Yet another trend of hacking – Iranian hackers’ “Newscaster” cyber-espionage campaign targeting US officials – has made the headlines!
Tag: Hackers
The hunter becomes the hunted: Avast forum users’ data compromised
Avast has suffered a serious security breach that has led to compromise of details of over 350,000 forum users. The company sent an apologetic email to forum users informing them about the…
US government to impose visa restrictions on Chinese hackers participating in DefCon
Jeff Moss: “First I have heard of it, boarding flight to DC now. I don’t think it helps build positive community. More later.”
Apple too late to curb iCloud activation mechanism flaw
Apple is so too late in fixing a flaw in its iCloud activation mechanism that leaves iOS users vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, allowing easy restore of lost iDevices without authentication, claims…
US public utility hit by ‘brute force’ attack
The US Department of Homeland Security confirmed that a public utility was hacked by a “sophisticated hacking group,” compromising the control system network without affecting the utility’s operations. The agency’s Industrial Control…
Heartbleed coder: Mistake was ‘trivial’ but effect is ‘clearly severe’
Heartbleed bug, the worst security flaw the internet has ever encountered, was introduced to the world on New Year’s Eve 2011. The man behind the so-called coding error has come forward, confessing…
Heartbleed bug turns into web’s security disaster
‘Heartbleed’ bug, the so-called security flaw in crucial encryption code, has made headlines this week as the most significant and dangerous vulnerability to ever hit the internet. According to security researchers, this…
Google researchers: Journalists, news organisations top targets of state-sponsored hackers
Google researchers claim journalists and news organisations to be the target of state-sponsored hacking attacks with 21 of the top 25 news organisations having been attacked recently. Discussing the research paper at…
Cybersecurity firm claims access to 360 million stolen login credentials
A cybersecurity firm on Tuesday revealed that it has access to 360 million stolen account credentials that are available for sale on cyber black markets. The stolen account credentials discovery could pose…