Hacking

British teenager admits trying to hack CIA Chief and other top US officials

A British teenager admitted in a British court to have attempted to hack into the computers of top US officials, including former CIA…

9 years ago

Disqus data breach – 2012 incident Exposed details for 17.5 Million users

Disqus data breach - The blog comment hosting service for web sites and online communities Disqus has confirmed a data breach that occurred back in 2012.…

9 years ago

A critical vulnerability affects Siemens smart meters

Siemens has just released a firmware update for the 7KT PAC1200 Siemens smart meters that addresses a critical vulnerability. Siemens…

9 years ago

Apple file system flaw, macOS shows encrypted drive’s password in the hint box

Apple released a patch for macOS High Sierra 10.13 that address also a flaw in Apple file system that exposes encrypted drive's…

9 years ago

Russian spies pilfered data from NSA Contractor’s home PC running a Kaspersky AV

Russian hackers allegedly exploited Kaspersky AV to hack into NSA contractor and steal the NSA exploit code. It complicates Kaspersky's…

9 years ago

Experts discovered a SYSCON Backdoor using FTP Server as C&C

Security researchers with Trend Micro discovered a backdoor dubbed SYSCON that uses an FTP server for command and control (C&C) purposes. The…

9 years ago

CVE-2017-12617 Code Execution flaw patched in Apache Tomcat

Several security vulnerabilities have been patched in recent weeks in Apache Tomcat, including the CVE-2017-12617 Code Execution vulnerability. Several security…

9 years ago

Intezer researchers link CCleaner hack to Chinese APT17 hackers

Researchers from security firm Intezer speculate that the attack was powered by nation-state actor, likely the Chinese APT17 group. Security experts…

9 years ago

Yahoo hack – All 3 Billion Yahoo accounts were hacked in 2013 attack

The Yahoo hack occurred in 2013 is bigger than originally stated, Verizon confirmed that all 3 Billion Yahoo accounts were…

9 years ago

A new Ethereum ICO was hacked, the victim is Etherparty

The Etherparty website is the last victim in order of time of a cyber attack involving an Ethereum ICO (Initial Coin Offering).…

9 years ago

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