Category: What the Hack
Tale of a Nigerian Hacker and 4,000 Organisations in his Target List
The World renowned cyber security vendor, Checkpoint recently did a case study on a Wave of Cyber Attacks on Oil & Gas, Mining, and Infrastructure Companies. Over the past 4 […]
#OperationBugDrop. Ukrainian Media & Scientist’s Microphone Hijacked. 600GB Data Exfiltrated
#BugDrop. An advanced malware-based operation has been uncovered that ex-filtrated over 600 GB data from about 70 targets in Ukraine. The malicious operation targeted Ukraine’s various sectors including critical infrastructure, […]
India’s Ministry of Home Affairs Website Taken Down After Cyber Attack, Investigation Continues
The Ministry of Home affairs website has been taken down after it was reportedly hacked by an anonymous hacker. The website will temporarily remain unreachable from the internet, an official confirmed. […]
Its Official, Over 700 Indian Govt Websites Hacked between 2013 and 2016, Over 8000 Suspects Arrested
More than 700 websites of Indian ministry and state government were hacked between 2013 and 2016. This information was shared with Indian Parliament by the Minister of state for home Hansraj […]
Indian Hackers Crackdown Facebook Groups Dealing With Online Sex Rackets
The Hacking group operating under the pseudonym “Kerala Cyber Warriors” carried out a cyber attack on the flourishing Facebook groups and pages associated with online sex rackets, cyber abuse, revenge-porn […]
Hacker Groups Defaced Over 68,000 Websites Running On WordPress 4.7.1 Or Less
Four hacking groups have launched campaigns to hack and deface websites running on WordPress version 4.7 or 4.7.1. The hackers have already defaced roughly 68,000 websites exploiting the WordPress REST […]
Anonymous Hackers Hacked Web Hosting Provider, Took Down More Than 10,000 Tor-Based Websites
A hacker group associated with Anonymous hacked Freedom Hosting II, the largest host of dark websites and took down more than 10,000 Tor-based websites. The hackers tear apart the Freedom […]
Are You Using These Android VPN Apps? They Are Malicious, Spy On The Users
It is very common for a user to download and install VPN app from Google Play store to hide their digital identity and digital data. Alarmingly, the recent research revealed […]
WhatsApp Messages Can Be Intercepted And Read Thanks To This Backdoor
A backdoor in WhatsApp encryption implementation has been discovered by a security researcher that could allow entire conversations to be intercepted and read. The security backdoor can be used to […]
The Hackers Have Been Hacked. 900 GB of Confidential Data Stolen.
Cellebrite hacked! Cellebrite, one of the most popular companies in the mobile phone hacking industry has itself been hacked resulting in 900GB of confidential data leakage. The leaked data includes […]