Tag: hacking news
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LeakedSource Founder Arrested for Selling 3 Billion Stolen Credentials
Canadian authorities have arrested and charged an Ontario man for operating a website that collected ‘stolen’ personal identity records and credentials from some three billion online accounts and sold them for profit. According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the 27-year-old Jordan Evan Bloom of Thornhill is the person behind the notorious LeakedSource.com—a major […]
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Flaw in Popular Transmission BitTorrent Client Lets Hackers Control Your PC Remotely
A critical vulnerability has been discovered in the widely used Transmission BitTorrent app that could allow hackers to remotely execute malicious code on BitTorrent users’ computers and take control of them. The vulnerability has been uncovered by Google’s Project Zero vulnerability reporting team, and one of its researchers Tavis Ormandy has also posted a proof-of-concept […]
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Fourth Fappening Hacker Admits to Stealing Celebrity Pics From iCloud Accounts
Almost three years after the massive leakage of high-profile celebrities’ nude photos—well known as “The Fappening” or “Celebgate” scandal—a fourth hacker has been charged with hacking into over 250 Apple iCloud accounts belonged to Hollywood celebrities. A federal court has accused George Garofano, 26, of North Branford, of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, […]
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Microsoft Issues Emergency Windows Security Update For A Critical Vulnerability
If your computer is running Microsoft’s Windows operating system, then you need to apply this emergency patch immediately. By immediately, I mean now!Microsoft has just released an emergency security patch to address a critical remote code execution (…
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Security Flaw Leaves Major Banking Apps Vulnerable to MiTM Attacks Over SSL
A team of security researchers has discovered a critical implementation flaw in major mobile banking applications that could leave banking credentials of millions of users vulnerable to hackers. The vulnerability was discovered by researchers of the Security and Privacy Group at the University of Birmingham, who tested hundreds of different banking apps—both iOS and Android—and […]
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Young Hacker, Who Took Over Jail Network to Get Friend Released Early, Faces Prison
Well, “a friend in need is a friend indeed” goes a long way, but in this case, this phrase hardly makes any sense.A 27-year-old Michigan man who hacked into the government computer system of Washtenaw County Jail to alter inmate records and gain early…