Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID19896: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on December 4, 2015

Medium Alert ID: 42501 First Published: 2015 December 4 13:43 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID19896 may contain the following files: Name |...

Mr. Grey Hacker (Wanted by FBI) Steals 1.2 BILLION Login Passwords

That's a lot of Login credentials fetch by a single hacker. The FBI believes a single hacker who goes by the moniker Mr.Grey has stolen login credentials for over 1.2 Billion online accounts – apparently the biggest heist of log-in credentials the FBI has investigated thus far. Yeah, that's not...

Daily Mail Unvalidated Redirect / Cross Site Scripting

Daily Mail Registration Page Unvalidated Redirects and Forwards & XSS Web Security Problem Website Description: "The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's...

FBI Suggests Ransomware Victims — 'Just Pay the Ransom Money'

Your Headache is not my Problem. If your computer gets hacked and infected with malware that holds your data for ransom, just pay off the criminals to see your valuable data again and do not expect the FBI to save them – it's what the FBI is advising concerning ransomware. Ransomware is a...

15-year-old Boy Arrested in connection with TalkTalk Cyber Attack

The arrest is the first major outcome since TalkTalk – the biggest phone and broadband provider in the UK with more than 4 Million customers – had suffered a serious data breach. The Police Service of Northern Ireland PSNI and the investigating officers from the Metropolitan police's cyber crime...

High school Student Hacked Into CIA Director's Personal Email Account

A self-described teenage hacker has claimed to have hacked into personal AOL email account of Central Intelligence Agency CIA Director John Brennan and swiped sensitive top-secret data. It's Really a major embarrassment for Brennan as well as the CIA. The hacker, who describes himself as an...

THN Weekly Roundup — 11 Most Important Hacking News Stories

We are back with our last week’s top cyber security threats and challenges, just in case you missed any of them ICYMI. THN Weekly Round Up is The Hacker News efforts to help you provide all important stories of last week in one shot. We recommend you read the full story just click ‘Read More’...

Honeywell Experion PKS Security Vulnerabilities

Update – Unsupported versions of Honeywell distributed control system software are vulnerable to publicly available remote exploits. The Industrial Control System Cyber Emergency Response Team ICS-CERT published on Tuesday an advisory warning organizations to upgrade to supported versions of...

Quantum Teleportation — Scientists Teleported Quantum Data over 60 Miles

We are just one step closer to creating a Harry Potter or ‘Star Trek’-style Transporter. However, When we talk about Teleportation, we don't typically mean Teleporting any matter from one place to another as in the Science-fiction Movies. Rather, Teleportation involves capturing the essential...

My Government Doesn't Understand How Encryption and Cyber Security Work

Almost every day or every second day, When I come across various announcements in Newspaper, TV News Channels, and Press releases that... ...Indian Government and related Policy-making organizations are going to set up their so-called "CyberSecurity Task Forces" or drafted a "National Cyber...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID17705: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on September 2, 2015

Medium Alert ID: 40823 First Published: 2015 September 3 13:54 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID17705 may contain the following files: Name |...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID17383: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on August 14, 2015

Medium Alert ID: 40497 First Published: 2015 August 14 18:57 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID17383 may contain the following files: Name |...

Researchers to Share Details of Cyber-Terrorists Targeting Indian Government Officials

The Potential threat, range from very narrow to very broad, posed by Cyber-Terrorism has provoked considerable alarm. Terrorists involved in Cyber Espionage and Operations aim at gaining access to Nation's critical infrastructure involving both Government as well as Private sectors. The Frequency...

Most Vulnerable Smart Cities to Cyber Attack on Internet of Things (IoT)

Imagine… You drive to work in your Smart-Car connected to the GPS automatically, but a hacker breaks into your car's network, takes control of the steering wheel, crashes you into a tree, and BOOM! Believe it or not, such cyber attacks on smart devices are becoming reality. Car Hacking was recent...

Researchers Hack TrackingPoint Rifle's Precision Targeting System

TrackingPoint rifles are state-of-the-art precision hunting and sniper rifles that come equipped with a networked tracking scope that’s accessible via Wi-Fi, and comes complete with USB ports and a mobile app. It’s almost foolproof shooting, albeit at a $13,000 price tag. And the security of all ...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID16831: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 22, 2015

Medium Alert ID: 40080 First Published: 2015 July 22 12:47 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID16831 may contain the following files: Name | Siz...

Class-Action Suit Alleges OPM Officials Failed to Protect Employees' Data

A class-action lawsuit filed by a government employees’ union against the Office of Personnel Management as a result of the massive data breach at OPM that affects more than 18 million people alleges that not only did the agency know about vulnerabilities in its network long before the attack, bu...

Cyber UL Could Become Reality Under Leadership of Hacker Mudge

UPDATE–One of the longstanding problems in security–and the software industry in general–is the lack of any universally acknowledged authority on quality and reliability. But the industry moved one step closer to making such a clearinghouse a reality this week when Peiter Zatko, a longtime...

E-Detective Lawful Interception System - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Exploit for php platform in category web applications Advisory: E-Detective Lawful Interception System multiple security vulnerabilities Date: 14/06/2015 CVE: unassigned Authors: Mustafa Al-Bassam https://musalbas.com slipstream/RoL https://twitter.com/TheWack0lian Software: Decision Group...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID15828: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on June 9, 2015

Medium Alert ID: 39266 First Published: 2015 June 9 13:06 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID15828 may contain the following files: Name | Size...