ProtonMail has paid a $6000 Ransom to stop prolonged DDoS attacks that knocked its services offline since Tuesday. Unfortunately, the attacks are continuing. The popular encrypted email service ProtonMail has suffered a prolonged major DDoS attack that knocked it offline since Tuesday. It was an extortion attempt, the attackers requested a ransom in order to stop the […]
The popular group of hacktivists Anonymous has released a list containing the identities of alleged Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members and sympathizers. A few days ago, the Anonymous hacking collective announced the imminent release of the identity of 1000 KKK members (Ku Klux Klan) under the operation #opKKK. The popular Anonymous group has declared war to the […]
Rumors on the Internet says that the hackers who breached vBulletin forum website exploited a zero-day flaw, the company issued emergency security patches. On Sunday, the vBulletin official website has been hacked, according to DataBreaches.net, vBulletin, Foxit Software forums have been hacked by Coldzer0 that has stolen hundreds of thousands of usersâ records. The hacker published screenshots […]
Cracka, the crew of young hackers who doxed the CIA Director John Brennan now hit the FBI Deputy Director Mark Giuliano âs wife by hacking her email account. I always say, give a keyboard and internet connection to a kid and he would destroy your company. It is not a joke, the effort needed to launch […]
Security Experts at InfoArmor discovered GovRAT, a malware-signing-as-a-service platform that is offered to APT groups in the underground. In the past, I have explained why digital certificates are so attractive for crooks and intelligence agencies, one of the most interesting uses is the signature of malware code in order to fool antivirus. Naturally, digital certificates […]
#opKKK – The hacking collective Anonymous is denying involvement in the Monday leak of alleged Ku Klux Klan members that included several US senators. A few days ago the popular Anonymous collective has posted a video message on YouTube and a message on Twitter to announce that it is holding a list of names of […]
Experts at Googleâs Project Zero have discovered a number of high severity flaws in the Android OS version running on Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge smartphones. Experts at Google Project Zero are conducting an analysis of the Android operating system running on the Android OS installed by other manufacturers on their mobile devices. The principal manufactures […]
A vulnerability known as Wormhole affects the Baidu Moplus SDK and potentially exposes more than 100 Million users to cyber attacks. The Moplus software development kit (SDK) distributed by the Chinese Search Engine Baidu includes a functionality that can be exploited to gain access to the user’s device. The backdoor-like feature potentially exposes more than 100 Million Android users to cyber attacks. […]
KeeFarce is a recently released hacking tool that swipes encrypted credentials from the KeePass password manager through the DLL injection. A password manager is considered one of the most secure tools to archive strong passwords in a computer. Unfortunately, the presence of a malware on the PC can expose passwords even if they are stored […]
A team of hackers has received a million-dollar payout for disclosing a iOS zero-day vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely hack any Phone. Bad news for the Apple users, a team of hackers have received a million-dollar payout for disclosing an iOS zero-day vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely hack any Phone […]