Harvard University Student made bomb threats to get out of a final exam
Exam is a nightmare for most of students. It appears a Harvard University student also got this nightmare. He chose a different and stupid way to avoid the final exam, made a bomb threats. Eldo Kim,...
View ArticleBanking Trojan 'Qadars' now targets users in Netherlands
A New Banking Trojan called 'Qadars' that has been infecting users across the globe in recent days, is now appeared to be targeting users mainly from Netherlands, according to ESET.It was first...
View ArticleHackers can covertly activate Macbook Webcams without Warning light
Recently, a Hacker has managed to take nude photos of his high school classmate by covertly activating the Webcam in Macboook without turning on the warning light. Though it is designed to trigger a...
View ArticleUS Retail giant Target targeted by hackers, 40 million credits cards at risk
US retail giant Target has confirmed it was victim of a cyber attack that could compromised payment details of approximately 40 million credit card and debit cards accounts.The information involved in...
View ArticlePolice seek tutor who helped students to hack school computers
A tutor who allegedly helped a number of Corona del Mar High School students to hack the school computer in order to change their grades, is wanted by Newport Beach Police.The 28-year old private...
View ArticleWorld's Largest Bitcoin poker SealsWithClubs website hacked
It appears any websites that do Bitcoin transactions are coming under the radar of Hackers. SealsWithClubs is the latest victim.Online Poker service SealsWithClubs which is claimed to be the world's...
View ArticleDSHS mistakenly sent client's personal info to incorrect address
The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) mistakenly mailed letters containing client's personal info to previous or incorrect address.According to the Seattle Times, the...
View ArticleNSA paid $10 million to RSA for making flawed algorithm to weaken encryption
The US National Security Agency(NSA) has secretly paid $10 million for one of the major & respected security firm RSA, to make a flawed algorithm in order to weaken the encryption, according to...
View ArticleSpam mail promising Adobe License key delivers Trojan
Adobe has issued a warning about a new spam email campaign which is purporting to deliver License key for a variety of Adobe products. Security researchers at MX Lab, have come across the spam...
View ArticleUS Charges three more in Silk Road Online black market case
US authorities have charged three more people in connection with the operation of Silk Road, the online black market for illicit goods such as drugs, illegal guns and more.24-year-old a Virginia...
View ArticleAffinity Gaming says credit card processing system hacked
Affinity Gaming, the las vegas based gaming company, has reported a security breach in their system that processes customer's credit cards and debit cards for its casinos.Affinity was notified on oct....
View ArticleDotcachef Exploit Pack targets IP Board Forums
The recently discovered Exploit kit "DotkaChef" (aka DotCache, DotCacheF) is appeared to be targeting the websites running the IP Board forum applications.The exploit pack was first discovered by Chris...
View ArticleBangladesh Padma Oil Company website defaced
A hacker with online name "z3r0c0000l" has hacked into the one of the Bangladesh Government website "Padma Oil company Limited" and defaced the site(pocl.gov.bd)The hacker didn't mention any specific...
View ArticleRound Rock Independent School District website hacked using default password
Round Rock Independent School District has shut down its website after hackers break into the website(roundrockisd.org) and managed to post vulgar pictures and vulgar language. We just did a quick...
View ArticleRussian President website hacker sentenced to 18 months probation
A Russian hacker from Tomsk city has been sentenced to 18 months probation for hacking the Russian President website last year. The unnamed hacker carried out a cyber attack on the official website of...
View ArticleNational Department of Health- Government of South Africa website hacked
The online hacktivist group ‘Moroccan Islamic Union-Mail’ (MIUM) have hacked and defaced The National Department of Health- Government of South Africa website.On the defaced page, the hacker left a...
View ArticleNamecheap CSRF Vulnerability could lead to DNS Hijacking
A Security researcher Henry Hoggard has discovered a cross site request forgery(CSRF) vulnerability in the Namecheap website that could lead attackers to hijack the DNS records.An attacker could have...
View ArticleCreator of "Mariposa botnet" sentenced to 58 months
A Slovenia hacker accused of writing code of one of the largest known botnet "Mariposa botnet" and sentenced to 58 months by Slovenia court, BBC reports.Mariposa(Spanish word for 'Butterfly') botnet is...
View ArticleHacker sent emails from hacked Police account
The Belington Police has issued a warning about a spam email purportedly from the Belington Police department.According to The Exponent Telegram, an account of a police officer has been hacked by cyber...
View ArticleReserve Bank of India warns public against use of Virtual Currency Bitcoin
The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has issued a warning against the use of Virtual currencies such as controversial Bitcoin saying that they poses a potential financial, legal and security related...
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