Australian federal agencies hiring white hat hackers to work for government
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Australian federal agencies hiring white hat hackers to work for government

September 14, 2016
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Hackers are being hired by the federal intelligence agencies so that they can help with setting up the security of the government infrastructure and also attack some foreign targets that the agencies might have. The recruitment drive which some are saying gives hackers a license to hack has come after

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New USB Killer device available on the market for only $56
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New USB Killer device available on the market for only $56

September 13, 2016
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A new device called the USB Killer is available on the market and it is deadly as the name suggests. The drive can completely annihilate anything that it is connected to, regardless of whether it’s a TV, computer or anything with a USB port this day. The USB hard drive

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33 million QIP.ru accounts seen online as data breach disclosures continue
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33 million QIP.ru accounts seen online as data breach disclosures continue

September 12, 2016
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Another day another hack, as 2016 continues to contend for the year of the hacks title. The hits keep on coming and another one has popped up. QIP.ru, a Russian instant messaging service is now the latest victim after being attacked by hackers. Heroic, a cyber security startup which is

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Marvel SuperHero names used to attack OPM
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Marvel SuperHero names used to attack OPM

September 9, 2016
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A data breach that was discovered by the US governed agency last year was being investigated over the past few years, and the results are stunning. It was revealed that the hack was actually initiated by the agency itself through some endless number of mistakes. The report was done by

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Yelp launches bug bounty program with high rewards of $15,000
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Yelp launches bug bounty program with high rewards of $15,000

September 8, 2016
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Yelp, the popular customer review site, launched its own bug bounty program on September 6 and announced that white hackers and security researchers were free to walk around on its security systems and find any flaws and potential bugs that would put the service down. Yelp announced during the launch

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800,000 accounts on popular porn site, Brazzers, hacked
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800,000 accounts on popular porn site, Brazzers, hacked

September 7, 2016
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Another day, another hacking incident. Close to 800,000 of the Brazzers porn networking site accounts have been hacked in a data breach. The data is said to have been extracted from a separate forum for the company, but users of the porn network who have never signed up for the

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Sites hit by massive worldwide malvertising campaign
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Sites hit by massive worldwide malvertising campaign

September 3, 2016
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Recent malvertising campaigns have been noticed and they have been taking users from wherever they are in the world to the landing page of the Neutrino exploit kit, according to the Cisco Talos researchers. The malvertising ads comprised of malicious ads and an initial redirection of point and gate, and

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Last.fm 2012 hack now comes to light thanks to LeakedSource
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Last.fm 2012 hack now comes to light thanks to LeakedSource

September 2, 2016
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Last.fm had close to 43 million accounts hacked back in 2012, and just like any other recent hacking revelation, the details are coming out now. The online music service advised all of its users to make a password reset back in 2012 when they suffered the hack. This was after

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Infowars hacked data from 2012 resurfaces
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Infowars hacked data from 2012 resurfaces

September 1, 2016
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Reports indicated that political news outlet Infowars had been a victim of a hacking incident. The hack resulted in account details of the site’s account owners being stolen, and they are now being paraded for sale on the dark web. The data that is being offered up for sale seems

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Google login page is now at risk of being used for phishing attacks
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Google login page is now at risk of being used for phishing attacks

August 31, 2016
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A fault in the Google login page was recently discovered which could allow hackers to steal users’ login data from the login page. Apparently, Google is not even slightly worried about fixing the problem. Aidan Woods, the security researcher who made the discovery, wrote on his personal blog that when

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