Experts Weigh-In Over FBI $1.3 Million iPhone Payout

Was the Federal Bureau of Investigation justified in paying over $1.3 million for a hacking tool that opened the iPhone 5c of the San Bernardino shooter? For some in the security community the answer is a resounding yes. For others, the answer is not so clear-cut. FBI Director James Comey said on...

FBI paid Hacker $1.3 Million to Unlock San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone

In Brief Guess how much the FBI has paid an unknown grey-hat hacker to break into San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone? FBI Director James Comey hinted during an interview that the FBI spent more than $1.3 Million for breaking into the iPhone of a suspected terrorist and found nothing useful on it...

HackBack - A DIY Guide

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Journalist Matthew Keys gets 2-Year Prison term for helping Anonymous Hackers

Former Reuters journalist Matthew Keys, who was convicted last year of helping the Anonymous group of hackers, has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for computer hacking charges. Keys was found guilty last year in October of giving Anonymous login credentials that allowed the group to deface...

British Authorities Order Hacker Lauri Love to hand Over Encryption Keys

The National Crime Agency NCA of United Kingdom is forcing the British citizen, and political hacktivist Lauri Love accused of hacking to hand over encryption keys to equipment seized from his home. Love, 31, is currently fighting extradition to the United States where he faces up to 99 years in...

FBI claims its iPhone Hacking Tool can't Unlock iPhone 5S, 6S and 6S Plus

Although everyone, including Apple, was worried about the iPhone hacking tool used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI to access data on iPhone belonged to the San Bernardino shooter, the FBI director said the hack does not work on an iPhone 5S or later. FBI Director James Comey said...

'Hacking Team' Loses License to Sell Surveillance Malware Outside Europe

Hacking Team – the infamous Italy-based spyware company that had more than 400 GB of its confidential data stolen last year – is facing another trouble. This time not from other hackers, but from its own government. Hacking Team is infamous for selling surveillance spyware to governments and...

Infamous Hacker 'Guccifer' appears in US Court after Extradition

Marcel Lazar Lehel aka "Guccifer" – an infamous Romanian hacker who hacked into the emails and social networking accounts of numerous high profile the US and Romanian Politicians – appeared in the United States court for the first time after extradition. Following Romania's top court approval las...

My own puzzle - Base64 encoded String, Exported ContentProvider, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application My own puzzle published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

CBS Sports - Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView SSL handling enabled vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application CBS Sports published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Hacking Tutorials 2.0 - MIT license, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Hacking Tutorials 2.0 published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Hacker Hijacks a Police Drone from 2 Km Away with $40 Kit

A researcher has demonstrated how easy it is to steal high-end drones, commonly deployed by government agencies and police forces, from 2 kilometres away with the help of less than $40 worth of hardware. The attack was developed by IBM security researcher Nils Rodday, who recently presented his...

Virtual Freer 1.58 Cross Site Scripting

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + + Exploit Title: Virtual Freer Reflected Cross Site Scripting + + Exploit Author: Milad Hacking + + Discovered By: Milad Hacking + + Vendor Homepage : http://freer.ir/virtual/ + + Date: 2016-03-01 + + Tested on: Kali Linux / lceweasel + + Software link :...

Just One? No, FBI to Unlock More iPhones with its Secret Technique

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI worked with Israeli mobile forensic firm Cellebrite to unlock iPhone used in the San Bernardino shooting last year, confirmed by multiple sources familiar with the matter. The United States Department of Justice DoJ said on Tuesday that the FBI successfully...

The FBI against the judges command: declined to use the Tor browser vulnerability code-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

! Last month, the FBI was ordered disclosure used to attack the dark web child pornography website single visitors single full version malicious code. To make this decision of judge Robert J. Bryan, he expressed his understanding of the FBI what exactly is how to caught the accused is a very fair...

Iranians Indicted Over DDoS Campaign on Banks, Dam Hack

The U.S. government on Thursday indicted seven hackers affiliated with the Iranian government for attacks it called “a frightening new frontier in cybercrime.” Accusing the men of carrying out a series of distributed denial of service DDoS attacks against 46 financial companies, the Department of...

Deluge of Apple Patches Fix Vulnerabilities in OS X, iOS, Safari, and More

In addition to fixing the serious crypto vulnerabilities in iMessage that surfaced yesterday, Apple also deployed patches for nearly all of its products, including Safari, OS X, iOS, Apple TV’s tvOS, and watchOS. The iOS update, 9.3, is arguably the most pressing given the cryptographic issue dug...

FBI Warning Of Car Hacks A Good Start, Say Security Experts

Security researchers are applauding the FBI and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for warning the auto industry that cars and trucks are vulnerable to internet-based attacks. But, they argue, more needs to be done by the government and car makers to protect drivers. Last week, in...

Safari, Flash Fall at Pwn2Own 2016 Day One

Apple Safari and Adobe Flash have proved to be Pwn2Own 2016’s biggest punching bags so far—hackers took down both, earning $282,500 in prizes at the first day of the annual hacking challenge in Vancouver on Wednesday. There were four successful attempts, one partial, and one failed attempt at the...

Chris Valasek Talks Car Hacking, IoT, at RSA

Threatpost editor Mike Mimoso talks to Chris Valasek, Security Lead, Uber ATC, about the talk he and Charlie Miller gave at RSA, hacking cars, the challenges around getting manufacturers to patch vulnerabilities in vehicles, IoT, and more...