Three Politicians Hacked Using Unsecured Wi-Fi Network

If you are one of our readers who follow The Hacker News every update, you probably know that Public WiFi network is a security risk. But many people aren’t aware, including our great politicians. Internet security provider F-Secure carried out an experimental hack against three prominent UK...

UK to ban WhatsApp, iMessage and Snapchat Under New Laws

If you rely on messaging apps to remain in contact with your family members and friends, then you may have to switch back to old-fashioned text messaging service in matter of weeks due to a new law currently going through Parliament. WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger to Ban in UK The popular...

CVE-2015-2966

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Droidware UK Explorer+ File Manager application before 2.3.3 for Android allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via unspecified vectors...

Directory traversal

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Droidware UK Explorer+ File Manager application before 2.3.3 for Android allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2015-2966

CVE-2015-2966 affects Droidware UK Explorer+ File Manager for Android, prior to version 2.3.3. A directory traversal issue in how file names are processed allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to write arbitrary files in directories the app can access. Impact is remote code or data tampering ...

CVE-2015-2966: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Droidware UK Explorer+ File Manager application before 2.3.3 for Android allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via unspecified vectors...

JVN#77386811: Explorer+ File Manager vulnerable to directory traversal

Explorer+ File Manager provided by Droidware UK contains an issue in processing file names, which may result in a directory traversal CWE-22 vulnerability. Impact A remote, unauthenticated attacker may create an arbitrary file or overwrite an existing file in a directory that the application has...

core.materials.ac.uk XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-64997 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| core.materials.ac.uk Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID14867: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on April 23, 2015

Medium Alert ID: 38509 First Published: 2015 April 23 17:13 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID14867 may contain the following files: Name | Si...

56 Hackers Arrested in Cyber Crime 'Strike Week' Raids in UK

The United Kingdom's National Crime Agency NCA has arrested 56 suspected hackers in a campaign against cybercrime called "strike week." Law-enforcement officials conducted, in total, 25 separate operations across England, Scotland and Wales, and those arrested were suspected in a wide range of...

$1.75 Million in Bitcoin Stolen from Chinese BTER Bitcoin Exchange

The most popular Chinese Bitcoin exchange BTER announced that it has been hacked on Valentine’s Day and lost more than £1.1 Million-worth $1.75 Million; one BTC is about $270 of the digital currency. The Bitcoin Exchange hasn't revealed more details about suspects behind the breach or how the col...

UK Police Arrested Second Hacker Over PlayStation and Xbox DDoS attacks

A UK man linked to the notorious hacking group, Lizard Squad, that claimed responsibility for knocking Sony’s PlayStation Network and Microsoft’s Xbox Live offline on Christmas Day has been arrested by the United Kingdom police. Lizard Squad launched simultaneous Distributed Denial-of-Service DDo...

Teen Arrested in UK for Xbox, PlayStation Attacks

Police in the UK, working in cooperation with the FBI, arrested an 18-year-old man Friday in connection with recent DDoS attacks on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live services. The authorities arrested the unnamed man in Southport, and he is being held on suspicion of computer crime and...

Dridex Banking Trojan Spreading Via Office Macros

The left-for-dead Office macro has apparently made a comeback with cybercriminals who have found them to be a good hiding place for banking malware. Recently, Microsoft reported a spike in the use of macros in hacking campaigns, peaking in mid-December. This has been corroborated by researchers a...

Syrian Electronic Army Hacks UK based Media Websites

Syrian Electronic Army SEA, a pro-hacker group supposed to be aligned with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has again gain media attention by compromising a number of popular news websites and displayed a Thanksgiving popups informing people that they've been hacked. The Forbes, The Independent,...

The sword refers to the Android and iOS system DoubleDirect middle attack-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

A security researcher found a new man in the middle attack technique, it targets mostly run of the Android system and iOS system of smartphone and tablets. This is called DoubleDirect of art belonging to the middleman（MITM attack. An attacker can use this technique to put the victim to visit...

FBI Arrested CEO of 'StealthGenie' for Selling Mobile Spyware Apps

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has arrested the CEO of a UK-based company for allegedly advertising and selling a spyware app to individuals who suspect their romantic partners of cheating on them. The dodgy cell phone spyware application, dubbed as StealthGenie, monitors victims’ phone...

uk-cookie - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

The uk-cookie WordPress plugin was affected by a Cross-Site Scripting XSS security vulnerability...

uk-cookie - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

The uk-cookie WordPress plugin was affected by a Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF security vulnerability...

UK One Media CMS (id) Error Based SQL Injection Vulnerability

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