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Ethical hacker may get 8 years in prison for reporting flaws in Magyar Telekom
Hungary’s Prosecution Service has accused an ethical hacker and computer specialist of infiltrating the Magyar Telekom database. The…
February 1, 2019
Authorities shut down xDedic marketplace for selling hacked servers
The domain for xDedic has been seized as well. In a joint operation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)…
January 29, 2019
New ransomware steals PayPal data with phishing link in ransom note
Ransomware is a reality and threat actors are using it quite avidly and frequently nowadays in order to…
January 17, 2019
Man whose DDoS attacks took down entire country’s Internet jailed
A court in London has sentenced a British and Israeli cyber criminal Daniel Kaye aka “BestBuy and Popopret” to…
January 13, 2019
Anonymous hacker jailed for 10 years over hospital DDoS attacks
He conducted those DDoS attacks for #OpJustina back in 2014. In April 2014, Martin Gottesfeld (34) from Massachusetts claimed his…
January 11, 2019
Kaspersky tipped off US about the contractor who stole NSA data
According to a report published by Politico, Kaspersky Lab helped the National Security Agency (NSA) identify the contractor…
January 10, 2019
WhatsApp Gold Scam is Back with Malware Payload
In social media, the emergence of fake news and fake apps isn’t uncommon as thousands of these hoaxes…
January 8, 2019
Hackers steal Bitcoin worth $750,000 by hacking Electrum wallets
This year we have seen an unprecedented rise in malware attacks against cryptocurrency wallets whereas cryptomining incidents have…
December 28, 2018
Holiday and Christmas scams users should be aware of
“It’s that time of the year again” when Holiday and Christmas scams target users around the world since millions of people…
December 24, 2018
Authorities seize 15 popular DDoS-for-hire websites
Authorities have seized and shut down 15 popular DDoS-for-hire websites used by cybercriminals for revenge and DDoS (distributed…
December 21, 2018