4.6 Million Usernames, Phone Numbers Leaked in Snapchat Hack

It didn’t take long for hackers to exploit a previously disclosed vulnerability in the popular photo sharing application Snapchat. As yet unidentified hackers spent yesterday’s New Year’s holiday dumping 4.6 million of the service’s usernames and partial phone numbers and posting them online for...

TIME Magazine Twitter account hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

Just now, The hacktivist group Syrian Electronic Army SEA briefly took over the Twitter account of the TIME Magazine. The Hacker group tweeted from the TIME's official account, "Syrian Electronic Army Was Here via @OfficialSEA16..Next time write a better word about the Syrian president SEA" with...

vBulletin Zero Day Used to Hack MacRumors, vBulletin

A hacker group calling itself Inj3ct0r is taking responsibility for the compromise of more than 860,000 passwords at MacRumors.com as well as a separate attack on vBulletin.com, makers of the vBulletin software powering a number of high-profile forums including MacRumors and Ubuntu Forums. The...

Snowden reveals, GCHQ planted malware via LinkedIn and Slashdot traffic to hack Belgacom Engineers

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Buffer hacked; Twitter, Facebook flooded with Spam Weight-loss links

If you're a user of the Buffer app, the social-media management service that let you cross-posting to various social networks, be aware that the service got hacked yesterday, with spam messages going out over Facebook. "Buffer was hacked around 1 hour ago, and many of you may have experienced spa...

Hacker stole $100,000 from Users of California based ISP using SQL Injection

In 2013 we have seen a dramatic increase in the number of hack attacks attempted against banks, credit unions and utility companies using various techniques including DDoS attack, SQL injection, DNS Hijacking and Zero-Day Flaws. SQL Injection is one of the most common security vulnerabilities on...

Phony Fax Leads to Metasploit, Rapid7 DNS Hijacking

A pro-Palestine hacker collective went old-school in its takedown of the Metasploit and Rapid7 websites today. Metasploit creator and HD Moore confirmed via Twitter that Metasploit.com was hacked via a spoofed DNS change request sent via fax to its registrar, Register.com. “Hacking like it’s 1964...

October 2013 Adobe Patches Unrelated to Adobe Hack, Breach

Adobe, still reeling from the public disclosure of a massive breach of source code and customer information, released two security advisories today patching vulnerabilities unrelated to the recent break-in. The first concerns a vulnerability in Adobe RoboHelp 10 for Windows that could allow an...

iPhone Fingerprint scanner hack allows attacker to hijack Apple ID using Flight Mode

A German security firm SRL claims a vulnerability in Touch ID Fingerprint Scanner and iCloud allows a hacker to access a locked device and potentially gain control over an owner’s Apple ID. SRL points out that Airplane mode can be enabled on a stolen phone from the lockscreen, which turns off...

Adobe Hackers Hit Other Companies

The attackers behind the Adobe hack and breaches against data brokers such as LexisNexis have also been linked to similar intrusions against other unnamed organizations. Security expert Alex Holden, who along with security blogger Brian Krebs uncovered the data lost in the Adobe breach, said thos...

Facebook Account Reset Hijack Trick

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US news agency GlobalPost's twitter and website hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

In a series of high profile hacks, 'Syrian Electronic Army SEA' just a few minutes before took control twitter account and website of 'GlobalPost', a US based news agency. 'Syrian Electronic Army is an organized hacking group loyal to the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and known for their high...

US news agency GlobalPost's twitter and website hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

In a series of high profile hacks, 'Syrian Electronic Army SEA' just a few minutes before took control twitter account and website of 'GlobalPost', a US based news agency. 'Syrian Electronic Army is an organized hacking group loyal to the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and known for their high...

Exclusive : New Touch ID hack allows hacker to unlock an iPhone by multiple fingerprints

The Iranian group defeated the very basic phenomenon of an iPhone Fingerprinting scanner, which allows them to unlock an iPhone device with multiple Fingerprints. Apple's iPhone 5s, was launched just available in stores two weeks before with a new feature of biometrics-based security system calle...

Belgium's largest Telcom 'Belgacom' hacked; NSA could be behind the Attack

Belgacom, the largest telecommunications company in Belgium today announced that their IT Systems were hacked and infected with an unknown Malware. In order to eliminate that virus effectively, they clean up the entire system. The company also highlights that they have no indication of any impact...

DefCamp 2013 - International Hacking and Information Security Conference in Romania

The Fourth Edition of an International Information Security Conference hosted in Romania , The DefCamp 2013 is now open for Call for Papers. Over 300 Security experts, Researchers, and Enthusiasts from Romania and neighboring countries are expected to take part in the event in Bucharest, at the...

Vulnerability allowed hacker to Delete any Facebook Photo; Rewarded with $12,500 for reporting bug

Indian Security Enthusiast 'Arul Kumar' recently reported an interesting Facebook vulnerability that allowed him to delete any Facebook image within a minute. Facebook Bug Bounty program rewarded him with $12,500 USD for helping the Facebook Security team to patch this critical loophole in their...

Registrar Hack at Root of NY Times and Twitter Attacks

UPDATE–The attack that took down the New York Times Web site Tuesday afternoon, along with domains belonging to Twitter and the Huffington Post, was accomplished through the use of compromised credentials belonging to a reseller for the registrar that those companies use to buy their domains...

New Mozilla Plug-N-Hack Tool Integrates Browsers and Security Tools

The Mozilla security team is developing a new proposed standard that will make it easier for researchers to integrate some of their tools with Firefox and other browsers. The standard, known as Plug-n-Hack, is an open project that Mozilla hopes will be adopted by researchers and tool makers. A lo...

Palestinian hacker, who hacked Zuckerberg's Facebook account to be rewarded with $12,000

The Palestinian hacker 'Khalil Shreateh', who broke into the Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook Timeline to expose a security lapse will be awarded nearly $12,000 but not from Facebook, it will come from an online crowdsourced campaign. The hacker initially used Facebook's whitehat disclosure program, a...