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The Ashley Madison Hack Won’t Just Affect Its Users

November 27, 2018August 21, 2015 by Alex Hernandez

It’s really easy to sit back and think to ourselves that the Ashley Madison hack is going to hurt those who had it coming. I … Read more…

Adobe Flash Player Getting An Emergency Patch

November 27, 2018June 24, 2015 by Kyle Funk

Adobe Flash Player, the most used plug-in is getting an emergency software update due to critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2015-3113). Adobe mentioned that it had “limited, targeted … Read more…

Software Security Group Kaspersky Lab Attacked By Malware

November 27, 2018June 11, 2015 by Jason Bouwmeester

Even software security firms aren’t immune to attacks, and Kaspersky Lab – maker of popular anti-virus and Internet security products – has admitted in a … Read more…

IRS Hacked, 100,000 US Taxpayers Data Breached

November 27, 2018May 26, 2015 by Alex Hernandez

The IRS hacked? According to U.S. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen that has indeed happened and has been happening for the past four months. Starting in February … Read more…

British Airways Hacked, Frequent-Flyer Accounts Targeted

November 27, 2018March 30, 2015 by Justin Jelinek

Another day, another high-profile hack has been confirmed. This time it’s British Airways reporting that Frequent-Flyer accounts were targeted in a breach that could affect … Read more…

Slack Hacked, Usernames And E-mail Addresses May Have Been Compromised

November 27, 2018March 27, 2015 by Justin Jelinek

If you had Slack on your “Next to get Hacked” Bingo card, go ahead and mark them off. Today, the official blog of the real-time … Read more…

Lenovo.com Hacked, Lizard Squad May Be Involved

November 27, 2018February 25, 2015 by Justin Jelinek

Lenovo has definitely had better weeks. On the heels of the outcry over their inclusion of the Superfish tracking software on some computers, the company … Read more…

Sony Hack Was Likely Carried Out By Russian Hackers

November 27, 2018February 7, 2015 by Justin Jelinek

Remember that little issue Sony had a few months ago? The one where loads of personal and professional e-mails, spreadsheets, records, contracts, etc. were stolen … Read more…

Taylor Swift Social Media Accounts Hit By Lizard Squad

November 27, 2018January 28, 2015 by Alex Hernandez

The hacking group known as Lizard Squad is back in the news, this time allegedly targeting pop princess Taylor Swift. Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility for the … Read more…

Anonymous Releases Account Information For 13,000 Xbox Live, PSN, and Other Accounts

November 27, 2018December 27, 2014 by Jason Bouwmeester

As if Lizard Squad taking down Xbox Live and PSN on Christmas Day wasn’t enough, members claiming to be part of the hacker group Anonymous … Read more…

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Sony Lawyers On Damage Control Ask For Twitter User Suspension

November 27, 2018December 23, 2014 by Alex Hernandez

After a long few weeks that has had Sony Pictures and its parent company Sony in the drama of 2014 it seems it is now … Read more…

North Korea Sony Pictures Hack Will Be One of 2014’s Biggest News Stories

November 27, 2018December 22, 2014 by Greg Morris

The largest news story of 2014 is now promising to be one that just won’t go away. It also unfortunately may end up being the most memorable, as North Korea seem to be prepared to go to war over the fall out after the Interview and Sony Pictures hack. If you haven’t yet read the information behind the largest cyber intrusion in public knowledge, we have published several articles over the last few weeks.

Kim Jong Un Can Enjoy The Interview On Crackle Free!

November 27, 2018December 21, 2014 by Alex Hernandez

The Sony hacking drama has enough material to make a full blown movie out of it and the content just keeps rolling in. Sony is … Read more…

USPS Data Breach Hits Employees Hard, Bank And Medical Records Compromised

November 27, 2018December 19, 2014 by Alex Hernandez

Back in November we reported on the USPS data breach that was said to have affected both USPS employees and some customers. Now we know … Read more…

U.S. Confirming North Korea Behind Sony Hacks?

November 27, 2018December 17, 2014 by Alex Hernandez

U.S. intelligence is reportedly confirming that North Korea was “centrally involved” in the hacks that took down Sony servers and leaked unreleased Sony films. The … Read more…

Can We Give Sony A Break Please?

November 27, 2018December 16, 2014 by Greg Morris

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few weeks you can’t have escaped the furrow that’s followed Sony Pictures computer system security being compromised on a massive scale. What started as a bit of tech news has exploded into mainstream news and is set to cause a media storm for weeks or months to come. Its this media storm of news and blogs that needs to stop.

Sony Employees On Alert After Threatening Emails

November 27, 2018December 6, 2014 by Alex Hernandez

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is already looking into the hack job that befell Sony Pictures where several unreleased films were leaked online. Employee social … Read more…

Sticky Password Premium – Password Security For $24.99

November 27, 2018December 3, 2014 by Alex Hernandez

With the amount of hacks and security breaches that have been reported in the news as of late, maybe it’s time to consider a password … Read more…

UPDATED: FBI Warns Malware Attack Launched In US Could Wipe Hard Drives

November 27, 2018December 1, 2014 by Alex Hernandez

UPDATE: According to Reuters a five page confidential flash warning was issued to US businesses warning of a potential malware attack and security experts familiar … Read more…

Snapchat Says You’re To Blame If Your Nudie Pics Were Stolen

November 27, 2018October 10, 2014 by Alex Hernandez

Here we go again! Nude pics being stolen and posted to the internet by people with nothing better to do but this time it wasn’t … Read more…

Google May Face $100 Million Dollar Lawsuit For Celebrity Nude Photos Hack

November 27, 2018October 2, 2014 by Alex Hernandez

Marty Singer of L.A.-based law firm Lively & Singer is threatening Google with a $100 million dollar lawsuit over the celebrity nude photo leaks that were recently in the news. The Toronto Sun reports that Singer is representing several women (no names were disclosed) whose nude photos were leaked online due to their Apple accounts being brute forced attacked.

Wearables May Be Freely Leaking Your Data

November 27, 2018August 16, 2014 by Greg Morris

2014 is the year of the wearable. Yes we thought 2013 was, but no it’s apparently 2014. Now that the big players are getting involved … Read more…

AT&T Confirms Customers Personal Data Compromised

November 27, 2018June 15, 2014 by Alex Hernandez

Call records and social security numbers are among the bits of customer data accessed by parties “outside” of AT&T. In a California regulatory filing, the telecom giant confirmed the incidents took place between April 9 thru the 21st. AT&T would not say how many customers were affected by the breach but ITworld says California law requires a regulatory filing if more than 500 persons were affected.

Nikon Hacker Beta Firmware Enabling Up To 64 Mbps Full HD Video To Nikon DSLR’s

November 27, 2018April 5, 2014 by Scott Nelson

The folks over at Nikon Hacker have been working on a new project which will allow Nikon users to utilize some of the Firmware … Read more…

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Hackers Figure A Way To Hack Tesla’s Car Locks

November 27, 2018March 31, 2014 by Alex Hernandez

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Corporate security consultant Nitesh Dhanjani appeared at the Black Hat Asia security conference to report that Tesla’s cars can indeed by hacked. The vehicles can be located and unlocked by cracking a six character password using already known hacking techniques. According to The Hacker News, Dhanjani says there are no major vulnerabilities in the cars major core systems but rather the problem lies somewhere else.

Google+ Email Login Exploit Found And Fixed

January 23, 2017March 8, 2014 by Alex Hernandez

We’re just learning of a new exploit found that could have potentially lead hackers into your Google account and from there other accounts you might have linked to your Google+ email (the exploit has since been fixed). Tom Anthony writes about the exploit in his blog dated today. Read the tl;dr below.