Hacking News

North Korea used to focus their cyber espionage on traditional state activities. That all began to change in 2016, when the cyber security company FireEye began to note that North Korea began to target banks and the global financial system. Read more

Apple is one of the biggest companies today, but its devices are not free from issues. Recently, it was reported that the company’s HomeKit software used to control smart home devices had certain vulnerabilities that posed great risks as the software was hackable, which would give hackers access to control devices connected to a specific

Denis Sinegubko (a security researcher from Sucuri) has discovered a new wave of the known malware wp-vcd that injects malicious WordPress admin users into vulnerable or hacked websites. The researcher said that the wp-vcd malware is preinstalled inside pirated WordPress premium themes published for download for free on some websites, he noticed that the malicious

The largest cryptocurrency hack occurred in February 2014, when hackers stole approximately $450 million from Mt. Gox, a bitcoin exchange based in Tokyo that handled 70% of all bitcoin transactions at the time of the hack. Wired reported the Mt. Gox hack occurred due to a flawed system for securing software and shady business practices.

It is not new for Bitcoin exchanges to get attacked, but now that Bitcoins are about to hit the $20K mark, the hacks have become more expensive, and sadly more common. Recently, NiceHash, a Bitcoin market, was a victim where hackers entered into the system and removed the exchange’s entire wallets. Read more

Another minister appears to have been hacked on Twitter after Health Minister Greg Hunt ‘liking’ a pornographic tweet on Sunday morning. This is the second minister that has been hacked in less than a month after Defence Industries Minister Christopher Pyne ‘liked’ a gay porn tweet in November. At the time Mr. Pyne deleted the

The hackers warned that officials should not attempt to decrypt the data on their own because it “may cause permanent data loss” and “may cause increased price.” Hackers were reportedly “redoubling their efforts to penetrate the county’s systems” after Mecklenburg County officials decided not to pay a ransom to unfreeze hacked servers, officials said Thursday.

The keylogging code was embedded in the SynTP.sys file, which is a module of the Synaptics Touchpad driver that ships with HP notebook models. “The logging was disabled by default but could be permitted by setting a registry value,” said a security researcher going by the Title of ZwClose, who identified the flaw earlier this

In an attempt to benefit from the recent spike in the value of Bitcoin, the authors of a remote access Trojan have started targeting Bitcoin investors with their malicious software, Fortinet has discovered. The attack starts with phishing emails marketing a relatively new Bitcoin trading bot application called “Gunbot” developed by GuntherLab. However, the email

Some licensed Customs agents have accused officers of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) of conniving with operators of cyber cafes to hack agents’ payment accounts. The agents said millions of naira had been lost to fraudsters through hacking of members’ payment passwords. Kayode Farinto, the National Public Relations Officer of Association of National Licensed Customs