Trick : Team Poison Hacker who leaked Tony Blair's data is jailed
A UK teenage Hacker who stole private information belonging to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and clogged up the UK's national anti-terrorism telephone hotline, has been jailed for six...
View ArticleTools released at Defcon can crack widely used PPTP encryption in under a day
Security researchers released two tools at the Defcon security conference which can be used to crack the encryption of any PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) as well as WPA2-Enterprise (Wireless...
View ArticleVulnerability in Ubisoft Uplay allows attacker to gain control of your computer
Google security Researcher ,Tavis Ormandy, has discovered a critical vulnerability in Ubisoft Uplay plugin software that could allow hackers to remotely install programs onto your PC.It is possible for...
View Article#Blackmuscats: Hacked sites redirected to Fake Antivirus site
Today, many sites compromised today with the Blackmuscats conditional redirection, says Sucuri. Anyone visiting the hacked sites are being redirected to Fake Antivirus sites. Researcher named this...
View ArticleMultiple Web Vulnerabilities found in Barracuda EMail Security 2.0.2
Vulnerability-Lab has discovered A filter bypass vulnerability & 2 persistent input validation vulnerabilities in Barracudas EMail Security Application UI v2.0.2.The vulnerability allows an...
View ArticleDropbox confirms it was hacked -Two-Factor Authentication Coming
When a few hundred Dropbox users began receiving spam emails about online casinos and gambling sites two weeks ago, it seemed like something was up. And indeed there was. The online file storage...
View ArticleCall For Papers for the first edition of Hzine
Hcon, Information security Training and Tools provider, launched their own PenTesting Magazine 'Hzine'. We are inviting unique and interesting articles for our First Edition of Hzine.Theme for the...
View Article1,100 UK computers infected by Police Ransomware
Cyber Criminals have managed to infect more than 1,100 computers with Ransomware to extort money from unsuspecting members of the public by impersonating the Met’s Police Central e-Crime Unit...
View ArticleOpera 12.01 addresses Critical vulnerabilities in previous versions
Opera team has released updated version 12 of the Opera web browser that addresses a four important security holes. The first of these is rated as critical by the company and affects all supported...
View ArticleCVE-2012-2665: LibreOffice vulnerable to multiple Heap-based buffer overflows
CVE-2012-2665: Few weeks after releasing the LibreOffice 3.5.5, The Document Foundation has confirmed that security holes in earlier versions of the open source LibreOffice .According to the security...
View ArticleOlympic malware poses as US Women's Gymnastics scandal video
SophosLabs has intercepted a malware campaign that has been spammed out, exploiting interest in the London Olympics which are currently making headlines and filling TV schedules around the world.The...
View ArticleHackers break into Reuters blogging platform and post fake news
Thomson Reuters has confirmed the blogging platform of the Reuters News website was compromised on Friday and a false posting purporting to carry an interview with a Syrian rebel leader was illegally...
View ArticleFake AT&T emails lead to BlackHole Exploit kit site
Websense has detected a massive phishing campaign targeting AT&T customers. More than 200,000 fake emails are masquerading as billing information from the giant American communication services...
View ArticleTelephone denial-of-service (TDOS) attacks -Hackers offer for 20$ per day
Hackers are now offering DDoS attack against Telecom Systems,with prices starting at just $20 per day.DDoS against websites have been going on for many years. Attacks that swamped telecoms services are...
View ArticleGizmodo's Twitter account hacked by Clan VV3
The hacker group called as "Clan VV3" managed to gain access to the Gizmodo's Twitter account. Apparently, it all started when the hackers compromised the iCloud account of Mat Honan, a former Gizmodo...
View ArticleMicrosoft released Attack Surface Analyzer 1.0
Microsoft has released Attack Surface Analyzer 1.0 which determines the security of an application by examining how it affects the computer it is installed on.The tools was originally released on...
View ArticleAlleged Hong Kong Anonymous hacker arrested over Facebook Threat
A man believed to be a member of the international hacker group Anonymous was reportedly arrested by Hong Kong police after he claimed on Facebook that he would hack several government websites.Police...
View ArticleHackers hijack Gizmodo Reporter's iCloud account via Social Engineering attack
Yesterday, we report that Gizmodo's twitter account hijacked after hackers compromised the iCloud account of Mat Honan, a former Gizmodo employee. At the time it was assumed that the hackers had used...
View ArticleReuters Twitter account hacked and false tweets were posted
Reuters has suffered a second Security breach in two days after hackers take control of one of its Twitter accounts."Earlier today @ReutersTech was hacked and changed to @ReutersME," said a...
View Article"Your Federal Tax Payment rejected" spam mail leads to Malware
MX Lab has intercepted a new spam emails with subject “Your Federal Tax Payment ID: 2636335 is failed”, the ID number will change with each email.The email is send from spoofed addresses and has the...
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