A new Trojan called the Panda Banker and which is believed to be the offspring of the infamous Zeus malware was recently discovered in one massive infection campaign which saw millions of spam emails sent to the potential victims. The malware was discovered by researchers at the security firm, Proofpoint. …
Read More »New Search Warrant Rules Would Give FBI Hacking Powers If Passed
A controversial rule which is likely to be introduced by the Supreme Court by May 1st, will give US judges the ability to issue search warrants to the law enforcement agencies which contain the power to access computers in any jurisdiction, even overseas. Magistrate judges at the moment can only …
Read More »FBI Tells Congress They Need Hackers to Keep Up
The FBI has come out defending its decision to hire a third party into breaking into an iPhone which was used by a gunman in last year’s San Bernardino, California. The law enforcement agency told some lawmakers that there was a need for the agency to partner with some for-profit …
Read More »FBIOS case comes to unexpected end as FBI unlocks phone without Apple’s help
The Justice Department has withdrawn its case against Apple. The Department told a federal court that they had been able to unlock the iPhone without Apple’s help, therefore, there was no need for the case anymore. In a statement, the spokeswoman for the Justice Department said, “The FBI has now …
Read More »Feds give advice on potential malware attacks on cars
The FBI has issued a warning to the public to secure their vehicles and devices they plug into the vehicles. According to the FBI and the U.S National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), there is an increase in vulnerabilities to hacking that cars now face. They issued the warning in …
Read More »Bill to force tech companies into giving data to be implemented
The Investigatory Powers Bill which forces tech companies to create a backdoor to any device they create is set to be in motion today. The bill is set to force tech companies and internet service providers to implement backdoor access on any smartphone and device that they sell to give …
Read More »FBI Subpoenas Security Researchers to Help Them Hack Dark Web Sites
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 …
Read More »Hackers breach details of 9,000 DHS employees, plan to leak 20,000 from FBI
While delivering a speech at the Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit that recently took place in Tenerife, Spain, Sergey Golovanov, from Kaspersky Lab and Vladislav Roskov acquainted attendees about the advanced persistent threats (APTs) that continue to pose a critical threat to the banking and financial industry. For those who aren’t aware, …
Read More »$500 Billion is the estimated amount that cybercrime costs every year
Based on the various reports of 2015, cybercrime has hit so bad that it is estimated to cost $500 Billion. The study by World Economic Forum says that every year a majority of cybercrime goes undetected. By 2020, the cyber security industry is expected to worth $170 Billion globally. Surveys …
Read More »Ghost Security Groups Declares Cyberwar On ISIS
Around tens of thousands of Twitter handles, supporting ISIS, have been brought down by the Ghost Security Group. It would have been nearly impossible to track down such twitter accounts without the help of these hacktivists. Ghost Security Group is a rouge hacker organization, consisting of several computer specialists and …
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