19-Year-Old Teen Steals $150,000 by Hacking into Airline's Website

What do you do to earn up to $150,000? Somebody just hacks into airlines and sells fake tickets. That's exactly what a 19-year-old teenager did and made approximately 1.1 Million Yuan (£110,000 or $150,000) by hacking into the official website [...]

Hacking Team Offering Encryption Cracking Tools to Law Enforcement Agencies.

Hacking Team, the infamous Italy-based spyware company that had more than 400 GB of its confidential information stolen earlier this year, has resumed its operations and started pitching new hacking tools to help US law enforcement gets around their encryption issues. Yes, Hacking Team is back [...]

Hacking Fitbit Health Trackers Wirelessly in 10 Seconds.

 

Do you need a FitBit Tracker while jogging or running or even sleeping? Bad News! FitBit can be hacked that could allow hackers to infect any PC connected to it. What's more surprising? Hacking FitBit doesn't take more than just 10 Seconds. Axelle Aprville, a researcher at the security [...]

Design Flaws Make Drones Vulnerable to Cyber-Attacks

In the past, The Hacker News (THN) reported about various activities surrounding Drones. Whether it was the development of the first backdoor for drones (MalDrone), or Weaponized drones getting legal, or Drones hacking smartphones. And now the reports depict... Security Researcher has showcased [...]

Stagefright Bug 2.0 — One Billion Android SmartPhones Vulnerable to Hacking

Attention Android users! More than 1 Billion Android devices are vulnerable to hackers once again – Thanks to newly disclosed two new Android Stagefright vulnerabilities. Yes, Android Stagefright bug is Back… …and this time, the flaw allows an attacker to hack Android smartphones just [...]

Beware Coffee Lovers! StarBucks Exposed you to 3 Critical Vulnerabilities.

Ever registered on StarBucks website? Change your passwords now! If you are one of those Millions Starbucks customers who have registered their accounts and credit card details on StarBucks website, then your banking details are vulnerable to hackers. An Independent Security Researcher, Mohamed [...]

Caution! Hackers Can Easily Hijack Popular Baby Monitors to Watch Your Kids.

Several video baby monitors from six different manufacturers were under scrutiny for in-depth security testing, and the outcome was negative. Yes, they lacked in serving basic security through their devices. At the High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA) conference on September [...]

United Airlines Hacked by Sophisticated Hacking Group.

A group of China-backed hackers believed to be responsible for high-profile data breaches, including the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and the insurance giant Anthem, has now hit another high-profile target – United Airlines. United detected a cyber attack into its computer systems [...]

Simple Text Message to Hack Any Android Phone Remotely.

Own an Android phone? Beware, Your Android smartphones can be hacked by just a malformed text message. Security researchers have found that 95% of Android devices running version 2.2 to 5.1 of operating system, which includes Lollipop and KitKat, are vulnerable to a security bug, affecting more [...]

Hacking Team Spyware preloaded with UEFI BIOS Rootkit to Hide Itself.

 

 Last Week someone just hacked the infamous Hacking Team, The Italy-based cyber weapons manufacturer and leaked a huge trove of 400GB internal data, including: Emails Hacking tools Zero-day exploits Surveillance tools Source code for Spyware A spreadsheet listing every government client with date [...]

17-Year-Old Lizard Squad Member Found Guilty Of 50,700 Hacking Charges.

 

An alleged member of Lizard Squad, who claimed responsibility for knocking Sony's PlayStation Network and Microsoft's Xbox Live offline late last year has been convicted of 50,700 counts of cyber crime. The infamous computer hacker gang Lizard Squad launched massive Distributed Denial-of-Service [...]

How Apple Pay Can Be Hacked to Steal Your Credit Card Details.

Today anywhere you go, you will come across Free or Public WiFi hotspots -- it makes our travel easier when we stuck without a data connection. Isn’t it? But, I think you’ll agree with me when I say: This Free WiFi hotspot service could bring you in trouble, as it could be a bait set up [...].

NetUSB Driver Flaw Exposes Millions of Routers to Hacking

A simple but shockingly dangerous vulnerability has been uncovered in the NetUSB component, putting Millions of modern routers and other embedded devices across the globe at risk of being compromised by hackers. The security vulnerability, assigned CVE-2015-3036, is a remotely exploitable kernel [...] - See more at: http://thehackernews.com/#sthash.0mCBQt0u.dpuf

DDoS Botnet Leverages Thousands of Insecure SOHO Routers

Small office and home office (SOHO) routers are an increasingly common target for cybercriminals, not because of any vulnerability, but because most routers are loosely managed and often deployed with default administrator credentials. A new report suggests that hackers are using large botnet [...] - See more at: http://thehackernews.com/#sthash.1yFt2rX7.dpuf

Hacking Aviation Technology: Vulnerability Disclosure and the Aviation Industry

You know what I don’t want to talk about any more? Responsible disclosure. The problem is that, as old as that discussion is for information security, it and the adjacent topics, remain relevant for many other industries.[...]

Cybrary Offers Free Online Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security Training

I frequently receive emails and messages on how to hack my friend’s Facebook account, how to become a hacker, how to penetrate networks, how to break into computers, and how to compromise routers? These are some of the most frequent queries I came across, and in this article I’ll attempt to [...]

Hacking Air-Gapped Computers Using Heat

Hacking Air-Gapped Computers Using Heat.An air-gapped computer system isolated from the Internet and other computers that are connected to external networks believes to be the most secure computers on the planet -- Yeah?? You need to think again before calling them 'safe'....