Security News

Smominru Botnet Indiscriminately Hacked Over 90,000 Computers Just Last Month
2019-09-18 13:04

Insecure Internet-connected devices have aided different types of cybercrime for years, most common being DDoS and spam campaigns. But cybercriminals have now shifted toward a profitable scheme...

Australia Knows China Hacked Its Parliament: Report
2019-09-17 10:53

Australia is confident that China was behind cyberattacks on its parliament and political parties, but decided not to make public accusations to avoid disrupting trade relations, according to...

Twitter temporarily disables 'Tweeting via SMS' after CEO gets hacked
2019-09-05 09:18

Twitter today finally decided to temporarily disable a feature, called 'Tweeting via SMS,' after it was abused by a hacking group to compromise Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey last week and sent a series...

Newb admits he ran Satori botnet that turned thousands of hacked devices into a 100Gbps+ DDoS-for-hire cannon
2019-09-05 00:47

One down, two to go The script kiddie at the center of the Satori botnet case has pleaded guilty.…

Zyxel Devices Can Be Hacked via DNS Requests, Hardcoded Credentials
2019-09-03 18:16

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered by SEC Consult in various Zyxel devices, including flaws that involve sending unauthenticated DNS requests and hardcoded FTP credentials. read more

XKCD Forum Hacked – Over 562,000 Users’ Account Details Leaked
2019-09-03 15:34

XKCD—one of the most popular webcomic platforms known for its geeky tech humor and other science-laden comic strips on romance, sarcasm, math, and language—has suffered a data breach exposing data...

Hey Jack, How Was Your Account Hacked?
2019-09-02 12:48

Erratic Storm of Tweets Trace to Serial Takeover Artists 'Chuckling Squad'Following racist and anti-Semitic tweets being posted for a short time to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's hijacked account -...

Twitter CEO Account Hacked, Offensive Tweets Posted
2019-08-31 11:23

Twitter said Friday the account of chief executive Jack Dorsey had been "compromised" after a series of erratic and offensive messages were posted. read more

@jack’s twitter attacked, phone number hacked
2019-08-30 22:37

Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey's Twitter account was compromised.

Apple iPhones Hacked by Websites Exploiting Zero-Day Flaws
2019-08-30 11:33

Watering-Hole Attack Analysis From Google Follows Apple's February PatchesMultiple hacked websites since at least 2016 have been targeting zero-day flaws in current versions of Apple iOS to...