Author Archives: Swati Khandelwal

Critical Flaws Found in Solar Panels Could Shut Down Power Grids

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A Dutch security researcher has uncovered a slew of security vulnerabilities in an essential component of solar panels which could be exploited to cause widespread outages in European power grids.

Willem Westerhof, a cybersecurity researcher at Dutch security firm ITsec, discovered 21 security vulnerabilities in the Internet-connected inverters – an essential component of solar panel that

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Marcus Hutchins (MalwareTech) Gets $30,000 Bail, But Can’t Leave United States

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Marcus Hutchins, the malware analyst who helped stop global Wannacry menace, has reportedly pleaded not guilty to charges of creating and distributing the infamous Kronos banking malware and is set to release on $30,000 bail on Monday.

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This is How CIA Disables Security Cameras During Hollywood-Style Operations

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In last 20 years, we have seen hundreds of caper/heist movies where spies or bank robbers hijack surveillance cameras of secure premises to either stop recording or set up an endless loop for covert operations without leaving any evidence.

Whenever I see such scenes in a movie, I wonder and ask myself: Does this happen in real-life?

Yes, it does, trust me—at least CIA agents are doing this.

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Hackers Hijacked Chrome Extension for Web Developers With Over 1 Million Users

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From past few years, spammers and cyber criminals were buying web extensions from their developers and then updating them without informing their users to inject bulk advertisements into every website user visits in order to generate large revenue.

But now they have shifted their business model—instead of investing, spammers have started a new wave of phishing attacks aimed at hijacking

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WannaCry Inspires Banking Trojan to Add Self-Spreading Ability

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Although the wave of WannaCry and Petya ransomware has now been slowed down, money-motivated hackers and cyber criminals have taken lessons from the global outbreaks to make their malware more powerful.

Security researchers have now discovered at leas… Continue reading WannaCry Inspires Banking Trojan to Add Self-Spreading Ability→

Dangerous Mobile Banking Trojan Gets ‘Keylogger’ to Steal Everything

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Cyber criminals are becoming more adept, innovative, and stealthy with each passing day. They have now shifted from traditional to more clandestine techniques that come with limitless attack vectors and are harder to detect.

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HBO Hacked — ‘Game of Thrones’ Scripts & Other Episodes Leaked Online

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If you are a die heart fan of ‘Game of Thrones’ series, there’s good news for you, but obviously bad for HBO.

Hackers claim to have stolen 1.5 terabytes of data from HBO, including episodes of HBO shows yet to release online and information on the cur… Continue reading HBO Hacked — ‘Game of Thrones’ Scripts & Other Episodes Leaked Online→

Someone Hijacks A Popular Chrome Extension to Push Malware

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Phishers have recently hacked an extension for Google Chrome after compromising the Chrome Web Store account of German developer team a9t9 software and abused to distribute spam messages to unsuspecting users.

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How Hackers Cash Out Thousands of Bitcoins Received in Ransomware Attacks

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Digital currencies have emerged as a favourite tool for hackers and cyber criminals, as digital currency transactions are nearly anonymous, allowing cyber criminals to use it in underground markets for illegal trading, and to receive thousands of dollars in ransomware attacks—WannaCry, Petya, LeakerLocker, Locky and Cerber to name a few.

Also, every other day we hear about some incidents of

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3 New CIA-developed Hacking Tools For MacOS & Linux Exposed

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WikiLeaks has just published a new set of classified documents linked to another CIA project, dubbed ‘Imperial,’ which reveals details of at least three CIA-developed hacking tools and implants designed to target computers running Apple Mac OS X and di… Continue reading 3 New CIA-developed Hacking Tools For MacOS & Linux Exposed→