Celeb Photo Hack Leveraged by Scammers
The recent incident in which pics of scantily clad or unclad female celebrities were leaked online rattled not only the interest of their fans but also of scammers, who tried to capitalize on the...
View ArticleEuropol Launches New Taskforce to Fight Cybercrime
A new organization for defending the European Union (EU) against cybercrime has been launched on Monday, under the name Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT). The new unit is comprised of Cyber...
View ArticleNamecheap User Accounts Likely Compromised Using Cybervor Database
Some users of the services offered by web hosting provider Namecheap have been alerted that credentials for their accounts have been used by third party individuals to log in.The company informs that...
View ArticleFBI pursuing hacker who released nude celebrity photos as he thanks…
A hacker who says he or she is responsible for uncovering nude photos of more than 100 celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton says the mobile hit job was plotted by multiple people and...
View ArticleOnline Survey Lure Page Features Google Ads
A video scam is spreading across Facebook, pointing to a bait page for online surveys that integrates advertisements delivered through Googles ad service.This could serve as a backup plan, in case the...
View ArticlePopular Twitter Hashtag Used To Point to Malicious Sites
Twitter is actively used by cybercriminals to post spam messages promoting increase of followership for different platforms, using a popular hashtag that would increase their visibility to users.The...
View ArticleApple, iCloud Take Reputation Hits After Photo Scandal
Apple may have denied that hackers breached its iCloud service to steal celebrities’ intimate photos, but the reality is that the wave of news stories and blogs covering the hacks have damaged the...
View ArticleYouTube Account Manager Message Warns of Account Suspension – Survey Scam
YouTube users are currently targeted by emails claiming to be delivered by YouTube Account Manager, threatening with account suspension due to repeated violations of the community guidelines.Complaints...
View ArticleCelebrity Photo Hackers ‘Committed Sex Crime’
LOS ANGELES – Those behind the massive leak of naked celebrity photos that shocked the show business world could and should be prosecuted, including for child sex crimes, experts said Wednesday.
View ArticleBreaking the Cyber Kill Chain
In some ways, an attack against an organization is similar to a house made of cards; removing one card can cause the whole thing to collapse.
View ArticleJapanese Air Force One’s Flight Path Published Online
TOKYO – Japan’s security-conscious government admitted Thursday that details about the flight path and exact location of the prime minister’s plane had been posted on the Internet for anyone to see.
View ArticleHow To Delete Your Own Nude Photos From Apple’s iCloud: A Step-By-Step Guide
You probably heard by now about the nude celebrity photos circulating the internet, with the hacker allegedly responsible saying he got the photos from Apple’s iCloud. You may be thinking, “I’m not a...
View ArticleFour New Malware Samples Emerge Every Second
Statistics about malware pieces users are exposed to are worrying, with reports saying that a new threat appears every quarter of a second, or 240 for every minute that passes. Cybercriminals have...
View ArticleThe weak link in the enterprise security chain: Falling for phishing
According to new research, employees remain a link in the chain ripe for exploiting, and phishing campaigns are an effective tactic to gain access to corporate networks.
View ArticleWho Is This 4Chan Person, CNN Wants to Know
CNN wants to know who this 4chan person who hacked the 100+ celebrities last weekend is, and a video on the topic with two of their journalists has long gone viral. This hopefully is no longer a...
View ArticleWhen You Share Your Own Nudes, That’s Sorta Like Being Hacked, Isn’t It?
The celebrity nude hacking is still one of the hot topics of the day. Now, we have Kim Kardashian weighing in, saying that people “in general just have to be cautious,” according to The Independent in...
View ArticleAzad Jammu and Kashmir Government Portal Hacked
A group of hackers broke into the online portal of the Azad Kashmir government and proceeded to deface some of the pages, as well as to extract the database with the login credentials.The incident,...
View ArticleChina Launches MitM Attack on Google Users
Chinese authorities want to keep tabs on the users of an education and research network so they have started intercepting encrypted traffic to and from Google’s servers, an organization that monitors...
View ArticleHealthCare.gov Server Hacked, Infected With Malware
Cybercriminals managed to breach one of the servers used for HealthCare.gov, the official website of the United States’ health insurance marketplace, federal officials reported on Thursday.
View ArticleVirusTotal Used to Identify Malware Authors
Googles malware scanning service VirusTotal can be employed to find clues about the identity of malware creators that test their viruses before deploying them in the wild. A security researcher...
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