Sn1per – Penetration Testing Automation Scanner

Sn1per is a penetration testing automation scanner that can be used during a penetration test to enumerate and scan for vulnerabilities. Features Automatically collects basic recon (ie. whois, ping, DNS, etc.) Automatically launches Google hacking quer… Continue reading Sn1per – Penetration Testing Automation Scanner

WannaCry Ransomware That’s Hitting World Right Now Uses NSA Windows Exploit

Update — After reading this article, if you want to know, what has happened so far in past 4 days and how to protect your computers from WannaCry, read our latest article “WannaCry Ransomware: Everything You Need To Know Immediately.” 

Earlier today, a massive ransomware campaign hit computer systems of hundreds of private companies and public organizations across the globe – which is

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Insecure Apps that Open Ports Leave Millions of Smartphones at Risk of Hacking

A team of researchers from the University of Michigan discovered that hundreds of applications in Google Play Store have a security hole that could potentially allow hackers to steal data from and even implant malware on millions of Android smartphones.

The University of Michigan team says that the actual issue lies within apps that create open ports — a known problem with computers — on

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That was fast: Thousands of computers now compromised with leaked NSA tools, researchers say

Thousands of Microsoft Windows machines worldwide are infected with an NSA-developed backdoor that hackers installed by reusing leaked executable code from an outdated hacking toolkit belonging to the spy agency, multiple security researchers tell CyberScoop. The mysterious Shadow Brokers group published a package of internal NSA documents last week, containing among other things the computer code for a series of exploits, implants and other hacking tools. In the days since the leak first became public, hackers have mulled over the trove and begun reverse-engineering and recycling some of the capabilities, CyberScoop previously reported. One of these hacking tools, a backdoor implant codenamed DOUBLEPULSAR — which is used to run malicious code on an already compromised box — has already been installed on 30,000 to 50,000 hosts, according to Phobos Group founder Dan Tentler. Other researchers have also engineered different detection scripts to quickly scan the internet for infected computers. John Matherly, […]

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WikiLeaks Reveals ‘Marble’ Source Code that CIA Used to Frame Russia and China

WikiLeaks published hundreds of more files from the Vault 7 series today which, it claims, show how CIA can mask its hacking attacks to make it look like it came from other countries, including Russia, China, North Korea and Iran.

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Student Faces 10 Years In Prison For Creating And Selling Limitless Keylogger

A 21-year-old former Langley High School student, who won a Programmer of the Year Award in high school, pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of developing and selling custom key-logging malware that infected thousands of victims.

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Student Faces 10 Years In Prison For Creating And Selling Limitless Keylogger

A 21-year-old former Langley High School student, who won a Programmer of the Year Award in high school, pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of developing and selling custom key-logging malware that infected thousands of victims.

Zachary Shames from V… Continue reading Student Faces 10 Years In Prison For Creating And Selling Limitless Keylogger

Russia proposes 10 Year in Prison Sentence for Hackers and Malware Authors

The Russian government has introduced a draft bill that proposes prison sentences as punishment for hackers and cyber criminals creating malicious software used in targeting critical Russian infrastructure, even if they have no part in actual cyber attacks.

The bill, published on the Russian government’s website on Wednesday, proposes amendments to the Russian Criminal Code and Criminal

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Shadow Brokers reveals list of Servers Hacked by the NSA

The hacker group calling itself the Shadow Brokers, who previously claimed to have leaked a portion of the NSA’s hacking tools and exploits, is back with a Bang!

The Shadow Brokers published more files today, and this time the group dumped a list of foreign servers allegedly compromised by the NSA-linked hacking unit, Equation Group, in various countries to expand its espionage operations.

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Here’s How to Hack Windows/Mac OS X Login Password (When Locked)

A Security researcher has discovered a unique attack method that can be used to steal credentials from a locked computer (but, logged-in) and works on both Windows as well as Mac OS X systems.

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