Collaborate Disseminate
A man has been sentenced to over 9 years in jail after he was found guilty of breaking into the email accounts of his classmates, and stealing their private nude photographs and videos.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Jail for man who hacked the email of female students, stole and traded their private photos
TikTok, the 3rd most downloaded app in 2019, is under intense scrutiny over users’ privacy, censoring politically controversial content and on national-security grounds—but it’s not over yet, as the security of billions of TikTok users would be now und… Continue reading Researchers Demonstrate How to Hack Any TikTok Account by Sending SMS
Check Point researchers have discovered multiple security vulnerabilities in Fortnite, a massively popular online battle game, one of which could have allowed remote attackers to completely takeover player accounts just by tricking users into clicking … Continue reading Fortnite Flaws Allowed Hackers to Takeover Gamers’ Accounts
Twitter account of another high-profile CEO has been hacked!
This time, it’s Niantic CEO John Hanke, the developer behind the world’s most popular game Pokémon GO.
And it seems like Hanke is so busy with its newly launched game Pokémon GO that he hasn’t noticed or took any measures against it even after over 12 hours of the hack, as the tweets made by hackers are still displaying on his
Continue reading Pokémon GO Creator’s Twitter Account Hacked — Pika, Pikaaaa!
Do you know that you can access your WeChat, Line and WhatsApp chats on your desktop as well using an entirely different, but fastest authentication system?
It’s SQRL, or Secure Quick Response Login, a QR-code-based authentication system that allows u… Continue reading QRLJacking — Hacking Technique to Hijack QR Code Based Quick Login System
Nintendo’s new location-based augmented reality game Pokémon GO has been making rounds since its launch just a few days ago. People are so excited to catch ’em all that brought Nintendo’s market-value gains to $7.5 Billion (£5.8 Billion) in just two days – the highest surge since 1983.
Due to the huge interest surrounding Pokémon GO, even hackers are using the game’s popularity to distribute
Continue reading Uh-Oh! Pokémon GO grants itself ‘Full Access’ to your Google Account — Fix It NOW
Lorrie Cranor thought she dropped a call. The reality was much worse. The post How Even the FTC’s Lead Technologist Can Get Hacked appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading How Even the FTC’s Lead Technologist Can Get Hacked
If you are a torrent lover and have registered on BitTorrent community forum website, then you may have had your personal details compromised, along with your hashed passwords.
The BitTorrent team has announced that its community forums have been hacked, which exposed private information of hundreds of thousands of its users.
As of now, BitTorrent is the most visited torrent client around
Continue reading BitTorrent Forum Hacked; Change your Password Immediately
LinkedIn’s 2012 data breach was much worse than anybody first thought.
In 2012, LinkedIn suffered a massive data breach in which more than 6 Million users accounts login details, including encrypted passwords, were posted online by a Russian hacker.
… Continue reading Hacker puts up 167 Million LinkedIn Passwords for Sale
There is no doubt that data breaches are on the rise. Hardly a day goes without headlines about any significant data breach.
According to the latest ‘Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2016’ report published by UK government, two-thirds of the biggest firm in the UK have experienced at least a cyber attacks or data breaches within the past 12 months.
Here’s today, I am writing about top 4 data
Continue reading Top 4 Data Breaches reported in last 24 Hours