Apple, in an announcement on Friday, reported a major software flaw in mobile devices that could blow apart the integrity of encrypted connections and could allow hackers to intercept email and other…
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Kickstarter: We were hacked and customer data was accessed
One of the most popular crowdsourcing platforms Kickstarter has revealed that its defenses were breached by hackers and customer data including email addresses, encrypted passwords, and phone numbers among other details were…
Hackers targeting previously unknown flaw in Internet Explorer 10
Attackers are utilising a previously unknown flaw in Internet Explorer 10 to attacks users online, a security company has claimed. Researchers over at FireEye have discovered attacks against Microsoft’s browser – Internet…
French telecoms giant Orange hacked; details of 800,000 customers stolen
Hackers have managed to breach the defences of Orange and have reportedly stolen details of 800,000 users of the telecoms company’s website. According to a report on PCINpact, Orange’s website was targeted…
Yahoo Mail breach confirmed; data of unspecified number of users stolen
Yahoo has confirmed breach of its Yahoo Mail service wherein attackers made away with data related to unspecified number of users. “Recently, we identified a coordinated effort to gain unauthorized access to…
Indian, Pakistani hackers battle it out on cyber turf
Hactivists from both the countries battle it out to commemorate the 65th Republic Day of India – over 2200 websites hacked and defaced.
SEA hacks into CNN social media accounts
Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) hijacked social media accounts and blogs of CNN just days after the notorious hackers hacked their way through Microsoft blogs. SEA hijacked the accounts on Thursday night and…
Official Perl blog hacked; details of over 2900 users leaked
Islamic Cyber Resistance (ICR) hackers have hacked official Perl blog today and leaked details of nearly 3000 users online. The hackers defaced the blog in an unobtrusive way by leaving a page…
LinkedIn sues unknown hackers for scraping data from real profiles, creating fake ones
LinkedIn has filed a lawsuit with the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California against an unknown group of hackers who allegedly used automated software to scrape data from real profiles on…
Steam & Origin servers hit by separate DDoS attacks
The same individual / group which claimed the responsibility of taking down Dota 2, LoL, Quake Live, Club Penguin, Battle.net servers a couple of days back have taken down EA’s Origin servers…
Snapchat hacked, partially censored database released
Update Read: SnapchatDB.info taken down, Snapchat hackers interviewed Original Story Just days after Australia-based Gibson Security disclosed two hacks in Snapchat that could allow hackers to gain access to personal data of…
Crooks infect ATMs with malware using USB, steal cash [Updated]
Update The video titled ‘Electronic Bank Robberies’ that talks about the malware: Original Story Criminals managed to infect ATMs with malware by using USB drives, researchers have revealed while speaking at the…
Hackers DDoS Dota 2, LoL, other game servers
A group calling itself DERP has reportedly DDoS’ed several game servers including those of Dota 2, LoL, Quake Live, Club Penguin, Battle.net, and EA.com in a bid to stop a specific player,…
Firms in UK join forces to fight cyber crime
Multiple small companies in the West Midlands, UK have joined hands to fight cyber crime with the help of a computer game. Developers over at Serious Games have teamed up with organisational…
Hackers targeting paid-for-apps on Apple, Google platforms
Hackers are increasingly targeting paid-for-apps on Google and Apple mobile platforms with latest reports indicating that hackers have managed to hack 100 percent of the top 100 apps on Android while they…