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Job seekers on CareerBuilder are hackers’ new target

Posted on 6 May 2015

Researchers at security-as-a-service firm Proofpoint have reportedly discovered a phishing campaign which infected job seekers with malware via the online job search website, CareerBuilder. In the attack, malicious Word documents with vague…

Police arrest UK teenager in connection with PSN, Xbox Live hacking attacks

Posted on 17 January 2015

British Police have arrested an UK teenager in connection with the Lizard Squad hacking attacks that took down Sony’s PlayStation Network and Microsoft’s Xbox Live over Christmas. The UK Police arrested the…

Hacker recreates fingerprint using high-res photo

Posted on 31 December 2014

A German computer hacker has come up with a new technique that could enable hackers to copy a person’s fingerprints using commercial software and a couple of high resolution photos. To demonstrate…

Sony pulls ‘The Interview’ social media pages, but assures movie’s return

Posted on 22 December 2014

Sony has pulled all social media pages related to ‘The Interview’ just days after pulling the plug on the theatrical release of “The Interview” after it suffered a major security breach supposedly…

Denuvo DRM cracked by Chinese hackers

Posted on 3 December 2014

A Chinese hacker group has claimed that they have managed to crack Denuvo DRM – the latest anti-piracy measure to protect PC games from piracy. Introduced for the first time in FIFA…

UK firms OK with hiring hackers to oversee security, new research finds

Posted on 18 November 2014

Over half of UK businesses would opt to hire an ex-hacker to keep themselves safe from cyber security threats, new research claims. According to a recent research conducted by one of the…

Four hackers convicted of breaching Microsoft, Valve, Epic & US Military servers

Posted on 1 October 2014

Nathan Leroux, Sanadodeh Nesheiwat, Austin Alcala, along with a Canadian citizen David Pokora are charged, while an unnamed Australian citizen also said to be a part of the conspiracy has been charged under Australian Law.

Cyber attack exposed personal data of at least 25,000 US government workers

Posted on 24 August 2014

However, there are chances for the number of impacted employees to increase!

Heartbleed exploited in Community Health Systems data breach

Posted on 22 August 2014

In July 2014, Community Health Systems confirmed that its computer network was the target of an external, criminal cyber attack that the Company believes occurred in April and June, 2014.

Domino’s Pizza suffers security breach; hackers demand €30,000 ransom

Posted on 16 June 2014

Hackers managed to steal 650,000 customer data records containing names, addresses, telephone numbers, and passwords among other things.

Hackers also use weak passwords just like rest of us, claims researcher

Posted on 10 June 2014

One would assume that hackers use strong passwords considering how easily they crack into users’ accounts because of weak passwords, but it turns out that assumption is wrong.

Cybercrime continues to haunt US businesses and government agencies, survey finds

Posted on 28 May 2014

Cyber criminals are relentlessly attacking organisations, government agencies with better tools and know how.

Michaels Stores’ security breach affected over 3 million credit cards

Posted on 18 April 2014

Michaels Stores on Thursday confirmed that there was a security breach of certain payment card processing systems at its US stores and its subsidiary, Aaron Brothers. Michaels Stores Inc, one of the…

Hackers steal records of 480,000 Harley patients; try to blackmail plastic surgery clinic

Posted on 16 April 2014

Hackers have hit a UK-based plastic surgery clinic – Harley Medical Group – and made away with personal information of over 480,000 patients and even tried to blackmail the company in a…

Certified Ethical Hacker EC-Council website defaced

Posted on 23 February 2014

Website of Certified Ethical Hacker certification EC-Council, eccouncil.org has been defaced with the scanned copy of Edward Snowden’s password being displayed prominently and a letter to the organisation from the whistleblower requesting…

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