Hackers struck the Ethereum platform twice in consecutive weeks – this time stealing more than $8 million worth of cryptocurrency in the second Initial Coin Offering (ICO) heist. Veritaseum, the peer-to-peer software firm at the center of the hack, confirmed the theft Monday. The firm’s founder, Reggie Middleton, explained the incident on the Bitcoin Talk […]
Zomato Hacked in Latest Global Cyberattack, Data of 17M Users Stolen…
Zomato is the latest online company to be targeted by hackers, with personal data, email addresses and hashed passwords of up to 17 million users around the world stolen. The website, founded in India in 2008, boasts 120 million monthly users and hosts information on 1 million eateries in 10,000 cities across 23 countries. It […]
The Emails, Photos and More…
Macron Says He Is a Victim…
As reported overnight, the anonymous source of documents alleging Emmanuel Macron’s involvement with an operating agreement for a Limited Liability Company (LLC) in the Caribbean island of Nevis returned to release several high quality images of the purported documents along with promises to release even more documents and identify account locations and the extent of […]
Massive 9 Gig Dump of Emails from French Presidential Candidate Emmanuel Macron…
Recall: FBI, CIA Never Examined DNC Servers. Relied Solely on CrowdStrike Report…
Were the Hackers Who Broke Into the DNC’s Email Really Russian?…
The question of whether political operative Roger Stone helped Russian hackers break into the email of Democratic politicians, to some people, invites another: Who says the hackers were Russian? The FBI does, and so do several U.S. intelligence agencies, as they’ve declared repeatedly over the past five months. But among private-sector computer security companies, not […]
How One Photo Could Have Hacked Your WhatsApp and Telegram Accounts…
Next time when someone sends you a photo of a cute cat or a hot chick on WhatsApp or Telegram then be careful before you click on the image to view — it might hack your account within seconds. A new security vulnerability has recently been patched by two popular end-to-end encrypted messaging services — […]
Georgia’s Secretary of State Seeks Trump’s Aid in Alleged DHS Hack…
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp on Wednesday asked President-elect Donald Trump to investigate the Department of Homeland Security’s apparent attempt to hack his office’s computer system. In a letter to Trump, Kemp asked that the president-elect to act once he is sworn in to office in January…
Internet Security Experts Warn YAHOO Password Breach Could Have ‘Ripple Effects’ for Millions…
As investors and investigators weigh the damage of Yahoo’s massive breach to the internet icon, information security experts worry that the record-breaking haul of password data could be used to open locks up and down the web.