Researchers are gearing up to hack top manufacturers of Home and SME wireless routers during a contest next month at the Defcon 22 security conference.The contest is called SOHOpelessly Broken. The sponsors behind the DefCon SOHOpelessly Broken competition, Independent Security Evalutators and digital rights lobby group Electronic Frontier Foundation are confident the hackers will find […] Continue reading → 
Tesla Model SComputer hackers from Zhejiang University at a conference in Beijing has successfully exploited the flaw in the software used in electric cars made by US firm Tesla Motors, SCMP reports. A team with the name “YO” was awarded 10,600 yuan by the Symposium on Security for Asia Network (SyScan360). Actual award was US$10,000 […] Continue reading → 
US Internet users are highly concerned about computer hacking and theft of personal information than about online privacy and tracking by marketers Continue reading → 
The US National Security Agency - NSA logged more than 33 million Norwegian phone calls over a period of a month last winter, Voice of Russia reports. According to Dagbladet, information from 33.19 million phone calls were logged between December 10, 2012, and January 8, 2013. Anyone from among Norway’s 5.1 million people could have […] Continue reading → 
Between 29-30th of November, Crystal Palace Ballroom, Bucharest is hosting the fourth edition of one of the most hypnotizing events on hacking & INFOSEC in Romania and South-Eastern Europe - DefCamp. The list of special guests contains big names, such as Raoul Chiesa, founder and president of The Security Brokers and Carsten Eiram, Chief Research […] Continue reading → 
Tor, the software for enabling online anonymity has always been top priority of NSA. The National Security Agency used ad networks like Google Ads to track targeted TOR users, according to a new article based on documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden. Tor is funded by the US State Department and the Department of […] Continue reading → 
Tor, an acronym for The Onion Router, a free software for online anonymity has released the fourth alpha release in the 3.0 series of the Tor Browser Bundle. Tor Browser Bundle is now available from the Tor Package Archive. Tor network directs Internet traffic through a free, worldwide, volunteer network consisting of more than […] Continue reading → 
Belgacom - a Belgian telecom company that handles some of the undersea cables said on Monday that its internal network had been hacked and malware had planted on some of its systems. Belgacom said the attack only affected its own systems, and not those of customers, and said it has filed a complaint with the […] Continue reading → 
VBulletin - a popular CMS for online forum is being exploited widely by various hackers. vBulletin team released announcements about a possible exploit in versions 4.1+ and 5+ of vBulletin. The announcement read: “A potential exploit vector has been found in the vBulletin 4.1+ and 5+ installation directories. Our developers are investigating this issue at this […] Continue reading → 
Ransomware - a new type of chinese version changes the Windows Login Password and force users to pay to unlock their computer. Symantec Security Researchers found a ransomlock malware, written in Easy Programming Language, spread mostly through a popular Chinese instant messaging service. Once a computer is compromised, It changes the login credentials of the current user and […] Continue reading →