90% of pirated games are infected with Malware

If you've ever been tempted to download a ‘hack’ for your favorite game to accelerate your progress, or to download a pirated copy of the latest title through a torrent or file-sharing site, watch out ! Anti-virus company AVG has today warns that over 90% of hacked or cracked games downloaded via...

Bloomberg's Businessweek website infected with Malware

On a quick tip from a The Hacker News reader - Travis, we came to know about that some antivirus giving warning when readers try to visit Bloomberg's Businessweek website businessweek.com that the site is infected with malware and trying to drop a malware on visitor's system. Website having very...

Black Hat: Phishing E-Mail Scare A False Alarm

The annual Black Hat Briefings hacker conference got off to a rocky start Sunday after thousands of registered attendees received a fishy smelling “account password reset” e-mail that contained a suspicious URL. But a message from conference organizers hours later said the errant e-mail was no...

Plesk Zero Day Exploit in the Wild, Thousands of sites got Hacked

Sucuri Malware Labs notify that some zero-day exploits are available to Hackers which are being used to Hack into Parallels' Plesk Panel Port Number 8443. These attacks was keep on raising from last few months as you can see in the Graph: At least 4000 new websites were infected each day, Sucuri...

'The Hackers Conference 2012' to be held in New Delhi

'The Hackers Conference 2012' to be held in New Delhi The Biggest Hacking Mania has arrived. The Hackers Conference 2012 will be held in New Delhi on July 29. THC 2012 is expected to be the first open gathering of Blackhat hackers in India who will debate latest security issues with the top...

MIT Students Use LED Lights, Hack Building to Play Tetris

Students at MIT took to the university’s Cecil and Ida Green Building over the weekend to transform the 21-story research building into an oversized, playable game of Tetris. Emulating the classic ’80s video game with the help of a console and 153 color-changing LED lights, students were able to...

IBM Report: Mobile Attacks, Phishing Attacks Mount in 2011

Spam volume is down, there are fewer unpatched software holes and oftware application developers did a better job of writing secure code over the last year. But IBM’s X-Force Trend and Risk Report still found plenty to worry about in 2011, according to a copy of the report released this week...

#THN Monthly ( February ) News Archive, If you miss Something !

THN Monthly February News Archive,If you miss Something ! Censorship - Global Concern, THN Magazine March Edition : Forget terrorists attacks here are 2012's Most Vulnerable Cities At Risk for Cyber Crime Idiots : Slum Dog India demands Real time monitoring on Indian Gmail & Yahoo Emails. Do they...

Mobile, Android Threats Continued Sharp Growth in 2011

The occurrence of mobile malware increased by 155 percent across all platforms in 2011, and, according to Juniper Network’s 2011 Mobile Threat Report, malware specifically targeting the Android operating system saw its own increase of more than 3,000 percent. Juniper Networks attributes Android’s...

Listen to your instincts when it comes to the Web

Listen to your instincts when it comes to the web Lee Ives from Security-FAQs talk about Internet Security in January Edition of The Hacker News Magazine. When you are on the web the best thing that you can do is to go with your instincts. In real life, when we walk around, we usually go with our...

Researchers Warn of Prison Hacks, Opening Cell Doors

Remote hackers springing inmates from their jail cells — it sounds like a plot lifted from an old episode of “24” or “Prison Break.” But authorities are concerned by new research that claims such an attack is feasible. Research presented at the Hacker Halted conference in Miami last month by John...

Informant Says Hacks, Threats Followed Release Of Occupy Wall Street E-Mail

Thomas Ryan, the independent security consultant who released a trove of e-mail communications from the Occupy Wall Street protesters, said he has been the target of numerous hacks and has received death threats after revealing information on the protestors plans to authorities. In a conversation...

Attackers Adjusting Tactics to Evade Reputation Systems

BARCELONA–As in life, reputations on the Internet take time to build up. Attackers interested in making a quick buck aren’t necessarily the most patient lot, so as the various repuation systems on the Web have gotten more sophisticated and accurate, the bad guys have had to adjust their tactics a...

Nude Scarlett Johansson Photos Believed Part of Larger Attacks on Hollywood Celebs

Nude photos of Hollywood film star Scarlett Johansson appeared online this week, adding yet another name to a growing list of Hollywood celebrities who have had sensitive data and photos stolen from personal computers, cell phones, e-mail and Twitter accounts in a wide ranging campaign of targete...

6542 websites mass defaced by The 077 (Hamdi Hacker)

6542 websites mass defaced by The 077 Hamdi Hacker The 077 Hamdi Hacker Tunisian Hacker Hack and Deface 6542 large number of sites as mass hack. List of all Sites and Mirror is available here. Hamdi is one of the youngest hacker . All Past hacks of Hamdi is here...

NERC - National Syrian energy research center Defaced by Cocain Team

NERC - National Syrian energy research center Defaced by Cocain Team Cocain Hackers Team once again Hit Syrian. This time they hack and deface the website of National Syrian energy research center. Site was defaced Yesterday and administrator again backup the site, But Readers can check hack mirr...

Sulekha.com Got hacked by Mr52

Sulekha.com Got hacked by Mr52 An Indian Hacker "Mr52" Hack and deface the webpage of Sulekha.com - A leading shopping store of India. Hacker said "Sulekha.com Got hacked because they take money but never give any support". Defaced Page and Mirror of Hack is Available. Some days before Songs.pk...

British police issue warning to Anonymous, Lulzsec and other internet hacktivists

British police issue warning to Anonymous, Lulzsec and other internet hacktivists The Metropolitan Police have taken the unusual step of using Twitter to send a message to anyone considering supporting internet attacks against companies and governments.A message posted on the Met Police's officia...

FBI Raids New York Homes of Suspected Anonymous Members

Agents of the FBI raided three homes in New York on Tuesday and seized computers believed to be involved in recent attacks by the Anonymous hacking group. FBI Agents raided three homes in Brooklyn, Baldwin and Merrick, New York at 6:00 AM, armed with search warrants seeking computers and related...

Lady Gaga Website The Latest in String of Celebrity Hacks

A collective of hackers known as SwagSec claims to have broken into the UK website of Lady Gaga and made off with information on thousands of registered fans, according to a report from the UK’s Mirror. The hack, just the latest in a string of attacks on high profile artists, was made public afte...