Commando VM — Turn Your Windows Computer Into A Hacking Machine

FireEye today released Commando VM, which according to the company, is a “first of its kind Windows-based security distribution for penetration testing and red teaming.”

When it comes to the best-operating systems for hackers, Kali Linux is always the… Continue reading Commando VM — Turn Your Windows Computer Into A Hacking Machine

Ex-NSA Developer Gets 5.5 Years in Prison for Taking Top Secret Documents Home

A former NSA employee has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison for illegally taking a copy of highly classified documents and hacking tools to his home computer between 2010 and 2015, which were later stolen by Russian hackers.

Nghia Hoan… Continue reading Ex-NSA Developer Gets 5.5 Years in Prison for Taking Top Secret Documents Home

21-Year-Old Creator of LuminosityLink Hacking Tool Pleads Guilty

As it was speculated that the author of LuminosityLink RAT was arrested last year, a plea agreement made available to the public today confirmed the news.

Back in September last year, Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) and National Crime Agenc… Continue reading 21-Year-Old Creator of LuminosityLink Hacking Tool Pleads Guilty

Warning: CCleaner Hacked to Distribute Malware; Over 2.3 Million Users Infected

If you have downloaded or updated CCleaner application on your computer between August 15 and September 12 of this year from its official website, then pay attention—your computer has been compromised.

CCleaner is a popular application with over 2 billion downloads, created by Piriform and recently acquired by Avast, that allows users to clean up their system to optimize and enhance

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Shadow Brokers Leaks Another Windows Hacking Tool Stolen from NSA’s Arsenal

The Shadow Brokers, a notorious hacking group that leaked several hacking tools from the NSA, is once again making headlines for releasing another NSA exploit—but only to its “monthly dump service” subscribers.

Dubbed UNITEDRAKE, the implant is a “fully extensible remote collection system” that comes with a number of “plug-ins,” enabling attackers to remotely take full control over targeted

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Hackers Are Distributing Backdoored ‘Cobian RAT’ Hacking tool For Free

Nothing is free in this world.

If you are searching for free ready-made hacking tools on the Internet, then beware—most freely available tools, claiming to be the swiss army knife for hackers, are nothing but a hoax.

Last year, we reported about one such Facebook hacking tool that actually had the capability to hack a Facebook account, but yours and not the one you desire to hack.
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Katyusha Scanner — Telegram-based Fully Automated SQL Injection Tool

A new powerful hacking tool recently introduced in an underground forum is making rounds these days, allowing anyone to rapidly conduct website scans for SQL injection flaws on a massive scale — all controlled from a smartphone using the Telegram messaging application.

Dubbed Katyusha Scanner, the fully automated powerful SQLi vulnerability scanner was first surfaced in April this year when a

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Adwind RAT Returns! Cross-Platform Malware Targeting Aerospace Industries

Hackers and cyber criminals are becoming dramatically more adept, innovative, and stealthy with each passing day.

While other operating systems are more widely in use, cybercriminals have now shifted from traditional activities to more clandestine tec… Continue reading Adwind RAT Returns! Cross-Platform Malware Targeting Aerospace Industries

Wikileaks Unveils CIA Implants that Steal SSH Credentials from Windows & Linux PCs

WikiLeaks has today published the 15th batch of its ongoing Vault 7 leak, this time detailing two alleged CIA implants that allowed the agency to intercept and exfiltrate SSH (Secure Shell) credentials from targeted Windows and Linux operating systems … Continue reading Wikileaks Unveils CIA Implants that Steal SSH Credentials from Windows & Linux PCs

This CIA Tool Hacks Windows Computers Silently Over the Network

WikiLeaks has published a new batch of the ongoing Vault 7 leak, this time detailing an alleged CIA project that allowed the agency to turn Windows file servers into covert attack machines that can silently infect other computers of interest inside a t… Continue reading This CIA Tool Hacks Windows Computers Silently Over the Network