Collaborate Disseminate
By Uzair Amir
It has been confirmed by the Pigeoncoin developers that a recently discovered bug in Bitcoin’s code has now been exploited to print approx. 235m Pigeoncoins ($15,458). It must be noted that Pigeoncoin is a newly launched and somewhat less… Continue reading Hackers exploit Bitcoin bug to print 235 million Pigeoncoins
By Uzair Amir
Another day, another trove of sensitive data exposed online. This time, a MongoDB database containing a whopping 43.5GB of the dataset used in marketing campaigns has been left exposed for public access. The data was discovered by Bob Dia… Continue reading 11 million personal unprotected MongoDB records leaked online
By Uzair Amir
The ransomware attack disrupted the screens for two days. In a nasty ransomware attack, flight information screens at the United Kingdom’s Bristol airport were taken over and hijacked by malicious hackers on September 15th Friday m… Continue reading Hackers disrupt UK’s Bristol Airport flight info screens after ransomware attack
By Uzair Amir
The town of Midland, Ontario, Canada, has decided to pay cybercriminals after its servers were targeted and infected with a nasty ransomware on Saturday, September 1, at approximately 2 a.m. The total amount of ransom payment has not been… Continue reading Canadian town forced to pay Bitcoin after nasty ransomware attack
By Uzair Amir
A Russian national namely Peter Yuryeich Levashov has pleaded guilty to operating the Kelihos botnet, which was used to launch a huge spamming and credential stealing campaign across the globe. Levashov, a 38-year old resident of St. Pete… Continue reading Russian Cybercriminal Pleads Guilty to Operating Kelihos Botnet
By Uzair Amir
Schneider Electric has released a warning and advisory notice according to which the USB drives shipped with some of the company’s products may be infected with malware. “Schneider Electric is aware that USB removable media shipped with t… Continue reading Schneider Electric Shipped USB Drives Loaded with Malware
By Uzair Amir
The presumably unhackable Bitfi wallet backed by John McAfee has released a statement announcing that the unhackable tag will be removed from their marketing materials. The step comes after the device’s security was compromised by a Twitt… Continue reading John McAfee backed Bitfi wallet pwned again
By Uzair Amir
Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon has made startling new revelations about CSS or cell-site stimulators. These cell surveillance devices, better known as Stingray, are used to disrupt communications of cell phones, mostly of criminals and lawbr… Continue reading Cell-Site surveillance devices (Stingray) could disrupt 911 emergency calls
By Uzair Amir
Georgia-based Augusta University Health has admitted for becoming the victim of a data breach back in 2017. In the data breach, personal data of more than 417,000 patients, students, and faculty members got leaked. The breach resulted fro… Continue reading Augusta University Health data breach: Private data of over 417,000 individuals exposed
By Uzair Amir
Microsoft has released a startling report exposing the way Russian military intelligence and its hackers planned to target the US Senate and conservative think tanks. The software giant not only identified but also seized those websites t… Continue reading Republican & Conservative leaders are the new targets of Russian hackers —Microsoft