Facebook Open Sources its Capture the Flag (CTF) Platform

Hacking into computer, networks and websites could easily land you in jail. But what if you could freely test and practice your hacking skills in a legally safe environment? Facebook just open-sourced its Capture The Flag CTF platform to encourage students as well as developers to learn about cyb...

Hacker Arrested after Exposing Flaws in Elections Site

A security researcher responsibly disclosed vulnerabilities in the poorly secured web domains of a Florida county elections, but he ended up in handcuffs on criminal hacking charges and jailed for six hours Wednesday. Security researcher David Michael Levin, 31, of Estero, Florida was charged wit...

Privacy Watchdogs Vow to Fight 'Dystopian' Rule 41

The Supreme Court is moving to expand the FBI’s hacking authority with Criminal Rule 41, an amendment to federal criminal procedures that makes it easier for the FBI to access computers remotely when their locations are unknown. Privacy watchdogs are blasting the proposed change saying it would...

Car Hackers Could Face Life In Prison. That's Insane!

Yes, you heard it right. You can now end up your whole life behind bars if you intentionally hack into a vehicle's electronic system or exploit its internal flaws. Car Hacking is a hot topic. Today, many automobiles companies are offering cars that run mostly on the drive-by-wire system, which...

Dropbox Acquisitions: Session hacking

I hereby want to report a vulnerability i.e. Session hacking. Summary ======== Attacker can still do activities in browser with user's account if user changed his/her password in another browser. Detail ===== If user logged in account in two or more browsers and he has changed password in one of...

Android Ransomware Attacks Using Towelroot, Hacking Team Exploits

A menacing wave of ransomware that locks up Android devices and demands victims pay $200 in Apple iTunes gift card codes is raising concern among security researchers. The ransomware attacks, they say, open a new chapter for Android vulnerabilities similar to Microsoft’s obsolete, unpatched and...

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...