Canada Armed Forces recruitment website was taken down after it was hacked and would-be recruits are redirected to a Chinese government page. The Canadian Armed Forces recruitment website was hacked last week, visitors have been redirected to the Chinese government’s main page instead of the legitimate website. According to CTV television, anyone trying to sign […]
Hackers attempted to extort Michigan State University after they have breached into its database containing 400,000 records of students and employees. Crooks hacked the Michigan State University breaching into a database containing 400,000 student and employee records, then tried to monetize the efforts attempted to extort the organization. Michigan State University reported the data breach occurred on November 13 when an unauthorized […]
Researchers have discovered a new hacking campaign leveraging on Facebook Messenger to spread the Locky ransomware via SVG images. The Locky Ransomware is spread via a downloader, experts noticed that it is able to bypass Facebook defense measures by pretending to be a harmless image file. The campaign was first spotted during the weekend by the malware […]
The security expert Michele Orru from FortConsult has released an automated phishing toolkit dubbed ‘PhishLulz’ for penetration testing activities. The security expert Michele Orru from FortConsult, aka @antisnatchor, has released an automated phishing toolkit dubbed ‘PhishLulz’ for penetration testing activities. The PhishLulz tool was presented at the Kiwicon hacking event held Wellington New Zealand last week. PhishLulz is […]
A strain of Android spyware recently analyzed by security experts from RedNaga Security team points to an another Italian company. A new strain of Android malware reveals the existence of a new Italian player in the surveillance landscape. The Android spyware was analyzed by researchers from the RedNaga Security team, that is a first time […]
Kapustkiy, one of the most prolific hackers at this moment announced a new data breach, the victim is the India Regional Council. Last week, I was contacted by a young hacker that breached Indian embassies across the worlds, he goes online with the moniker Kapustkiy. Kapustkiy is a seventeen years old pentester that is targeting […]
For the second time in a few days, security experts spotted a backdoor in the firmware of low-cost Android devices. Last week, security experts from Kryptowire firm have discovered a backdoor in the firmware installed on low-cost Android phones. The backdoor affects mobile phones from BLU Products that are available for sale on both Amazon and Best Buy. The […]
The ICS-CERT has published two security advisories to describe a number of flaws in surveillance products from Moxa and Vanderbilt firms. Surveillance systems produced by Moxa SoftCMS and IP cameras manufactured by Vanderbilt are affected by serious vulnerabilities that can be exploited by remote attackers to obtain full control of flawed systems. The ICS-CERT has published a […]
The GeekedIn recruitment project scraped user data from GitHub and other similar websites, but data were inadvertently leaked online. The popular security expert Troy Hunt, who operates the data breach notification service the owner ‘Have I Been Pwned,’ recently received a 600 Mb MongoDB backup file containing data from a tech recruitment website called GeekedIn. […]
Hacker Kapustkiy breached into an Italian Government website (Dipartimento della Funzione Pubblica) exposing 9,000 users of 45,000. A few days ago I was contacted by a young hacker that breached Indian embassies across the worlds, he goes online with the moniker Kapustkiy. Kapustkiy is a pentester that is targeting organizations and embassies across the world. Recently […]