Researchers on Monday disclosed a serious security flaw in the encryption standard that protects tens of millions of consumer, business and government Wi-Fi networks — a hole they said could allow hackers to intercept sensitive traffic, tamper with websites or install malware. The flaw affects a security protocol known as WPA2, one of the most […]
“We’re Just Trying To Feed Our Families” – Equifax Hackers Demand $2.6 Million Ransom in Bitcoin…
…personal data – including names, addresses, driver’s license data, birth dates and credit-card numbers – the cyberthieves responsible are threatening to sell the data to the highest bidders unless they receive a ransom payment of 600 bitcoin – worth about $2.6 million, according to CoinTelegraph…
HBO Hackers Leak Top Executive’s Emails…
The release of a month’s worth of the executive’s inbox is the first indication that HBO’s emails have been penetrated, at least partially. The hacker or hackers behind the HBO data breach have posted online a publicly accessible link to a cache of internal documents, including a script summary of an upcoming Game of Thrones […]
Demanding Millions in Ransom…
Hackers Easily Bust into Voting Machines…
Voting machines were no match for some of the nation’s best hackers at a weekend conference in Las Vegas. At the annual DefCon Conference, hackers boasted that they were able to breach the systems — in one case in as little as 90 minutes — in a demonstration that could renew longstanding concerns about voting-machine […]
Over 8,600 Vulnerabilities Found in Pacemakers…
“If you want to keep living, Pay a ransom, or die.” This could happen, as researchers have found thousands of vulnerabilities in Pacemakers that hackers could exploit. Millions of people that rely on pacemakers to keep their hearts beating are at risk of software glitches and hackers, which could eventually take their lives. A pacemaker […]
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 — […]
Wikileaks Unveils ‘Vault 7’: “The Largest Ever Publication Of Confidential Documents On The CIA”…
Last night Wikileaks announced that it has released an encrypted torrent file which reportedly contains information on the mysterious “Vault 7”, and which we now know is the biggest “collection of material about CIA activities obtained by WikiLeaks.publication in history.” It can be downloaded now at the following URL, and accessed using the password “SplinterItIntoAThousandPiecesAndScatterItIntoTheWinds”…
MORE on WikiLeaks: Publishes ‘Entire Hacking Capacity of the CIA’…Mind Blowing!!!…
According to the cache of documents released, the CIA’s Mobile Devices Branch (MDB) has developed multiple tools and systems to hack popular smart phones and remotely order them to send both location data as well as audio and text communications. The phones’ cameras and microphones can also be remotely activated at will…