately

It’s time to update your Drupal websites, once again.

For the second time within a month, Drupal has been found vulnerable to another critical vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to pull off advanced attacks including cookie theft, keylogg… Continue reading Another Critical Flaw Found In Drupal Core—Patch Your Sites Immediately

Suspected ‘Big Bitcoin Heist’ Mastermind Fled to Sweden On Icelandic PM’s Plane

Remember the “Big bitcoin heist” we reported last month when a group of thieves stole around 600 powerful bitcoin mining devices from Icelandic data centers?

Icelandic Police had arrested 11 suspects as part of the investigation, one of which has esca… Continue reading Suspected ‘Big Bitcoin Heist’ Mastermind Fled to Sweden On Icelandic PM’s Plane

CCleaner Attack Timeline—Here’s How Hackers Infected 2.3 Million PCs

Last year, the popular system cleanup software CCleaner suffered a massive supply-chain malware attack of all times, wherein hackers compromised the company’s servers for more than a month and replaced the original version of the software with the mali… Continue reading CCleaner Attack Timeline—Here’s How Hackers Infected 2.3 Million PCs

Microsoft built its own custom Linux OS to secure IoT devices

Finally, it’s happening.

Microsoft has built its own custom Linux kernel to power “Azure Sphere,” a newly launched technology that aims to better secure billions of “Internet of things” devices by combining the custom Linux kernel with new chip design… Continue reading Microsoft built its own custom Linux OS to secure IoT devices

Cybercriminals Hijack Router DNS to Distribute Android Banking Trojan

Security researchers have been warning about an ongoing malware campaign hijacking Internet routers to distribute Android banking malware that steals users’ sensitive information, login credentials and the secret code for two-factor authentication.

In… Continue reading Cybercriminals Hijack Router DNS to Distribute Android Banking Trojan

Hackers Have Started Exploiting Drupal RCE Exploit Released Yesterday

Hackers have started exploiting a recently disclosed critical vulnerability in Drupal shortly after the public release of working exploit code.

Two weeks ago, Drupal security team discovered a highly critical remote code execution vulnerability, dubbe… Continue reading Hackers Have Started Exploiting Drupal RCE Exploit Released Yesterday