A U.S Research released a report on Thursday after working on the blackout of the sizeable part of the Ukrainian national power grid, saying that this attack was highly sophisticated and well coordinated. On Dec 23, the first cyber attacks to take down such a sizeable part of the power …

Never underestimate any person, they say. Ever wondered to what extent this statement is true? Popular YouTube content uploader Kevin Roose, learned this the hard way when he challenged a couple of hackers to try and gain access to his life, as a test of their abilities as ethical hackers. …

A judicial ruling on Feb 24 longstanding fears that the FBI have used the information they obtained through a subpoena from a university research team working on Tor security vulnerabilities to take down a series of websites used for criminal activities. The ruling in the case of Brian Farrell, who …

Security experts have revealed that the world’s currently best-selling electric car, Nissan LEAF could be remotely hacked. Security expert Troy Hunt detailed his surprising findings on his blog and illustrated them through a video during which he is able to remotely control the car of fellow researcher Scott Helme. In …

Since its launch, Linux Mint operating system has faced a lot of DDoS attacks. Though no serious damage has been caused to the OS. This time, hackers managed to hijack the website using a WordPress vulnerability. Clement Lefebvre, who is the brain behind Linux Mint OS mentioned in his blog …

The infamous hacker group “Anonymous” has struck again and this time, their victim was Cincinnati Police Department. They have released personal information of 52 officers. The leaked information has some important names like Chief Eliot Isaac to rank-and-file officers. Cincinnati police Lt. Steve Saunders mentioned in his statement that the …

Government officials in Utah have revealed an increase in the number of hacking attacks targeting their computer networks, sometimes even hundreds of millions a day. Keith Squires, Utah Commissioner of Public Safety said that the state government has seen a dramatic increase in hacking attempts. Five years ago the number …

Hacktivist collective Anonymous have announced plans to attack Israeli military websites, including those of the military, in response to the ongoing detention of Mohammed Al-Qeeq, a Palestinian journalist detained on charges that he has connections with terrorist organizations. Al-Qeeq, a reporter for the Saudi own TV station Al Majd, was …

The court tasked with investigating privacy infringements ruled on February 12th that it is legal for UK government agencies to hack electronic devices such as computers and phones, both within the UK and abroad. During the hearing at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), a UK intelligence …

Even though many countries have segments of their law enforcement agencies specializing only in cyber-attacks and the capture of the criminals who take part in them, isn’t it strange how many of these attacks in fact go unpunished. For instance, one of these attacks was targeted at SONY during 2014 …