FBI Hacked into 8,000 Computers in 120 Countries Using A Single Warrant

The FBI hacked into more than 8,000 computers in 120 different countries with just a single warrant during an investigation into a dark web child pornography website, according to a newly published court filings. This FBI's mass hacking campaign is related to the high-profile child pornography...

Breaking — Russian Hacker Responsible for LinkedIn Data Breach Arrested by FBI

The alleged Russian hacker arrested by the FBI in collaboration with the Czech police is none other than the hacker who was allegedly responsible for massive 2012 data breach at LinkedIn, which affected nearly 117 Million user accounts. Yevgeniy N, 29-year-old Russian hacker was arrested in Pragu...

Yahoo Challenged on Claims Breach Was State-Sponsored Attack

As challenges mount against Yahoo’s attribution of a massive 2014 data breach to state-sponsored hackers, CISO Bob Lord yesterday confirmed that a cache of 200 million Yahoo accounts marketed this summer in an underground forum is unrelated to the breach. Speaking at the Structure Security...

500 Million Yahoo Accounts Stolen By State-Sponsored Hackers

Yahoo says it was the victim of state-sponsored hackers who stole information associated with 500 million accounts. Yahoo CISO Bob Lord said the attack happened on the company’s network in late 2014; he did not name the country responsible. “The account information may have included names, email...

iSpy Keylogger Targets Passwords, Skype, Webcams

Researchers are monitoring sales and infection rates of a new keylogger being sold on the dark web for $25 to $35. Along with capturing keystrokes, iSpy grabs passwords stored in web browsers, records Skype chats, takes webcam screenshots and steals the license keys of software such as Adobe...

Photos On Dark Web Reveal Geo-locations Of 229 Drug Dealers — Here's How

It's a Fact! No matter how smart the criminals are, they always leave some trace behind. Two Harvard students have unmasked around 229 drug and weapon dealers with the help of pictures taken by criminals and used in advertisements placed on dark web markets. Do you know each image contains a rang...

Dropbox Hacked — More Than 68 Million Account Details Leaked Online

Hackers have obtained credentials for more than 68 Million accounts for online cloud storage platform Dropbox from a known 2012 data breach. Dropbox has confirmed the breach and already notified its customers of a potential forced password resets, though the initial announcement failed to specify...

Yahoo Investigates 200 Million Alleged Accounts For Sale On Dark Web

Yahoo says it is investigating reports of 200 million user credentials advertised for sale on the Dark Web by a hacker that goes by the handle “peaceofmind”. The Yahoo credentials, according to the site listing the database for sale, includes usernames, passwords hashed using the MD5 algorithm,...

Hacker Selling 200 Million Yahoo Accounts On Dark Web

Hardly a day goes without headlines about any significant data breach. In the past few months, over 1 Billion account credentials from popular social network sites, including LinkedIn, Tumblr, MySpace and VK.com were exposed on the Internet. Now, the same hacker who was responsible for selling da...

New Trojan SpyNote Installs Backdoor on Android Devices

A new Android Trojan called SpyNote has been identified by researchers who warn that attacks are forthcoming. The Trojan, found by Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 team, has not been spotted in any active campaigns, but it is now widely available on the Dark Web and that it will soon be used in a wave...

Warning: Over 100 Tor Nodes Found Designed to Spy On Deep Web Users

Researchers have discovered over 100 malicious nodes on the Tor anonymity network that are "misbehaving" and potentially spying on Dark Web sites that use Tor to mask the identities of their operators. Two researchers, Amirali Sanatinia and Guevara Noubir, from Northwestern University, carried ou...

Upcoming Tor Design Battles Hidden Services Snooping

More than 100 malicious Tor Hidden Services Directories HSDirs were found to be snooping on the services they host, and in some cases, operators were actively using the data collected to attack the services. While at first blush, the discovery would seem to put another dent in the privacy and...

Stampado Ransomware Sells on Dark Web for $39

Dirt cheap ransomware selling for as little as $39 on the dark web has security experts concerned the low price coupled with its potency could trigger a wave of new infections. The ransomware is called Stampado and besides its hallmark low price, the ransomware is also unique because it threatens...

Conficker Used in New Wave of Hospital IoT Device Attacks

Internet-connected medical devices such as MRI machines, CT scanners and dialysis pumps are increasingly being targeted by hackers seeking to steal patient medical records from hospitals. Attackers consider the devices soft digital targets, seldom guarded with same security as client PCs and...

655,000 Healthcare Records Being Sold on Dark Web

A hacker selling upwards to 655,000 healthcare records on the dark web allegedly obtained them after exploiting a vulnerability in how companies implement remote desktop protocol, or RDP, functionality. The hacker, who goes by the handle “thedarkoverlord,” allegedly penetrated three healthcare...

Carbonite Triggers Password Reset for 1.5M Customers After Reuse Attack

Online backup firm Carbonite is forcing all of its 1.5 million users to change their passwords after reporting that accounts was targeted in a password reuse attack. According to a statement issued by Carbonite on Tuesday hackers were attempting to break into user accounts using stolen credential...

Citrix GoToMyPC Suffers Major Password Reuse Attack

Citrix Systems is forcing all its GoToMyPC remote desktop access service customers to reset their passwords because of a “very sophisticated attack” that targeted the service over the weekend. John Bennett, product line director for Citrix said the attack was a result of leaked passwords from oth...

Over 51 Million Accounts Leaked from iMesh File Sharing Service

How many more data dumps does this hacker have with him that has yet to be exposed? Well, no one knows the answer, but we were recently made aware of another data breach from Peace – the same Russian hacker who was behind the massive breaches in some of the most popular social media sites includi...

Warning! 32 Million Twitter Passwords May Have Been Hacked and Leaked

The world came to know about massive data breaches in some of the most popular social media websites including LinkedIn, MySpace, Tumblr, Fling, and VK.com when an unknown Russian hacker published the data dumps for sale on the underground black marketplace. However, these are only data breaches...

VK.com HACKED! 100 Million Clear Text Passwords Leaked Online

Another day, another Data Breach! Now, Russia's biggest social networking site VK.com is the latest in the line of historical data breaches targeting social networking websites. The same hacker who previously sold data dumps from MySpace, Tumblr, LinkedIn, and Fling.com, is now selling more than...