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Sony Pictures hack traced to a hotel in Bangkok: Bloomberg

Sony Pictures hack traced to a hotel in Bangkok: Bloomberg

Sony Pictures is still reeling from the hacking attack that shook the Japanese company s entertainment arm. Despite the alleged North Korea connection behind the attack, the jury is still out on who s actually responsible. In a new development, Bloomberg reports that the hack originated from a hotel in Thailand.

Author
Sambit Satpathy

11:48 AM
Dec 08, 2014

5 Sony Pictures movie screeners appear on torrent websites after last week’s hacking

5 Sony Pictures movie screeners appear on torrent websites after last week’s hacking

Movie screeners of the recently released Fury and four other movies that are yet to hit the big screen have leaked onto torrent sites post the Sony Pictures hack last week. Copies of Fury, Annie, Mr. Tuner, Still Alice, as well as To Write Love on Her Arms leaked on the torrent sites shortly after last week s hack attack, TorrentFreak reports.

Author
Manish Singh

10:30 AM
Dec 01, 2014

Hacked or compromised email accounts spread spam faster: Study

Hacked or compromised email accounts spread spam faster: Study

Spams spread faster and to more people when it is sent out of hacked or compromised email accounts, research shows.

Author
IANS

11:49 AM
Nov 27, 2014

Sony Pictures’ computers breached by hackers

Sony Pictures’ computers breached by hackers

Employees working at Sony Pictures were sent home earlier this morning when the company realized that all of its computers were compromised by a group of hackers calling themselves #GOP, The Next Web reports.

Author
Manish Singh

12:39 PM
Nov 25, 2014

Almost all smartphones apps have been hacked, claims report

Almost all smartphones apps have been hacked, claims report

An analysis of mobile apps has revealed that between 75 and 97 percent of apps - on both android and iOS devices - have been hacked.

Author
IANS

02:51 PM
Nov 21, 2014

Six more Goa government websites hacked

Six more Goa government websites hacked

Six more Goa government websites were hacked Tuesday using a Palestine-based server, police said. The governor's website was hacked by Pakistan-based techies three weeks back.

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IANS

12:01 PM
Nov 18, 2014

Home Depot says 53 million email addresses stolen during September hack attack

Home Depot says 53 million email addresses stolen during September hack attack

American retail store Home Depot has reportedly said that hackers who stole 56 million debit and credit card details earlier have also stolen 53 million email addresses.

Author
ANI

01:35 PM
Nov 07, 2014

Snapchat, not users and third party services, is responsible for the latest leak

Snapchat, not users and third party services, is responsible for the latest leak

When over 200,000 photos from Snapchat accounts got leaked last week, Snapchat was quick to point the finger at a third-party service. The company even blamed users for trusting third-party apps. However, is it really consumer s fault? Shouldn t an app, which was built on the premise that messages exchanged using its service will be kept private and will be deleted after they are seen by the recipient, should keep its promise and make sure that the data indeed remains private?

Author
Manish Singh

03:37 PM
Oct 15, 2014

Dropbox hacked? Hacker says 7 million Dropbox accounts hacked, company refutes claim

Dropbox hacked? Hacker says 7 million Dropbox accounts hacked, company refutes claim

Earlier this morning reports surfaced online that Dropbox had been hacked with nearly seven million accounts believed to have been compromised. The company has however allayed fears by saying that the passwords were hacked from third-party services, and most of the leaked account details have expired for quite some time now, TheNextWeb reports.

Author
Sambit Satpathy

09:43 AM
Oct 14, 2014

The Snappening: Hackers breach Snapchat accounts and circulate nude photos on 4chan

The Snappening: Hackers breach Snapchat accounts and circulate nude photos on 4chan

Thousands of nude photos that are believed to be sent through ephemeral messaging app Snapchat has been floating on the image based bulletin service 4chan, first reported by Business Insider. According to blogger Kenny Withers, about 200,000 accounts have been compromised, and files over 13GB are circulating around the notorious image sharing site.

Author
Manish Singh

11:16 AM
Oct 11, 2014

Press Club of India's official website hacked, takes potshots at Narendra Modi

Press Club of India's official website hacked, takes potshots at Narendra Modi

Pakistan People's Party's website hack that mocked Bilawal Bhutto and his statement on Kashmir has sought offenders to come up with a befitting reply. Now, what can be considered as a major breach, the Press Club Of India's website has been hacked by someone called 'Maddy Zeox' who has cheekily created a meme of Narendra Modi being mocked by Despicable Me's famous minions.

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Author
Tasneem Akolawala

04:35 PM
Oct 09, 2014

Jadavpur University authorities claim website hacked, online post of VC apologising is fake

Jadavpur University authorities claim website hacked, online post of VC apologising is fake

With Jadavpur University students demanding the Vice Chancellor's resignation over a molestation case, an apology message attributed to the VC was today posted on the varsity website, which official sources denied claiming the website has been hacked.

Author
PTI

02:39 PM
Sep 20, 2014

5 million Gmail account passwords leaked, here's how to find if your account is in the list

5 million Gmail account passwords leaked, here's how to find if your account is in the list

Close to five million Gmail usernames and passwords have been compromised on the notorious Russian Bitcoin forum. The good news is that much of the account information is old (possibly out-of-date), and the administrator of the forum has pulled the password from the list.

Author
Manish Singh

07:09 AM
Sep 11, 2014

Apple confirms accounts of Hollywood celebrities were compromised to access nude photos, refutes iCloud breach

Apple confirms accounts of Hollywood celebrities were compromised to access nude photos, refutes iCloud breach

Reacting to the hacking of iCloud accounts of numerous Hollywood celebrities that leaked private photos including naked photos of actresses, Apple has finally come out with a statement, where it acknowledged that certain accounts of celebrities were compromised by a "very targeted attack on user names, passwords and security questions, a practice that has become all too common on the Internet." Apple maintains that there was no breach in Apple's systems including iCloud or Find My iPhone. What Apple is essentially saying is individual accounts were targeted in this case.

Author
Rajat Agrawal

12:48 AM
Sep 03, 2014

FBI and Apple investigate Jennifer Lawrence's nude photo hack

FBI and Apple investigate Jennifer Lawrence's nude photo hack

The FBI and Apple are investigating the hacking into the phones of Jennifer Lawrence and several other celebrities after nude photographs of the Oscar-winner were posted online.

Author
PTI

06:09 PM
Sep 02, 2014

This is how iCloud accounts of Hollywood celebs were hacked to leak nude photos: Report

This is how iCloud accounts of Hollywood celebs were hacked to leak nude photos: Report

Hollywood actors like Jennifer Lawrence and Mary E Winstead found their most intimate photos leak on the Internet in the wee hours of Monday morning after their iCloud accounts were allegedly hacked. While Apple is yet to acknowledge the breach, we might finally know how the hacker accessed the iCloud accounts, TheNextWeb reports.

Author
Sambit Satpathy

05:47 PM
Sep 01, 2014

Jennifer Lawrence nude photos leaked after alleged Apple iCloud hack; being sold in exchange for Bitcoins

Jennifer Lawrence nude photos leaked after alleged Apple iCloud hack; being sold in exchange for Bitcoins

Photos alleged to be that of Hunger Games actress Jennifer Lawrence and who's who of Hollywood have leaked on the Internet. The trove of images, many containing alleged nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence and other celebrities, first appeared on 4Chan with the anonymous poster claiming the photos were obtained after hacking into the iCloud accounts of celebrities. The claim remains unverified at the moment. The hacker was selling these photos in exchange for Bitcoins, which is probably the first such case. UPDATE: A spokesperson for Jennifer Lawrence has confirmed the authenticity of the photographs to Buzzfeed.

Author
Rajat Agrawal

12:04 PM
Sep 01, 2014

Hollywood actress finds out photos remain on iCloud after deleting from phone after nude photos leaked

Hollywood actress finds out photos remain on iCloud after deleting from phone after nude photos leaked

It looks more likely that iCloud accounts of multiple Hollywood actresses were hacked after their photos, including some in the nude, were leaked on the Internet. After Jennifer Lawrence confirmed that the photos were indeed hers via her spokesperson, another affected actress Mary E Winstead confirmed that the photos were hers. However, she claims that she had deleted those photos from her phone long ago.

Author
Rajat Agrawal

05:31 AM
Sep 01, 2014

Russian hackers steal 1.2 billion passwords: Report

Russian hackers steal 1.2 billion passwords: Report

Russian hackers have stolen 1.2 billion user names and passwords in a series of Internet heists affecting 420,000 websites, according to a report.

Author
PTI

10:54 AM
Aug 06, 2014

Chinese hackers reportedly targeted defense firms that built Israel’s Iron Dome Missile Shield

Chinese hackers reportedly targeted defense firms that built Israel’s Iron Dome Missile Shield

Israel s primary defense against missile attacks the Iron Dome was reportedly attacked by Chinese hackers back in 2011 and 2012. The hackers were able to steal sensitive data regarding Israel s infrastructure and missile details, Brian Krebs reveals on Krebs of Security.

Author
Sambit Satpathy

05:29 PM
Jul 29, 2014