Car Hacking ? Scary, But Now it’s REALITY!

Next time you find yourself hooked up behind the wheel, make sure that your car is actually in your control.
Hackers are now able to break into hundreds of thousands of vehicles on the road.
Car hacking is a hot topic today and until now it was performed only while researchers were hard-wired into a car's electrical system.
However, the most recent hack performed by two computer hackers, who have

All Smartwatches are vulnerable to Hackers

Do you own a Smartwatch? If yes, then how safe it is? There are almost 100 percent chances that you own a vulnerable Smartwatch.



Computer manufacturer Hewlett-Packard is warning users of smartwatches including Apple Watch and Samsung Gear that their wearable devices are vulnerable to cyber attacks.



In a study, HP's Fortify tested today's top 10 smartwatches for security features, such

Introducing 93Gbps High-Speed Tor-Like Encrypted Anonymous Network

I think you'll agree with me when I say:



It's quite hard to maintain anonymity on the Internet using the slow Tor network. Or is it?



Well, it turns out, you may soon boost your online anonymity dramatically with the help of a new high-speed anonymity network.



A group of six academics have developed a Tor network alternative for users that allows high-speed anonymous web surfing,

RCSAndroid — Advanced Android Hacking Tool Leaked Online

As digging deeper and deeper into the huge Hacking Team data dump, security researchers are finding more and more source code, including an advanced Android Hacking Tool.



Yes, this time researchers have found a source code to a new piece of weaponized android malware that had the capability to infect millions of Android devices even when users are running latest versions of the android

Oh Gosh! Four Zero Day Vulnerabilities Disclosed in Internet Explorer

How many Zero-Days do you think could hit Microsoft today? Neither one nor two; this times its Four.



The Hewlett-Packard's Zero-Day Initiative (ZDI) has disclosed four new zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser that could be exploited to remotely execute malicious code on victim's machine.



All the four zero-days originally were reported to Microsoft, affecting

WordPress 4.2.3 Security Update Released, Patches Critical Vulnerability

WordPress has just released the new version of its content management system (CMS), WordPress version 4.2.3, to fix a critical security vulnerability that could have been exploited by hackers to take over websites, affecting the security of its Millions of sites.



WordPress version 4.2.3 resolves a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) flaw that could allow any user with the Contributor or Author role

Bug in OpenSSH Opens Linux Machines to Password Cracking Attack

A simple but highly critical vulnerability recently disclosed in the most widely used OpenSSH software allows attackers to try thousands of password login attempts per connection in a short period.



OpenSSH is the most popular software widely used for secure remote access to Linux-based systems. Generally, the software allows 3 to 6 Password login attempts before closing a connection, but a

Apple Mac OS X Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Hack your Computer

A security researcher has discovered a critical vulnerability in the latest version of Apple's OS X Yosemite that could allow anyone to obtain unrestricted root user privileges with the help of code that fits in a tweet.



The privilege-escalation vulnerability initially reported on Tuesday by German researcher Stefan Esser, could be exploited by to circumvent security protections and gain

Hacking Team: We're Victim of a Criminal Cyber Attack

Hacking Team, the Italy-based spyware company that sells spying software to law enforcement agencies worldwide, says the company has always operated with the law and regulation in an ethical manner.



However, there was only one Violation of Law in this entire event, and that is – "the massive cyber attack on the Hacking Team." company stated.



The recent hack on Hacking Team exposed

​Google, Yahoo, Facebook Collaborate to Blacklist Bad Bots

The major tech companies including Google, Facebook, and Yahoo! have joined their hands to launch a new program meant to block fake web traffic by blacklisting flagged IP addresses.



Today, majority of data center traffic is non-human or illegitimate, so to fight against this issue the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) has announced a program that will tap into Google's internal

600TB MongoDB Database 'accidentally' exposed on the Internet

System administrators have reportedly exposed almost 600 Terabytes (TB) of MongoDB database due to running outdated and unpatched versions of the NoSQL MongoDB database.



The open source MongoDB is the most popular NoSQL database used by companies of all sizes, from eBay and Sourceforge to The New York Times and LinkedIn.



According to Shodan's representative John Matherly, nearly 30,000

Lessons We Learned From Ashley Madison Data Breach

Do you use your Real Identity online and think about being private? If yes, then you are insane.



Ashley Madison, the popular online dating website with tagline "Life is short. Have an affair", recently got hacked, reportedly exposing a sample of its users' account information and other personal data online.



The hacker group, called itself 'The Impact Team', is also threatening to

Oops! Adult Dating Website Ashley Madison Hacked; 37 Million Accounts Affected

"Life is short. Have an affair," but always remember "Cheaters never prosper."



AshleyMadison.com, an American most prominent dating website, that helps married people cheat on their spouses has been hacked, potentially putting very private details of Millions of its users at risk of being exposed.



The Stolen personal data may include information from users’ real names, addresses and

Microsoft releases Emergency Patch Update for all versions of Windows

In the wake of a critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability in all supported versions of its operating system platform, Microsoft has just issued an emergency fix.



Yes, it’s time to patch your Windows operating system against an alarming security hole that could allow remote attackers to run malicious code on your computer, thereby taking "complete control of the affected system."



Hacking Team is known for its advanced and

Bitcoin Cloud Mining Service Hacked; Database On Sale for Just 1 Bitcoin

Bitcoin Cloud Mining service Cloudminr.io has been hacked and its whole users database is on sale for 1 Bitcoin.



The unknown hackers have successfully taken full control of the website's server and defaced the homepage of the website.



Users visiting the website are greeted with a defaced homepage showing the partial database of around 1000 clients including their usernames and

Google Photo App Uploads Your Images To Cloud, Even After Uninstalling

Have you ever seen any mobile application working in the background silently even after you have uninstalled it completely?



I have seen Google Photos app doing the same.



Your Android smartphone continues to upload your phone photos to Google servers without your knowledge, even if you have already uninstalled the Google Photos app from your device.



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Malicious Gaming App Infects More than 1 Million Android Users

It's not at all surprising that the Google Play Store is surrounded by a number of malicious applications that may gain users' attention to fall victim for one, but this time it might be even worse than you thought.



Threat researchers from security firm ESET have discovered a malicious Facebook-Credentials-Stealing Trojan masquerading as an Android game that has been downloaded by more

Israeli Singer Jailed for Hacking Madonna Emails

An Israeli Singer and former contestant on a reality talent show has been jailed for hacking Madonna's online accounts and stealing songs from her unreleased music tracks.



Adi Lederman, 39, who participated in Israel's version of American Idol called A Star Is Born, is set to spend his 14 months in prison and pay $4000 in fine after confessing to computer trespassing, infringement of

Gamer Drugged His Girlfriend So He Could Play Xbox for a Few More Hours

Yes, you heard it right. A gamer drugged his girlfriend to avoid interruption while playing on his Microsoft's Xbox Live.



The 23-year-old German man, who has not been named, was fined EUR€500 (approx USD$555) by a judge in a Castrop-Rauxel district court, German website The Local reports.



The man admitted in front of judge that he put between four and five drops of a

Second Flash Player Zero-day Exploit found in 'Hacking Team' Dump

Another Flash zero-day exploit has emerged from the hundreds of gigabytes of data recently leaked from Hacking Team, an Italian surveillance software company that is long been accused of selling spying software to governments and intelligence agencies.



The critical zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash is a Use-After-Free() programming flaw (CVE-2015-5122) which is similar to the

The Pirate Bay Founders Free Of Criminal Copyright Case

The four co-founders of The Pirate Bay, the world’s most popular torrent website, have been cleared of charges alleging criminal copyright infringement and abuse of electronic communications in a Belgian court.



The Pirate Bay co-founders Gottfrid Svartholm, Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundström were acquitted by a Belgian court located in Mechelse after it was found that they could

WhatsApp Could Offer 'Like' and 'Mark as Unread' Features Soon

The popular instant messaging app WhatsApp might adopt some features from its parent company, Facebook.



The messaging giant is testing some new features that might be coming to the app soon. The features include a 'Like' button similar to that of Facebook and a 'Mark as Unread' feature for chat messages, AndroidPit reports.


'Like' Button for Images



Ilhan Pektas, WhatsApp beta tester,

German Missile System Hacked; 'Unexplained' Commands Executed Remotely

Now this is a shockingly dangerous threat when hackers are taking over weapons and missiles.



This time I am not talking about weapon systems being hackable, but being HACKED!



A German Patriot anti-aircraft missile system stationed on Turkish-Syrian border was reportedly hacked and taken over by an unknown "foreign source" who successfully executed "unexplained commands."