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The Shadow Brokers Dump Hacking Arsenal as Parting Gift

Jan 16, 2017 09:25 AM EST

The Shadow Brokers, the infamous hacker group that stole cyberweapons from the United States National Security Agency, have announced that they are signing off, but not before sharing all of its hacking tools into the Internet. It appears that Shadow Brokers have developed a suite of hacking tools that are designed to penetrate computers that are running on the Windows platform.

Paid Ransomware Bounty Reached $1 Billion in 2016: Report

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Jan 07, 2017 12:33 PM EST

A security expert claims that cybercriminals using the ransomware tactic have amassed a collective bounty of about $1 billion last year. This figure is based on the amount of money that went into Bitcoin wallets believed to be controlled by ransomware operators.

Hacking Group Rewards Hackers for Participating in DDoS Attacks

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Dec 09, 2016 09:40 PM EST

A cyberattack group based in Turkey is offering interested hackers to join a dedicated distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) platform and earn points which can then be exchanged for certain hacking tools. The platform is called Surface Defense and it asks hackers to target political websites using a DDoS tool called Balyoz which literally translates to Sledgehammer.

Hacker Gets 5 Years Jail Time for Stealing Unreleased TV, Films Scripts

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Dec 09, 2016 08:58 PM EST

A hacker who stole several sexually explicit photos and videos of celebrities, as well as unpublished TV and film scripts, has been sentenced to five years in prison. The hacker, identified as Alonzo Knowles, was sentenced by a New York City federal court after pleading guilty to the charges of hacking.

Secretive Big Data Firm Palantir Raises $20M in Recent Funding Run: Report

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Nov 27, 2016 04:13 AM EST

New reports revealed that big data company Palantir has quietly raised $20 million in a recent funding run. The secretive company is known for its analytics, data management, and data security technology which are employed be several government, financial, and health care institutions.

Microsoft Confirms Patch for Bug Revealed by Google

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Nov 04, 2016 03:27 PM EDT

Tech giant Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it is working on a patch to fix a recently discovered vulnerability or bug. The exploit was published by Google on the public domain just 10 days after the company informed Microsoft.

FlashPoint Suggests Dyn DNS Attack Perpetrated by Script Kiddies

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Oct 27, 2016 07:22 AM EDT

Dyn DNS was at the receiving end of a massive denial of service attack last week, and recently FlashPoint issued a preliminary report about what happened.

Dirty Cow Linux Bug Creeps into Android Devices

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Oct 26, 2016 07:31 AM EDT

A new method of rooting Android devices was recently discovered by security experts. Dubbed simply as Dirty Cow, the exploit was added into the core Linux kernel way back in 2007.

Chinese Banks Targeted in Online Phishing Attacks

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Aug 26, 2016 04:07 PM EDT

Two Chinese banks have revealed that they were targeted by online fraudsters in a phishing scheme. The Hang Seng Bank and Bank of China Hong Kong both issued notices about recent web-based attacks on their respective customers based in China.

India says Hackers that Stole Secrets of its Scorpene Submarines came from Abroad

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

Aug 24, 2016 08:23 AM EDT

"It appears that the source of leak is from overseas and not in India."

Netflix Resets Passwords Following Myspace, LinkedIn, Tumblr Hacks

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Jun 08, 2016 07:54 PM EDT

As part of the company's effort to curb hacking, Netflix has announced that it is resetting the password of users who also used the same password on their social media accounts like Myspace, LinkedIn, or Tumblr.

The popular adult video site invites people to hack its site in order to find any security risks in the system in exchange of $25,000

Pornhub Unveils Bug Bounty Program with $25000 Reward

Ellie Froilan |

May 11, 2016 09:00 AM EDT

Pornhub has launched a new bounty campaign that will find any security vulnerabilities of the site.

A Russian hacker has gained access and is spreading email access of over 200 million accounts.

Millions of Email Accounts Compromised by Russian Hacker [REPORT]

Jarred Eugenio |

May 10, 2016 01:11 AM EDT

Considering the billions and billions of sensitive information relayed through email, it is unsurprising how users have become more involved in choosing a password that is difficult to guess. However, it seems like these efforts to safeguard one’s email information has been proven futile. According to several reports, a hacker has gained access and is spreading email access of over 200 million accounts.

A secret hacker group claims that they are making headways in their spying activities against ISIS.

Ghost Security Groups Spys on ISIS Instead of Hacking Them

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Nov 23, 2015 09:35 AM EST

A secret hacker group claims that they are making headways in spying on the activities of ISIS. The group known only as Ghost Security claims that spying and collecting critical information about ISIS have led them to thwart at least one terror attack.

Cyberhack News: U.S. Spy Chief Accuses China Of Cyber Hack

Adrian Darylle Torralba |

Jun 27, 2015 11:45 PM EDT

The recent cyber hack that happened to the United States agency has been the center of the investigation because of the millions of personnel records from the federal government that was involved in the leak.

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