Monthly Archives: November 2015
Trident nuclear weapons system could be vulnerable to cyber attacks
The former British defence secretary Des Browne is warning that Trident nuclear weapons system could be vulnerable to cyber-attack. According to the Guardian, the former British defence secretary Des Browne called […]
Dell puts users at risk with dangerous eDellRoot root certificate
Dell is in the headlines for shipping PCs with a pre-installed trusted root certificate dubbed eDellRoot that opens users to a number of cyber attacks. Dell is in the headlines […]
TrueCrypt is safer than previous examinations suggest
A new security audit the TrueCrypt software confirmed that even if it is plagued by some vulnerabilities, the application is effective when it comes to protecting data. TrueCrypt, secure or […]
Dozens of secret and Top secret databases vulnerable to hack
Evaluation of DHS Information Security Program for Fiscal Year 2015 revealed the existence of dozens of top-secret unpatched databases. The story I’m about to tell you is staggering, the US Department of Homeland […]
EU plans to ban Bitcoin to curb terrorism funding
According to a draft document seen by the Reuters the EU plans to ban bitcoin and any form of anonymous payment online to curb terrorism funding. European Union countries are […]
Windows Bitlocker disk encryption could be easily bypassed
Microsoft recently fixed the a vulnerability in the Bitlocker disk encryption feature that could be exploited to easily bypassed it is a few seconds. A disk encryption tool is a very important […]
Three men charged for the attack on the JPMorgan Chase
U.S. Authorities have charged other three men in huge cyber fraud targeting JPMorgan, and at least another nine financial institutions. The US authorities have charged three individuals over the hack […]
GCHQ and NCA hunting criminals in the dark web
The GCHQ and NCA join forces to fight online criminals in the Dark Web and formed a new unit called the Joint Operations Cell (JOC). The dark web is a privileged environment […]
200,000 Comcast login credentials available on the Dark Web
During the weekend, nearly 590,000 Comcast email addresses and passwords were offered for sale on a BlackMarket in the dark web. It is now the turn of Comcast, over the […]
British NCA revealed to have hacking abilities, aka equipment interference
Documents published by the UK Government reveal that the UK’s National Crime Agency has the hacking capabilities, so called equipment interference. We have debated for a long time about hacking […]
OmniRat RAT is currently being used by criminals in the wild
Researchers at Avast have published an analysis of OmniRAT, a multi-platform remote administration tool (RAT) that has been used by criminals in the wild. Researchers at Avast have conducted a […]
A Fourth Teenager was arrested over TalkTalk data breach
British police announced Tuesday they had arrested a fourth teenager in connection with a data breach suffered by the Internet Service Provider TalkTalk. The investigation of the TalkTalk data breach is still […]
The surveillance firm Hacking Team is back stronger than before
Motherboard has obtained a non-public email sent by the Hacking Team CEO to its customers that announce a new generation of hacking tools. Hacking Team is the popular surveillance company that suffered […]
How CoinVault or Bitcryptor victims could try to recover their files
Victims of CoinVault ransomware can now rely on a new set of encryption keys added to the free CoinVault Ransomware Decryptor tool to recover their files. Every day, dozens of […]