Tag: Hack

October 3, 2017

Zero-day flaws affecting several WordPress plugins have been exploited by malicious actors to plant backdoors and take control of vulnerable websites. The attacks have been spotted by Wordfence, a company that specializes in protecting WordPress websites. The firm’s investigation revealed […]

October 2, 2017

A federal judge ruled last week that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is not obligated to disclose the details of a hacking tool used to access data stored on an iPhone belonging to the man behind the 2015 […]

July 3, 2017

The travel agency in charge of hotel bookings for Google’s employees has suffered a breach, with details such as names, contact details, and credit card information possibly exposed. Google has already issued a warning to the State of California and […]

June 15, 2017

As if we didn’t have enough things to worry about, it seems like Mazda cars equipped with the next-gen Mazda MZD Connect infotainment systems can be hacked with a simple USB flash drive. This seems to be possible only thanks […]

June 8, 2017

Two-factor authentication is a great way to secure your account, but even this method has a weakness that you might not even expect: you. This might be a bit confusing, but in truth you have to be extra careful about […]

May 17, 2017

A vulnerability in Google’s Chrome browser allows hackers to automatically download a malicious file onto a victim’s PC that could be used to steal credentials and launch SMB relay attacks. Bosko Stankovic, information security engineer at DefenseCode, found the flaw in […]

April 25, 2017

HipChat, the chat service for businesses, has been hacked, with evidence pointing to intruders snooping in on private conversations and accessing customer account information. According to a statement the company released, an attacker was able to infiltrate one of its […]

March 21, 2017

The past year was a difficult one for security as the number of hacked sites rose by 32% compared to the previous year, shows Google’s State of Website Security Report for 2016. “We’ve seen an increase in the number of […]

January 5, 2017

The notorious black hat hacker CyberZeist (@cyberzeist2) has broken into the FBI website FBI.gov  and leaked data on Pastebin. The hacker leaked the FBI.GOV accounts that he found in several backup files (acc_102016.bck, acc_112016.bck, old_acc16.bck, etc). Leaked records contain accounts […]

December 30, 2016

Topps this week sent out emails informing users that its website was hacked earlier this year and that personal information, including credit card data, was stolen. The iconic maker of baseball another sports trading cards sent email notifications to potentially […]

December 20, 2016

By now it’s hard to keep track of which companies have been hacked and which haven’t. Remember the FourSquare hack? What about Adobe? Even breaches that were high-profile at the time are fading into obscurity as bigger and scarier ones […]

December 16, 2016

Joshua Samuel Aaron, one of three men indicted for allegedly masterminding the massive 2014 JP Morgan Chase breach and a variety of other criminal enterprises, was arrested by US authorities at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York yesterday. […]

December 16, 2016

The 2013 hack affecting a billion Yahoo users shows how seemingly innocuous bits of data gleaned from cyber attacks can be exploited for espionage and information warfare, as well as for profit. The breach, disclosed Wednesday, is the largest on […]

December 14, 2016

Fast food giant has emailed all 1.2 million members of its loyalty scheme, urging them to change their passwords after its recent data breach. KFC has confirmed that data belonging to members of its Colonel’s Club card loyalty scheme may […]

December 9, 2016

Trying to decrypt the way Tesco Bank hackers operated, researchers unveiled a surprisingly fast and efficient method of hacking VISA cards. Successful in just 6 seconds, this technique, dubbed distributed guessing attack, allows cyber-attackers to access all necessary data and […]

December 5, 2016

Researchers at the UK’s Newcastle University have developed what they say is an almost absurdly easy way to get the card number, security code, and expiration date of any Visa credit or debit card using nothing but guesswork — six […]

November 28, 2016

On Saturday evening, reports from San Francisco outlined a malware attack causing problems for SFMTA. MUNI riders were given free access after station payment machines and schedule monitors started displaying a “You Hacked” message, warning that all data was encrypted. […]

November 24, 2016

The United States Navy got hacked, and the personal details of more than 134,000 sailors were accessed, according to a public statement released by US officials this morning. The US Navy revealed that 134,386 current and former US sailors were […]

August 9, 2016

The hack has affected 700 computer systems at Micros and is thought to have begun with infiltration on a single machine at the company, said Brian Krebs on his Krebs on Security blog on Monday. The incident is worrying for […]

August 3, 2016

Last year, two researchers set car owners and legislators into a panic when they demonstrated how to cut the engine of a Jeep on the highway from the comfort of an apartment. This year, they are demonstrating a new attack […]