Someone Stole Almost Half a BILLION Dollars from Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange

Coincheck, a Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange, has suffered what appears to be the biggest hack in the history of cryptocurrencies, losing $532 million in digital assets (nearly $420 million in NEM tokens and $112 in Ripples).

In 2014, Mt Gox, one … Continue reading Someone Stole Almost Half a BILLION Dollars from Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange

Yikes! Three armed men tried to rob a Bitcoin Exchange in Canada

As many non-tech savvy people think that Bitcoin looks like a Gold coin as illustrated in many stock images, perhaps these robbers also planned to rob a cryptocurrency exchange thinking that way.

All jokes apart, we saw one such attempt on Tuesday mor… Continue reading Yikes! Three armed men tried to rob a Bitcoin Exchange in Canada

Critical Flaw Reported In phpMyAdmin Lets Attackers Damage Databases

A critical security vulnerability has been reported in phpMyAdmin—one of the most popular applications for managing the MySQL database—which could allow remote attackers to perform dangerous database operations just by tricking administrators into clic… Continue reading Critical Flaw Reported In phpMyAdmin Lets Attackers Damage Databases

Chinese Man Gets 5-Year Prison for Running ‘Unauthorized’ VPN Service

While continuing its crackdown on services that help Chinese citizens to bypass Great Firewall, Chinese authorities have sentenced a man to five-and-a-half years in prison for selling a VPN service without obtaining a proper license from the government… Continue reading Chinese Man Gets 5-Year Prison for Running ‘Unauthorized’ VPN Service

Apple Admits Deliberately Slowing Older iPhones — Here’s Why

Why is my iPhone slow?

Do you also ask this question again and again?

Well, the biggest conspiracy theory floating around from years that Apple deliberately slows down performance on your older iPhones whenever the company is about to launch the next… Continue reading Apple Admits Deliberately Slowing Older iPhones — Here’s Why

Firewall Bursting: A New Approach to Better Branch Security

One of the most common network security solutions is the branch firewall. Branch firewall appliances can pack into a single device a wide range of security capabilities including a stateful or next-generation firewall, anti-virus, URL filtering, and ID… Continue reading Firewall Bursting: A New Approach to Better Branch Security

TRITON Malware Targeting Critical Infrastructure Could Cause Physical Damage

Security researchers have uncovered another nasty piece of malware designed specifically to target industrial control systems (ICS) with a potential to cause health and life-threatening accidents.

Dubbed Triton, also known as Trisis, the ICS malware h… Continue reading TRITON Malware Targeting Critical Infrastructure Could Cause Physical Damage

Pre-Installed Keylogger Found On Over 460 HP Laptop Models

HP has an awful history of ‘accidentally’ leaving keyloggers onto its customers’ laptops. At least two times this year, HP laptops were caught with pre-installed keylogger or spyware applications.

I was following a tweet made by a security researcher … Continue reading Pre-Installed Keylogger Found On Over 460 HP Laptop Models

PayPal Subsidiary Data Breach Hits Up to 1.6 Million Customers

Global e-commerce business PayPal has disclosed a data breach that may have compromised personally identifiable information for roughly 1.6 million customers at a payment processing company PayPal acquired earlier this year.

PayPal Holdings Inc. said … Continue reading PayPal Subsidiary Data Breach Hits Up to 1.6 Million Customers

22-Year-Old Hacker Pleads Guilty to 2014 Yahoo Hack, Admits Helping Russian Intelligence

Karim Baratov, a 22-year-old Kazakhstan-born Canadian citizen, has pleaded guilty to hacking charges over his involvement in massive 2014 Yahoo data breach that affected all three billion yahoo accounts.

In March, the US Justice Department announced c… Continue reading 22-Year-Old Hacker Pleads Guilty to 2014 Yahoo Hack, Admits Helping Russian Intelligence